Insiders look at outsiders as if they are fools! The decoration master is a gray area, there is no store and no fixed contact information, to find a decoration master depends on asking the neighbors for a master’s phone number ~ and the decoration masters in the community are all allocated to make money! Outside are the unspoken rules of making a trip and making a market!!
So here comes the question, where is the mess in the decoration budget list given to you by the decoration master? How can you be fooled and die?
[Part 1] What items are included in the budget list?
1. Determine the materials used according to the house design drawing drawn by the designer
To make a decoration budget, you must first know which parts the decoration budget includes. The decoration budget roughly includes material costs, labor costs, design costs, and management costs.
Before making a decoration budget, the owner needs to discuss with the designer and ask the designer to draw a house design drawing. Generally speaking, the designer will ask the owner about how much money he wants to spend for the decoration. At this time, the owner is best not to say the specific figure. If the owner gives a specific number, the designer will consider the materials used according to this number when designing; if the owner does not say a specific number, the designer will try to use cheap and high-quality materials in order to retain customers. In this way, the cost of materials can be reduced.
2. Calculate the material cost
After the designer draws the drawings, the owner has to calculate the material cost. Generally speaking, the materials that must be used for decoration include:
A, living room, bedroom
Building materials: floor tiles, paints, baseboards, floors, paints, plaster lines
Lighting categories: main lights, spotlights, floor lamps
Fabric category: curtains
Hardware categories: curtain slides, door locks, door stoppers, hinges, switch panels, power sockets, TV sockets, air-conditioning sockets
B, the kitchen
Building materials: floor tiles, wall tiles, ceilings, cabinets
Lighting categories: main lights, spotlights, cabinet lights
Electrical appliances: stoves, range hoods
Hardware category: sink, sink faucet, floor drain, door lock, door stopper, hinge, switch panel, power socket, angle valve
C, bathroom
Building materials: floor tiles, wall tiles, ceiling
Lighting categories: main lights, spotlights
Electrical appliances: Ventilation fan, Yuba
Sanitary ware: toilet, bathtub, shower screen
Hardware category: toilet paper holder, storage rack, towel bar, bath towel rack, soap rack, coat hook, bathtub faucet, door lock, door stopper, hinge, switch panel, power socket, angle valve, shower, basin faucet material fee.
The owner should make a rough estimate based on his own economic ability, first control the total price, and then go to the market to ask the price, the owner should first make a list of materials, and then go to the building materials market to calibrate the approximate price of each material, the owner must not be afraid Trouble, you have to go to at least three building material markets. Basically, the owner of the three building material markets can understand the approximate price of the material, so as not to be fooled by the building material dealers.
3. Labor costs
The daily salary of each worker is multiplied by the number of people and the number of days, and the total labor cost can be obtained. The owner can bargain with the decoration company.
4. Design fee
In order to save money, some owners do not hire a designer to save design fees, but they do not know that if the house is not well designed, problems are likely to occur during the construction process, and rework will be required if problems occur, which will cost more money instead.
Therefore, it is very necessary to choose a good designer, and the design fee must not be saved. When choosing a designer, the owner should not trust the design drawings given by the designer, because you don’t know if it was designed by him. The owner can talk to the designer about his design concepts, past design cases, etc. From the conversation, we can see whether the designer has a solid foundation.
5. Management fee
The management fee is the cost required by the decoration company to deliver the car, send people to assist in the purchase of materials, enter the site to supervise the work, and coordinate various aspects during the decoration for the owner. This fee can also be negotiated with the decoration company.
【Part 2】What are the tricks in the budget list?
Tricky 1: Increase the price layer by layer, and the decoration cost will increase by 60%
Some decoration companies and foremen subcontract home improvement projects layer by layer, and the price of decoration projects is “finely classified” and then increased, which has become a “black hand” that pushes up the market price of home improvement. In the traditional decoration mode, home building materials are searched layer by layer through the manufacturer-sales department-regional general agent-prefectural general agent-storefront-home improvement company-ordinary people, and consumers will pay 60 to 70% more for this.
Tricky 2: Convert material measurement unit
Cleverly converting the unit of measurement of materials is the most commonly used and most covert method for some decoration companies to make profits.
Usually, the price of materials in the material market is sold in units of measurement such as how much is a barrel (a group), how much is a sheet, etc. However, in the quotation sheet presented by the decoration company to the owner, many main materials are quoted per square meter and per meter, such as coatings, panels, etc., so the owner does not know how much decoration materials will be used and how much will be used. Decoration Materials.
Compared with the main material, the moisture content of the auxiliary material is greater. Taking the simplest wall treatment as an example, latex paint sold in the market is calculated in barrels, but decoration companies generally calculate the price of latex paint in units of per square meter, so that in the process of unit conversion Earn the difference.
Tricky 3: Make a budget and sell dog meat under tricks
Due to the relatively fierce competition in the decoration industry, some decoration companies will obtain decoration rights at a low total price.
When some decoration companies make budgets, they often omit some items on purpose and add some discounts, so the budget made by such companies is definitely lower than that of other companies. However, because the decoration materials are not clearly explained to the owner, when using decoration materials, fake and shoddy, non-environmental materials may be used, and once the owner requires the use of high-quality, environmentally friendly decoration materials, the decoration company will ask for a price increase. In the end, it is the owners who lose more than they gain.
Tricky 4: Utilize loss and switch packages
Loss and replacement are also effective ways for decoration companies to make profits. Regardless of tiles, floors, or ceilings, some decoration companies generally set a certain loss ratio on the quotation. But in the end, it is actually difficult for customers to calculate the actual loss, and the excess loss materials flow into the pockets of the decoration company.
Packing is also a common practice for decoration companies to make profits. The decoration construction personnel secretly replaced the brand decoration materials purchased by the owner with other general materials, and used fake and shoddy products to achieve the purpose of cutting corners and materials. After going through this series of tricks, it is estimated that the final consumer will pay 1-2 times more money to complete a house decoration. It is troublesome, laborious, laborious, and expensive, which makes many consumers complain.
