Parking lot pricing

[csoldier]

Hi. Happy New Year to everyone. Quick questions-I need to price a decent sized lot approx. 17,270 sq. feet. I will be using a hot water, 3500psi, 5gpm unit with a concrete cleaner. Any recommendation of how much to charge per sq. foot.? I will be treating the oil spots in the lot and removing a small amount of gum mainly near the mall walkway. When cleaning residential concrete or mall walkways, I always pre-treat the surfaces. The only areas I was going to pre-treat here are the parking spaces. I've done many strip malls, but never a large lot so any advice would help. I am a perfectionist so I want this to look good.
Thanks and God Bless!!!!
csoldier, La.

 

[Jon]

parking lot

I know some of you have seen this before but perhaps CHOLDIER might be able to compare the lot he is doing with this one.

A word here CSoldier, careful how you go about cleaning around the cars.

 

[Lenny]

That picture looks like the freeway in LA

 

[Andrew Phelps]

It's All Up TO You

It all depends on what the job is worth to you to do at a slower point and time of year, if it's being bid out you should probably consider going a little lower than reccomended if you need the work. I think most of the pricing policies I have seen say go at a rate of .08 to .15 cents/Sq. Ft., If you want the job really bad, .06 cents/Sq. Ft. If the job is not being bid out, 10 cents/Sq. Ft. I followed the policy here for a job of just under 300,000 Sq.Ft. and I went in slightly lower than most in my area at .10 Sq. FT and I landed the contract among three others bidding, because I wasn't greedy being near the Holidays and all. You do the math it is a great profit margin here, but it's all on what the market allows and what you are willing to do the job for.

Best of Luck

 

[David Thigpen]

I will agree with Andrew at .10 cents a sg. ft for a starting point.
For a larger area you discount a little or for a smaller area go up,or if you are really sloww go down but not below .08 cents.GOOD LUCK on get the job.