Whhat Price ?

[wetwash]

What Price ?

Ok, what price would you clean any size home for ?

Pressure wash ,Vinyl,Aluminium siding and outside of gutters .

No need to preach to me why you wuld not do this :burn:

If you were getting 5-20 house washes a day during the busy season no marketing , no quotes , customer prepays .

I know what I would charge the question is what would you charge . We are trying to find the balance nationwide since we would offer the work to others .

You don't even have to be a member or pay us $350 a Year .

Your bottom line price . Any size house .

$199
$299
$399
$499

 

[john orr]

I charge .10/sq ft. An average house in my area is approx 2500 sq ft, so $199 would be about right - as long as the price does not include drives/walks or decks.

 

[Revive]

1000-55000

Three miles from my home is a house that is 55,000sq.ft.Husband,wife and ONE teenage child.

Not a typo. 55,000sq.ft. There is no way to do a one price deal in this area. The house sizes,designs,and exterior structures vary way to much.

 

[wetwash]

Three miles from my home is a house that is 55,000sq.ft.Husband,wife and ONE teenage child.

Not a typo. 55,000sq.ft. There is no way to do a one price deal in this area. The house sizes,designs,and exterior structures vary way to much.

Thanks for the reply guys. Masions not included .

 

[wetwash]

Wow you guys . Wow . I'll make the nationwide price then .

 

[itswillist]

I get around 175.00 in Baton Rouge, lA .. (house only) I know in South Carolina, a friend of mine gets are 275.00 average .. (house only) but he's been in it for 15 yrs... I would say around 215.00 for an average (house only price)

 

[Bleemus]

Hell, we have guys here that will do "any house for $69". Any house pricing is a quick way to kill your business IMHO. When you find a price that you think will work watch how the small profitable houses don't call and the big big ones do and you end up doing huge houses for little money.

How do you define a "mansion"? You will need a disclaimer on size of house that is included. Good luck if you stay in business with a "any house" pricing model.

 

[wetwash]

Hell, we have guys here that will do "any house for $69". Any house pricing is a quick way to kill your business IMHO. When you find a price that you think will work watch how the small profitable houses don't call and the big big ones do and you end up doing huge houses for little money.

How do you define a "mansion"? You will need a disclaimer on size of house that is included. Good luck if you stay in business with a "any house" pricing model.

This deal would actully improve our image we would be attached to one of the top corporations in this country . This deal will cost us $50,000 evey three months . Unlike some I divide the market up . So the lowballers will still have work . Now whats left ? The middle and Masion . Since the response was so great, Im putting together a team to start calling contractors across the country . LoL everybody .

 

[5 Star Johnny]

We will charge $1.50 - $1.75 per lin. ft./per story. For a 2,000 sq. ft., 2-Story home, we will average between $500 - $600. I can't remember the last time we've done ANY house for under $300. Usually when it's a smaller home, we end up getting the cement cleaning and charge for an exterior window clean.

 

[wetwash]

I want to thank those that made comments .

We still have some hurdles .



Corporate America Or Small business

Your consumer will have a choice ,1. Lowballer , 2. Professional Contractor for $600 Or 3. Corporate America in line with us for let say $399

 

[PressurePros]

We will charge $1.50 - $1.75 per lin. ft./per story. For a 2,000 sq. ft., 2-Story home, we will average between $500 - $600. I can't remember the last time we've done ANY house for under $300. Usually when it's a smaller home, we end up getting the cement cleaning and charge for an exterior window clean.

Amen. I knew I liked you for a reason John.

 

[wetwash]

Two at $200 -Two at $600

Post your price

Thanks for your help Ken . Even Steven at this point .

 

[FCPWLLC]

Seeing as it seems that you are thinking of putting together a massive marketing campaign to reach a large number of consumers that will sign up and pre-pay $xxx.xx and then sub all the work to contractors across the nation for $yyy.yy, I'll say $850.00 per house for the PITA factor of having to deal with a consumer that has been fed a butt load of promises that may or may not be possible to keep. Also, the PITA factor of being bunched up with the other Subs that may not be worthy of the image that your Company tries to sell. Your image is only as good as the guy you send out to do the work.

