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How to get a good quote
Questions to ask, MCS verification, what a good quote looks like, and the red flags that should make you walk away.
Quote stage is where the rubber meets the road. The aim is to come to installers as a prepared buyer — knowing what to ask, what good looks like, and what should make you walk away. Tick items as you complete them — your progress is saved locally to your browser.
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Before you contact installers
Questions to ask each installer
Ask all of these. Their answers (or non-answers) tell you a lot.
What a good quote contains
Read each quote against this list. Missing items are negotiable — silence on them after asking is not.
Red flags — walk away
Any one of these is a serious warning. Two or more, walk immediately.