Our big (to us) turn starts today!
Wish us luck!
Or I should have said roll...
Wish us luck!
Or I should have said roll...
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Desk Jockey
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Very nice! 
Soon as I get time! We have been non stop getting ready for the turn
Well not a bad start, my 24 year old crew had to take off at 2:30 today so they managed 24 rooms, my 19 year old daughter and I cleaned our alloted plus a couple extra @ 40. So expecting at least 75 tomorrow for both crews
Mikey P
Administrator
having zero idea what a turn is all about, can you please clue me in..
When the university students move out and the complex has about 2 weeks to get repairs complete, units painted then maid service and then carpets cleaned before the next group moves back in.
Desk Jockey
Member
Its an insane time in college towns. Thousands of apartments cleaned by dozens of cleaners all in a few weeks.
We don't do apartments but we still work for several universities cleaning facilities in preparation of school starting.
We don't do apartments but we still work for several universities cleaning facilities in preparation of school starting.
We had 2 other smaller PM's that had small turns leading up to this one so its been crazy for the past 2 weeks already!
And Richard is correct it's NUTS!
And Richard is correct it's NUTS!
Desk Jockey
Member
Wow, you're putting that new setup to good use! Congrats Billy!
Mikey P
Administrator
UCSanta Cruz cleaned their own.
They had a fleet of truckmounts
They had a fleet of truckmounts
We're smack in the middle of it too, no dorms, but 5 houses a day on top of our very full schedule
Mikey P
Administrator
so 5 "Frat" house and 4 or so jobs?
I thought you ran one truck, how is that possible with outworking 24/7
I thought you ran one truck, how is that possible with outworking 24/7
hogjowl
Idiot™
I got a canister full of black hair out of my daughters stairs when she moved into her college apt.
It had just been "cleaned" by a Turn Hack.
It had just been "cleaned" by a Turn Hack.
Desk Jockey
Member
There are all levels of cleaning Porkchop. Apts that only want it done, could care less if its clean. Higher end that gouge students expect clean facilities.
Unfortunately the majority are being cleaned for such a low rate, they have hack them out or not make a reasonable profit.
It gets ugly here, we just sit on the sidelines and watch.
Unfortunately the majority are being cleaned for such a low rate, they have hack them out or not make a reasonable profit.
It gets ugly here, we just sit on the sidelines and watch.
They're not gonna pay me to vac, so I give them the spray and suck that they're paying for and go home and sleep like a baby
Bob Pruitt
Member
In Santa Barbara, the one square mile town next to it, Isla Vista is almost entirely Students. Students live there to be independent of the UCSB housing, which is actually nice and instead move into the 1960's/ 70's apartments of IV. We made half of our entire money for the year during those couple of months. Every carpet was thrashed. Great money though.
We have cleaned 248 and only have approx 489 to go. The cleaners are doing a reasonable job. After 35-40 rooms per truck we have less shit in the filter than after doing a day of resi
tres davis
Member
One of our turn customers decided that it's better to have the cleaning crew come in after us instead of before....
She said "your trucks are big vacuums so no need for me to pay to vacuum twice"
You can imagine how that has worked out
She said "your trucks are big vacuums so no need for me to pay to vacuum twice"
You can imagine how that has worked out
Desk Jockey
Member
Mikey P
Administrator
Do you Turners deal with furniture?
Move and or clean it?
Are some dorms switchingb to hard floors?
Move and or clean it?
Are some dorms switchingb to hard floors?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Paying to vacuum twice is always an issue with property mgmt work. Normally it's when the maids figure out you vacuum and they stop.
Desk Jockey
Member
We used to do some student housing for a university but they had so much to move it just became unprofitable or there were better uses of our resources that were more profitable.
Each bedroom had two beds, two desks, two end table and two dressers in the closet. All had to be moved, all needed blocks or tabs. This was not cheap stuff either, heavy stuff that needed two men to move or at least two men two block up.
4 bedrooms per apartment on some floors, others had only two, plus the living room furniture which we moved off into the kitchen dining area.
Cleaning was easy, not trashed carpet but the moving ate our lunch. We raised our price every year until they kicked us out and then refused to bid on it anymore.
I'm sure we can get it back anytime, they loved us. We did in two days what it took the other cleaners a week to clean. But until they pay us for moving, I want no part in it. We would need $50.00-$75.00 per apt just for moving.
A whole lot of effort for very little return, so no point in bidding any longer.
This is one for the competition to suffer with!
Each bedroom had two beds, two desks, two end table and two dressers in the closet. All had to be moved, all needed blocks or tabs. This was not cheap stuff either, heavy stuff that needed two men to move or at least two men two block up.
4 bedrooms per apartment on some floors, others had only two, plus the living room furniture which we moved off into the kitchen dining area.
Cleaning was easy, not trashed carpet but the moving ate our lunch. We raised our price every year until they kicked us out and then refused to bid on it anymore.
I'm sure we can get it back anytime, they loved us. We did in two days what it took the other cleaners a week to clean. But until they pay us for moving, I want no part in it. We would need $50.00-$75.00 per apt just for moving.
A whole lot of effort for very little return, so no point in bidding any longer.
This is one for the competition to suffer with!
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tres davis
Member
Mikey,
Some of the apartments are furnished and some aren't. Traditional student housing is furnished but in Austin a lot of them have tried to be higher end student housing and don't have furniture. We had a large company with 7 student apartments that we cleaned last year that switched completely over to vinyl flooring this year.
Some of the apartments are furnished and some aren't. Traditional student housing is furnished but in Austin a lot of them have tried to be higher end student housing and don't have furniture. We had a large company with 7 student apartments that we cleaned last year that switched completely over to vinyl flooring this year.
No furniture in any of ours yet, I did bid on a complex last year that had a ton of shit to move but I imagine my price scared them off. I only want to deal with ones we can move through quick
Bob Pruitt
Member
Student move outs- We cleaned empties but if we did a complex with cleanable furniture we only did the unit if we could do the furniture too. Sometimes that worked out very well. I would imagine that the units with beds in them would be a gold mine for the mattress cleaning guys.
tres davis
Member
It's such a huge cluster fook. All the managers are spread so thin and everything is just a mess usually. They want to pay for squirt and suck and have all kinds of vendors in trampling on your carpet then want to know why you can still see a traffic pattern in their cheap poly carpet that's never seen a bare foot.
J
JS41035
Guest
One crew uses 4 of these. Carpets wet for 4 days. No prevac. These turns have gone the way of a lot of large commercial accounts. Some company with a clean sounding name and good sales skills gets the account. Then subs. Then subs sub. The end result is this. The customer pays for nothing.
