In my opinion, the first thing you have to do is get the owner to understand that a spray down simply won't be good enough. You gotta at least soap it up and rinse. Imagine how many people will see you working there, and the buildings not actually being clean when you're done. Bad for business. I once had a guy in a nice gated neighborhood ask me to wash only the first story of his home. The second story was just as filthy as the first. I gave him a bid for the whole house, and didn't get the job. I just couldn't see washing half his house with all his neighbors driving by seeing my company name and a half clean house. No one else is gonna know that he only paid for the first story.
Hello Thomas.Here is my pricing advice.... You have to figure it on your own.Sorry, don't mean to sound like a ***** but each company here is different. For starters demographics plays a lot into the bid. Even though we service the same state, region by region is different. Also every company is different on what they need to make on a job to survive. A company that has very little expenses or has the experience and machinery to do it a lot faster is able to price it lower and then if you base your price on their suggestion you will be in trouble.My suggestion is this... Figure out how much chems and gas you will need. Then figure out how much time realistically you think it will take you to do the job. Then price it to where it comes out profitable for YOUR business. I have gotten in trouble myself by going on another persons price range.Another piece of advice. I have found apartment complexes to be really cheap. I'm guessing the reason they wanted you to just spray it is because they don't want to pay. I have bid on quite a few apartment complexes and got very few that was willing to pay what I needed.Sorry I can't be much more help. Give me a buzz if you have any questions. GOOD LUCK.
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