Take that “free quotes” sticker off the side of your van!! Ok so we totally get the free quote thing. We would generally be a bit peeved...

Why back costing is painful We've been doing a bit of back costing lately… on our own home renovations! One of the first things we ask...

Who wants to spend money on a QS when you can do it yourself? We completely appreciate that the idea of using a quantity surveyor is a...

Labour charge outs will differ depending on if you pay your guys on wages or on contract rates, and what those paid rates are. So how do...

Believe it or not – they work twice as hard as you might think We spend plenty of time talking about how builders should price their...

Would you build for free? The Cost to Price the Job should be covered – irrelevant of who does it! Not entirely sure where it comes from,...

When Builders Shy Away From Fixed Prices To be fair, a fixed price contract is always possible, but sometimes when you are negotiating...

Thinking through your charge up terms & conditions I have heard about a lot of work being completed on charge up lately, not uncommon...

So you lost the job you priced… Well, it was probably the QS’s fault that you lost it, right? Because that’s why you use a quantity...

Do you know what’s exciting???? How many builders are truly considering the cost of pricing when dealing with clients. A few years ago,...

Fixed Price Quoting In an effort to help consolidate all this info we fire at you, We thought we would throw out there a blow by blow on...

Merchant quotes: where would we be without them? Materials are a huge part of a project, can’t do much without them that’s for sure! Most...

Money!!! Free Money!!! Margin VS Markup – what’s the difference and why do you care? This is murky territory, it’s where your accountant...

Blow-By-Blow Just because we like lists… We thought we would give you guys our ultimate blow by blow of putting together a fixed price...

So you have spoken to your client who wants you to price their build for them, and you have told them you would like to outsource the...

m2 – The perfect marketing tool Ahhh the good old square metre rate. You see them all the time, group home builders love them and we can...

It seems the general public thinks that comparing one quote for another is easy….. I’m sure your clients do, right? Yeah, no worries, we...

When Money Trickles Out The Door I’m aware that one of the road-blocks around having a QS help you with your pricing, is cost. We are...

1. Each job can have some key measurements which you can then use as a filter to check whether the rest of your measurements make sense....

3 Ways To deal with constant requests to help with a ‘quick question’ You’re a tradie who has spent years learning your trade. You want...