Get your dryer vent cleaning company into property management accounts.
Lint fires are the property manager’s nightmare and the insurance carrier’s favorite question. Annual vent cleaning across a whole community is a line item they can defend to ownership, and it is the same scope at every building in the portfolio.
Who actually signs off on dryer vent cleaning
The regional or community manager approves it, the maintenance supervisor schedules it, and ownership sees it on the annual budget.
Selling to the wrong person is the most common reason dryer vent cleaning companies stall out. The on-site manager can say no, the regional can say yes, and the maintenance supervisor decides whether you get called back. All three need to hear from you.
- Compliance. Insurance limits, additional insured, W-9, licenses, portal registration.
- Capacity. Can you cover the portfolio without falling apart.
- Price per door. They think per unit and per building, not per job.
- Responsiveness. Same-day replies, on-time arrivals, invoices that match the PO.
Setup fee plus a per-unit rate, multiplied for vent access (exterior, stairwell, roof) and building height, with a minimum per building. Target $14 to $20 per door.
Three mistakes that lose the account
- Quoting per job instead of per door, so the number never fits the budget line the manager already has.
- Skipping the laundry question. Communities with shared laundry rooms have no in-unit vents and no job.
- No photo report. Without a per-unit photo the manager has nothing to send to insurance, and nothing to justify the invoice.
Teach it, train it, or let us run it
The same playbook at three levels of involvement. Run is a monthly retainer plus commission on closed, paid work, and it is our lowest-priced way to start. See all three.
You sell, we coach
The playbook, the scripts, the pricing model for dryer vent cleaning, and six weeks of coaching while you run it.
Your team, our process
Process installed in your CRM or Jobber, weekly pipeline review, ride-alongs, and a comp plan that rewards the right work.
We are your sales department
A named lead, VAs on research and follow-up, outreach to every management company in your territory, one weekly call.
How we sell dryer vent cleaning to property managers
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Target list
Every management company and community in your territory, researched by The Machine so we know unit counts, management, and contacts before the first call.
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Offer and pricing
Setup fee plus a per-unit rate, multiplied for vent access (exterior, stairwell, roof) and building height, with a minimum per building. Target $14 to $20 per door.
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Compliance packet
Insurance certificates, W-9, licenses, safety docs, and vendor portal registrations, done before anyone asks.
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Outreach
Email, phone, walk-ins, and LinkedIn in a set cadence, aimed at the people who actually approve dryer vent cleaning.
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Walkthrough and close
A walkthrough script that finds the work and a proposal that makes the yes easy.
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Grow the account
One building becomes the portfolio. Reviews, referrals to the next regional, and add-on services on a schedule.
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Read itQuestions from dryer vent cleaning companies
Straight answers. If yours is not here, ask us directly.
How do property managers budget for dryer vent cleaning?
As an annual per-unit line, usually alongside fire safety and HVAC filter changes. Quote per door with a per-building minimum and the number drops straight into that line. Quote per job and they have to translate it, and most will not.
What does a property manager want in the report?
A photo of every vent before and after, a list of units that could not be accessed, anything that needs repair, and a one-page summary they can forward to insurance and ownership. The report is half the product.
How long does it take a dryer vent cleaning company to land a property management account?
Thirty to one hundred twenty days from first contact, depending on how the management company handles vendor approval. In our experience the first ninety days produce a working pipeline and the first signed building, and the portfolio work compounds from there.
Will Intrepid work with another dryer vent cleaning company in my market?
No. One client per trade per metro. If we are already working with someone in your trade and area, we tell you on the first call.
Tell us about your territory
Where your dryer vent cleaning leads come from today, who sells, and which management companies you wish you had. We reply within one business day with what we would do first.
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