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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steven Taylor on December 07, 2010, 07:44:10 pm

Title: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Steven Taylor on December 07, 2010, 07:44:10 pm
Silly heading, I know, but it's grabbed your attention  ;D

I charge by the hour with a min call out, would be interesting to know how others generally charge out.

Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: gwrightson on December 07, 2010, 07:57:19 pm
well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly

geoff
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: clinton on December 07, 2010, 07:59:16 pm
Depends if i get a slice of cake n a cupa from the client ;)
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: jasonl on December 07, 2010, 08:04:51 pm
well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly

geoff

Same here
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: robert meldrum on December 07, 2010, 08:06:27 pm
How far to travel....
How easy is access....
Which method of cleaning...
How long will it take............

What would YOU charge ?


Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Carpet Dawg on December 07, 2010, 08:07:59 pm
well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly
 
geoff

Same here

Three of a kind!!  ;D
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Richard Joyce on December 07, 2010, 08:09:18 pm
Me too if its really dirty I aways add a bit on becuase of the extra time it will take
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: markpowell on December 07, 2010, 08:32:19 pm
By the room and average size
Mark
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Steven Taylor on December 07, 2010, 08:36:00 pm
Of course, there is one flaw with charging by the room/method of cleaning/travel etc etc, is you've got to go out on site to do a survey on every occasion = more time, more money!!

Whereby, those who do a standard sq meterage or hourly rate charge don't have to do that costly time consuming seperate survey  ;)
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Steven Taylor on December 07, 2010, 10:50:15 pm
That's interesting alot charge by the sq metre.
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Matt Seymour on December 07, 2010, 11:20:01 pm
I charge by the whole job, how long it will take and what I will need to use to do it.

The more rooms people have cleaned the lower the price for each individual room.
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: Jim_77 on December 08, 2010, 12:34:55 am
I charge by the whole job, how long it will take and what I will need to use to do it.

The more rooms people have cleaned the lower the price for each individual room.
Ditto!

A sliding scale stops you from making a loss on low volumes and helps win higher volumes at more sensible prices than just multiplying up at a per metre rate.

Also helps you encourage them to have more done than they originally though of doing, i.e. turn a lounge only job into a lounge h/s/l ;)
Title: Re: Charge of the carpet brigade
Post by: gwrightson on December 08, 2010, 06:53:14 am
Of course, there is one flaw with charging by the room/method of cleaning/travel etc etc, is you've got to go out on site to do a survey on every occasion = more time, more money!!

Whereby, those who do a standard sq meterage or hourly rate charge don't have to do that costly time consuming seperate survey  ;)

personaly, i wouldnt say its a flaw, i survey 95 percent of my new jobs, repeat custys i have already the details,
and in the fact you pay a visit alone does give you a number of advantages, you see exactly what you are dealing with, you can assess the logistics, you can sell yourself as opposed to a voice on the phone, you can also suggest other items been cleaned, by doing on site survey  you discover exactly, what is what and a higher percentage of enquiries are turned into bookings .

Geoff