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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: BEN DAVISON CLEANING on April 18, 2011, 07:57:23 pm

Title: pricing jobs
Post by: BEN DAVISON CLEANING on April 18, 2011, 07:57:23 pm
Was asked to price a room up today and wondered wat you lads would approx charge for the job.
The carpets 25feet-22feet 80-20 woolmix carpet,pretty old but in good nic.(light cream)
Also your preferances on what chems to use.

everydays a skoolday eh :D
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: steven Banks on April 18, 2011, 09:00:12 pm
There are many ways to price. The simple way is to price by the hour, how long would it take you? That room should'nt take you long to complete. What are the competition charging for that size room?
You need to make a profit and cover all costs.  Have a good think about best business practice to look professional.
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: cleanable on April 18, 2011, 09:03:01 pm
£174.19

I price by the sq metre, others by the hour or sq feet.

Hit it with whatever you've got. What chems are you using?

Pre-vac, pre-spray, agitate, dwell, extract, groom, dry. Simples!

Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: steven Banks on April 18, 2011, 09:05:44 pm
£174.19

I price by the sq metre, others by the hour or sq feet.

Hit it with whatever you've got. What chems are you using?

Pre-vac, pre-spray, agitate, dwell, extract, groom, dry. Simples!



How much  :o
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: BEN DAVISON CLEANING on April 18, 2011, 09:22:11 pm
Like ur style rug doctor. ;)
Thats the way im doing it.Was thinking of more around the £100.Cant realy charge by the hour at the mo as its taking me forever.
Im kind of learning on the job.I tell the custy this and there happy enough.
Dont get me wrong if i thought something was out of my league id tell them this but so far it seems prity straight foward. ::)
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Colin Day on April 18, 2011, 09:41:15 pm
Charge £8.99, then give them a bill for £180.... Yeeeeee-haaaaaa!!!! ;D
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Colin Day on April 18, 2011, 09:43:31 pm
Maybe once you get the £180 payment, you can use it to invest on doing a course ???
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Carpet Dawg on April 18, 2011, 09:50:32 pm
^^ ha ha thats what i was thinking.

Personaly i think if your new and dont do such a great job......  lets be honest, you wont if your just starting out :-X then you shouldn't charge a high price. Why charge a high price when your not worth a high price?? or the clean you provide isn't one of £100 value? with no training or experance? What machinery you got?

Not having a go just keepin it real.
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 18, 2011, 09:59:11 pm
Are we saying that this carpet is 25ft x 22ft? that's 550 sq ft, that's a nice lounge!

Shaun

Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: BEN DAVISON CLEANING on April 18, 2011, 10:44:37 pm
Using my powrflite 1085,getting training as soon as I can find a local course and yeh it's a big house.I clean the windows.
He just wants the carpet to have a good once over before he has it refitted in another room.
He's said he doesn't expect miricles and to make sure I don't underquote on the price.
Happy days ;D
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 18, 2011, 10:50:44 pm
£100 too cheap IMO you'll cut your throat later in cleaning life, do him a test piece and see what the reaction is then measure up accurately which is a bit like a dramatic pause so you keep him dangling and provinding you get the desired results from your cleaning then hit with £150.

I'd go for £220 myself but I'm poor and need the money.

Shaun
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: cleanable on April 18, 2011, 11:49:26 pm
£174.19

I price by the sq metre, others by the hour or sq feet.

Hit it with whatever you've got. What chems are you using?

Pre-vac, pre-spray, agitate, dwell, extract, groom, dry. Simples!



How much  :o

This room he said was nearly  8m x 8m (23' x23') which is a very large lounge. How much would you charge then?

Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: JandS on April 19, 2011, 01:43:34 pm
That's some sq m for a lounge.
I've done 2 bed houses with less than that
area. It's all one room though so would go
for £96 or £1.50sq m.

John
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: garybristow on April 20, 2011, 04:13:08 pm
58 sq yards     £3.00  per yard       £174.00   thats london and surrounding areas  ??? ;D 8) :D :'(
Gary Bristowclean
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: derek west on April 20, 2011, 04:17:16 pm
£60,
50 mins work. laaaarrrvly jubbly
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: cleanable on April 20, 2011, 04:58:35 pm
£60,
50 mins work. laaaarrrvly jubbly

Your're cheap, what do you do for that price? Splash n dash  :-\
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: derek west on April 20, 2011, 05:27:10 pm
deleted due to being all growed up now.
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: simbo on April 20, 2011, 07:19:03 pm
with derek on this one, If local £100 tops easy couple of hrs at most and would probably have tea and a chat too and definately not plash and dash either before you try to throw that at me. I don't know how some of you haven't been on watchdog yet!
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Carpet Dawg on April 20, 2011, 07:29:35 pm
Some high prices been mentioned. Alot of sheep hearding  going on maybe  ;D i'm more of a sheep dog.

I have no idea what 23 feet by 23 feet looks like but typicaly i dont really go over £70 - £80 for a large room (has to be pretty minging at  that price too). Unless it had alot of nasty stains and odour issues then the fee would  be higher for more work to be carried out.
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Colin Day on April 20, 2011, 07:33:08 pm
A while ago I was asked if I could clean up after another C/C hadn't done that much of a good job. 3 days after the other C/C had visited, I cleaned the carpet which contained a lot of soot and the watse water was black.

Giving the customer the bill and a warning them of using cheap carpet cleaners, they said that he'd actually charged more than me >:(  I was happy with a little over £50 an hour, they were very happy with the job...

Goes to show that even the "Reassuringly Expensive", aren't necessarily the best..... ;)
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: Carpet Dawg on April 20, 2011, 07:44:19 pm

Goes to show that even the "Reassuringly Expensive", aren't necessarily the best..... ;)


Exactamundo
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: simbo on April 21, 2011, 09:19:00 pm
i know a bloke cheap as chips but i cannot fault him does all edges draught marks etc very fussy but no flashy van or ads etc. It goes to show flashy does not mean you are the best at all as can be said for loads of trades.
Title: Re: pricing jobs
Post by: cleanable on April 21, 2011, 09:20:28 pm
i know a bloke cheap as chips but i cannot fault him does all edges draught marks etc very fussy but no flashy van or ads etc. It goes to show flashy does not mean you are the best at all as can be said for loads of trades.

That's very true!  :)