Tradesmen Labour Cost | Construction Industry

Provides a breakdown of the fees charged by different tradesmen in the construction industry.
Prices quoted are based on a specific floor plan.
Please note that the actual size of the Floor Plan is: 85.6 sq. ms./ 921.4 sq. ft. and not the 188Sq.ft as quoted in the video.
Tradesmen will charge fees based on location, project type and level of difficulty.

[@donna-leethomas5646]

Thorough documentation!! Quite helpful and will be a road map for those considering to build.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Donna-Lee!

[@shernetteblackstock1756]

This very detailed information is greatly appreciated. Thanks a million

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Shernette and you are welcome. Keep safe!

[@seanroye5427]

Thanks for the breakdown, it was very informative. The attention to detail provided by listing the costs and showing the building process is really helpful. Your commentary was also very clear, really good Job.

[@ravmercury3225]

Much appreciated!

[@thecraftmanbuilder4016]

Am a Jamaican but I live overseas and I am a builder,I must say well done this is good work and great information

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you

[@Thenewgards]

New to your channel and yes I did subscribe. As developer myself building a gated complex in st Elizabeth. It’s hard to find honest and reliable tradesman.

[@VictoriaHobbies]

Me too

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks for subbing! Good tradesmen are few and far between.

[@user-uu2sy7ni4f]

Most of tgem are thief and ovwr charfe you and spiil your work

[@user-uu2sy7ni4f]

Most of them are thieves and do not kbow what they are doing

[@lennieadi]

Informative video. Thank you. Well researched and relayed. Keep up the good work. It would be good to give us a monthly update on material costs as they have been going up a lot. Many thanks again. 👏🏾👏🏾🇬🇧🇯🇲

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you so much Lennie. Much appreciated. Will see how best I can present a monthly price update.

[@nigelreid8721]

Is it possible for me to get your work man number

[@ravmercury3225]

Contact details is in the description

[@nemshimacapana6730]

I like the video. It sounds professionally done...information was very good..I am now a subscriber

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks for the sub!

[@gloriaminott9473]

Good team work makes it easier.job well done.

[@ravmercury3225]

Definitely!

[@cloverjohnson7376]

Building is really costly especially since COVID everything gone sky rocket. At the end of it all it's yours so you just have to do what you can do.🤩

[@ravmercury3225]

So true!

[@marickag1695]

Very useful information. Keep up the good job!

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks much!

[@dantaehinds9867]

Absolutely brilliant. You have a future in the construction industry. Maybe should come work for us at Hinds construction

[@ravmercury3225]

Big up yuhself Dantae. I love to see the skillful masterpieces the genius construction workers can create from the raw materials they use. Every success to Hinds Construction.

[@nataliebrown9395]

Information packed video. love it.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Natalie🙂

[@chantewillis6618]

gREAT Video Mercury alot of useful information. thank for the upload, much appreciate you work

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Chante. Your support is greatly appreciated!

[@NH-zs4lq]

Mercury I have been trying to build 5 years now and afraid of the cost cuz my salary has been struggling for the past 5 years. I came across your video and I have confidence that I can start. I won't be able to finish in a year but I can get started. I have watched so many construction videos and your video is the best. I have learnt alot from you. You are like a professional teacher. You outlined from Measuring to roofing. Hats off for your very informative content. 👏 👍 👌 🙌

[@ravmercury3225]

Take it one step at a time. Go at your own pace and by the grace of the Almighty you will see its completion 1 day👍👍

[@alwaysbeautiful3696]

For real!😍 This lady videos are top class💐 I have subscribed. Thank you so much for your videos and the proper step by step breakdown of cost🙏🏽❤️

[@onielcrawford5301]

Very good video. love it. thanks alot

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Oniel 🙂

[@NiccoOnGo]

Big Big Video! Top Notch….

[@ravmercury3225]

Much appreciated!

[@reneataylor2280]

Well researched video. love the work you put in. Good information to have. thanks a million

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Renea!

[@nakeishajamaicandreamhome6756]

Explanation on point

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Nakeisha!

[@samuelmyles2509]

gREAT Video mercury appreciate the time and effort.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Samuel!

[@andraecampbell5274]

bIG BIG Video great work keep it up

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Andrae!

