Every time someone asks the "what would you charge " the response is the same, with " I would'nt leave the house for less than £££££££££££££per hour, or the honest John's who charge, what they feel is a fair rate for an job"and get criticised for not charging enough, although they probably earn more than the others.
The irony, is
A fair number are quoting figures which are just fictitious and for two men to take 90 mins for a job such as this, is nonesense.
Such a job " done properly " that is, dry soil removal and cleaned by whatever method you use to " wet clean" should be completed, with ease, in less than an hour with one operator, there is no need to add blowers, if your extraction is done thoroughly.
I had a quote today, from a plumber, which was £38 for the first 1/2 hour and "£24 for each following half hour.
That is the trade which is said to be ripping off the public.............So how do your rates compare ?
Obviously, if your marketing is expensive and you run large vans and big equipment, your overheads will be higher than someone with a small van / portable machine, so you might be creating the need for high rates.
While another operater with more efficient / productive marketing will have much lower costs and may do a better job with less expensive equipment and be much more profitable, even although he charges less.
In other words.............there is no fixed rate, for any job and the factors which control your charges, might need looking at.
Running a business, is about profit, which is bottom line, which is not always dependent on high charges, nor, on the other hand, about high volume, it's getting the right balance.
For this job, based on, one operator we would have charged around £45 -£60 and would anticipate, at least on other job resulting from an excellent result at a moderate price..........like virtually all of our work, the marketing cost is close to, zero.
