Hey all!
I have not posted in a while, but I am just double checking pricing for a friend who asked me to help on this apartment building. He bid this place at $5100 plus materials totaling around $8000. I feel he should have bid $13,500 for the total building. What do you all feel on the price?
Are you doing any concrete cleaning or just siding
currently no flat work. Siding, brick, and wood…
Really hard to say without knowing linear foot or the condition of everything. Too little information here.
Around 2000 linear feet. i have not actually been to the property, but when i price it at what i charge based on how he wrote it up we have a large gap in what we should charge.
3-4 story?
4 stories, and I’m sorry the actual linear foot is 2500
Hey Korey. Did someone from your team email me and then call me today about this?
I’ve estimated 2 apartment complexes this summer that were 3 story. I try to get $1 per line foot per story. Never been asked to do a 4 story so I’m likely no help. $4 a line door puts you at $10,000
But at 4 stories you’ll likely need a lift ($600 week)
Off the cuff I would be at 12k and would be ok if they turned it down for the pain of a lift use.
Did you win those jobs?
Also, If the height is 50 feet. Get a 65 foot lift. $1100 a week for the big one. You’ll need the extra 15 feet more than once. Belee dat!
Best bet on a lift is to price it at the highest number you get after calling 4-5 rental places. Don’t forget delivery.
He’s already submitted the bid at 8k… so he hasn’t won it yet. He asked help from me if he does. I asked what he bid and I almost fell out of my chair.
Won 1 complex last year at that price. 1 complex I bid this spring said they would like me to honor the quote next spring. Haven’t heard back from the other that was 60 days ago. I followed up with them and they said cooperate has to make the call. Manager also said they couldn’t find anyone else that would bid it…
Ah. I was asking Chris @SchertzServicesLLC if he won the apartment jobs.
As far as $13,500, I feel that’s probably a tad low. How many units in total for the entire building?
That’s 8 small apartment buildings there, but access and that pond is a nightmare. I’d be closer to $15-$16k and hope I don’t win it.
Do you have a commercial account with United rental? I get some amazing rates with my account! I rent heavy equipment for snow through the winter. I can get a backhoe from November to March for 2k
But they know it’s limited use…
Thanks. I was curious if those numbers work out well. I think it’s a bit low, but what do I know… I’m just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me.
The rate works great for 1-2 story… you get into 3-4 and I think adding 20-30% per story per foot would be acceptable.
Complex I did last year took 35 man hours and was 9k
I use a local place that my brother (big contracting company) used before he passed. My family has been using them a long time. Platte Rental & Supply… there’s my shameless plug for those guys if anyone from KC sees this. They’ve sent me two factories at $8k each for about 4 total days of work. And I really like the guys there. Family owned. I’ll pay a little higher there. Even still they’re less expensive than sunbelt and another local one called bledsoe with a ton of locations. Not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either.
I have my honey holes that are higher priced that I like to spend my money at… I like my local ace hardware that charges 30% more than Lowe’s or menards. But they follow me through the isles and help me every step of the way! When I was building my remote softwash switch they had 2 guys helping me and they were genuinely excited to see it finished.
My local Ace is fully employed by people who don’t care and hate their jobs. Menards is my favorite. But I digress… and begin derailing another thread.
Was just about to point that out that we ran this thing off the tracks!
