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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dd dave on October 25, 2004, 10:47:06 pm

Title: how much
Post by: dd dave on October 25, 2004, 10:47:06 pm: just interested

I have got a friend just moving into a 6 bed house 1 acre top end area in the south east of England paying between 730 - 770 k for it

The house is in not fantastic condition but the wife wants it cleaned for her and family.

She is not expecting buckingham palace but to a sensible standard

Please exclude carpets, just walls, 4 bathrooms, hard floors downstairs and kitchen (in and out of cupboards)

I know exactly how much the lady has been told by the estate agents recommended cleaning company(from about 2 weeks ago ) who has called today Monday with client moving in Tuesday same week that it is a sizeable house and he has doubled the cleaners from 3 to 6 for a couple of hours !!!!

Please advise what you would estimate for this service

I am in the c/c and f/f industry so I am not at all interested in this type of work but just the estimated price (please no oh this and that just an estimated price )

Answers in 3 days time

cheers
Title: Re: how much
Post by: Fox on October 26, 2004, 05:24:23 am: dd dave

Have I just read your post right? Are you holding a quiz? Answers in 3 days!!

Hmmm - well if she did this......... or maybe she could do that.............

Whoops sorry forgot the bit that said 'no this and that' ! lol
Title: Re: how much
Post by: George-Reid on October 26, 2004, 07:37:57 am: Dave
How long is a piece of string

George
Title: Re: how much
Post by: Musicman on October 26, 2004, 08:40:44 am: Quote
just interested

Not interested.
Title: Re: how much
Post by: Ian Gourlay on October 26, 2004, 10:42:57 am: I would charge the same as the estate agents cleaning company.

If you can afford that type of house you should not expect your friends to work on the cheap..
Title: Re: how much
Post by: Len Gribble on October 26, 2004, 07:00:31 pm: Think dd dave is talking double Dutch.

Len
Title: Re: how much
Post by: Len Gribble on October 26, 2004, 07:10:23 pm: Hi

Just had a thought why doesn’t some one think this up a new TV program replacing how clean is your home to how clean were the previous tenants. ;D ;D

Len
Title: Re: how much
Post by: dd dave on October 27, 2004, 09:00:22 pm: well my friend had 6 cleaners in for four hours, just doing the basics and kitchen in/out . the cleaning firm charged him 175-00 , this equates to £43=75 per hour or £7=29 per cleaner per hour .

Now is my brain saying what a lot of hard work / organising this is or is this what the general cleaning industry rates are still getting .

my original question was how much for this service
and the reason i said answers in 3 days was because the family were moving in and the cleaning firm were trying to push the price up so I did not know the final outcome until today. thanks
Title: Re: how much
Post by: martin19842 on October 27, 2004, 09:11:38 pm: hi there,

i think your brain is right to question.

6 guys for four hours, the question that springs to mind is how much are the cleaning ops being paid.

lets say £5 an hour, therefore gross profit £54.00 before materials, and as you say the organising costs, fuel etc.

i personally wouldnt even look at it. just not profitable enough.

regards

martin
Title: Re: how much
Post by: sfpcleaningservice on October 28, 2004, 09:41:37 pm: I dont know about the rest of you on here but 175 for six cleaners for 4 hours thats just to cheap, its the same old story you get what you pay for.

500 sounds nearer the mark and for that you would get a quality service.
Title: Re: how much
Post by: martin19842 on October 28, 2004, 09:50:29 pm: sfp- where are you??

i agree with your thoughts aswell

we have quoted for a big builders clean next week, 10 guys two days, and scaffold towers.

and the client has had a heart attack. well we wont reduce our price, but i bet someone will do it for their budget value.

regards

martin
Title: Re: how much
Post by: sfpcleaningservice on October 28, 2004, 10:04:31 pm: hiya martin

im in the shepway area, south kent.

but im working allover the shop.
Title: Re: how much
Post by: sfpcleaningservice on October 28, 2004, 10:14:56 pm: hey martin you dont say where you are