Property Managers

[Karl Wulf]

I have a property manager that I do a lot of work for. She manages 220 homes and has given all the homes to me that need to be cleaned.
This same property manager has me doing evictions. Basically just picking up after the last tenants and putting it on the curb. At first she asked me as a favor to do one and I agreed because of the work she gives me. She now has told all of her property manager friends and currently I have 10 evictions to do in the next week.
What I am wondering is how much should I charge? Currently I charge $35 an hour for one man,$55 for two and $80 for three(even if we do nothing there is a one hour charge in effect). I figure I must be low because I am getting so many phone calls for them I am starting to have to turn them down. Does anyone else do these? I checked and under my current license and insurance I am covered. I do not mind doing these, but if I should be charging more I would like to know.

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[nedparks]

The first thing I would do is have a form that the customer fills out in there own handwriting with some sort of a statment that says they have the legal right to have do this work and that they will "Hold you harmless" when not if ther are sued.

On your quiestion...Supply verus demand. Either there is a lot of work and not many people doing it oRRRRR you are two cheap. Either way...raise your price. Not a bunch but a little if you like the work and it is steady. I can tell you one thing. If you are turng work down then it will be easy to replace any lost work due to a price increase. Say $5.00 or $5.25.hour increase?????

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Ned Parks
Power Steam Cleaning
Akron,Ohio
330-328-8309
nedparks@yahoo.com

 

[JR Wood]

Are you a pressure cleaning contractor or a maid service.I would charge the same hourly rate as I would be making as a contractor,If $35 per hour is fine for you than what's the harm?I don't get the reduction in price when adding people though.What happens when you get to ten people are you going to charge minimum wage.Your rate should stand firm at $35 per hour per man,With a $70 or $100 minimum. (if that's your hourly rate).That's probably why you are getting a large interest.

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[Karl Wulf]

I know it sounds wierd me doing this type of work being a pressure washer, but I got into it because of the property manager. Now as far as the decrease of wages, those employees that I take on these jobs are minimu wage employees. So when I first did evictions I thought it was a decent percentage to make. But lookingat the flow of work I am getting concerned that perhaps I am lower than normal. I do not like being to much lower than average. I look at all the weekend warriors around here and it bothers me when they charge $5-10 dollars an hour to pressure wash a house. I do not want a contractor that normally does this type of work to think the same of me.
And also the maximum of people I will put on job is three.

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Your success is measured on what you had to give up to acheive it.