Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: John Gregory on August 13, 2008, 02:52:27 pm
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In the process of doing a quote for a nice little office . approx 1200 sq f of carpet and 42 chairs . I don't do much commercial work hence that.s why I need a bit of help with pricing , What is a fair price for these chairs
Thanks John
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Hi
I recon you could do 10 chairs per hour, so just over 4 hours at whatever your happy with.
I would pre-spray 5 at a time scrub & extract.
Dave
PS I would be bored rigid my number 14!
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Now I can see what we spoke of on the phone John.
Have you got any microfibre cloths or better still - microfibre mitts.
Would help on the edge bits, speed up the job.
Plnty of towelling to wipe overspray off the wood frame.
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Assuming is a wool covering as a lot of these are and its a light coloured fabric and if its dirty or has got food based stains it could take longer than expected.
Clean the worst one as a demo to gauge the above and time yourself. Dont rush as by number 10 you'll be a lot slower.
Also you need to guarantee dry by the next working day so take fans.
Price wise around £5 per chair depending on the above.
Mark
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Thanks lads , I was thinking about a fiver a piece
Thanks John
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i'd quote a day rate. whatever that is for you. wouldn't take any longer and if yo do it in 4 hours your quids in, also gives you time to do an amazing job if you get some stubborn bits.
derek
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i would charge £5.00 per chair
per sf of carpet as well and definiley not a day rate
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What do you reckon for the carpet Colin ( seriously )
John
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Hi
John did the man ring about the school carpets?
I gave him your number.
Dave
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Thanks Dave . nothing to date will let you no if I hear anything
thanks John
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About four hours and charged at your personal hourly rate
robert m
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I would give them a good vac first it’s not often the cleaners does it, would only agitate if needed. about 4hrs less if you had a helper. A fiver
Len
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John,
Chairs and carpet, one days work easy, I'd go in at £500 the lot.
Dave.
PS. Drives?
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I would agree with Carleton.....allow 4 hours or as Collin said approx £200 or imo £50 to £60 per hour.
And if you do them in 2.5 hours, you have made a bonus! ;D
John
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yes £500 a good price for you and the customer, then you can get a idea of what jobs like this takes, if your there all day you still get 500 quid and most importantly experience
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I'd defo take somebody with me on this, I use my nephew, Min wage and a mc D thrown in for lunch ;D.
I don't know how much these chairs cost but I did 10 similar ones for £100 and the custy snapped my hand off, wish I gone higher. Took me about 2 hours including set up, chat, packing away.
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Some will be more soiled than others so it's worth turbo drying them so you can assess them when dry.
Andy IMO £100 isn't a big bill but if you were to get 42 do you think he would have gone for £420? funny thing customers they seem to get a price in their heads.
£500 is a good price for all as Paul says, gives you a yard stick for future work.
Shaun
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did 40 of these last weekend. the chairs take 3 minutes each no big deal. cleaning boot polish off of the wooden legs now that is time consuming. the customer wont necessarily know that u have done the legs however try it for uourself. the chair looks 100 times better over all. custy was well happy.
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I'd agree with 3 minutes per chair, but a further 30 seconds for towelling the edges and frames.
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How long are you going to allow john?
Am sure you will be able to do the v dirty ones first and the less dirty ones at the end and get your turbo on the.
I have got a spare dryer if you need it john :)
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did 40 of these last weekend. the chairs take 3 minutes each no big deal. cleaning boot polish off of the wooden legs now that is time consuming. the customer wont necessarily know that u have done the legs however try it for uourself. the chair looks 100 times better over all. custy was well happy.
3 minutes to vac , prespray , aggitate , then extract ?
John
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Evening John
Like everybody else I think around the £500 for the full job. However I would definitely quote on a per chair basis for as Joe has said in the past you can often find extra chairs have been added to the pile you have quoted and agreed to clean.
The biggest problem I find when cleaning lots of office chairs is that there is often no continuity in the cleaning as you have to keep stopping to move the chairs around to make space to work in and this breaks the cleaning momentum which is often the only way of not doing your head in when you have so many identical chairs to clean.
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It makes a hell of a difference whether the chairs are all in one place, or there's going to be one or two in each small office you get to. Imagine swapping from wand to hand tool 42 times during a job :-/
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If you have to spend a lot of additional time " floating " then you would obviously have to allow for this in your calculation.
Being well organised saves time, using the most appropriate products and methods will save time and energy.
In the majority of cases I clean dining or office type seats with an enzymatic prospray, followed by crystallising foam.
It works...............gives an excellent result.............keeps clients happy..............saves set up / clear away time.............gets repeat business!
Commercial work is not about achieving the highest possible standard by using the greenest possible product...............it's about achieving the customers expected standard for the negotiated price.