6 quotes in 48hrs and still no work

[cornish_crofter]

I find that offering a more diverse range of services helps. If you can do more than one thing then you're more likely to get your foot in the door.

For example, I think I've managed to solve a flooding problem someone's garage. They have a storm drain around the back of it and wanted to increase the slope to take the water away from the back. I was hesitent to go down this route and instead suggested clearing away the back and the side of the garage to make sure the existing storm drain is working efficiently before altering it. This is work that would have to have been done anyway to create access.

The customers - couple in their 70s, decided to go with this. I spent 3 hours on this and got rid of the resultant rubbish. It's rained both yesterday and today and they have no flooding :hurray:.

The old gent is now discussing me renewing his shed roof when the weather gets better.

 

[david campbell]

alas 2 different quotes this afternoon and 2 jobs ,feeling a bit more up beat now especially when one is a rather large floor and its a supply and fit job! woohoo! just hoping get a bit of a response from the others now!:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:

 

[trevortine]

Hey David, im from ek too and have been chocka right through and am still the same way, the credit crunch doesnt affect the high end of the market where i get most of my work from, so for now its still happy days! I done a couple of quotes locally recently and again usually tie up the deal before i leave. I aint and will never drop prices to suit the market or compete with anyone else, my price is what it is and quality reflects in that. I wouldnt be too worried mate, jan is usually slow at the best of times and i really dont think we are bein hit as hard up here as it seems down south. Granted there is a slow down but it aint gonna last forever. Got a massive job comin off in march/april so maybe be lookin for some help!