My wife and I are renting out a commercial space for her business and the landlord want us to use his contractor to do all the tenant improvements. We don't mind per se, but it seems like his contractor is us charging much more than the contractors we have used in the past.
We were initially were going to do a lot of the work including building a custom front reception desk, but decide to take it out since it was 50% of the quote costs. My questions are:
A. Is a 15% premium on the materials and labor customary? I had one contractor say it was on materials only. The 15% is on top of the quote the GC gave us, which also has a penalty clause for any changes in the stated work at $150/hour of design work and $90/hour labor.
B. We were told that with smaller jobs like ours (sub $15,000), that the price quote will not go down much even though there is less work and less materials used. Can this be true? For example, the cost of installing 4 electrical outlets and 2 light switches is about $1100, while the cost for 2 electrical outlet and 2 switches is $900.
C. There is a clause in the contract about design consultation fees. Shouldn't this be a stated cost in the quote?
D. Does is really costs $2000 to build a separating wall dividing one office space into two that is approximately 11ft. X 11ft in size? (To rise up through grid to the bottom of the truss joists, sheetrock, paint and new base.)
Thanks,
Jim
We were initially were going to do a lot of the work including building a custom front reception desk, but decide to take it out since it was 50% of the quote costs. My questions are:
A. Is a 15% premium on the materials and labor customary? I had one contractor say it was on materials only. The 15% is on top of the quote the GC gave us, which also has a penalty clause for any changes in the stated work at $150/hour of design work and $90/hour labor.
B. We were told that with smaller jobs like ours (sub $15,000), that the price quote will not go down much even though there is less work and less materials used. Can this be true? For example, the cost of installing 4 electrical outlets and 2 light switches is about $1100, while the cost for 2 electrical outlet and 2 switches is $900.
C. There is a clause in the contract about design consultation fees. Shouldn't this be a stated cost in the quote?
D. Does is really costs $2000 to build a separating wall dividing one office space into two that is approximately 11ft. X 11ft in size? (To rise up through grid to the bottom of the truss joists, sheetrock, paint and new base.)
Thanks,
Jim