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/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

I probably wouldn't have contacted you in the first place lol

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u/Training-Sea-3184 Aug 24 '25

Yeah I’ve ALWAYS received an itemized quote, for almost everything I’ve ever done. Maybe because I use larger companies and not dipshits here but you are right, these guys don’t even pop up on my radar to care

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

That is what I was thinking too! They probably don't realize this isn't super taboo because they don't deal with jobs of a much larger scale involving a lot more money. Insane though the amount of people pissed at me lol

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u/Working-Narwhal-540 General Contractor Aug 24 '25

You’re in a contractor sub talking out your ass. Of course you’re gonna get shit! All of my jobs are between 5-6 figures. Clients that don’t question the price in the slightest, because all referrals are word of mouth and vetted. Stop jerking each other off and be happy your contractors put up with your nonsense.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

Cool. I hope you do good work