I got myself up early today, kicked myself in the rear end (read jeff Gitomer's little red book, page 32, principle #1, and you'll know what I mean!) and drove around for about 3 hrs zipping back & forth between some big class A buildings and getting contact information. I'm determined to get more commercial work!

I did land a decent 13,000 foot job yesterday scheduled for next week, so I think that's what is driving me to get more - plus I'm REALLY getting sick of residential, to be honest with you. I'd rather make $150 an hour pushing my cimex than making $75 - $100 per hour zipping back and forth all day and having to pull hose. and most of my work is high-end, by the way, so it's not that the work is low paying or crappy...It's getting real old, real fast...and then to drain the tank after doing some smelly urine / feces jobs in 90 degree weather! Oh, the horror....

Joe

Sorry about the rambling, but i'm stoked!

Switch to op for resi work and no more hoses to pull.

Hey joe what did you get for the 13000 ft account. I been trying to get some more commercial accounts. I landed one but only for 240.00. They only want to do it once a year. I tried to get an account for a medical place for 7000 sqft for .16 a foot. They thought I was to much. What price are you charging them. I still do residential work. I did a job the other day with my cimex and got 170.00 for 1 1/2 hrs of work. I also cleaned another house and made 210 in 2 hrs. Both with my cimex.I need to get out there and do some more leg work. I have a chance to get a vct job for 300 a month for 5 places. The down fall is they want it done once a week and will only pay 300 a month for all the work. not to good.

Joe-
I can relate did a commercial last night / this morning started at 11:00pm home a 3:00 am unround before bed up at 8:00am. I'll take those jobs no one wants.

I'd rather not post what I charged due to lurkers, but basically I figured around .10 - .15 depending on the areas, i.e around cubicles I charge around the high end of the spectrum, but in open areas around the low end...in response to your pricing - 16 cents a foot seems ok, but it seems to me my competition is lowering their prices to get work - I know this because I bid on a job for a friend of mine (he's a facilities manager) and he told me that I beat out the last guy by ONLY 1% - 1.5% and the last guy HWE!! And I bid pretty low...!

BTW, I dont cimex homes any more - I did that for a while w/ berber carpets, but got complaints about the carpet looking dingy after about 3 weeks...I think cimex / encap is more particularly suited for commercial grade carpets. What I do now for berber is HWE, then post pad with my low-boy...MUCH better results! If spots do come back, though, THEN and only then will I pull out the cimex...

Joe