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[quote=Anonymous]We have a small family business as my husband is a general contractor. He does mostly bathroom and basement renovations inside the beltway. He subs out some work like tile but otherwise is doing most of the work himself. Our goal is he bills $100 an hour, or $800 for a day. Like others have pointed out he can’t be working constantly the way jobs align so we need an extra hourly to cover the time between jobs or doing other work related tasks. We also have high liability insurance.

But one of our biggest pushes in pricing is knowing that his body can’t do the level of physical labor he does every day as late in life as some other professions that are not as labor intensive. We need to be set up for an earlier retirement or have money banked for an injury.

We also charge what the market can bear.  He only does one job at a time so his clients can expect his 100% attention to detail. He is fair and communicates well. He always gets his job done within his timeline.  He is well respected and recommended by clients. And he almost always gets the bids he puts out; so honestly the market could bear more and he should charge more. [/quote]

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