Stop Bidding Yourself Broke: Contractor Pricing Worksheets, Bid Sheet & Job Costing Toolkit (PDF)

You finished the job. The client paid in full, on time, no chasing. And you still are not sure where the money went.

A bad number costs you money even when everything else goes right. This 16-page toolkit is how you stop that: work out what an hour of your time actually costs, build a bid on real numbers, and hold your price when a client pushes back.

Inside: a true hourly cost worksheet that most contractors find comes out higher than the rate they have been charging. A full bid worksheet covering materials, labor, subs, job costs, contingency and margin. The margin versus markup fix, because adding 20 percent markup only gives you 16.7 percent margin, and the one-line correction that recovers the difference. Scripts for presenting your price and for holding it when a client asks you to come down. A method for pricing mid-job add-ons instead of guessing. Clear rules for when to walk away from a bid. And a five-minute job review so every job makes your next bid more accurate.

Copy the worksheets, fill in your numbers, use them on your next quote. Instant PDF download.

Not accounting or tax advice. These are general business worksheets, and your real overhead, tax position, and margins should be confirmed with a bookkeeper or accountant before you lock in a permanent pricing formula.

Priced the job right and still not getting paid? See Stop Chasing Money: The Get-Paid Toolkit for the contracts, deposit scripts, and late-payment templates, or get both together in The Complete Contractor Money System.