@Alvis Ciritis I was really just trying to get some conversation going. We use Indeed and write the ads to be fun and full of company culture to make people want to leave where they are to join our team.

@Alvis Ciritis We will do around $700K in coatings, I have a house washing company that does $960K and a Landscape/Christmas light company that did about $430K

One on the best ways to find new employees.

have you ever done pool decks yet?

No need to ask the size as you can find it all online. Google your countys name with GIS after it. Every county has one, and they tell you everything about the home, who owns it, sizes, taxes, etc. To manage expectations, I usually talk about an oversized garage we have done and drop a high price tag to get them thinking ahead of time its not going to be cheap, then when you give them a price much lower, it sounds like more of a deal. I use an iPad with lots of pics of great-looking floors for them to start lusting after, as well as pics of the entire installation process. I go through all the processes before ever giving a price. Once you give the price just shut up and wait for a response. Then if they don't faint I ask them what questions they may have and tell them I have an opening in the schedule in 9 or 10 days. Even if I don't have any jobs lined up. Limited availability sells too.

We do not warranty driveways so we do not do many. Since you can not control the snowplow going by and hitting it , the delivery guys, etc, we just don't warrant it.

@Lars Simonson If it is an overlay, we just walk away and so no thanks, and go on to the next job. It is not as bad as tackling a stamped concrete job, but there are too many things to go wrong.