Patterned Concrete?
Around my part of the country a thing called Patterned concrete is taking off. There are three companies doing it and apparently they are making it look less like concrete every day.
I always tell people when making proposals that concrete is going to be cheaper than pavers but that pavers (1) look better and (2) hold up better in the long run. However, I recently lost two jobs to patterned concrete and the second I lost was a bit unnerving.
The gentlemen told me the concrete guy looked at his back yard and shot him a rough quote of around $2400 for a 14 x 10 patio. Thats over $17.00 a square foot. Where is the savings? Am I pricing pavers to cheap at $15.00 a square foot?
It seems to me that patterned concrete is more or less equal to the cost of pavers and I need to work on my sales skills. Perhaps I will start keeping a piece of spalled and cracked concrete in the back of my truck to show my prospective customer at the initial meeting (he he).
How does the price of patterned concrete compare to pavers in your area?
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