I just met with him on site today. The side of the building that faces the gulf is all balconies. We were talking about this and figured we can clean this side of the building while his crew moves the staging. Total job time will be approx 4-5 days max for us and around 11 for him. He says when he figures a bid he charges around $55/hr for him and $35 for skilled labor. $.05 puts us in the $50 an hr range for a 5 day job. We still need to add material costs on top of that.
The job in itself is fairly easy. Everything is flat. The patios are even easy to access. Maybe 7 drops on the entire job on the staging and the rest of the building can be done from balconies.
The thing is he has a pressure washer but doesn't trust his crew to get the job done right. In the past they have burnt up 2 pressure washers of his by just being dumb. If I bid to high then it is in his interest to do it him self and if I go to low I just screw myself. I honestly would be happy to make $2,000-$3500 on this job. It isn't bad cash for 5 days work. I will however leave it if I feel it is an unsafe enviornment, i.e. his crew cutting corners, trying to go in high winds, things like that.