What's a proper repair Estimate?

Question

My husband was asked to tear down half a wall that was damaged by wind and water and then rebuild the wall. It was like a 12 x 16 piece of wall, maybe it bit more but not much, then there was the cleaning up insulation, debris, etc. The steel siding is no longer available so he had to bang out the dents and damage and re nail it up. It took about 2 1/2 days and he is getting close to being done and has to submit a quote for it all. Is 750-800 is fair price or is that kind of high?

Answer 1

I usually do estimates based off of material cost plus an hourly charge. As an amateur will work slower than a professional, that cost can range from 20-50$ an hour. In other words, make an actual charge based off of materials and supplies and you can justify it, don't just throw out numbers.  

Answer 2

Your question started off as if your husband was doing the work himself and the latter part of the question referred to "WE" (We did have to reframe, we've done it already...)  If you or anyone helped your husband then a practical approach would be to pay your husband a skilled hourly rate of approx. $28/hr and anyone assisting him an unskilled labor rate of $15/hr.  This makes a combined rate of $43/hr(skilled and unskilled combined).  Take the $43/hr labor rate and multiply it by the number of hours in the 2-1/2 period namely 20hrs and the approximate cost to bill the General contractor is $860.00 plus any materials you provided.  If you nor anyone else assist your husband then $28/hr x 20hrs =$560 + materials that you provided.  The fact that it took you less than half the time to do the work is of no major consequence unless the contract had a performance bonus attached to it. You normally would not be privy to this as a subcontractor if there was a performance bonus in which the contractor would get additional money if the project was completed prior to the anticipated date.

Answer 3

That's fair, if the work is good.  

Answer 4

You do not state whether or not the wall had to be reframed or not. A good guideline is 4 times material costs plus 25 to 35 dollars an hour labor costs and include any disposal fees that may be incurred. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Sounds fair