Pricing estimates
Appliance repair diagnostic fees and repair pricing
Set an appliance diagnostic fee from real costs, decide whether to credit it, build flat rates by appliance and know when a repair is not worth it.
Pricing estimates
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When to tell a customer to replace an appliance
An honest repair-or-replace framework for appliance techs: age, repair total, parts, energy and safety, with a decision table and scripts.
Pricing estimates
How to calculate your billable hourly rate
Calculate a home service billable hourly rate from loaded labor cost, overhead per billable hour and profit, with a worked example and an efficiency check.
Pricing estimates
How to build a flat-rate price book from scratch
Build a flat-rate price book step by step: pick tasks, set standard times, apply your billable rate and parts markup, add tiers and test against past jobs.
Pricing estimates
Bundling services: pest + lawn, cleaning add-ons, HVAC + IAQ
Design service bundles customers want that still make money: pest and lawn, cleaning add-ons, HVAC and indoor air, with anchoring and a margin check.
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Change orders: handling scope changes mid-job
Handle mid-job scope changes with written change orders: triggers, what to include, how to price them and approval by text or e-signature.
Pricing estimates
How to bid a commercial cleaning contract
Bid commercial cleaning step by step: the walkthrough, production rates, labor hours and burden, supplies, task frequency and a proposal format that wins.
Pricing estimates
How to research competitor pricing
Research competitor pricing legally: public price lists, mystery calls, review mining and lost-estimate feedback, plus how to use what you learn.
Pricing estimates
Offering consumer financing for home services
How consumer financing works for home service companies: lender programs, dealer fees, advertising rules and how to present monthly payments honestly.
Pricing estimates
Credit card surcharges and convenience fees: the rules
Card surcharge rules for home service businesses: Visa limits, the debit ban, states that bar or restrict surcharges, and disclosure. Not legal advice.
Pricing estimates
Pricing deep cleans and move-out cleans
Price deep and move-out cleans with time multipliers from your own data, fixed add-ons for ovens, fridges and windows, and clear condition disclaimers.
Pricing estimates
Discounts that keep margin: seniors, military, members
Build a fixed discount list for seniors, military, members and referrals, account for every discount and stop ad-hoc discounting by your team.
Pricing estimates
Pricing electrical panel upgrades and service changes
Price panel replacements and service upgrades with a base package plus adders: scope variables, utility coordination, permits and load calculations.
Pricing estimates
Presenting estimates at the kitchen table
A no-pressure way to present home service estimates in person: findings, photos, options, financing, questions and a respectful close, with scripts.
Pricing estimates
How to price EV charger installs: tiers, adders, options
Price home EV charger installs by run length, panel capacity, load management, permits and option tiers, with photo-based intake and incentive checks.
Pricing estimates
Financing dealer fees: what they really cost you
Work out what financing dealer fees cost on 0% promotions and standard plans, see the margin math with examples, and price them in without hidden markups.
Pricing estimates
Flat-rate vs. time-and-materials pricing for home services
Compare flat-rate and time-and-materials pricing on customer trust, margin control and technician behavior, and see where T&M still makes sense.
Pricing estimates
Free estimates vs. paid estimates: which fits you?
Free or paid estimates? Work out what an estimate visit costs, choose by trade and job size, use the credit-back approach and qualify leads first.
Pricing estimates
Garage door repair pricing without bait-and-switch
Transparent garage door repair pricing for springs, cables and openers: a published price sheet, written options before work and scripts that build trust.
Pricing estimates
Good-better-best options for home repair and replacement
How to build good-better-best options that are real choices: what belongs at each tier, examples by trade, a presentation script and the mistakes to avoid.
Pricing estimates
Handyman pricing: hourly, by the job or by time block
Hourly, flat-rate or time-block handyman pricing compared, with minimums, travel, materials handling and a worked example of one ticket priced three ways.
Pricing estimates
House cleaning pricing: hourly, flat rate or per square foot
Compare hourly, flat-rate and per-square-foot house cleaning pricing on risk and ease of quoting, plus first-clean premiums and recurring discounts.
Pricing estimates
Repair vs. replace: how HVAC techs should advise customers
An honest repair-or-replace framework for HVAC techs: age, repair cost, failure history, efficiency, refrigerant and safety, plus a script and summary.
Pricing estimates
Writing an HVAC replacement estimate customers read
What a clear HVAC replacement estimate includes: load calculation, SEER2 and AFUE specs, refrigerant, scope, permits, warranty and options on one page.
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