Bidding my first 3 story Apartment

Ok, I finally got ahold of the PM for the complex that I am trying to get a bid in for that we've been discussing. The patio/balconies are to be washed along with the breezeways and stairs of the buildings. Now, the complex has two "phases" or "sections" therefore I have to submit two bids (section one and section 2) priced out per building. So I figured I'd try and work up a price per unit and show it as a "Per building" total price. All the buildings look the same as the pictures I have posted! The first section has 9 buildings, of those 9 buildings, 6 of them have 24 units each. The last 3 buildings are a little smaller and have 12 units per building. This 9 building "section" is a fresh water rinse only to knock off dirt from construction. If I can get help getting close to a good estimate I can work in the cost of chemical and amount of buildings on the second section. ANY HELP is greatly appreciated. like I have said before this is my first complex and it seems overwhelming to get accurate numbers. My personal phone number is 757-560-5885 if its easier to explain details. Thanks again in advance to anyone helping!!!!!!

I do a lot of apartment buildings and full complexes. Over the years I've learned to keep the bids simple. I just did a job for a company that had88 buildings on two adjoining properties. What i did was bid then by building instead of square foot. The 3 story buildings were 1000.00 each and the 2 story buildings were 800.00. I also included for free the rental office and pool deck. Apartment management companies love freebies. Schedule all your high lift work to be done at one time to limit the rental time for the lift. I brought in 2 45 ft articulate lifts for a week. We did all the high ends during that time. All in all it took a month to do the entire job with 4 rigs running

I think we are confusing him with the door thing. Most Mgrs understand a per unit price. We have a flat rate per unit pricing structure for apartments xx.oo per unit for breezeways xx.oo per unit for buildings xx.oo per unit for curbs and sidewalks. My top crew of two men average 200-220 units a day for buildings or breezeways. It makes it easy to know exactpy how manny days the job will take when I can schedule the next one profit etc. Right now we are in Ohio doing four properties 1257 units of breezeways 397 units for buildings and two parking decks. I knew exactly how long it would take before we even got here how much we would make etc

Thanks CCS and Starbrite for the info! What I decided to do was submit 4 bids. I priced both phase 1 and phase 2 for concrete flatwork and then priced out both phases 1 and 2 buildings to be washed separately. I talked with Guy Blackmon out of North Carolina to hone in pricing which was a great help! I came up with what I'd charge per unit/door keeping in mind chemical costs, employee cost, decks, fuel etc..and then multiplied it by the number of units in each building. I arrived at a price I am comfortable doing it for while making a profit and still being competitive. I appreciate all the help that has poured in on this thread!!!! You guys are an outstanding group of professionals helping one another making it less of a daunting task for a new guy on a new job!

I haven't done condos like this either but I am going to bid on a 45 building two story complex. it has eight porches per bldg four on the basement and four on the second story. With no access from outside due the railing. How do you wash the upper porches? I guess an articulating lift would be best. Also how do you handle all the personal belongings that will inevitably be left on the porches like furniture and cushions etc.? And cars getting housewash mix on them and people fussing before you can rinse them? What else do I need to prepare for?

Pat Norman said:

I haven't done condos like this either but I am going to bid on a 45 building two story complex. it has eight porches per bldg four on the basement and four on the second story. With no access from outside due the railing. How do you wash the upper porches? I guess an articulating lift would be best. Also how do you handle all the personal belongings that will inevitably be left on the porches like furniture and cushions etc.? And cars getting housewash mix on them and people fussing before you can rinse them? What else do I need to prepare for?

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We send out notices detailing everything we are doing and what should be removed and the pm puts it on every door.