I am trying to speed up my estimate/bid time and will no longer be doing "free" bids. Screw that chit.
What you do guys ( and gals) think of Homewyse.com. ? It seems pretty detailed and allows you to fine tune things for the bigger remodel jobs. They also list a low end and high end and it seems pretty nice overall. It also has a material costs section as well. Thoughts ?
Also, how do you guys (and gals) handle charging for bids. Not only do I want to reduce my bid-time but I want to charge a fee for my time with HO's and for my time punching out numbers. I've also considered waving the bid price should they accept my estimate. My thinking is along the lines of quoting a more generalized bid with some buffers (price-wise) of course and once they agree I would then sit down with them and discuss it in more details.
My train of thought is of such: To give the HO a ballpark figure with some decent parameters on the overall project cost. I am trying to weed out the dreamers. If they then decide that the costs are within their limits I'd then sit down with and hash out the details.
Thoughts ?
What you do guys ( and gals) think of Homewyse.com. ? It seems pretty detailed and allows you to fine tune things for the bigger remodel jobs. They also list a low end and high end and it seems pretty nice overall. It also has a material costs section as well. Thoughts ?
Also, how do you guys (and gals) handle charging for bids. Not only do I want to reduce my bid-time but I want to charge a fee for my time with HO's and for my time punching out numbers. I've also considered waving the bid price should they accept my estimate. My thinking is along the lines of quoting a more generalized bid with some buffers (price-wise) of course and once they agree I would then sit down with them and discuss it in more details.
My train of thought is of such: To give the HO a ballpark figure with some decent parameters on the overall project cost. I am trying to weed out the dreamers. If they then decide that the costs are within their limits I'd then sit down with and hash out the details.
Thoughts ?
