.25 sqft to high for 96,540 sqft parking garage

SUPERIORLLC said:
including guys like you me and most of the guys here including Ron who work hard made investments to make peoples lives easier, and deserve better pay
and will win out over the scrubs. I charge more than the other guy all the time but I make sure the job is done right/ the custo is happy....;)
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I am all for getting what you are worth, but there is a limit to what the market will bear. You mention Ron, have you seen some of his sample contracts he's posted? He's very successful but he also has properties some as low as $.03
 
I have some lower than that. I still make well over $100 an hour at that price. It is in the frequency and repeat nature of the business. If you only have to sell a maintenance contract once, it is far easier to service, and you make more per hour because you are not spending all your time selling. Would you rather work 40 hours a week and make 100 dollars because you are actually washing 35 of them, or work 20, and spend 20 selling and make 150? I prefer the former/
 
jlpressure said:
I am all for getting what you are worth, but there is a limit to what the market will bear. You mention Ron, have you seen some of his sample contracts he's posted? He's very successful but he also has properties some as low as $.03
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Yeah, thats at a rate of over 140 per hour per man.

Mike Cooke
Palmetto Power Cleaning LLC
Myrtle Beach SC
843-458-2303
ppcmbsc@sc.rr.com
www.ppcmb.com

I know alot guys like Mike cook from Palmetto pressure washes alot of Parking garages in South Carolina. Mike Cooke has been cleaning highrise Condo's also for 14 years in the Myrtle beach and throughout the carolinas.

Mikes Attending the National Pressure washing conventions, he will be a speaker at the event. Mikes Myrtle Beach operations when it comes to cleaning concrete and sidewalks areas is second to none in the East.
 
almost 3 years later......sf. ft. prices drop instead of increasing.

This was started way before I Met Jim Gable Jim@Garagecleaning.

By the way would if be possible to publicly post why he was banned and for how long.
He would like to know as well as I am sure others.
(Did he break a Major Rule or was it personal...what he said about others?)
Maybe it will help others from being banned.

I know someone will probaly call me and offer and explanation, but they are a lot of guys wanting to know why and how long.

I know this if off topic...I will start a new thread if possible.
 
joshuabcrutcher said:
Do these sq. footages include cielings, wall, etc.? Or are they for just base floor?
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Some people include , others Don't.

Pricing is what it is, large Co. are setting the pricing and nothing you or I is going to change that.

The industry is evolving. Figure out what you need to do to stay in the game.

When I started I have gotten .47 cents a foot.

Now with proper methods better equipment I can perform more profitable with .08. Yes put more dollars in my pocket than ten years ago at .47.

It sounds crazy but I'm smarter and have better technics.

With any new gadgit the prices start out higher and then usally come down. Does anyone think this doesnt happen with Technology?

Be real folks our industry is a baby....
 
Scott Stone said:
I have some lower than that. I still make well over $100 an hour at that price. It is in the frequency and repeat nature of the business. If you only have to sell a maintenance contract once, it is far easier to service, and you make more per hour because you are not spending all your time selling. Would you rather work 40 hours a week and make 100 dollars because you are actually washing 35 of them, or work 20, and spend 20 selling and make 150? I prefer the former/
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Yes you do, and you dont tell anyone unlike other Garages these get done on a regualar basis.
 
Al Patterson said:
My business is in the Atlanta area where we are in the middle of a drought and to make matters worse, They are starting to enforce the law of reclaiming our water, which many of you already do on the west coast.
With that happening along with the drought, the smaller companies that are not willing to invest as much as 10k to 20K are going to be forced out of business.
I have just recently invested lotsa $$$$ in a steel eagle fury system to recapture and recycle my water to comply with the law so I am redirecting my business in a direction I am just learning about, which brings me to this post.................
I'm putting together a bid for a 3 level parking garage in downtown Buckhead (Upscale neighborhood).
It is approx 32,180 sq ft. on each level for a total of 96,540 sq ft.
There are poor drainage on each floor so I plan to recapture and recycle my water.
I have heard some of the pricing can go as high as .20 to .25 sq ft
Would that be a fair price if you was in a upscale part of town and you was reclaiming and recycling your water as well?
As far as supply and demand they are not PW business here in Atlanta that have invested $$$ in a reclaim system.
Since most of this is new to me I would like talk to some of you guys on the phone and we can share ideas and thoughts on what we experience in the pressure washing business. Just let me know its ok to call you and I will buzz you sometime!!
Thanks for your responses
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You are going to be very disappointed to find out that they want to pay 5/6 cents a sq ft with reclaim.
 
Al Patterson said:
(Quote) You are going to be very disappointed to find out that they want to pay 5/6 cents a sq ft with reclaim. (Quote)

Dropped a couple cents on the top end since 2007 Nick:smilewinkgrin:

One day I hope we can raise our prices!
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Thats the problem the more idiots that get into this the cheaper the price. I never had a problem getting 6/8 cents a sq ft and more 10 yrs ago, pretty soon down here this will be a hobby.
 
Bump....
Al Patterson said:
My business is in the Atlanta area where we are in the middle of a drought and to make matters worse, They are starting to enforce the law of reclaiming our water, which many of you already do on the west coast.
With that happening along with the drought, the smaller companies that are not willing to invest as much as 10k to 20K are going to be forced out of business.
I have just recently invested lotsa $$$$ in a steel eagle fury system to recapture and recycle my water to comply with the law so I am redirecting my business in a direction I am just learning about, which brings me to this post.................
I'm putting together a bid for a 3 level parking garage in downtown Buckhead (Upscale neighborhood).
It is approx 32,180 sq ft. on each level for a total of 96,540 sq ft.
There are poor drainage on each floor so I plan to recapture and recycle my water.
I have heard some of the pricing can go as high as .20 to .25 sq ft
Would that be a fair price if you was in a upscale part of town and you was reclaiming and recycling your water as well?
As far as supply and demand they are not PW business here in Atlanta that have invested $$$ in a reclaim system.
Since most of this is new to me I would like talk to some of you guys on the phone and we can share ideas and thoughts on what we experience in the pressure washing business. Just let me know its ok to call you and I will buzz you sometime!!
Thanks for your responses
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Al Patterson said:
.......... the smaller companies that are not willing to invest as much as 10k to 20K are going to be forced out of business.
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Al, I didn't know you were still on the board.

It's been over four years since you made the above statement. Do you still believe that statement?

Also, would you say your investment paid off over those four years? In what ways?

Thanks Al.
 
I think the education that Contractors and some Officials are getting now is really starting to take hold. It looks like the propaganda that was spread is not working anymore or at least slowing down. It might just be me but it seems like there has been more used reclaim equipment on the market this past year than any other I can remember. I may have one by the end of the Summer, not because I'm being forced to have one, just because I want one.


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