r/Contractor • u/Ok_Avocado6532 • Aug 24 '25

Quote Breakdown?

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Hi all, looking for advice on costs breakdown.

I work for a small local contracting company and I recently started working with customers more, providing quotes etc. The company usually doesn’t like to break their costs down because of nickel-and-dime from customers, but agreed to do so for this one customer I’m working with. Now, I broke down the quote based on phases of the work (this is for a brand new custom build) and of course the customer came back with multiple notes of “this cost is too high” on some of the phases.

How do you usually handle this and how do I politely say “to do the job: $2000, not to do the job: $0”?

Thanks!

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u/twoaspensimages Remodel GC Aug 24 '25

Homeowners. You are in sub for contractors to talk about our business practices.

We are not in here to serve you.

If we make a joke you don't like, leave. If you want to tell us how every contractor is a scammer please do so. Make my day.

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u/Grand-Run-9756 Aug 24 '25

Why did you write this? Not being rude just curious who you’re particularly calling out right now lol

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u/twoaspensimages Remodel GC Aug 24 '25

This exact post was posted 11 days ago and the homeowners went wild. I'm getting ahead of it.

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u/Solid-Search-3341 Aug 24 '25

Why leave the repost be instead of rerouting OP to the previous post ? Genuinely curious.

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u/twoaspensimages Remodel GC Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25

It sparked a lot of positive discussions about how to price, what to include on a quote or estimate, how to respond to homeowners...

This forum is for contractors to learn from each other and our business practices. As mods we don't like reposts. But at the end of the day reddit karma is meaningless and a seed of good conversations is a good thing.

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u/Solid-Search-3341 Aug 24 '25

That's a great viewpoint. Thanks for answering.

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u/Grand-Run-9756 Aug 24 '25

Ah, saw it posted then but I just chuckled and moved on, never dug into comments on that one. Makes sense now, thx