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FirstChoiceElectric

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Lower Fairfield County CT
New at estimating just looking for to see if im in the ball park. Its the first floor two bedroom of three family house gutted (from what I'm being told ). dryer is gas, no dining room and only a fridge and micro in kitchen other then gas stove. No catv/phone on prints. Service will get upgraded, but not apart of this quote.

21 rec lights
5 sp switches
12 3way switches
3 4way swtches
1 bath fan
1 surface closet light
2 Gfi in kitchen
5 kitchen outlets (besides gfi's)
1 bath gfi
20 duplex

Sorry if not enough info, but really just looking for a ball park to see how I did
 
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CopperTone

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MetroWest, MA
hard to exactly price without seeing it but I'd be around $6500 not including the service or cost of fixtures if there was nothing crazy that was left out. No heat, ac, phones, cable, internet, door bells, kitchen exhaust, hot water heater, or laundry circuit.

plus the cost of a permit

and you did say this was the first floor stripped to studs with an exposed basement - right? right.
 
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FirstChoiceElectric

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Lower Fairfield County CT
Plans are pretty bare bone so im trying to cover my self in proposal. I havent seen the property, but from what I was told its all open including the basement. Im at $6000 so for my first good size bid I feel good. The plans show smokes but, gc doesnt know if there is alarm so im adding and alternate price for hardwired ones. As a side question if I install smokes on the first floor do I have to add them in all apartments
 
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quogueelectric

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new york
7000 as lowball but I would throw 8000 /7900 plus permit fee out as first price and this includes the 2 new 20 a sabcs for the kitchen and a new 20 a ckt for the bathroom ckt.
 
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Sharpie

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PA
quogueelectric said:
7000 as lowball but I would throw 8000 /7900 plus permit fee out as first price and this includes the 2 new 20 a sabcs for the kitchen and a new 20 a ckt for the bathroom ckt.
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You have to figure out YOUR price, and then sell your value to the customer. As far as giving a first price and then coming down from there... I don't like to do that. I just give my price and hold to it (unless it's a true charity case). If you come down in price, it looks like you're either: 1. desperate, or 2. charging too much in the first place.

I'd find a reasonable price and stick to it.
 
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celtic

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Location
NJ
I came up with:
69.07 Man-hours
$7,999.86 Price tag
NOT including permits, inspections and filing fees
 
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MJW

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I came up with 73.5 hours.
I'm wondering what everyone came up with for a material cost. My program spit out $398.94 (without fixtures) and that seems a bit low to me. That is direct material cost without markup.
 
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