[@vashtieedmondson2404]

Great Video. Love it. Useful information.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Vashtie!

[@gloriadacres5797]

Great video with useful information. keep them coming mercury.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Gloria🙂

[@zodie-annllewellyn4479]

Great presentation, full of information.

[@ravmercury3225]

🙂

[@tanyabennett1233]

Very good video most informative so far. thanks much

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Tanya. You're welcome🙂

[@cloverjohnson7376]

The amount of information you giving us mercury you seem like you could do a job like this. Well informative keep it up🤣🤣🤣

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks much😄

[@NiccoOnGo]

Great Video, you could also make a labor/ Trademan pay per job, labor get between $2500,$3500 per day Masonry $5000-$10,000 etc

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Nicco Ongo

[@mayweathermoney5191]

Don't let no one fool you with that crap!!! At the time you made this comment, the fee for laborer was $3,500-$4,500 and now it's at $4,500-$5,500 tradesmen is $10,000-15,000 per day

[@diannastewart1373]

Very informative. Good job

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Dianna!

[@augustusgrant7184]

Very good information. Anything to do with construction is of interest to me. I am an EC and will be doing my own build.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Augustus. You have a wonderful skill that you can now benefit from. All the best creating your masterpiece.

[@augustusgrant7184]

👍

[@kentonkirkland3553]

Nice job. well done

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks Kenton🙂

[@Rudylee51]

Hard working Jamaican people. Protection on them. No injuries!

[@jasontollorowe4gmail.comro625]

Thanks for the info.

[@ravmercury3225]

Any time!

[@joggywalcott5895]

You are both beautiful and informative I glean a lot of valuable information from your narration, blessings to you all the way

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you so much!

[@VictorEboa]

Awesome video, happy to find your channel & Subscribed. I like the way you break down the cost. Very helpful especially for us building at the moment. Keep it up, thumbs up 👍

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you. All the best with your project

[@lotayapinnock9008]

Can you send me a breakdown of the cost to build a 2 store with 8 bedroom, 4 bathroom, living, dining and separate kitchen. Please. Love the video

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you for subscribing Latoya. Welcome to the channel. The best person to provide you with accurate figures for your building project would be a qualified Quantity Surveyor. However for an estimate you could multiply the total proposed square footage by J$4000.00. It is always best to consult with the trained professionals though so seek the assistance if a Quantity Surveyor. Their figures are usually very accurate.

[@larosemurphy6640]

@@ravmercury3225 i did mine with a quantity survey and it was 9000 dollars 2019 good luck i wish you well at that time the man told me 72 million...72 million gone long time and i am about 90 percent in so please please don't tell no one about 4000 dollars

[@keciathompson5604]

Thanks for a well researched, information filled video

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad it was helpful!

[@troykarr593]

Love this video i would appreciate the contact for the contractor

[@ravmercury3225]

Demar Wilson (Demo) 876 476-1123

[@tanieshajones144]

another excellent and informative video.😍

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you so much

[@simonemorris2441]

nice breakdown of the costing. easily understood

[@ravmercury3225]

Great to hear!

[@tyronejackman5789]

great information, well presented. so helpful

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fitzandra]

What parish is these quotes from?

[@ravmercury3225]

St. Andrew.

[@fitzandra]

@@ravmercury3225 thank you 😊

[@favoredsweetpfaith8808]

Noice 👍

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you!

[@nemshimacapana6730]

Great video Mercury...just one concern. The square footage for the construction 188sq feet sounds too small for what was being built.

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Nemshi. I'm not the best at reading floor plans but that is the measurement recorded and the contractor is building according to the measurements. Maybe it looks bigger on camera than it actually is.

[@nemshimacapana6730]

@@ravmercury3225 Even without reading the plan, I can tell something is wrong with the size 188 sq ft you quoted.The plan calls for a two bedroom, two bathroom and carport. However 188 square feet could never be enough to cover those spaces. Consider this; a 10 w foot wide by 10 foot long bedroom is 100 square feet (10×10=100). Minus 100sq ft from the 188sq ft leaves 88sq ft...It is impossible to get another bedroom, two bathrooms and a carport out of 88 square feet. The carport alone looks like about 200 square feet..which is 10 feet wide by 20 feet long. So something is not quite right.

