[the red carpet]

Shaun your right,
compared to replacing a carpet getting it cleaned is a hell of a lot cheaper at most if not all of our prices.

But that argument could be used about cleaning anything.
Cheaper to clean a car than replace.
Cheaper to clean your windows than replace.
Cheaper to clean your drivway than replace.
I as a customer would only be happy to pay a fraction of what somthing was worth to have it cleaned.

Il tell you the truth though i was looking to get new carpet for my lounge yesterday and when i realised the prices i was tempted to push my prices up a touch.

I think anyone whos a one man band using a portable and trying to pull in much more than few hundred pound a day is pushing there luck a bit imo, if people want to earn more they can upgrade to t/m or start hiring staff.

In most peoples opinion we are just cleaners at the end of the day, specialised cleaners yes, wich is why carpet cleaners can expect to earn more than normal domestic cleaners etc.

[cleaning co]

Gary theirs is a guy that charges £10 per sq m in Bradford and he gets the work. Ask the fasttrack boys based up north and they will tell you about him.

Why is £4 per sq m out of reach.

I bet you could start a fight in a empty room. why are you so agro, just because you cant get these prices does not been any of us cant either.

grrr !!! yer probally lol,   neil u made  laugh so much tonight my sides hurt!!   10sqm lmfco !!  thats the most daft thing i ever heard anyone say we are talking about cleaning a carpet right? thought so thats about £180 pounds to clean a 12x12 room lol lol  mmm about £1100 pounds to clean a ave 3 bed house !!! lol (again) imo anyone who charges more than £2.50 sqm is giv carpet cleaning a bad name its semi skilled, really easy trade  the only reason people hire us is we hav the eqp and if most people thought it was that hard y do they hire machines from supermarkets drycleaners etc ,if u wanted a room plastered how many people would try themselfs ? not many y? becasue its a skilled trade that takes years to learn and how much could u get a plaster for ? £150 day no probs for a really hard days hard graft thats about,£17 hour !! and remember carpet cleaning is a luxury u can live with a dirty carpet u cant with a broken car,burst pipe,plaster falling of u walls etc etc  ive never know a trade talked up so much or is that just to justife these so called over the top prices some people say they get ? and if anyone is charging £10 sqm and getting away with it they should be on rouge traders !!!!
gary
p.s gary j, luv the pig, that made me sides hurt as well !!!

[cleaning co]

Shaun your right,
compared to replacing a carpet getting it cleaned is a hell of a lot cheaper at most if not all of our prices.

But that argument could be used about cleaning anything.
Cheaper to clean a car than replace.
Cheaper to clean your windows than replace.
Cheaper to clean your drivway than replace.
I as a customer would only be happy to pay a fraction of what somthing was worth to have it cleaned.

Il tell you the truth though i was looking to get new carpet for my lounge yesterday and when i realised the prices i was tempted to push my prices up a touch.

I think anyone whos a one man band using a portable and trying to pull in much more than few hundred pound a day is pushing there luck a bit imo, if people want to earn more they can upgrade to t/m or start hiring staff.

In most peoples opinion we are just cleaners at the end of the day, specialised cleaners yes, wich is why carpet cleaners can expect to earn more than normal domestic cleaners etc.

repace or clean
car £5000+ or £5 to clean
windows £4000+or £10 to clean
driveway£2000 +0r£30 to clean
bedroom carpet ave size from as little as £100 or as some would say £4sqm about £70 pounds or £10 sqm about £175 to clean
imo u cant put carpet cleaning in the same context as the examples above, and yes u are right we are just cleaners but only specialsed in fact we hav expencive gear
gary

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Hello stress head £4.50 a metre squad here. This whole week is booked up solid. I was out till nearly 10 last night doing on site written quotes. Next week is booking up and Feb has already got some new interest.
Stop stressin', Increase your prices! Are you shy of a challenge?
Re; original post about large commercial room. When I first started carpet cleaning my sub contract rate was .50p per metre for commercial work.
I personally charge iro £2 per M sq. for one off commercial work discounting for area's approaching 500M sq and above.

