Construction workers' services in Poland become more expensive than in other EU countries

Due to the demand for renovation and construction services, the prices of professional services in Poland are rising faster than in Europe, assesses HRE Investments. The company reports that in January 2021, the average rate for painting apartments in Poland increased by 12.1 percent y/y, for plumbing works 7 percent y/y.

As we read in the analysis, Eurostat data show that the rates for painting in Poland increased the most in the last year. There is only one country in Europe where these services have become more expensive. This is Slovenia. There, the prices of painters increased by 12.3 percent last year. Interestingly, other professionals in this country did not increase their rates.

In Poland, other professionals also have raised the prices. The cost of plumbing services has increased almost 7 percent. About 6 percent we have to pay more for the help of carpenters and electricians, and we have to spend over 5 percent more than a year ago on the maintenance of heating devices.

According to Bartosz Turk from HRE Investments, last year there were at least several reasons that were conducive to rising prices of construction services. One of them is the epidemic that causes us to spend more time at home. So we decided to beautify them, for example by painting or changing the equipment. Besides, many people had to reorganize their properties to work there. In 2020, as many as 222,000 new houses and flats were built in Poland. This is the most in four decades. All these properties had to be finished and equipped.

(PAP)