What to charge for Commercial Buildings
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I have been rendering for profit for about a year now and I have been able to make a decent living at it. Early on, it was all residential... and I have fixed prices for certain square footage... up to 3000 was a certain amount, 3000-6500 was a certain amount and anything over 6500 was a certain amount. This has worked great. Now I am getting more and more requests for commercial buildings. This is where things seem to be going because of our economy. How do you pros structure your pricing for commercial work? Do you do it like an architect and charge a certain amount per foot? Do you wing it? I would love to know if there is a defacto standard among ASAi members... I am so lost.
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This is a common question on the forum. The stock answer tends to be something like;
It is impossible to answer as pricing depends very much on the demand for your skills and the value of the dollar/pound/euro and other economic factors in the area that you are working.My opinion is that the only common denominator is the fact that you have to make enough money to live on. If a client is offering you a one-off job, the rate for that should be at a premium, as opposed to a client that has an ongoing stream of work that will keep you busy for some time.
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