[@ravmercury3225]

Maybe you can clarify the info for me as I am always willing to learn. According to the plan under Design Information the following is quoted Existing floor area: 4,154sq.ft/385.9192 sq.ms Proposed floor area: 188 sq.ft/17.4658 sq.ms. Total area: 4,342 sq.ft/403.385 sq.ms. From what I understand floor area here means the addition hence my reason for quoting 188 sq.ft. Maybe it is to be multiplied or something I don't know..

[@nemshimacapana6730]

@@ravmercury3225 🤔 So the original house was 4,154 square feet? Unless the method for calculating square feet has changed. The number of feet in width multiplied by the number of feet in length. Your original house was massive. If your original house was actually 4,154 sq ft based on the plan in the video, it would be about 50 ft wide by 83 feet long. It certainly doesn't look like that based on the look of it in the video and the blue print. That size of 4,154 sq ft sounds like the size of a typical house lot...the land; not the building. It would be good if you can double check with any independent contractor or drafts man just to confirm what the actual square foot of the house was and what the addition in square footage is. Or if you have a tape measure just stretch it across the front of the house to see how wide it is.

[@ravmercury3225]

Ok cool!

[@carlylelongmore9209]

Very informative and articulate

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you Carlyle!

[@sandrabyfield6481]

Very informative. I am building a house right now and I am so grateful for this wonderful information. Thanks.

[@ravmercury3225]

Great all the best with your project.

[@hughbarclay501]

Very good video

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks

[@rohanheadley4121]

very good and useful video

[@ravmercury3225]

So nice of you

[@kenmariejones8775]

From casting foundation to finish without using building blocks

[@kenmariejones8775]

How many.blocks can built a tw bed upstairs with bathroom

[@ravmercury3225]

That would be dependent on the size of the rooms.

[@jamaicafiftieth4766]

I enjoyed this video. I liked the fact that the prices are not targeted to foreigners but rather general rates charged to locals.

[@ravmercury3225]

😎

[@kenmariejones8775]

Very informative well said what i wanted to know is can a house be built from cast from foundation to finish?

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks you Ken Marie. I don't understand the query though

[@jamaicafiftieth4766]

@@ravmercury3225 Yes you can cast a building with mixed cement instead of blocks

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks for sharing 👍🙂

[@TalencioJamaican]

Why mason men ALWAYS so grumpy? Why dem always talk to dem laborers so rough? Just need the best answer for this

[@ravmercury3225]

Sometimes labourers like to sls k up o bthe job and the only way to get some if them to work like how they should is to put in the bass🙂 some 9f them hard to learn to and the mason dont want to have to do over tmwhat the labourer spoil it cost time and money and some clients want top of the line work

[@brano2011]

Why is Ply board so expensive in jamaica 😫 it a shame I couldn't ship them jamaica custom is the next ripoff, here in England ply board is in every rubbish skip and every building site big waste 😑 hearing these prices driving me insane and my project hasn't started yet LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH Big thank you to all you guys thais building your dream homes I really appreciate all of you ❤

[@michaelc821]

That may be the answer, ship some of the materials home in the container to save and maybe, the quality is better coming from here....

[@michaelc821]

I wouldn't trust half of the block makers. Block quality is paramount.

[@michaelc821]

The cement work between the blocks could be better..

[@jenefferdiah2242]

I really need to get intouch with those trade men...great work

[@mrlainglove8119]

Great job...How much length of steel in a tonne?

[@ravmercury3225]

Depends, 62 in the 1/2inch. Will let you know though

[@liamedmondson1337]

great video, hope to see the finish house one day

[@ravmercury3225]

Very soon!

[@marcellafrancis2396]

This is helping me a lot thank God I found you more confident now

[@ravmercury3225]

Awesome to know!

[@deniseduncan9595]

this is a keeper, great video.

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad you like it!

[@jissellroache5448]

Can you recommend any trade man?

[@ravmercury3225]

I am located in the St. Andrew area. Which area are you located in and it depends on the type of work that you would be doing. The contractor I use is good and reasonable but he usually has a lot of work. In box me and I will give you his contact details.

