Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ingramcleaningservices on November 24, 2007, 08:12:55 am
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Just starting new build clean got the plans from the builder just wondering if any one know the proper way to mesure job. Got two prices by measuring inside ie every room got price at £185 or do you measure the out side to get the square meter and if it is a house double the mesure whe i did that got the price at £259,what i do i do
thank for any help
gordon
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hi there
can you repeat the question pls ?
regards
Martin
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sorry martin just re done it if you can help
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Pricing by the Sq m/ft etc is fine for most commercial work, but not really appropriate for domestic properties. It is good for obtaining a consistent price, but you will have problems later on.
Consider this:
House 1. is a 1,500 sqft 3 storey, 3 bed, mid-terraced house. As well as kitchen, living room etc. It has a family bathroom on the first floor, an en-suite on the second and a cloak room on the ground floor.
House 2. Is also 1,500 sqft and 3 beds, but it is a 2 storey detatched property. As well as the kitchen, living room etc. It also has an en-suite on the second floor, but there is another one on the first floor, along with the family bathroom. Downstairs there is a cloakroom and a utility room.
So, as I am sure you know, apart from the kitchen, the bulk of the work involved in build cleaning - is sanitaryware ie: bathrooms, en-suites etc.
In house 2. you have an extra en-suite and a utility room, but you would be charging the same price as house 1. for perhaps 2-3 hours more work, because they have the same sq/footage.
A simpler way to price domestics might be to start with an average for the development you are quoting on. So, if the majority of the houses are 3 bed 2 storey with en-suite, bathroom and cloakroom, set yourself a price based on the time you expect it to take to clean. Then look at all the other types of properties and raise or lower your price, depending on, for example, number of beds, numbers of floors, no en-suite, extra en-suite and so on.
Most developments only have about 10 different property types. Once you have a price for each one, simply apply them to the whole development, regardless of how many there are.
Hope this helps.
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thanks that does help.It is an ongoing contract as the firm is a well estblished bulding company
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Well done sir!
Even more important to get your quote right first time.
Good luck.
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New Build Cleans sounds like a good field to get into. Care to tell us how you got into it?
I take it you come in to clean up after the builders have finished?
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yes you do but most off the building materials are taken away before you start.got in to as i was doing ther window cleaning for them at there offices,after a few cleans just asked if there was any more work ie new build clean got some plans for them to price that was the hard part trying to price the jobs.as i have never done it before phoned arround could not get any one to give me a price so i just winged it and it worked ok james
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Could I ask what price you decided on for the new build cleans, and did you just do one clean per house? It is very difficult to get into the new builds but you seem to have been in the right place at the right time. Good Luck to you!!