Do These Things To Create An Accurate Estimate | Handyman Jobs | Handyman Business
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2023
- One of the hardest things to do in the handyman business is to learn how to estimate jobs properly. Not charging enough will destroy you business. Here are a few critical things to do when estimating jobs.
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Yeah man, Ive been at this for thirty years, in business for over 20. I wasted so many years not making any real profit. Nowadays if someone doesn't like my price they can get someone else.
100% Agree! What’s the point of all the extra work involved with doing everything yourself if you’re just gonna make as much as you do work if somebody else.
I’m usually a day rate guy for smaller jobs. Thoughts?
Word of advice, customer pays for ALL the materials that includes consumables… I round up and most of the time I keep the leftovers. Garbage stays behind in there cans. If I have to haul it away, they get charged for that too.
I agree 100%. They have to pay for the materials because it's their materials.
I understand the thought behind using their trash cans, but I feel like it puts a bad taste in peoples mouths that could be easily prevented. Just shove $5 into your final charge to cover part of your dump run after a few jobs
Agree. My city doesn't haul off construction waste. Just add disposal into cost of doing business.@@eliahmorris6145
You're good, but you're not keeping any "leftovers" bruh...my money to buy my materials =my leftovers.
One of the most important items is letting the customer know that the price you charge is for what you can see, not for what you can't see. For example if you're doing a repair in a bathroom and there has been a possibility of water damage, your quote only covers what is visible. If the damage reaches further into a wall and rotten framing needs to be replaced, then that will cost extra. But remember that before any "extra" work is to be performed, the customer MUST be informed in detail as to the extent of the repairs and what the extra cost will be, then get the go ahead from the customer. Wherever possible show them what has happened - a visual is better than just words. Never start any extra work without approval.
To cover your butt and theirs, make yourself up a contract that goes into detail what your responsibilities are and what the customer's responsibilities are. Last thing you need is to get into a disagreement of "he said, she said". etc.
I completely agree with you. I always apply extra details even when they don't ask for it. If I'm doing the drive over repair and I asked them if they want to paint and they say no then I put on the estimate drywall repair only, no painting. I've learned the hard way on a few occasions so getting all the details is a must.
Trying to start my own business and this info is greatly appreciated. This is definitely something to remember!!thanks🙏🏽
I'm glad it was helpful. There will be plenty more to come as well. Congrats on getting started!
Wiggle room. Always gotta have wiggle room! Wiggle wiggle wiggle! Good video Daryl.
Much appreciated. Wiggle room is a necessity!
Great job nice content very engaging i. Your diy approach. It's great to see black man putting it down. Keep up the great work I'm watching.
Thanks, I appreciate you watching. There will be plenty more to come.
I have learned so much from your vids thank you! I work mostly for property managers now. When an individual property owner calls me, the first thing they ask is what my hourly rate is. So frustrating. When I tell them my trip fee to start is $125, I sometimes, not all the time, get resistance and/or get into a negotiation roundabout. So many stories to tell, I have. The property manager route is the best way to go. Lowered strain of making estimates. I constantly get jobs. Make some flyers and pass them around to all the property management companies around you. BUT not all at once and be prepared when you visit. Pace yourself and gain their trust. I am overwhelmed with work now. The challenge now for me is management and scheduling workorders! I currently use Markete but thinking about moving to Jobber. Markete has a few(more than few) bugs in the user interface. But a good start off point because it's cheaper.
The good thing about the handyman business is there are multiple lanes to get work. The property manager route is absolutely the most consistent especially now that there are more and more rentals popping up every day. In my area they're currently building a whole new housing development that's all for lease. For a little while I did commercial/ stores but their process of doing work orders got old plus most were at least net 45. I like dealing directly with homeowners but I will admit, it does take longer to build your network. At this point a lot of customers have shown other people my work so when they call it's usually something that I like doing and they know it's not going to be cheap. I'm glad you found your lane and I'm wishing you much success in it!
You're the best. I bet it would be cool to work with you
We all spend way too much time working to not enjoy what we're doing. I appreciate you stopping through.
killing it buddy. How's business out in your area?
Thanks bro. My area is going crazy right now. I've taken a couple of long term jobs so I'm locked up for the next couple of months. Still doing a couple of installs in the evenings though. Things good out your way?
@@DarylTheFINISHER good to hear buddy. Things have slowed down in my area. Everybody looking for a deal.
"All you have to do is"....... man! Lol
Absolutely! That phrase translated in different languages means "loss of all profits".
This is the biggest problem i have ran into with my assembly business alot of jobs i look back where i definitely should have charged more but didnt cause i was afraid to lose the gig
It takes time to gain the confidence that you need to know that more jobs are coming so it's okay to lose some. If you haven't gotten there yet, I promise you'll get to a place where there will be no more low balling!
@DarylTheFINISHER I'm getting there. I'm at the place where I don't negotiate anymore due to the fact I know my skills and results are top-tier problem I have now is I guess assembly work gets placed along with handyman work so alot jobs people ask me to do is not in my wheelhouse so do I need to learn these skills or just be upfront and say that's not service I offer