Re: Bidding a house
The square foot pricing in my opinion is not the way to go. What if the house has 30 can lights, chandeliers, fans in every room on 2 switches, Xmas receptacles in the eves on a time clock, time clock to control the outside landscape lighting, more lights are going outside then inside, doorbell button in the garage, back patio, and front door, light in every closet on a switch, door jam switch in pantry door, under and above kitchen counter lighting. I think you get my point. There is no way that using some magic # and multiplying it by the square footage that your going to come up with an accurate price. Now charging a $ amount per opening doesnt work for me and I dont like it. Some EC's swear by it and have great success with it. The only thing that has worked for me is take off a material list from the blueprints. Once you come up with your material price then apply labor hours, overhead, any other job expenses (ie. permits,tools,etc.), and then you will know what it will cost for you to break even. You then apply the amount of profit you want to make and hopefully you get the job.
[ July 24, 2005, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: GG ]