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Today, we're talking about something that happens on every renovation project I manage:
Contractor bids that don't match.
Same project. Same drawings. Same walkthrough. And yet — the numbers come back wildly different.
Sometimes it's ten thousand dollars. Sometimes it's fifty thousand. And if you've ever stood in front of a client trying to explain why one contractor is double the other… yeah. You know the feeling.
So today, I'm walking you through why contractor bids vary (even when you've done everything "right"), how to run a contractor walkthrough that actually reduces variance, the step-by-step process to compare bids line-by-line, and how to ask tough questions without sounding confrontational. Because yes, you can push back professionally.
Mentioned in this episode:
Access the full video interview with Elana Steele of Steele Appliance here: https://www.reneedevignierdesign.com/appliance
Find the full shownotes at: https://devignierdesign.com/how-to-compare-contractor-bids
By Renee Biery4.9
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Today, we're talking about something that happens on every renovation project I manage:
Contractor bids that don't match.
Same project. Same drawings. Same walkthrough. And yet — the numbers come back wildly different.
Sometimes it's ten thousand dollars. Sometimes it's fifty thousand. And if you've ever stood in front of a client trying to explain why one contractor is double the other… yeah. You know the feeling.
So today, I'm walking you through why contractor bids vary (even when you've done everything "right"), how to run a contractor walkthrough that actually reduces variance, the step-by-step process to compare bids line-by-line, and how to ask tough questions without sounding confrontational. Because yes, you can push back professionally.
Mentioned in this episode:
Access the full video interview with Elana Steele of Steele Appliance here: https://www.reneedevignierdesign.com/appliance
Find the full shownotes at: https://devignierdesign.com/how-to-compare-contractor-bids

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