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Title: pricing form
Post by: jana08 on December 22, 2008, 11:40:07 am

Hi

As anyone got a form which would help me when pricing up a jobs??

I was thinking of tryiing to put a table together which will make pricing up jobs easier for me.

AS anyone done this?

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: dianegreenwood on December 22, 2008, 05:10:06 pm

Hi there

Roughly, I have a set number of hours per room if its a one off 'spring' clean:

   Kitchen - 2 hours
   Bathroom - 2 hours each
   Living/Bedroom/Hall, Stairs & Landing - 1 hour each
   I usually then add on 2 hours for interior windows & a bit of leeway

If its an end of tenancy clean or if the rooms are enormous these times will be longer.

or if its a regular service, roughly the number of hours = the number of bedrooms if its weekly or a bit more if its fortnightly.

Don't know about anyone else, but its not really an exact science, you have to do a few and learn to judge how mucky a house is without insulting the owner.

Hope that helps

Diane

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: jana08 on January 02, 2009, 09:57:39 am

Does no one have a pricing list, which goes by the house size not the number of hours????

Im thinking of for regular visits not one-off cleans.

anyone??

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: suffolkclean on January 02, 2009, 05:08:38 pm

You'll be lucky to get anyone to help on that one, I asked a very similar question a few weeks ago and got no response! ::)

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: dianegreenwood on January 05, 2009, 04:54:02 pm

I doubt there is a form for regular clean pricing because you just have to figure out how long it will take then times that by your hourly rate!  If you don't want to tell the customer then just give them the overall price not the number of hours.

Also, I would suggest that when you meet a prospective client, ask them questions to find out whether they have had a cleaner before, how many hours they worked, etc then base your quote around that.

Its all experience, counting bedrooms, bathrooms, etc and trying to see how untidy or clean a place is  to judge the price.

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: mikemansuk on January 08, 2009, 04:33:16 pm

hi diangreenwood, how much is it to charge for ironing: Any idea

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: dianegreenwood on January 08, 2009, 10:17:25 pm

Hi Mike

I charge my usual hourly rate for ironing as we only do ironing in clients homes as part of a regular cleaning service.  I use a steam station type iron that I bring with me so I can iron 8 to 10 shirts in an hour which means they get a lot done in the time.

Does that help?

Diane

Title: Re: pricing form
Post by: mikemansuk on January 12, 2009, 12:22:37 pm

Thanks diane