Say you sell all these jobs at $299 and then get a sub in Anytown, USA to do the work, how will you decide who gets the work? More than likely, the type of contractor that will do ANY house for X amount of dollars sight unseen isn't going to be the best guy for the job. Any contractor that can't sell his work at FMV, won't likely be the guy that you want representing your company.

Just saying that it has the potential to make only one person money while creating a low price environment. It is already being done on the commercial level. Big PM companies telemarket Corporations and land the cleaning accounts on All of the Corps stores and then scramble to find local guys to do the jobs at a set price. I get a call almost every month from the same PM from Like Washington State trying to get me to go and wash one awning at one of thier Customers stores here locally. They have the PM account because they Low-Balled and get stuck each month trying to lacate a Schmo to do this friggin awning for $30. I tell them each month that I have a minimum of $150. They hang up and keep hunting until they find a low-baller. Then next month they can't find the guy again and call me not realizing that they have talked to me each month.

It's an idea that is used already in commercial and has done nothing but lowered profit margins for the guys that actually do the work. Too many middlemen getting paid for making a phone call and promising the world at a high volume/low cost price, then subbing to the yokel that is happy to take the pay cut in exchange for the security of steady work. (ie.. he has taken a job versus building a profitable business)

So I will say sight unseen, it would be silly to commit to do work for a set amount. (And yes you did say that we don't have to preach to you why you shouldn't do this) So, I'd say you alredy know this.

Just my take... And as all here know, I'm fairly negative.

 

[wetwash]

Seeing as it seems that you are thinking of putting together a massive marketing campaign to reach a large number of consumers that will sign up and pre-pay $xxx.xx and then sub all the work to contractors across the nation for $yyy.yy, I'll say $850.00 per house for the PITA factor of having to deal with a consumer that has been fed a butt load of promises that may or may not be possible to keep. Also, the PITA factor of being bunched up with the other Subs that may not be worthy of the image that your Company tries to sell. Your image is only as good as the guy you send out to do the work.

Say you sell all these jobs at $299 and then get a sub in Anytown, USA to do the work, how will you decide who gets the work? More than likely, the type of contractor that will do ANY house for X amount of dollars sight unseen isn't going to be the best guy for the job. Any contractor that can't sell his work at FMV, won't likely be the guy that you want representing your company.

Just saying that it has the potential to make only one person money while creating a low price environment. It is already being done on the commercial level. Big PM companies telemarket Corporations and land the cleaning accounts on All of the Corps stores and then scramble to find local guys to do the jobs at a set price. I get a call almost every month from the same PM from Like Washington State trying to get me to go and wash one awning at one of thier Customers stores here locally. They have the PM account because they Low-Balled and get stuck each month trying to lacate a Schmo to do this friggin awning for $30. I tell them each month that I have a minimum of $150. They hang up and keep hunting until they find a low-baller. Then next month they can't find the guy again and call me not realizing that they have talked to me each month.

It's an idea that is used already in commercial and has done nothing but lowered profit margins for the guys that actually do the work. Too many middlemen getting paid for making a phone call and promising the world at a high volume/low cost price, then subbing to the yokel that is happy to take the pay cut in exchange for the security of steady work. (ie.. he has taken a job versus building a profitable business)

So I will say sight unseen, it would be silly to commit to do work for a set amount. (And yes you did say that we don't have to preach to you why you shouldn't do this) So, I'd say you alredy know this.

Just my take... And as all here know, I'm fairly negative.

Thank you for your help .
Some people think like a Business and others like a Corporation .

 

[5 Star Johnny]

Some people think like a Business and others like a Corporation .

What da' F*&!@ And some people just don't think! While I am the first one to appreciate forward & aggressive thinking when it comes to business planning, strategies and execution, I am also first in line to criticize an inept plan that will cause harm to our honorable industry. As FCPWLLC indicated, this mass marketing scheme is already being played out with less than favorable results. Our industry (PW) is no where near being standardized. You only have to look as far as each individual market to see that. Pricing, methods, marketing, certifications, regulations, etc. are only self-imposed by the individual contractor, or by the market itself. Unless you're currently doing over $1MM in annual revenue yourself, I'd stick with developing your own business rather than diluting markets in anybody else's back yard.

One of the top of the line Sealants (Sikkens Cetol SRD )

Got this off your website. Pretty much tells me about your knowledge of "top of the line sealants"! We do deck restoration and preservation (100+ annually), so you're obviously not the "World's Only"!

