Catering your contractors
12/15/15
I have a contractor that we do several jobs a year for. I already give him a better price point on his cabinets than other contractors. My issue is that he always wants me to do a preliminary drawing based on the blue prints and give a price for that. Then by the time we get down to actually building anything I've done about two or three more drawings wanting me to price it with this option and that option. Scale this back and price it out this way and that way. Every change requires a new drawing so the home owner can see what its going to look like. So my question is how do you guy's handle customers like this? and do you charge for every time you have to change up the drawings? How do you go from your take off from the blue prints to final decisions choices made to start building?
12/16/15 #2: Catering your contractors ...
First stop giving him a price break,probably start charging him more , ask yourself do I really need those kind of customers.
12/16/15 #3: Catering your contractors ...
Whatever you charge for the first drawing, advise them of a fee or a rate for changes. I assume that you have a CAD system, simple changes should be fairly easy. Rule #1 in Woodwork Club: nothing is free. Be fair, but nothing is free.
12/16/15 #4: Catering your contractors ...
Website: silvawoodworking.com
Just give him (Charge him) a preliminary drawings with your bid, with one revise include on the price, if they keep updating (changing the drawings), you charge them extra.
Edi
12/16/15 #5: Catering your contractors ...
I'm in the same boat. 15 years self employed and learning. 1 revision and then $80-120 an hour for revisions after that sounds fair