Apartment complex sidewalk, curbs and entrances

Hey guys, new to the group but have been pressure washing for 5 years. I have been doing work for a company that owns several apartment complexes, cleaning the buildings. They now want a quote on the sidewalks, curbs and entrances. I am not sure how to quote it. It is around 3500 linear feet of sidewalk with 60 entrances. I will have a team of 2 working the job. On e with a 20 inch buffer and the other running a turbo tip on the curbs and cutting in for the buffer. Ideas on pricing would be appreciated. Thanks in advance KJ

Charge what you need to pay all expenses and make the profit margin you need.

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If you have to ask how much to charge you’re not ready to do it. No one can tell you how much to charge. There’s to many variables such as what type of equipment you have, your experience level plus the project itself.

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All I am looking for is an idea of what others are charging per linear foot for a sidewalk job. As I stated I have been doing pressure washing for years but never a strictly concrete job of this size and thought maybe some of you in this forum have.

Kps0410 how about kiss my a$$. If this is how this forum is represented then maybe you should keep your opinion to yourself.

Maybe you should pound sand and leave then. You asked a stupid question and still got good advice.

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Wow, that’s a great way for a new poster to start. Maybe we should have a fall of shame for these?

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To answer your question do what Kps said. If your number is wrong you’ll learn quickly.

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You should knock it out quick with two guys and a buffer
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So you never say how wide the walk is.? Come up with a sq. ft. 3500 *3 is a lot less than 3500 * 10. You didn’t give us enough info to answer your question any better than it’s been answered. What type of curbs? Is there gum on walks you have to remove?Pics would help even more.

You say you’ve been cleaning for 5 years and you’ve never had to clean a sidewalk or a curb?

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I wasn’t trying to be hateful. Pricing is something that only you can answer. The problem is that new guys like yourself come on here without doing any reading or studying. You have 9 minutes read time and it seems like you want to be spoon fed your answers. This is a professional forum and is a great resource for those willing to put in the effort to learn. It’s a great place to ask technical questions and bounce ideas off each other. Break the job into small sections and figure how long it will take you and price accordingly. There’s been times when I’ve wondered if I was pricing a job correctly but I would never come on a public forum and ask how to price something. I might work up my estimate on how long it will take and pm someone I trust to make sure I’m in the ballpark but never in public. Also the tool you mentioned is a surface cleaner not a buffer. A buffer is used for polishing. Stick around read and enjoy. There’s some great info and good people on here

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So including the curb the sidewalks are 7 feet. They have what I call a roll out curb. Probably have not been cleaned in 10 years or more. All of the entrances are around 6 X 12. Probably a little gum as they are apartments. Also not 3500 square feet but 3500 linear feet x 7 plus the entrances. So close to 29000 square feet.
As far as not doing sidewalks no i have not. We have done some driveways but nothing on the scale of this job. We normally do homes and commercial buildings. This is a secondary business for me and I was just looking for some guidance on the job. I was not expecting the welcome from the group that I received.

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My apologize. I gave what I thought was good information in my first post and was not asking for a quote but rather advice on what others are charging and how to go about quoting this as it was out of my area of expertise. This will be my first quote on a such a large job and would appreciate any good advice;

Any pics at all. How large is the gutter part of the curb? Can you get a small surface cleaner on it? What part of country are you in, guess I’m asking is it sandy dirt, algae or what are you dealing with on it.

All’s good. Like Rick said pictures would help. But concrete is really one of the easiest things to bid if break it up. It’s hard to lose money on concrete. You might lose a little time here and there but that’s it. For example how long will it take you to do one entrance multiply that times the number of entrances times how much you want to make per hour. Someone once said that the best way to eat an elephant is small bites. Sorry if I came across wrong. I shouldn’t type before coffee

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