Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnny_h on December 23, 2008, 11:23:16 am
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i have been asked to change any blown or flickering light bulbs that i see at the office i clean and add the price to my invoice , so what would i charge for this service ? either a monthly fee? or by the unit? or time? any help or ideas would be helpfull
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if they are too lazy to change them, then a tenner a bulb
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I had an hour a month :-\
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We supply and change light bulbs for £1.35 per unit
But only change when you are on-site do not run across at their whim
Nice little earner
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Although not offices (we clean communal residential areas only) we change all lightbulbs during supervisor visits each week however;
1. We do not charge for the service merely for the bulbs at cost (it takes little time and is USP and/or added value)
2. when we started doing it we had quite a hike in insurance believe or not and had 3-4 additions to our H&S Policy and risk assessments as strictly speaking you should isolate power at the fuse prior to changing - I know it verges on the the ridiculous but as per NIC/EIC guidelines and our (paranoid) H&S advisor we ran a full mornings training course to certify certain members of staff to do it. We are only insured for supervisors/manager or Directors to do this and not cleaning operatives (that kept down training and insurance costs).
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guys have got to say i,am stunned at your low prices.
alot depends on the type of bulb or bulbs you are supplying but i charge it at £25.00 an hour minimum.
1/travel to site
2/check all bulbs inside and out of building
3/ remove all old/dead bulbs.
4/ get new ones usually long life they tend to cost ££££££££££££ ????
5/back to site fit and test new bulbs.
it takes time you usually need step ladders and a couple of screw drivers.
its one of them jobs that has to be done and nobody wants or can be bothered to do.
i can and want these jobs but i charge for my time and effort and supplying the bulbs.
in fact just got a job in but its 30 miles to travel the company who i work for understand this and expect to be charged for my time.
just my 2 pennys worth ;) know your worth ;) ;)
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The worth for me is getting the 20-40 hour a week contracts - at a price (£15-18.50p hr in Central London) above some of my competitors because thay charge extra or the client brings in another company to do the bulbs.