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Originally Posted by McP77  Whilst I agree in principle to what you're saying I personally feel that a quotation is more professional than an estimation in some cases. If a customer receives an estimation then they don't really know what they'll pay. I'm sure some people give a low estimate and then put a high bill in at the end. I'd say that at least 80% of the time it's appropriate to give a quotation. Estimations have their place when there is some degree of preparation involved that could uncover problems or a job such as a regrout. |
If you were to Quote on a job and you had to remove tiles and retile and you quoted £450, if say you removed the tiles and the wall fell down (this is an extreme) and it was going to cost you £2000 to rebuild the wall..you cannot legally charge a penny more than what you
quoted and you legally have to put right the wall and then tile as per quote.
An estimate you can adjust your price should there be something unforseen...there will always be someone who knows how they stand legally..and it might just be that person at the time something a bit more than quoted for needs doing.