How Do Contractors Structure Their Quotes to Get More Large Jobs Approved?
Hi everyone, I’m Deroy Waite, owner of Protastic Plumbing Services Inc., and I’d really appreciate some insight from fellow plumbers or contractors. We’ve been in business for 2 years, backed by over 20 years of plumbing experience, and we’re currently focused on improving our quote approval rate, especially on larger jobs. For those landing bigger projects consistently, how are you structuring or presenting your quotes to get them approved? Are there specific things you’ve found make a big difference? Any tips or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
How to setup pricing for an Electrical Contracting Residential Service Provider?
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to the residential electrical service side of the industry and I'm trying to get my pricing dialed in. One thing I've been struggling with is pricing service calls. Sometimes I feel like I'm pricing too low and leaving money on the table, while other times I worry I'm pricing too high and potentially losing work. For those of you who have been doing residential service for a while: Do you use flat-rate pricing or time-and-materials pricing? Do you charge a diagnostic fee, truck fee, or travel fee? Is there a pricing system or price book you would recommend? Did you build your own price book, or did you purchase one from a service like Profit Rhino, The New Flat Rate, or another provider? I'm looking for a system that's consistent, profitable, and fair to the customer. I'd appreciate any advice from those who have already been through the learning curve. Thanks in advance!Is creating a contractual agreement with customers on a fixed income too risky?
We essentially would build a payment plan step by step together explaining every detail and what each payment covers, showing the progress every step of the way ensuring they don’t go broke over a roof repair or drywall patch. I’m trying to start my own handyman business that will give back to the community through the disabled and elderly who can’t always afford thousands of dollars up front.
What is the best way to estimate materials accurately for handyman and remodeling jobs?
I run a Handyman/ small remodeling company and one thing that always seems to slow me up is material lists. For some of the bigger jobs we do such as decks, its not too bad. I typically get on Menards and use their design and build tool which gives a materials list for the project. This usually gets me about 90% of the way there, typically will have some additional things here and there. Where I typically get hung up is the more odd jobs. I spend time thinking about all the possible things we will need and it seems like always fall a little short. My question is what are others doing? Same thing? AI tools? Just getting materials close enough then billing out extra at the end? appreciate any and all help!
How do I start a tire shop with limited funds and no supplier contacts?
Hello I’m Devin and I have been working for myself for over three years doing handyman, pressure washing, tree cutting. Pretty much anything outdoors that need to be done and just burnt out and tired of doing it always wanted to start a new and used tire shop doing oil changes as well. Little minor things like brakes and windshield wipers and bolt lightbulbs for headlights I finally bought two brand new machines tire changer and balancer got most of the tools that I need lacking just a few things but having a hard time with funds, of course, and trying to find some way of being visible in the community I’ve tried Facebook and other social media apps haven’t had much luck hardest thing for me is to fork out so much money for used tires at one time and not having the help of knowing who to contact for getting new tires so any insight would be wonderful thank you in advance
Small Property Damage Restoration Company Needing Some Serious Guidance!!!
Hello Everyone, my name is Jonathan and i own a small property damage restoration company in Live Oak, FL. We service a big radius including Gainesville, Ocala, The Villages and much more. Right now its just me as I've been in the industry for 18 years i work better myself but as i get more jobs on each end of my radius of service i will need to hire someone and get a van and get them helping me with these jobs. What's hard right now is i started this business a year an a half ago with nothing, no capital, no loan, just starting a job collecting a deposit and then collecting the rest at the end, and if you know the restoration industry then you know these companies don't survive off of word of mouth. many people will say word of mouth is best but if you think about it, when your home floods normally you call your insurance company or you go to google to hurry and find a company to come out and normally the top 3 companies will be the ones getting picked. So i will need SEO Marketing so that my google business page and website pop up first on google and its very very expensive I've seen 5000-8000 to get started and 2000-3000 monthly to keep you at the top and it does work I've seen it!! but as a company that literally survives off each job and doesn't get that many jobs monthly to begin with its very very hard to get up there with these big companies!!! What really bums me out is after 18 years and working with many many different companies i have a plan to implement all the good traits about these companies I've worked for to create the ultimate restoration company that is there for the community and help the customers and not my pockets like these other companies do!! Basically i need help with funding, i am currently working on my business credit i have many tradelines right now to help me build it cause my personal credit is not good enough to get a loan or any kind of funding! Does anyone know how to get Grants, Funding, Loan, Anything to help me with some working capital??