[@OriginalsByBenji]

1:36 What is the size of the floorplan?

[@ravmercury3225]

Quoted it from the plan. It could be wrong but will double check

[@MultiBrowngirl]

@@ravmercury3225 please do. As you stated a very small sqr footage

[@mistaox]

Awesome video. Are the prices mentioned in JMD or USD?

[@ravmercury3225]

Thanks. JMD

[@zairwalcott7095]

when i am ready to build, i am going to hire you as my contractor

[@ravmercury3225]

Awesome😁😁

[@kedeshajarrett5321]

very informative and useful video. great content

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad you think so!

[@okaceychristie5138]

1200 blocks for the entire structure?

[@nolablakereyes3874]

Very insightful and educational. Very detailed as well

[@ravmercury3225]

Much appreciated!

[@alismith1320]

I think you should still use line while doing steel work 😊

[@ravmercury3225]

Noted for future builds👍

[@beverlymyrie9455]

was listening for the carpentry for putting up the boards for the casting of roof

[@ravmercury3225]

The cost is placed closer to the end of the video double check. It was 185K

[@winnifredreid5497]

Absolutely informative and eye opening

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad you think so!

[@Saffie_Anderson]

Good day, what Architectural firm did you use please? I’m trying to find a reputable company and have been a draftsman maybe an option but am looking for guidance and you are now a pro!

[@ravmercury3225]

Jayce Richardson 876 466-4582 [e-mail]

[@jermainelindo6944]

friendship n same personality

[@sandralewis6542]

very informative video.

[@ravmercury3225]

Glad it was helpful!

[@renapatterson6026]

great video, very useful

[@ravmercury3225]

👍thanks

[@Andy_English_]

I must say that some of these jobs used to be included in a days daily rate of pay back in the day ,im not sure when this individual charging started ,would be nice to know if anyone can shed light on this

[@dow2002]

I think this way is better,deliverable based.. disburse money based on what is completed. Won’t have people wasting your time and money.

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

Good video, are the prices in USD or Jamaican?

[@ravmercury3225]

Jamaican dollars

[@PabbysWorld]

Good day your comment are very misleading if you want to comment on construction get your information from a professional ex. an Architect, a qualified contractor, or Quantity surveyor all work are done by unit of measurement such as excavation is done by cubic measure measurement, blocks are build by square measurement and so on get educated if you want to comment on construction

[@ravmercury3225]

Thank you for your opinion. The quotations in this video as I said is specifically related to this particular project and none other. I was not referring to the standards that currently exists. Some.persons prefer if the prices quoted are directly related to what they see. Not everyone is particularly interested in the technical jargons used in the construction industry.

[@radarmusic55]

ARE THESE THE COST FOR THE ENTIRE ADDITION THAT WAS SHOWN AT THE START OF THE VIDEO? OR JUST FOR 1 SECTION OF THE BUILDING? BECAUSE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS MENTIONED WHICH WAS APPROX. 180 SQURE FEET. BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ADDITION TO THE BUILDING LOOKS TO BE IN THE 1500 SQURE FEET. I would like to know

[@ravmercury3225]

Sorry about that it is actually 921.4sq ft.

[@okaceychristie5138]

What is a good price per 100 to lay blocks?

[@jermainelindo6944]

streets avenue mainstream park community boulevard

[@deana-kaybrown1368]

Building cost high in jamaica

[@user-um8io4qm4k]

Up

[@horacemckenzie2377]

All people have to dois get a contractor .. And ask Tim how much it would cost me to build a house that I want .. And ifhe give me a price that I like we sign the agreement and that's it ..

[@ravmercury3225]

True that Horace

[@donnatrump1403]

I hope my architect doesn't see this though this has more to it.

[@foryourgloryministries9564]

What’s the cost of mason to lay 100 blocks.

[@ravmercury3225]

Price varies

[@357ARN]

Are these prices in JMD or USD?

[@ravmercury3225]

JMD

[@jermainelindo6944]

college

[@jermainelindo6944]

111

[@jermainelindo6944]

house 🏡 n babymama

[@bluerenovationsconstructionser]

If you all need your house to build are repair give me a call

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Working like ants...

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