04/06/2026
We charge for quotes. There, I said it. 😅
Great to jump on the Million Dollar Days podcast with George Passas and Robby Choucair and unpack why — and why it was one of the biggest turning points for Yarrington Construction.
I used to spend whole days driving around quoting, weeks on tenders… then no call back. Nobody in Bendigo was charging for quotes when I made the switch.
Here's the thing:
🔨 If someone can't invest $2k in a detailed quote, they were never investing $500k in the build
🔨 Paying clients get real time spent on their tender — we often find them savings in the process
🔨 It's fully refunded when we win the job
And the real win? Every hour not spent on free quotes goes into the homes we're actually building. When your project is the one underway, that's exactly where you want your builder's head to be.
We also got into where the industry's heading — builders sharing knowledge instead of guarding secrets, and the AI software I've been building to run the whole business from one place.
(They gave Bendigo an absolute flogging and found out it was my birthday 30 seconds in, so there's that 😂)
Full episode below 👇
Free quotes feel normal in construction until you do the math and realize you’re donating weeks of your life to people who might never call you back. We’re j...