If you are a contractor interested in expanding your business to remodeling, it is important to bid on a remodeling job so that you come out with a profit for your business. The key to securing a remodeling job is in the preparation and presentation of your bid. When you are approaching a potential client you want to be sure you are confident in your business and bidding price. Once you gain security in your bidding submission process, you are sure to gain valuable clients.
Instructions
Instructions
1. Speak up. If you are now providing remodeling services, you have to make it known so that potential clients will know they can come to you for their remodeling needs. Be sure to include an announcement about your remodeling services on your flyers and website and in your ads.
2. Know your costs ahead of time. You should create a list of services and the associated overhead ahead of time so that when you arrive to do your walk-through you won't be guessing. A key to doing this would be to know the materials, time and number of employees that would be required to complete the job. Once you have this added, figure out how much of a profit you would like to gain and use this information to determine the actual price you will charge your customer.
3. Walk-through. This is a very important process as it allows you to visually see what the job entails and decide how you will approach it. As you doing your walk-through be sure to ask your customer exactly what it is he wants so that you don't get surprises during or after the completion of the project.
4. Present the bid. After you have decided the estimations you would like to present to your potential client, you want to be sure to present it in a very detailed manner so that what your potential client understands everything he is being charged. You want to make the customer feel secure in the final amount he will be paying and why he is paying it.
