Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Aquakleen Restoration Services on July 22, 2008, 04:42:18 pm
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Hi all,
I got a call today from a woman who asked if I would be interested in cleaning the rugs (unsure of sizes at this time) at various locations throughout my local(ish) area. The furthest I would have to travel would be around 25-30 miles.
I would have to pick up the rugs from the different localities, bring them back home to clean, then take back to the locations fully dried.
I have a few prices in mind. What would you charge for something like this? This could be a regular thing so dont want to outprice myself but dont want to be doing it for free. I am in the north east (not London) so obviously want to charge a reasonably sensible price.
Any ideas guys?
Cheers
John ::)
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Charge by the rug and add on by the mile, the AA used to have a working out your milage chart.
May be 50p per square foot, get a few in and then drop them off at Paul's at Revita and get a deal with him.
Shaun
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Thanks for that. I dont really want to give the work away to someone else so would prefer to do it myself unless Paul wants to do it for chicken feed! LOL
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John, What kind of rugs are they likely to be oriental, afghans, persian or just the next type?
Pete
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Hi Pete
They will most probably be industrial types, the likes of which you see in supermarkets for people to wipe their feet on...so nothing exotic I wouldn't have thought.
Cheers
John
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Hi John
Well I think Shauns suggestion is spot on because they will be easy to clean so you will be charging more for your driving time than your actual work time me thinks. Need a logistics expert to clean this rather than a CC
Pete
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I used to do them all over the north east, 10 years ago , I suggest , £15 a time , but clean them with a pressure washer, the delivery/collection takes longer than the actual job.
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Depends on how many but seems a lot of hassle,sunlight used to do this sort of thing changing mats every week or so.Remember to include fuel cost too £20 to £30 a mat if quantity
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unless you are doing a round trip picking 5-6 of them in one go I 'd charge minimum £100 a rug, any less and its not worth the bother
to travel 25-30 miles, pick up 1 rug clean it and then take it back will take a minimum of 2hrs.
Mike
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Rugs or entrance matting?
Think there's a bit of confusion here
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We are talking about items which cost about £8/metre2 to buy new
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are we? where has a price been mentioned?
Johns calling them 'Rugs' not 'mats'
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If their door mats then a specialist mat rental company can change them weekly for £4 a week.
You need more facts to base your pricing decision on this.
Mark
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Well the woman on the phone called them 'rugs' but they may well be entrance matting. She is going to email me with the details when she gets around to it. She was quite vague to be honest.
I am not sure how much entrance matting costs and whether it will be worth them paying what I want and not just buy new.
I was thinking of taking a day to pick them up, a day to clean them and another day to take them back so that has to be worth my while. I was thinking something like £650-£750 but again, whether its worth them paying that is another matter!! It is more time taken up picking up and delivering than anything else!
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I was thinking something like £650-£750
Oh!!
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Sounds like entrance mats john....
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If this is entrance mats, which are to be taken away and returned you will need a second set to replace them, while their away.
As Mark Roberts says..................about £4 per location per week.
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Im in the process of writing out a full quotation but ill be charging more than £4 a rug I can tell you that!! 3 days work for £80? No way!
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RUG?
Come on man how can you quote for something when you don't even know what it is. Get real, find out.
You're probably wasting your time.
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Thats me told!
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Thanks for that. I dont really want to give the work away to someone else so would prefer to do it myself unless Paul wants to do it for chicken feed! LOL
NO
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haha
Gave her a price by email and said she was going to get back to me so will see what happens
J
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Yep she just replied...I quoted £585 to clean 18 floor mats some of which are really small ie 1M x 1M. Seems worth it except for the travelling but Ill see how it goes. John
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Yep she just replied...I quoted £585 to clean 18 floor mats some of which are really small ie 1M x 1M. Seems worth it except for the travelling but Ill see how it goes. John
And you want me to do it for chicken feed ?
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Nah dont be daft Paul u know I would pay you the going rate Id never expect you to have done it for next to nowt! lol