commercial advice

[JBenson 14]

Do you guys and gals charge the same for commercial work and residential. I put togather a bid using residential pricing and it seems low. I know someone that works at this place and they pay 7000 grand a quarter for window cleaning. please help. thank you

[Jeff 232]

I dont know to much commercial work that is like residential work, so I would say you definitly have to charge different.

Commercial concrete around here could go for $.05 - $.15 sq ft sometimes more with alot of rust stain removal. On large residential driveways i figure it at $.10

Now doing buildings like condos, I think I should be able to charge a big price, but the market around here doesnt allow it. Ive done homes for $500 and then Ive done condo complexes with several buildings that are twice the size of that $500 house wash and I only say charge $400 for each condo building and add cost of lift if needed. If I tried to chrage say $500-$1000 a building I would never get the work. Ive had the chance to see compitions bids and Im usually right around the right price. All the larger project I do with at least 2 machines up to 4 machines and we can fly thru a complex and I can make anywhere from $500 - $1500 a day after all expenses.

What Im try to say is you just cant price commercial the same, You have to figure out what the market in your area will bear

I figure alot of jobs by time , labor & material and then what I want to make per day, it works for me, theres no set price on alot of the work we do. Ive made $300 aday and Ive made $2000 a day, it really depends on the job and how you do it

God luck maybe some of the other guys can help with pricing

JL

[JBenson 14]

thanks jeff. The building is 995 linear feet second story, 2000 sq ft of concrete and 1500 of it is a load dock so it is pretty dirty, almost black and 1235 linear feet of second story painted steel beams, just a bare structure. Oh and the building is all brick, only one side is moldy but all sides have a few black streaks below vents and other objects that hang on the building. I know markets are all different but maybe a ballpark figure or how you guys would bid it out. You can PM me or email at jesseandkim@chibardun.net

thank you again

[jgoral76 14]

Send pics of start and finish may have a major domestic automaker on contract and need to know how to price.. thinking BIG BIG BUCKS>>>>:lgmoneyey