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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Twyford Cleaning Services on April 27, 2012, 05:33:24 pm

Title: Price per Square metre
Post by: Twyford Cleaning Services on April 27, 2012, 05:33:24 pm

Can someone on tell me what is the going price per square metre,I have been ask to quote for school carp[ets

Thanks

Jack   :)

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Paul Clapham on April 27, 2012, 06:10:48 pm

Only you really know the answer to that,

How much do you want to earn ?
How long will the job take ?
Is the client working to a budget ?

And many other questions come to mind before you will come up with a price both you and the client can work with / be happy with.

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Jim_77 on April 27, 2012, 11:43:12 pm

Anything from 50p to £5, take your pick.  All depends on your business model.  You really shouldn't have to ask other people what you should charge, and it's useless anyway as there's so much variation in this industry.  You should be able to work it out for yourself ???

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Buckland on April 29, 2012, 03:33:14 pm

funnily enough I covered this very subject in my most excellent blog!  :)

http://steamcleancarpetservice.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/how-much-to-clean-1-square-metre-and.html

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: alldon on April 29, 2012, 06:42:59 pm

Just work out how long it will take if takes a whole day charge what you would be happy with for working a full day

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Linds Russell on April 29, 2012, 06:48:03 pm

I cleaned a 20 sq metre lounge on Wednesday. I charged £60. The previous carpet cleaner was a Service Master operator. He charged £180 and that was 5 years ago.

Like Jim says, there is wide variation in this industry. I did think that  £9 per square metre was greedily excessive though!

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Robert Watson on April 29, 2012, 07:05:26 pm

Was pushing it a bit  :). But respect for getting it.

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Ian Gourlay on April 29, 2012, 08:24:19 pm

Jack

If you want the job start at the lower price ranges . I presume there is a large area to do
So quote as low as you would realistically be happy with . Unless you genuinely want £400 a day forget all that stuff.

Once you get a feel for the market put your prices up and then start working towards higher earnings.

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 29, 2012, 10:05:30 pm

Then again you could fight fire with fire, I did a school a few weeks ago and I said I charged £4 a metre, originally I got the phone call asking how much I charged it was quite a well educated voice sounding me out but I didn't know if it were for domestic or commercial and as I was driving at the time I just blurted it out, when I went to quote the facilities manager came to greet me with a floor plan of areas to be cleaned 208 sq metres, they told me the price.

Shaun

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Stephen@ProudCleaning on May 01, 2012, 12:30:55 pm

Realistic pricing averages out about £2.50 a Sq Metre

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: evan williams on May 21, 2012, 09:15:09 am

I quote £2 sq yard and £2.20 per meter and seem to work out about right for me. Good luck

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: Kinver_Clean on May 21, 2012, 10:18:05 am

But don't forget to make allowances for extra dirty bits and rooms so full of furniture that you can't move.
This is where it pays to quote on site.

Title: Re: Price per Square metre
Post by: wynne jones on May 23, 2012, 06:18:55 pm

Schools - blue tack, chewing gum, staples, glitter, skidmarks (rubber) ....

Have a really good look, you might be cursing yourself if you go in cheap.