One of the biggest things I did on the handyman side of the business is for "time and materials" jobs, I grouped things in to half day blocks. I then use that same strategy for costing out bigger jobs. Am I only going to need to be there for a few hours, that's a half day. Am I going to need some time - boom full day. I explain to customers that's how we do it. The ones that think it's too expensive, we don't work for. The one's that get it, are better customers. This saved me soooooo much time and simplified pricing for me and my technicians when they need to do a change order. Are there times where we need to add an extra hour on there? Sure. I might do that on a case by case basis but if I'm planning on sending someone to a property, it's either a half or full day.
Like I said, this can apply for a big job. Let's say I'm doing a shower. Obviously there are going to be a lot of full days in there but one day I'm just going to need to seal grout then no one can go in the bathroom. I don't need to charge for a full day labor for my guy to be there a few hours. Or maybe I need to plan on going and doing touch ups and not spending a whole day there working. This keeps pricing fair, and I still make the money I need to make.
Thanks for extra perspective on this topic!!!
