Brodie Loftus

First contact with customer was on Thursday, Sep 29th, 2022. I met with Al at the home within a week. He explained to me that they needed labor to paint a dining room and a living room with a slanted ceiling with high point of 15 feet. 3 bedrooms were mentioned as future ideas. I quoted $1100 initially. After a few weeks Al informed me that they were not ready for paint and that the weren't sure when they'd be ready. I told Al to contact me when they are ready and I would provide my availability. There was no contact until Wednesday, November 30, 2022. On this date Al contacted me and we discussed painting all of the rooms mentioned above. I quoted $2400 and mentioned I would plan for 3 full days to prep and paint with a tentative (not agreed upon) date of December 10-12. Al counteroffered with $2000, to which I replied that I needed to acquire and travel with my equipment (scaffolding, trailer, miscellaneous supplies) and would be able to do this for $2200. I expressed that the $200 would really just be offsetting fuel costs and time for prepping to arrive ready to go on the job site. I also expressed to Al that I would like to see the spaces before the date that work was to begin. He then responded that we would "talk on the 10th" and we could "discuss 2 or 22". Al also explained previously to me that they wished to move in soon and that the 10th through 12th would be preferred. I believe the quote I gave for labor was a fair price and have included a link at the bottom of this message to a website that can help give an estimate by zip code for various labor including interior painting. I was basically asking for 1/3 of the LOW end price estimates. I work a full-time job while doing jobs like this when I am able. I understood that this was a time priority job however, after going back and forth with text messages, I grew tired of negotiating with this customer, especially after the first time I was supposed to do a job for them, it fell through. I also, did not want to be negotiating price on the day that work was to begin, without previously seeing the spaces. Here is a link to HomeWyse where anybody can plug in numbers to get a high and low estimate for different jobs. https://homewyse.com/services/cost_to_paint_home.html Sorry we couldn't come to a better agreement.