How to Bid for Commercial Painting
Commercial painting is not bid in the same way as residential painting. The prices are typically lower than those of a residential home. However, working in the commercial painting business offers the chance for steady business as long as the price is right. Learning how to correctly bid on commercial painting jobs is essential.
- Check with your local state and city representatives to ensure that you meet all licensing requirements for the area where you live. It is very important that you are licensed when you go to bid on a commercial business because you may be asked to show your license.
- Show up looking professional. Make sure that you show up to the job that you are going to be bidding on looking clean and orderly.
- Measure the commercial space that you are bidding on with a standard tape measure. You may be tempted to eye the area, but it looks more professional to measure the space out so that you have the exact measurements of the space you are bidding on.
- Ask the clients about the paint color that they would like the space to be painted. This will help you to determine the amount of time the job will take. If you are simply whiting out the space it will take you less time than working with different colors.
- Thank them for their time, and tell them that you will give them a call with the bid amount shortly. You want to give yourself some time to think about the different factors that will weigh into your estimate.
- Call the company within the hour to give them the estimate that you have determined is a fair price for the commercial painting job that you are bidding on.