Thanks Toy!

I am going for it, trust me!

Pray for me.

Nice land!! Don't be afraid of calling in another roof cleaner from the RCIA to give you a hand if you need it.

Iannacchione wrote:

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Just got off the phone with a local condo association president.  He has 14 buildings, 54 total units and wants a bid.

There is a lot of surface area, but the appear to be walkable and not very high.  If they were a residential home, I would ask for $800-$1000 per building.

So if my math is correct $800 X 14 = 11,200  Do you think that is fair?  Am I crazy asking for 11k or is that NOT enough?  There is alot of work there, that is for sure.

Here is one of them, please let me know if you have ever worked with the assocations and have any tips.

Thanks,
Brad

Better check your math. 54 does nor divide into 14 equally. You would be better off giving a per unit quote since not all owners will agree to have it done. The ones on the south and east sides of the buildings probably don't have a problem, yet. $200-$250 per unit is easier to swallow than $800-$1000 per building.

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garyw wrote:

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Iannacchione wrote:

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Just got off the phone with a local condo association president.  He has 14 buildings, 54 total units and wants a bid.

There is a lot of surface area, but the appear to be walkable and not very high.  If they were a residential home, I would ask for $800-$1000 per building.

So if my math is correct $800 X 14 = 11,200  Do you think that is fair?  Am I crazy asking for 11k or is that NOT enough?  There is alot of work there, that is for sure.

Here is one of them, please let me know if you have ever worked with the assocations and have any tips.

Thanks,
Brad

Better check your math. 54 does nor divide into 14 equally. You would be better off giving a per unit quote since not all owners will agree to have it done. The ones on the south and east sides of the buildings probably don't have a problem, yet. $200-$250 per unit is easier to swallow than $800-$1000 per building.

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 Every building probably does not have the same number of units....Some may have 4 while other have 5 or something like that.

-- Edited by garyw on Sunday 12th of December 2010 09:24:45 AM

I like to use Bing maps to get a good view on job sites. I have not priced out condo's for cleaning, but most of the houses I clean are that size...... The first house we are shooting today is 7000 sq ft.

Good Luck with you bid!
Bob Jr.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=Murry+Chase+Ln%2c+Murrysville%2c+Westmoreland%2c+Pennsylvania+15668&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD

Kudos AC! You do TONS of commercial, nice to see the brotherhood

Talked to AC today. What a truly nice guy. Took about 20 minutes to talk to me about this job and gave me a great way to attack it, pricing wise. He also was nice enough to give me some advice on the business side of roof cleaning.

I do appreciate your time AC. Thank you and have a great Tuesday!

Yeah I got one of those big co-op bids dropped in my lap yesterday too. I'm looking at close to 200 buildings over a 18 month period. It's 1,500 units and I wanna make sure that I don't accidently over/underprice myself. So any general help/guidence/advise would be appreciated. 

If I look at a "unit" in a size wise sense then I'd typically do one for about $250-300. Each building ranges from 4-10 "units"  and when I look at them, that pricing structure sounds about right...though on the 8-10 "unit" buildings... the price seems alittle high. On the other units, the pricing pretty well equals out to my normal pricing structure. On some of the 3-4 "unit" buildings it seems alittle high.

My initial thought process is that I should be looking at about $225-250/"unit" When your talking that many units... $25 makes for a good swing in price. So I wanna make sure I don't overbid it... but I have to make sure I bid it right...as it means buying another whole new rig setup and hiring an additional crew. Means more insurance, maintenance and payroll issues.

This co-op is pretty strict about EVERYTHING thats done. There are inspectors there alomost everyday watching contractors do work and I expect that I'll have some initial hurdles with dealing with them and our chemicals and process. All these buildings are 2 story... alot are not walkable without saftey equipment.

When bidding for this many units... should I be sitting slightly lower in pricing? or does this sound about right? Basically I think my pricing looks good. It's just one heck of a jump to do without at least looking for feedback.

Mitch
Wash on Wheels - Bowie MD

But before you do any of that, go back in and finish filling out your profile so we know who you are. That is one of the rules of this forum. The info you have in there is vague at best.
Gary