Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian Hare on January 21, 2004, 06:56:36 pm
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A can of worms to open up here. ;) :o ;D
Following on from the topic of suites earlier, many people charge per seat unit.
However, how does everyone qualify this in relation to a typical 3pc (e.g.) 3 seat sofa and 2 armchairs.
An armchair has: two arms + one cushion area.
A 3 seater sofa has: two arms + one cushion area
+ two more cushion areas.
These extra two cushion areas are approximately equivalent to two arms + one cushion area.
The point being a 3 seater sofa is equivalent in size to 2 armchairs.
This is of course dependant on relative cushion size and whether double or single sided etc.
Therefore, who charges for 5 seats and who charges for 4, or perhaps has no-one thought of it in this way?
Regards Ian.
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Hi Ian
A basic 3 piece suite is five seated areas and as such my charges would start at £29 a seat.
A large two seater sofa is still classed as a 3 person seated area as cushions are so large and would be charged as such.
Scatter cushions are extra. ;)
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I like Woody charge for 5 seats, my price is £15 per seat and an extra £5 for proction, however, I'm now putting my prices up as the time it takes and some advice from the guys on here about pricing and customers.
Alex
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Hi
Pricing by seating unit is probably the better way... a three piece suite...what is it?
3 x 2 x 1
2 x 1 x 1
3 x 2 x 2
Each three separate items but what a difference in material to clean.
Derek
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Hi Derek,
long time no see,
the point I was making is that a 3 seater sofa is equal in value to 2 armchairs, if you were to lay out all the material flat.
So a 3 pc cosisting of a sofa and 2 armchairs, I cost as sofa=50% chairs=25% each of the total.
An extra chair would add an extra 25% to cost.
Most people would add only 20% by their methodology.
Regards Ian.
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Hi Ian
Nice to meet up with you on Wednesday night... an interesting evening.
I do happen to agree with you ... I have found that a two seater settee plus two chairs takes almost as much time to clean as a three seater and two chairs... my price for the former reflects that
Regards
Derek
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Derek,
Like yourself, I find that most 2-seater sofas take nearly as long as 3-seaters.
When you examine most three seaters, the majority of the soiling is located in the arms and the outer cushions - the centre cushions are likely to be the cleanest part of the contact areas of the entire suite.
For this reason my prices differ only £10 between the two sizes.
John.
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Hi Ian
Sorry about the mix up in names...I don't usually split Hares!!! ;) That was a terrible joke :-[
Regards
Derek
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Derek, it's the kind of joke I'd crack! Fawlty humour, Python reared.
Ian.