Are bids from home improvement contractors typically negotiable?
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ashley d asked:
Sure, I realize *everything* is negotiable, and the only way to find out is to ask. But I’m wondering if people actually do it often.
The purchase price of a home is expected to be negotiable. So is the purchase price of a car. So is the salary on a new job. Do home improvement bids from contractors fall into this category? Or even close?
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Sure, I realize *everything* is negotiable, and the only way to find out is to ask. But I’m wondering if people actually do it often.
The purchase price of a home is expected to be negotiable. So is the purchase price of a car. So is the salary on a new job. Do home improvement bids from contractors fall into this category? Or even close?
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Get several bids then talk to the contractors you like about the prices. You can negotiate a better price, especially in the winter when they are hungry. However, the cheapest contractor is almost guaranteed to be the wrong choice.
i do not negotiat my prices…in fact i have been known to double them when the client calls me back to straighten out the ***** up the lower bidder did. when people try to negotiat with me, i just give them the names of others in the trade, and they will go with my bid or they won’t,
so the answer is…not even close.
As a contractor, I try to give my customers a quality job at a competitive price. When they want to cut the price, I typically ask them what portion of the requested work that they want to delete from the bid. I don’t try to provide the cheapest price because that entails using the cheapest craftsmen, and the cheapest craftsmen are cheap for a reason. So, no, I don’t really negotiate my prices and don’t spend much time with them if I sense that type of attitude. There’s too much work out there to waste my time being unrealistic.
sure they are,but you get what you pay for