I have to bid a large apartment complex 14 buildings 3 stories vinyl siding. the buildings on average are 570 linear feet around the base. I usually bid 1$ a linear foot per story. I am thinking 1.50$ per story is more in line. Is that price in line or is it to little. Buildings are to high for an xjet ,have to use boom lift. The wash is straight forward job just need help with pricing. Any help appreciated. Greg/s/d
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Laurie Grathen
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Greg,
We do quite a few condo complexes with a boom lift here at the Lake of the Ozarks. We put $1 per linear foot per story into our pricing template and it generally comes out so high even we gasp. The guys then sit down and discuss how to attack the project and estimate the amount of time it'll take them. We go back to the pricing template and play with it until we're fairly certain that we're getting paid fairly for the job and the customer thinks they're not being soaked.
We also consideration whether we clean wood in addition to siding. Generally that warrants the full $1 per linear foot per story, but I also stress in the bid letter that requires extra effort and is included. We also squeegee all unscreened windows for that price. Often the building manager says it's not necessary, but we learned early on that it's a lot easier to do that than to deal with spots and not happy apartment and condo dwellers.
We do a couple of buildings every spring that I charge 80 cents per linear foot per story, include rinsing the wood and squeegeeing the windows. On top of that I add the actual cost of the lift. We always make very good money on that project.
We finished a 23 building (4 stories each), 11 18-stall garages and a clubhouse project about 2 weeks ago. I charged only about 30 cents (yup...30 cents) per linear foot per story and we still made $104 per hour for a 3 man crew.
Hope this helps.
Laurie
We do quite a few condo complexes with a boom lift here at the Lake of the Ozarks. We put $1 per linear foot per story into our pricing template and it generally comes out so high even we gasp. The guys then sit down and discuss how to attack the project and estimate the amount of time it'll take them. We go back to the pricing template and play with it until we're fairly certain that we're getting paid fairly for the job and the customer thinks they're not being soaked.
We also consideration whether we clean wood in addition to siding. Generally that warrants the full $1 per linear foot per story, but I also stress in the bid letter that requires extra effort and is included. We also squeegee all unscreened windows for that price. Often the building manager says it's not necessary, but we learned early on that it's a lot easier to do that than to deal with spots and not happy apartment and condo dwellers.
We do a couple of buildings every spring that I charge 80 cents per linear foot per story, include rinsing the wood and squeegeeing the windows. On top of that I add the actual cost of the lift. We always make very good money on that project.
We finished a 23 building (4 stories each), 11 18-stall garages and a clubhouse project about 2 weeks ago. I charged only about 30 cents (yup...30 cents) per linear foot per story and we still made $104 per hour for a 3 man crew.
Hope this helps.
Laurie
spraymasters
New Member
Yep, we agree with Laurie. $1.00 per lin foot per story is going to be too high for them to consider. We did the same thing and had to reduce our price and then we always throw in a "freebe" like the bosses home or do a complex for free etc. They like to see a big figure up front than knock off a percentage for the total volume then give them something for free on top of that.
Den
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Mike Hughes
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Great post guys.............
How are you getting these jobs? Are you looking, or are they coming to you?
How are you getting these jobs? Are you looking, or are they coming to you?
Laurie Grathen
<br><b>Premium Member<b><br>
Three years ago when we first started Randy knocked on a lot of doors and we did quite a few commercial direct mail pieces.
Now, thankfully, our reputation is spreading. Our commitment to customer service is second only to safety.
It also helps that we're the only truly professional full service power washing company here at the Lake.
Laurie
Now, thankfully, our reputation is spreading. Our commitment to customer service is second only to safety.
It also helps that we're the only truly professional full service power washing company here at the Lake.
Laurie
Beth
New Member
We would be interested in hearing anything else anyone has to say on this topic. We are in the process of bidding 7 condo buildings, 3 stories per bldg..... we also bid the flatwork, walkways....
So are you saying its 1.00 per linear foot, times the number of floors, times the number of sides of the building??
Beth
So are you saying its 1.00 per linear foot, times the number of floors, times the number of sides of the building??
Beth