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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: vivaro 013 on December 12, 2006, 10:40:20 pm

Title: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: vivaro 013 on December 12, 2006, 10:40:20 pm

in looking at diversify in other areas of cleaning, can somebody give me some info on average prices for a decent pieces of carpet cleaning eqpt and what hourly rate can be earned

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: Barry Livingstone on December 12, 2006, 10:44:17 pm

Not again :o :o :o :o look back the posts

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: fletch on December 12, 2006, 11:01:06 pm

I've being going for 4 months now and my cost's are
£10,000 for Van, Equipment, Insurance, Advertising & Chemicals etc....Then your looking to start with between £25 to £40 per hour.
At the moment it costs me £14.00 per day just for the privledge of running a business ::) You Do The Maths.
                                   Regards,
                                      Fletch.

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: Mike Osbourne on December 13, 2006, 12:48:06 am

I have to agree with fletch. When I tot up my start up costs even though I was trying to keep it sensible I'm £10k down so far. The good news is after a struggle over first 3 months things are looking up.

 I'm a bit worried about new year but I've learned so much about cleaning and marketing that I think I will survive.

If I was in different circumastances I would have bought all my kit 2nd hand and kept a day job. Then it's all 'extra' untill you know you have enough knowledge/custys to go it alone.

Mike     

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: maxcarpets on December 13, 2006, 07:09:23 am

BE AFRAID-BE VERY AFRAID!

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: fresh floors on December 13, 2006, 08:34:46 am

Carpet cleaning is high initial cost with little return. Too labour intensive to be profitable. yes, you can earn a living but never a fortune  ??? You pays your money you take da risk

Title: Re: setting up cost and hourly rate
Post by: Steve Chapman on December 13, 2006, 10:58:28 am

despite what many will tell you, carpet cleaning can be started quite cheaply, i started with a karcher machine 12 years ago and literally £100 in my pocket and a sheer determination to succeed,some common sense, oh and some free training :D

the key is to start  part time and build up a customer base, which in my case took about two years, and plough your profits back into the business to buy decent machinery etc.

only then is it sensible to do it full time and buy a truckmount etc

incidentally i still have customers i first cleaned for with the karcher, and although i now own a t/m they really couldn't care a less, as long as i do a good job, which is now a lot quicker.

Your'e probably never going to be a millionaire, but from being a nearly penniless window cleaner, i now own two properties, 4 vehicles, and in process of buying another house and just got the t/m,

granted it's taken 12 years of hard work but it's been worth it!


regards
steve