How I quote/estimate - Part 2. Carpentry and landscaping guide to pricing up work 

Happy to hear they were helpful!

Happy it helped man! :)

Thanks Kane 🤟🙏

Hey mate. My sheet has changed quite a bit from this video, however your question is still relevant. Ask your local suppliers for their price list. Tell them you want to use them exclusively. Most will be happy to share. If not, just use your general hardware, ie; Bunnings, Lowes etc depending where you live. They are usually more expensive so you will be covering yourself. As for updating it, I looked into automating it, however it was going to cost more than I was willing to spend. You might have to set aside a few hours once every few months to check you're covered.

Love the videos not very tech savvy just wondering if you could do a video on how to create the speed sheet so it all adds up for you like yours cheers keep up the great work

Hey Craig. Yeah I should do that. You could also find a tonne of other videos on RU-vid explaining it too if you need it asap.

@viking.designs ill have a look going out on my own in June so just trying to sort everything out

Hey Andrew. It’s a very old video. Figured I’d leave it up to show an example for guys new to the trade or DIYers.

Hey Rechelle. It's a very old sheet that I no longer use. From memory it was for 3 people. Labour charge out rates are usually around the $70 an hour mark currently in my region.

@@viking.designs Thank you for your response :)

@@viking.designs Thank you for your response :)

Multiple reasons! Firstly, think about when you buy something from a store. They purchase it, mark it up, then you buy at whatever price they list. Why shouldn't you do the same thing? You are also a business. You take time out of your day to call, organise with suppliers, send emails etc. You should be compensated for this. You also take considerable risk, often purchasing on a credit account, you have to deal with non paying or slow paying clients which can result in you be charged interest if not paid on time! I could probably go on but you get the idea! Think of yourself as a business.

This video is pretty old. I should really do a new one. I usually bake my overheads into my hourly rate; ie overheads divided by hours working per year then add my profit margin on top.