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RE: Is it worth it?

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well i did drop them they are the worst and i will never use them again.

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Ok guys I am doing a roof 2 miles from my house tomorrow that will take 2 hours to do for $650. Happy?

So let me get this straight. There are no dirty roofs within 2 miles of your house and now you have to travel to them?

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jun 1, 2011

Roof Cleaning Wilmington NC (910) 622-7942 wrote:
Ok guys I am doing a roof 2 miles from my house tomorrow that will take 2 hours to do for $650. Happy?

So let me get this straight. There are no dirty roofs within 2 miles of your house and now you have to travel to them?

There is but all my neighbors no me and don't trust me so I have to go where I am not known.

Jun 2, 2011

Wow, are you saying you don't have a good rep where you are from? Didn't you say you just moved there? Now I understand the traveling two hours for three hundred dollars.

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jun 2, 2011

Roof Cleaning Long Island N.Y 516-763-4108 wrote:
Wow, are you saying you don't have a good rep where you are from? Didn't you say you just moved there? Now I understand the traveling two hours for three hundred dollars.

No no no, I never said I would travel two hours for $300. I said if I finished a job that far away and there was one close by there, that I would do it for that price so I could do it while I was already there.

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Jun 2, 2011

Mr Hoover, Pats point was: Do you really have such an undesirable reputation near your home? If you stated this in jest, I get it. But since you avoided the obvious, I give you credit for being honest.

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Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:
Mr Hoover, Pats point was: Do you really have such an undesirable reputation near your home? If you stated this in jest, I get it. But since you avoided the obvious, I give you credit for being honest.

My guess... it was in jest!

Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC · Jun 2, 2011

It was a joke

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Jun 2, 2011

I was 99% sure it was a joke. Thanks for verifying. The other 1% kept me from getting good sleep.

sweetwaterfish · Guest

Couple of thoughts here on this thread...just have to weigh in with my $.02.
First, ya'll come on down to FL if you really want to see some lowballers. Everyday I fight jerkoffs who offer $99 house washes.
Second, I think that one of the reasonsthe softwash/pressure washing industry now is so overwhelmed with bad competition is that we have "bragged" about how much we get per job.

On an average 2500 sqf house, I'd love to pick up $300 for a roof cleaning, but in my market that just ain't going to happen.

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

sweetwaterfish wrote:
Couple of thoughts here on this thread...just have to weigh in with my $.02.
First, ya'll come on down to FL if you really want to see some lowballers. Everyday I fight jerkoffs who offer $99 house washes.
Second, I think that one of the reasonsthe softwash/pressure washing industry now is so overwhelmed with bad competition is that we have "bragged" about how much we get per job. YUP!!

On an average 2500 sqf house, I'd love to pick up $300 for a roof cleaning, but in my market that just ain't going to happen.

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This isn't florida! We can't work 12 months out of the year so we should be able to get more than what you get down there. I too fight guys that offer $99 house washes but i always win. Also the roof was 3500 sq ft and 450.00 was more than fair.

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

The deal is guys learn everything they need to clean roofs here and elsewhere but many and I mean many fail to learn what the market rate is being charged by a "real" company. So to be beaten out on bids by guys that are looking to make a few bucks here and there.. kill guys that need to pay the bills business and household. God forbid plans for retirement or college funds for the kids or health insurance expenses.
Kim R

sweetwaterfish · Guest

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 wrote:

The deal is guys learn everything they need to clean roofs here and elsewhere but many and I mean many fail to learn what the market rate is being charged by a "real" company. So to be beaten out on bids by guys that are looking to make a few bucks here and there.. kill guys that need to pay the bills business and household. God forbid plans for retirement or college funds for the kids or health insurance expenses.
Kim R

I agree, but sadly they hop on to a board and see posts like " I made $850 on a roof today", etc. and the allure of quick $$$ comes to the. In reality, on a $350 roof my HARD costs are only $75-$175 (chemicals & help) , which is still a pretty good profit margin. What newbies/lowballers tend to forget is the fixed costs of having a "business" rather than being just a fly by night operation, which include: fuel, insurance, advertising, marketing, office costs, etc. Add all that up, and it ain't nearly as profitable as it originally seems. But we still do a disservice to ourselves by posting prices in open areas...maybe even in the members section.

I also meant NO disrespect to Diamond...i hate the thought of the lowballers, and understand that your work season is much shorter than ours here in sunny florida.

opie451 · Aug 27, 2011

Well if this lowballer is a member here maybe you should talk to him. Perhaps he really does no what to charge and thinks he is charging appropriately. Invite him out to a bar or something and start talking about pricing.

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opie451 wrote:
Well if this lowballer is a member here maybe you should talk to him. Perhaps he really does no what to charge and thinks he is charging appropriately. Invite him out to a bar or something and start talking about pricing.

Opioe451, i talked to him 3 times before this happened. The funny thing is about a month later the lady called me back to clean her concrete. I went there and was more than half of what she paid for the roof. Also she said she wasnt happy with the roof cleaning job that the other guy did and that she was calling him to come back and redo it. I love Karma.

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