A competitor of mine has got his foot in where I do crown and other stuff, he's been around awhile, I have heard of him, infact I think he advertises in vendor pamplets that he won the Angie's List Service award. So he's got on the side of his truck...5 1/4" MDF installed, material included for $2.97 per ft???? This sounds to cheap to me...yes, no? So this guy would do 1 medium sized room(15'x15')..no paint I assume..for $100?? I thought I was cheap! I've been told I am, but man, this is Handy Man rate! Is this what it takes to stay busy??
A competitor of mine has got his foot in where I do crown and other stuff, he's been around awhile, I have heard of him, infact I think he advertises in vendor pamplets that he won the Angie's List Service award. So he's got on the side of his truck...5 1/4" MDF installed, material included for $2.97 per ft???? This sounds to cheap to me...yes, no? So this guy would do 1 medium sized room(15'x15')..no paint I assume..for $100?? I thought I was cheap! I've been told I am, but man, this is Handy Man rate! Is this what it takes to stay busy??
15x15 room is 60' x 2.97 = $17820
A little too high, Joe. I'll do it for only fifteen thousand. :clap:
I meant $178.20
A competitor of mine has got his foot in where I do crown and other stuff, he's been around awhile, I have heard of him, infact I think he advertises in vendor pamplets that he won the Angie's List Service award. So he's got on the side of his truck...5 1/4" MDF installed, material included for $2.97 per ft???? This sounds to cheap to me...yes, no? So this guy would do 1 medium sized room(15'x15')..no paint I assume..for $100?? I thought I was cheap! I've been told I am, but man, this is Handy Man rate! Is this what it takes to stay busy??
He won't last for long at that price, he is barely covering materials.
Depends on your volume, I can get 5.5" at $.50 a foot, when I buy 3k feet at a time, normal pricing for me is about -$1.00lf. But I buy a lot of trim. I know some of the really big boys round here are in the $.30lf range.
$2.5 - $2.75lf is about standard for production work round here.
Are you going to buy 3000 LF for this 60 LF job or do you have exactly what they need in stock? I just did a 350LF job for $1,800. So I guess it depends on where you are, quality of work, and how picky your customers are
The funny thing is some people really are happy with bad work. As an example my mother-in-law who is a really nice woman by the waygot a guy around to do some crown moulding in her bedroom. The guy was not cheap either at about $450 for the one room with materials. She was more than happy with the work and wont let me take it down. She was going to get the same guy to come out and do the kitchen so i told her i would do it. Just moved over here and had zero tools. went out and bought a mitre box, coping saw some of me farther in laws tools and put some up for her. She was happy but the thing was she was also happy with the last guys
I think there a customer for every quality of work and price, sometime's has no bearing what so ever of the quality of work you will get. Jaw still hits the deck every time i see that crown mouding though lol.
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