re: Is this contractor on crack?

yeah that’s a good way to go broke.
10% on a 25K job isn’t worth the site visit in the first place

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can promise you contractor's aren't living on 10% above costs anywhere for small projects

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He didn’t say cost +10%, he said cost, plus the cost for a labor charge, plus 10%.

As said the guy is likely busy and quoting high, it’s also possible he is doing something like replacing some pilings or something like that.