So my husband and I are looking to hire a landscaper to do some work around our house. I had three landscape companies come by to give us estimates and they were all very close to each other. My husband thinks they all inflate their prices and that I should negotiate a cheaper price, like a car dealership. I don't really feel comfortable doing that, but maybe I should? Is it normalto negotiate with contractors? And how do you go about doing it?
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Tell the one you like best that you have another company willing to do the same job for x amount of $, but say you like them better so you'd rather work with them. Then ask if they'd lower their price to x amount of $.
Or tell them that you'll pay them x amount of $ in cash and see if they'd go for it.
Or just call and say you thought it would cost less than their estimate and that you can't afford what their quote is, so would they lower it by 10%.
Just a few options. I'm a firm believer in negotiating.
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