Stop hiring uninsured contractors! You’re putting yourself at risk and it is not worth it

[0:01] hey good morning guys this is Jeremy forest with premier pro wash and SIL I wanted to jump on here real quick and do a little short educational video I just got off the phone with a potential homeowner called about asking me to do the house and cleanest driveway and you know we'd get this all the time when I first retired from the military this is something that in the beginning I was

[0:31] blown away but fast forward a few years later I'm not surprised anymore but I just wanted to come out you guys and and again give you a little education on why it's important that you choose a licensed contractor someone with knowledge someone that knows what they're doing what I mean by that is if if you're getting a quote to clean a driveway for 50 dollars I don't I don't care if I'm a one-man

[1:02] show and I have no overhead none zilch I don't I don't pay anyone any payroll I cannot as a business be profitable on $50.00 driveways it's just not possible if you're getting a quote for a house wash and you got a twenty five hundred square foot house and someone's quoting you a hundred bucks to wash that house or they're telling you that they'll beat any single price that there'll be the

[1:33] lowest price there is absolutely no way that that is a legit company and why is that important it's important for so many reasons but I'll just highlight a few number one probably the most important that you need to realize is that if you have someone on your property that it's not licensed and not insured and they have no insurance and they fall off that ladder or they twist

[2:04] their ankle on that home and God forbid break their ankle or or do something that could do a lot of damage they can sue you the homeowner so I see all the time some of these companies that are saying that their license they're insured but you as the homeowner good morning Charlene you as the homeowner have every single right to ask for their proof of insurance and if they

[2:36] can't provide that insurance I would run as far away from that company as possible I tell people all the time if all you care about is price I'm not the guy for you we're not the business for you because you sooner or later if all you care about is price you're gonna get burned eventually you're gonna have someone out there working on your house whether it's inside painting or outside pressure washing or or whatever if they hurt

[3:08] themselves again I can't stress this enough I can't foot stomp it enough I can't tell you how important it is that you make sure that you're using a business that has their proper license and their proper insurance it's not worth saving 20 bucks on a driveway if they fall and they hurt themselves and they sue you for those medical damages it's just not worth it so all the time 2500 square foot house guy was blown

[3:41] away that at my prices because he had someone that was going to charge him one hundred and twenty-five dollars to clean his house and wash his driveway for a hundred and twenty five dollars on a twenty five hundred square foot relatively brand-new home and I know like most of you including myself one of the most important investments that we all have is our home right there's the most Americans there

[4:11] as their most prized possession so why in the world would you want someone washing your house that has no license that's using a three hundred dollar pressure washer and speaking of that if someone comes to you and they give you a quote and they're bragging about how much psi they have before they wash your house you need to run as far away as you can because we every day I can clean a house with 500 or less psi every single

[4:47] day better than the guy blasting 3000 psi on your home they're there busting out your screams they're tearing up your windows they're tearing up your paint they don't care they don't know you've got you've got some handyman out there with the $300 pressure washer that's causing major damage on your house and you know what guess what when he busts out your screams and he tears up your pain or if you have concrete that's less

[5:17] than a year old and he's out there with the surface cleaner blasting away with 4000 psi and you try to go after him afterwards because he did some damage you're not you're left in the dusters there's not you can do that guy you're not gonna be able to sue him or go after him or get your money back or any of those things because he doesn't have insurance he doesn't have he doesn't have it you're just screwed so I'm not

[5:48] saying that you should just pay any price that that's not my message at all but if $50 driveways and $100 house washes and all the time we go out and we do paver ceiling estimates and we got a thousand square foot pull deck pavers pavers that need to be sealed and someone's telling me they got a quote for four or five hundred dollars there there's there's no way there's no

[6:18] way that that business can remain profitable at those prices they're using inferior products that are most likely going to fell on you they're not insured because I'm not here to brag about my education but obtaining my MBA degree I learned one thing and that is you better know your numbers and there is no way no way that I can remain profitable as a business pay employees pay myself do the right thing and charge

[6:50] four or five hundred dollars to sell a thousand square foot paper deck a hundred dollars to wash a $2,500 or twenty five hundred square foot house fifty dollars to do a driveway so demand did they show you that insurance demand that they show you that they have the proper license in those things it's your right you have that right to ask for those things it's not something that they don't have to show you I love when

[7:23] a homeowner asked me for proof of insurance I send it on every email quote anyway but I actually get fired up when someone actually asked me for my proper insurance and proper documentation because I know they care about their property I'm just blown away that that someone could have a six hundred thousand dollar home and they beat me up over paying four hundred dollars or whatever to wash their house but yet they'll spend $300 to wash their thirty

[7:57] thousand dollar car that is losing value every single day but they want to beat me up over their most prized possession their house that cost them five six seven hundred thousand dollars and they're going around price shopping on that and they're in there higher and some guy that again has a $300 pressure washer that's bragging to him about how much psi that's blowing their screens out that's blowing the paint off their house I just again when I first started doing this after I retired I was I was blown

[8:29] away I'm not even blown away anymore I'm it doesn't even surprise me anymore but the point of this is educate the customers you as a customer have every right to get the most information as possible you need to be asking researching verifying all those important things and if you think that it's it you it doesn't matter if how much you pay for you should be cheering

[9:01] on to God to make a profit and I'm not talking about gouging you nobody wants to be gouged some prices that that's not it but you should want Jeremy for us to make a profit because if I can make a profit that means I can hire people that means I can hire another employee so that he can pay for his rent or his mortgage and it only helps your community it helps your it helps your your morale of your people if you don't

[9:33] want people living paycheck to paycheck right we see that all the time see again I'm not trying to say that you should be cheering me on to gouge you I'm just saying you should be cheering me on to make a profit because if I can make a profit I can hire people I can help people put food on the tables I can help them make a car payment so I can't do your homework this is the last time I'm gonna say this do your homework make sure you're out there and you're hiring contractors that are properly insured

[10:03] that are properly licensed because it ain't worth saving 30 bucks or a hundred bucks if they fall and they injure themselves on your property and you all know the same well it'll never happen to me you're the first person that's gonna happen to and again don't don't sell yourself short to save 30 bucks on a driveway cleaning when Joe Schmoe over here pulls up and he's got no license no insurance he falls and he sues you and then you're wondering you're

[10:34] wondering why Premiere Pro wash and seal charges some of the prices they do I know my numbers and I know what I need to do to be profitable and that's why I never budge on my pricing it's because it's not because I'm trying to be a jerk it's not because I'm trying to get out one over on you I just know what it takes for me to properly clean and do the right thing and I'll leave you with one last thing insurance insurance for

[11:06] me too to insure my business and our employees cost us over a thousand dollars a month so let me tell you why so if I charge 50 dollars to do a driveway that means it would cost me I would have to do one driveway a day because there's realistically 20 working days in a month I would have to do one driveway a day over one driveway a day

[11:37] because it's over $1,000 a month just to break even just to pay my insurance cost so again I'm sorry this message is kind of long but at the same time it's important it's important that you as the homeowner aren't beating these guys up over prices and you're doing your homework and you're making sure these guys are properly insured and they're and they're doing things the right way so hope that helps it's Monday it's gonna be a great week we got great weather I think it's gonna be 79 degrees

[12:08] on January what what are we I don't even know where we're at but somewhere in January so I hope you have a great day give us a call or text 8 1 3 3 3 5 2 8 6 9 you can always visit our website at wwlp.com or as you know check out our facebook page at facebook.com forward slash premiere pro wash and sale I hope all of you have a great day