I'm want to quote a job of pressure cleaning, is sidewalks and basketball court. How much for a spuare feet?

All I can tell you is to figure this out for yourself. Any opinions on here will probably not be able to factor in the real costs of the job in your area... so could easily over or underprice and you could lose... BIG!

Instead, sit down, and figure it out yourself. Start with basic overhead associated with job.

1) Factor in insurance.. not cost of whole policy, but divide the years cost of insurance by 255 days (this is 365 days minus 110 non work days or so... ) and that is your daily cost for insurance that you pass on to customer.

2) Factor in cost of equipment, gas to run pressure washer, soap/detergent, etc. Also need to factor in the cost to replace this equipment in say 2-3 years and repairs... Also, do not forget to factor in gas/truck/repairs, etc. In this case, you add up cost of equipment and figure to use for 2years or so... so will divide that by 500 days... and add that as a per day rate to customer... see how this goes..

3) Then you figure what you want per hour/per man... Then add up how long you think the job will take... add a small bumper in there in case you are off a bit... anything beyond the bumper time.. YOU EAT without complaint.. part of learning how to bid job. Add this cost to bid.

4) Any people helping you.. Are they insured by worker's compensation.. If so.. need to figure their daily rate plus a percentage for you :) That is a good thing!

I know it sounds like a lot.. it is.. why not everyone is in business for themselves. Remember, be careful.. take your time and figure the job... ALSO...

Never hesitate to call your local building inspector and see what he thinks is a good square foot price... but I would only do that to check myself AFTER I did the work I recommended! I mean, nice to let building inspector check to see if you are competitive... but you need to know the number that it costs for YOU to do business and make money.

I hope this helped... wish you luck! If I helped, please RATE THE ANSWER by clicking on button below. Thank you

A follow up to first post here... just wanted you to note that cheapskates are looking for low ball prices.. but they know something when lowballed... person is not insured... person is not paying taxes... or person made a big mistake... so be aware of that.

A competitive, respected person pays taxes, pays insurance and pays worker's compensation, unemployment, FICA, Medicare, etc... if he is legit. An experienced person will take advantage or will know the difference and weed you out immediately... WHY I THINK YOU NEED TO FIGURE BY YOURSELF. I just wanted you to know that... 'cause when I started.. I did not know... and had to learn the hard way. Hoping you need to learn less than I did!! Good luck!