We're still using the same method for pricing, although we are doing a lot more adaptive re-use work so the formula becomes useless in those situations. Our hard costs have gone up like evryone elses so the one change we have made on new frames is to break out the cost estimate for raising and transportation as a seperate line item. If the client wants a planed and oiled finish, that also becomes a seperate line item in the quote.
It's obviously smoke and mirros, but it also makes the cost of the frame itself more tangible, even if the illusion is it's a deal. I like to think good work has to cost more than the market will bear so the real trick is helping the client beleive they really have chosen a better value which means a better investment. If all they're interested in is the bottom line, we're back to where we were when we were stick framing.
Keep up the good work!
Rudy
