Charging for Estimates
October  2001   Similar Articles
By JLC Staff   (6  Pages)
Twelve builders offer solid reasons for bucking the tradition of giving free estimates and tell how they get paid for the upfront work.

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Ask your colleagues and competitors whether they charge for estimates and you’re likely to get an earful in return. It isn’t a particularly divisive issue; for the most part, those who don’t charge say they wish they could. But the reasons for and against are as ingrained as personality and preference. The building and remodeling industry has, for reasons lost in time, created its own tradition of free estimates. Every builder soon discovers that a whole lot of time goes straight down the tubes on estimates that never pan out into contracts. Regardless, there remain those who accommodate and those

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