etech -Please, please, please don't go to flat rate, square foot or any other "all singing, all dancing" method of estimating your jobs.I posted under another thread just recently here about things related to pricing. My bean counter and I tried flat rate for about a month or so a long time ago as well as square foot stuff. The flat rate stuff killed us because we didn't realize all the associated costs then. After a long time, I still don't think we know ALL the costs of carrying out the business, but we have a pretty good handle on it - maybe within about a couple of hundred bucks. It still boils down to going out and counting each item that needs doing, whether it's a new construction, renovation or repair and having a good idea of how long it's going to take and just what material you need to get the job done.
I really, really wish it wasn't that way, but it is. Hope that helps you.
Now if I could just get the rockers from covering our receptacles. GRRRR!
don't confuse flat rate/upfront pricing on residential service work with swag/sq foot/unseen unit pricing on new work...2 different worlds and 2 different things
