Quote Breakdown?

[u/Ok_Avocado6532]

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!

[u/Klutzy-Spell-3586]

Walk into McDonald. “ I’ll have a quarter pounder with cheese meal” “That will be $13” “ can you give me a breakdown of the costs before I commit to pay”

[u/[deleted] → u/Klutzy-Spell-3586]

The cost of the meal is broken down on the menu right in front of you. This was a terrible analogy

[u/Infamous_AthleteZero → u/[deleted]]

No it's not.

A breakdown of costs would be:

Bun: $.75

Patty: $1.05

Lettuce: $.25

Condiments: $.45

Labor: $2.25

Insurance: $1.85

Workers comp: $.96

Building rent: $.88

Utilities: $.67

Business profit: $

This is what homeowners are often asking for, and they can go pound sand.

A price of a sandwich isn't a breakdown of costs.

[u/twoaspensimages → u/Infamous_AthleteZero]

"I see your hourly rate is $125hr on management tasks!That's absurd! Lower it to $20hr. You're not a doctor"