If you happen to get a pre-paid contract for the Wisconsin area through your efforts, please call me. I have a list of competitors I can pass along to you. Good luck with all that!

 

[PressurePros]

Terah, our differences aside, you have some good ideas but the above posters nailed it. Your concept needs more planning or the execution will be disastrous. It sounds good on paper and like easy money but name and logo recognition marketing campaigns cost big $$. If you think putting together a website of mediocre design, parking it on the web and then thinking people will pre-pay for a service with no name or reputation, you may be in for a surprise. If you think selling on price will get you the results you desire then you better go all the way or not at all. Your going to have to resort to bait and switch advertising (advertise a $69 housewash then upsell to bring it into profitable range). This, again, requires training and implementing a sales force. You better have a capital budget of a couple million to market and launch this type of shady service nationwide. Going into it half assed is going to bankrupt you.

You're getting good advice on this board. If you entered my market with this startegy I would probably be able to shut you and any subcontractor's lights out. Be careful. Not everyone doing powerwashing is a poorly funded hack begging for a corporate umbrella. If you have brought this to a public forum other than to make people think you are a mover and a shaker I would be very interested in hearing more about your business plan.

 

[wetwash]

Terah, our differences aside, you have some good ideas but the above posters nailed it. Your concept needs more planning or the execution will be disastrous. It sounds good on paper and like easy money but name and logo recognition marketing campaigns cost big $$. If you think putting together a website of mediocre design, parking it on the web and then thinking people will pre-pay for a service with no name or reputation, you may be in for a surprise. If you think selling on price will get you the results you desire then you better go all the way or not at all. Your going to have to resort to bait and switch advertising (advertise a $69 housewash then upsell to bring it into profitable range). This, again, requires training and implementing a sales force. You better have a capital budget of a couple million to market and launch this type of shady service nationwide. Going into it half assed is going to bankrupt you.

You're getting good advice on this board. If you entered my market with this startegy I would probably be able to shut you and any subcontractor's lights out. Be careful. Not everyone doing powerwashing is a poorly funded hack begging for a corporate umbrella. If you have brought this to a public forum other than to make people think you are a mover and a shaker I would be very interested in hearing more about your business plan.

The problem is people think this industry is the bottom line of their pockets .

Business first friendship later.
Sorry no sales force needed.
People will prepay the name if you only new the name .
Ken you are way off base .
Oh Ken my website has a purpose .
The statement below is all so true.

 

[wetwash]

What da' F*&!@ And some people just don't think! While I am the first one to appreciate forward & aggressive thinking when it comes to business planning, strategies and execution, I am also first in line to criticize an inept plan that will cause harm to our honorable industry. As FCPWLLC indicated, this mass marketing scheme is already being played out with less than favorable results. Our industry (PW) is no where near being standardized. You only have to look as far as each individual market to see that. Pricing, methods, marketing, certifications, regulations, etc. are only self-imposed by the individual contractor, or by the market itself. Unless you're currently doing over $1MM in annual revenue yourself, I'd stick with developing your own business rather than diluting markets in anybody else's back yard.

Got this off your website. Pretty much tells me about your knowledge of "top of the line sealants"! We do deck restoration and preservation (100+ annually), so you're obviously not the "World's Only"!

If you happen to get a pre-paid contract for the Wisconsin area through your efforts, please call me. I have a list of competitors I can pass along to you. Good luck with all that!

100 + is chump change .
We did our own study of sealants and we like Sikkens Srd The Best . Im sorry if we can't please you . Its is in my opinion that Sikkens over all is the best on the market .
The statement below is all so true .

 

[PressurePros]

Good Luck. Let us know how that works out for you.

Now back to our regularly scheduled broadcasting.

 

[wetwash]

Ok, what price would you clean any size home for ?

Pressure wash ,Vinyl,Aluminium siding and outside of gutters .

No need to preach to me why you wuld not do this :burn:

If you were getting 5-20 house washes a day during the busy season no marketing , no quotes , customer prepays .

I know what I would charge the question is what would you charge . We are trying to find the balance nationwide since we would offer the work to others .

You don't even have to be a member or pay us $350 a Year .

Your bottom line price . Any size house .

$199
$299
$399
$499