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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: rich hand on October 17, 2006, 07:02:44 pm

Title: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: rich hand on October 17, 2006, 07:02:44 pm

Corridors on 6 different floors, 550m2 per floor in manchester. Each floor will be cleaned on seperate occasions and I will have no furniture to move. How much? Is £2/m a little pricey for such a big job? The general cleaning contractor is going  add on his 10% btw. Cheers

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: the red carpet on October 17, 2006, 08:53:33 pm

I would quote 20p a foot.

Most of the guys on here say im to cheap, but when i quote these prices to prospective customers they say im to dear ???
I have yet to win a decent size job at this price and iv quoted a few now ::)

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on October 17, 2006, 09:29:44 pm

i suppose it goes on how dirty the carpets are, but i would charge 28p per square foot.

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: Mike Roper on October 17, 2006, 09:47:50 pm

If this job was suitable for LM system which sounds like it is , you could charge as little as £1 sq/m and still make good money.
Mike

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: rich hand on October 17, 2006, 11:48:39 pm

Ok just going to work out  ft compared to m and what is LM Mike? I know I know really! Cheers

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: rich hand on October 17, 2006, 11:54:17 pm

Ok Red et al 20p/ft is over £2/m. This job would cost £7000. for 6-12 days work (both extremes). Surely someone isnt going to undercut that!

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: carpetguy on October 18, 2006, 12:10:22 am

Mike's right !

robbie

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: CATMAN on October 18, 2006, 06:47:44 am

Rich,

It depends on how much you want the job.

Large contract cleaning companies, are getting sub-contractors in at 45p sqm.

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: Steve Chapman on October 18, 2006, 11:29:57 am

did one similar recently for local housing offices and charged £1.50 / m and was done in a week with two of us on the go.

Nice tidy profit, probably best job i've done so far!

regards
steve

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: Mike Roper on October 19, 2006, 09:41:24 pm

LM system is low moisture system i.e dryfusion ,texatherm ,charlypads etc
Again I would say in that sort of environment its the way to go , fast and efficient making good money at £1 sq/m . £2 sq/m is not necessary and certainly not competitive.
Mike

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: rich hand on October 19, 2006, 10:55:10 pm

Thanks Mike, its obvious but I did miss it.

Found out another quote the building manager got was 1.50/m. I will go down to 1/m if I have to and still make a very nice profit.

These commercial jobs rarely get discussed but what is the best cleaning method here?

Title: Re: 3300m2 how much?
Post by: gerrystyles on October 20, 2006, 09:13:46 am

Depending on what the state of the carpet is I would initially hwe then maintain with either host or thermadry. £1.00 - £1.50  per m2 is reasonable