2 builders at the same time for a quote?

[MrsPWN]

Going back to the small business guy tomorrow with a few more figures but I want this place very much.

Going back tonight was such a help, knowing that everything I want to do, can be done.

I will certainly be taking you up on you offer when the time is right

 

[estwig]

You still have to get other quotes for the work, you'd be mad not to.

It is very easy if your a builder and you've done work on a specific property before, to make out you and only you, know all about the property and how it is put together. So therefore you are the perfect man for the job, because only you know the building this well.

Any good builder can look at a building and tell you how it is put together, this is not 'inside knowledge', don't be taken in. Get other quotes.

 

[MrsPWN]

I have been thinking the same thing, will do.

 

[maxine]

It is very easy if your a builder and you've done work on a specific property before, to make out you and only you, know all about the property and how it is put together. So therefore you are the perfect man for the job, because only you know the building this well.

... hence just one of the reasons why trades will get the hump if there is more than one attending a quote at the same time as it limits this sales pitch

 

[ETCSports]

I need a couple of quotes and only have access to the property for a limited time, is it wrong to have 2 builders there together?

I personally think so purely because I would feel as if you didn't trust me and needed a second opinion and I was wasting my time, others may see it as healthy competition, not me

 

[Beachcomber]

A little story to illustrate what could happen................................

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken wall at 10 Downing Street; one from London, another from Bristol and the third, Liverpool.

They go with a government official to examine the wall.

The London contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
'Well', he says, 'I figure the job will run about £900: £400 for materials, £400 for my crew and £100 profit for me.'

The Bristol contractor also does some measuring and figuring, and then says, 'I can do this job for £700: £300 for materials, £300 for my crew and £100 profit for me.'

The Liverpool contractor doesn't measure or figure but leans over to the Government official and whispers, "£2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'

The Liverpool contractor whispers back, '£1000 for me, £1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Bristol to fix the wall.'
'Done!' replies the government official.