Ever wonder why one contractor charges more than the other?

I did. I still do.

There’s no uniform answer. More money doesn’t mean better work.

Less money doesn’t mean lesser quality work.

So what plays into cost?

-Geographical area. Some areas are more costly to do business. Think city environment over suburbs. Occasionally, it’s not the cost, but just the headache. Or, it’s the traffic. Traffic means less work time. Less work time means less hours of the day to meet the target for the day.

-Overhead. Does your contractor have the manpower, machinery, or tools to get the job done? Perhaps you don’t care if they struggle and use five guys to haul some item as long as the job gets done. Others don’t want the liability of moving the item and someone getting hurt or damaging something along the way.

-Experience. This is the cat’s ass.

Don’t want a cat’s ass? Neither do I, but it’s an old saying. Perhaps you’d rather say the “bees knees”. Experience is what you pay for. Think of a massage. You go for a massage. It could be 20 minutes or it could be for 2hrs. The 20 min massage could be done by a professional masseuse and the 2hr long message could be by someone who gave $5 massages in the mall since leaving masseuse school. 

I would rather someone come to my house and get in and out with the least amount of Googling from their work truck.

So, who would you choose?