By the hour or by the window

Commercial
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I got a request for this commercial building. It will be the largest commercial building ice cleaned so far. Roughly 250 windows including doors. Would you bid this by the window or by the hour. I’ll be able to wfp the whole thing. Just looking for a little direction. I don’t want to over bid and lose it nor do I want to screw myself. Thanks

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Time

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Both… First guesstimate how long you think it’ll table and price it that way. Then do a window count and see if it’s close to your hourly. Sometimes I average the two and that’s my bid.

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Thanks

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Agree…both. See if your window count matches your hourly. Of course, do you know how many of those you can clean in an hour?

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Well, I guessed at the hourly and averaged it with my window count. Came up with around $700. Put in the bid and got it. So, we’ll see on the hourly part once it’s done. Thanks for the help

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Those awning things on the top can be difficult to get to the very top with your wfp brush unless u have some swivel action. Just so u know. I do a building with them and I didn’t realize how difficult they would be with my wfp.

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I think this is one of the hardest parts of starting out. The bigger jobs are hard to bid until you’ve done a few. So you might underbid a couple, and learn from your mistake.

I also do what they others were saying, where I count the glass and come up with a price, then try to figure how long it would take, and if the price is still good for that many hours.

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Yeah, everyone has their own style. I always go by window count. If it’s an office or hotel, you might want to pad it by 10-15% because you’ll be working around people/rooms.

If it takes me as long as my normal commercial, then I’m making good money. If wfp cuts the time in half, then I’m making REALLY good money.

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I would probably bid per hour. Estimate how much time your work takes and how you evaluate yourself.

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Well, I got it done. My average between number of windows and estimated time was pretty accurate. I ended up making right at $100/hr. Now that I have something to guage it against it will be easier to bid these larger commercial jobs in the future. I don’t know if it’s a good average or not, but I was cleaning right at 35 windows/hr with my reach-it. Does that seem like a good number to those of you with more experience in this toe of job? This was my largest commercial job to date. @neals window cleaning, you were absolutely correct those metal grid awnings were a bitch to clean around. It made it very difficult to get the corners Abd I actually had to go back on a few and get them with the traditional scrubber and squeegee. Thanks for ask the input. I really appreciate the help.

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Sounds like you bid that great. $100/hr is good money.