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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: simbo on January 08, 2006, 05:08:52 pm

Title: help needed
Post by: simbo on January 08, 2006, 05:08:52 pm
Hi all,
having been full time now for 8 months i have a window cleaning round of 150 customers and and a steadily growing carpet cleaning base as well. I have been contacted by a letting agent to do their cleans and have a meeting on tues, where i need help is pricing or a ball park figure for cleaning of 3 bed semi say, this will be a good thing for me but do not want to go in dirt cheap, any help would be great
many thanks simb0
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: simbo on January 08, 2006, 08:27:08 pm
18 views and no replies did i commit something, surely somebody is willing to at least advise please!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: AJCleaningServices on January 08, 2006, 08:51:01 pm
There is "UK Carpet Cleaning Forum" (http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?board=3.0), which is a bit higher, I suppose you would get a better response from there, however, I would suggest searching that Forum for "charges" and/or similar words and you will find the answer.
Good luck,
Arthur
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: CMS on January 08, 2006, 09:50:27 pm
I have found that when I get work from a Letting Agent they usually have a budget - that being the amount of 'deposit' that they have retained from the outgoing tenant.

Any cleaning costs will be deducted from that so they are limited to what they can spend.

I usually get them to tell me what the budget is and get them to spend that  :D

Remember that it is the tenants money you are spending so they don't really care what you charge as long as they are holding enough to pay for it.
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: simbo on January 09, 2006, 08:11:30 pm
thanks cms, i think people thought i would be just doing the carpets but it was prices for the whole clean i was after really. Today i did some research through ringing around my yellow pages which was helpfull will just have to be sharp at my meeting tomorrow
cheers simb0
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: alugleem on January 10, 2006, 10:20:08 pm
rented proparty do not give a fixt price because some cleans will be so bard you will need skips i allways quot hourly rates x plus number of staff
Title: Re: help needed
Post by: CMS on January 11, 2006, 08:32:28 am
The way I do it is to always look at the job first then you CAN give a fixed price.