Regards
Alan

[jasonl]

its 9.34 am, this morning , I have dropped my daughter at school, driven 2 miles to a house , cleaned .5 m of carpeting, albeit with a small lipstick mark on it , I  have driven home, checked my e-mails and read this post, and have £48, given to me by the customer who i charged £96 a metre to clean her carpet, ANYBODY CARE TO CALL ME A RIP-OFF MERCHANT?. She booked a £230 job in for friday she was so happy.  ITS ABOUT VALUE NOT PRICE OR COST.

[BRSL]

Hi guys been away fo a couple of days but wot a topic ive missed, 

one thing is taht every one is arguing over price, how many people here are in compition with each other in the same area, not many, so how can you compare prices, it's like everything pice is according to location half the time just anouther way too look at it imo

[cleaning co]

hi alan buddy me stressed? no way i just like writing posts and replying to them as i find them so amusing somtimes the bxxxt on here is more funny the little britan  and u lot bite so so easy lol
p.s whats value for money  then if it ant price or cost
yours happly gary
p.p.s long live spash n dash were the best!!!

[D woods]

Hi Cleaning Co
I have to agree with you about the amusent factor, on the forums.It is better than watching T.V.
cant agree with you on pricing though. to run a serious business you need
to charge enough to cover not only your wages but all the overheads as well

[cleaning co]

hi mr woods, ive run my carpet cleaning over 10 years and on my prices i cover my costs and imo make very nice wage 

[Mike Halliday]

"I was out till nearly 10 last night doing on site written quotes. "

its alright charging high price but who wants to be doing quotes until 10pm, I'd rather earn £150 a week less and have my evening free.

I remember meeting the bloke from bradford ( Walker I think his name was) who earns £10/sqft he had a Steamway with a 50gl water butt  : : you'd think if he earnt all that money he could afford a proper watertank

Mike

[Dave_Lee]

Hi All,
Im pretty sure you would find that the £10 per sq yard charged in Bradford, is not for a one off clean but, for several cleans throughout the year on a maintenance plan.
Dave.

[therapist]

It's a long time ago, but I remember in my early training - on the marketing side - being given a guideline to use for pricing, cleaning work.

The suggestion, was to charge in the region of 10% of the value of the carpets or suite being cleaned, which I've always regarded as a fair method and a fair return, with the client able to relate to such a charge, as good value.

Anyway, this has turned into a useful discussion providing, food for thought for many. In my case, I'm just treading water, so won't be affected.

Good luck to you all.

r m

[mark_roberts]

Price is all in your head.

Theres people out there who buy cars for £100,000 and suites of furniture for £5000+.  Thats the people who will pay quality service.  Now the standard of cleaning thats provided will probably be the same as most of us at £2 a metre but its the way its sold to the customer.

And thats the bottom line.  We need to become better sales people to achieve higher prices.

Asking for the size of the room over the phone and giving the price is not the way.

What type of jeans do you wear?? Do you buy them in Tescos for £10 or in the Diesel shop for £80+.  Now ask yourself why.

Mark

[mark_roberts]

Therapist

How do you calculate your pricing if your aiming for £30 or so an hour.

I figure I have 5 hours a day in the customers home actually cleaning carpets so i base my prices on those 5 hours.  If I charged £30 and hour that would be £150 a day.  If we're honest about our expences + profit etc then well need around £100 a day so thats leaves me £50 a day.  Id get more in Tescos.

Working out your expenses etc, I find, can be a difficult and challanging task.

Mark

[John_Flynn]

Hi Mark

£10.00 for a pair of jeans in Tesco, get over to Batley 6 miles from Bradford ONLY £3.00 a pair!!!

[cleaning co]

lmfco,u sayting that the geezer who charges £140 to clean a room gets it cleaner than my £40 clean? yeh i dont think so we use the same water dont we? our does hav better water than me ? or has he some amazing powder he puts in ? but as for jeans u dead right
gary

[cleaning co]

lol john,u allways make me smile mate

[cleaning co]

o by the way  were is this carpet cleaning world? ive never gone past it in me van lol

[mark_roberts]

Cleaning co

Youve missed the point.  There may not be a difference in the end result ie. clean BUT the whole service package has been sold as higher quality added value and so is worth (in the customers mind) £3 a metre instead of your £1.50.

Penny dropped yet?

Mark

[cleaning co]

SO U ADMITING RIPPING A CUSTY OFF THEN LOL