Newbie Question

[sweetwater]

Got my first size-able commercial job. 64,000 sqf. building, washing only the the front and the concrete flatwork. I also threw in a window cleaning too (exterior).

I'm just curious what long term professionals would charge for this type to service to see if I underbid/overbid/or did it just right.
I've washed for years, but the company I worked for did mainly residential, so I'm a little lost on commercial rates. I've recently headed out on my own and am cultivating commercial markets.
I'm a solo operator, with knowledgeable PT help when needed.

I'll tell you it was pretty formidable showing up on this site today by myself, but I guess its just like eating an elephant, gotta just take a bite and go for it!

 

[Lenny Schrecengost]

Sweetwater,
How long is the building and how many sq feet of sidewalks is there. It look like it would be a one night job for 2 or 3 men. Is that what you planned.

 

[Russ Spence]

Got my first size-able commercial job. 64,000 sqf. building, washing only the the front and the concrete flatwork. I also threw in a window cleaning too (exterior).

I'm just curious what long term professionals would charge for this type to service to see if I underbid/overbid/or did it just right.
I've washed for years, but the company I worked for did mainly residential, so I'm a little lost on commercial rates. I've recently headed out on my own and am cultivating commercial markets.
I'm a solo operator, with knowledgeable PT help when needed.

I'll tell you it was pretty formidable showing up on this site today by myself, but I guess its just like eating an elephant, gotta just take a bite and go for it!

Really you dont need a lift for that and we did one very similar last weekend in about 5 hours, are you washing the roof as well (tiles?) I would have added that in since the mix will run down and clean some of the roof tiles. As far as price? Well it just depends on what your market will tolerate, I will leave that up to you since according to your signature you are in my market area. The sidewalks are a breeze that is a pretty small center, we can do 3 or 4 a night like that.

Another thing, when you take a picture of a property make sure you dont give away info with it like this! I got all this from your pic and a list of ALL property managers and their assistants. Just trying to help you in the future.
Talcor Commercial Properties
http://www.talcor.com/index.php

Tallahassee Office
1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200A
Tallahassee, Florida 32303
(850)224-2300 phone
(850)425-1114 Fax

Panama City Office
621 Highway 231, Unit 1
Panama City, FL 32405
(850) 763-0456 phone
(850) 763-1707 fax

 

[beastud]

Russ Spence,
On a job like this, what happens to the waste water?

 

[Russ Spence]

Depends on local inforcement

 

[The Cleaner]

The first thing I noticed was the leasing sign also LOL, like Russ said that is a quickie center..

 

[sweetwater]

Thanks for the heads up, Russ! I appreciate this info. As a one one man show for this one, I've budgeted about 10-14 hours, math wise would be about the same as 2-3 guys on a 4-5 hour job, so I'm not too far off there. Since much of the center is vacant, I could work during the day, so that was a nice benefit.