by Craig | Jul 27, 2015 | General posts, Pricing/Value
Cabbagetown century home
“How do your prices compare to the competition?” Well, let me start off by saying that we will not be the cheapest painter you can get, but what do you get for handing over your hard earned dollars?
First of all you get experience – CAM Painters has been in business in Toronto for close to 15 years, between my painters and myself we have close to 40 years of painting experience under our belt, or on the “dry end of the brush”, as I like to say! Our painters have been selected and trained for attention to detail and excellent customer service.
You get trained painters with the proper equipment to do the job efficiently, safely and to the highest quality standards. We have ladders of all shapes and sizes, from step ladders to 40′ ladders, ladders for safely working in stairwells. We have the fancy Festool dust extraction sanders to keep dust on the jobsite to a minimum.
You get a truck loaded with specialized tools. You get a truck that goes to the paint store for the paint, so that you don’t have to get it yourself.
You get peace of mind by having workers that are fully covered by WSIB, and workers who have been trained to work safe in all situations.
So when you put it all together you get quite a bit of value for your hard earned dollars. You get peace-of-mind that the job will be done efficiently, by trained painters, using the best tools for the job, working safely and fully insured. Why trust your painting experience to anyone else?
If you would like a quote on your painting project in Toronto, why not book one right now?
by Craig | Jul 11, 2015 | General posts, Pricing/Value
Faux tin ceiling
“How much is this going to cost me?” Whether our customers say it or not, the price of their painting project is a primary concern.
We like to be upfront with our pricing, meaning that the price we give you on our written quote is the price that you pay at the end of the job.
“Is there a situation in which the price on the quote will change?” Fair question, the price on the quote will not change unless there is additional work added to the scope of work, in which case we will give you the additional cost in writing and ask for your approval before going ahead.
Let’s take an example, if you have us price the painting of ceiling and walls in a room, and later decide that the trim should be done, there will be an additional charge for that in writing and we will not proceed with it until you have approved the extra cost.
How do we arrive at the price on our quote? It’s actually rather simple, when I quote a painting project I figure out how long each aspect of the project will take based on setting up, production rates for each task, and clean up afterwards.
I take the total number of hours and multiply it by our hourly charge rate, which is $40/hr (as of summer of 2015) for basic painting services. Material costs are added to the labour cost and that is the price that ends up on the bottom of the quote.
“Can I just pay you $40/hr instead of the fixed price you’ve quoted?” The reason we give fixed prices is for your benefit, it eliminates the risk of not knowing what the final price will be. A fixed price turns your painting project into a stress-free endevour.
We’ve just dealt strictly with pricing here, and we don’t have time to get into the most important aspect, which is “Cost vs. Value” which will be the subject of our next post….
