These tire kickers are killing me! They want an estimate by the sq ft cost and I only do cost plus. I do all the work and there answer is well I'm not wanting to anything until next year. Hello! Of course I tell them I only do cost plus but I can give them a guest mate of cost per sq ft which in this day and time can change the next day price wise.
My question in the southeast (East TN) is 30 days a fair time limit on estimates and my other question is instead of wasting my time on actually doing the exact cost takeoff can I just say cost per sq ft will be so much and be safe in doing so? For a high end house such as 2500sq ft @ $120 a sq ft. would that be a safe estimate in this area for the next six months. Just trying to save a lot of time here until I actually know if they are serious, if they are I don’t mind doing the work. Or is this just part of construction estimating I must tolerate? Any advice?

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