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Tips on handling customers to win and keep winning building projects
Tips on handling customers to win and keep winning building projects
We may be teaching grandmother to suck eggs here, but it’s got to be worth the two minutes it should take you to read this, to confirm that you’re king or queen of customer service! Making a good first impression When you visit a prospective customer for the first time, dress professionally but not out…
So what makes a builder come to our Estimating Service for help with building quotes?
Ian our Account Manager answers questions about sticking to budget and the many and varied reasons building firms hand over their valuable projects to the HBXL Estimating Service. So do Property Developers ever come to you for estimates? Ian: “Yes regularly. Businesses, larger building firms and property developers, who are investing big money in a…
EU referendum affecting material prices – does your estimate include them?
You might be starting to feel the effects of the Brexit plans with ever-increasing materials prices. This is a response to rising commodity prices, currency fluctuations and unavoidable operating costs. It’s really important to use the very latest prices in quotes to protect your margin. And uniquely we do at the HBXL Estimating Service. We…
Buy cheap buy twice: do you get from estimators what you pay for?
There are so many sayings relating to money – probably because it makes the world go round! ‘Cheap and cheerful’ is another one. Let’s face it – things are usually cheap for a reason. And that’s OK when it need only be short-term and there are no repercussions attached to it. But you wouldn’t scrimp…
Accurate estimating service uses true labour rates
Accurate estimates from accurate prices When creating an estimate it is vitally important to ensure that you are using the most up to date rates and that nothing is missed out. No points for guessing who ends up paying the difference when the job comes in too high! This situation is easily avoided however if builders…
Award winning estimating service
At HBXL Estimating Service, we believe the best praise we can get is from our users. This is why we are so proud of our user reviews and our estimating service survey results! On top of this we are happy to say that we have been recognised for the service we provide and our methods…
