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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...
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Back Costing Made Simple
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...
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Builder Social Media – 9 Good Ideas For Your Social
Because we know a lot of our clients get their work from word of mouth, but if you think your potential customers aren’t also checking...
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Labour Charge Out Rates
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...
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The New Zealand Building Economist
Builder Dick Willson, the Apprentice’s Champion Dick Willson was born in Napier 1932, not long after the Napier earthquake, to a father...
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Chippie Time Management
We were yakking to a builder the other day – as we are always inclined to do! He was looking in general, a bit harassed. His phone kept...
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Subbies – how do they price?
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...
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When a Fixed Price Contract Won’t Work
When Builders Shy Away From Fixed Prices To be fair, a fixed price contract is always possible, but sometimes when you are negotiating...
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Charge-up
Thinking through your charge up terms & conditions I have heard about a lot of work being completed on charge up lately, not uncommon...
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Lost Another Tender?
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...
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Blog Bites – hot tips on measuring hardware
We reckon measuring hardware is one of the most under measured items when builders measure themselves… More often than not most rely on...
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Builders taking a stand on pricing…
Do you know what’s exciting???? How many builders are truly considering the cost of pricing when dealing with clients. A few years ago,...
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Blow-By-Blow
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...
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Pricing Renovations
your Survey Results are in: When we surveyed all you lovely builders a few months ago, one of the questions we asked was what type of...
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Merchant Quotes – The Good And The Bad
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...
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Using Your QS as a Trusted Advisor
The best QS in the world can price a job for you but that doesn’t mean you are going to make any money. Sounds like an odd way to start a...
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Peer checks – how a QS stays accurate!
You may wonder how our quantity surveyors stay sane when they are measuring and pricing plans all day… We can tell you from personal...
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We Can GUARANTEE You Are Leaving Money On The Table
Money!!! Free Money!!! Margin VS Markup – what’s the difference and why do you care? This is murky territory, it’s where your accountant...
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More Hot Reno Pricing Tips
With banks and lending being the way they are these days…. Never cheaper to borrow but never harder to get lending! You guys don’t really...
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The Ultimate Pricing List
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...
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