Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian Gourlay on August 11, 2005, 03:04:53 pm
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Had a bad day today.
Following enquiries.
Gravy Stain on Carpet Yard Square
Room 10 by 10 for a charity. sorry should have said feet
How much would you qoute?
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taking it the room is 10 yards x 10 yards well you gotta do your bit for charity suppose so would do it at £1.50 sq yd to £2.00 sq yd assuming travel wasnt too much of a factor and any furniture was being left/gone around so id be looking at quoting between £150 to £200 depending on charity type/soiling etc,making damm sure they know where their kettle/biscuit barrell is ;D
that price looked a bit high when i looked again but its the room size is equivelant to 5 standard lounges its a big ol area plus the stain removal no id stick with it myself theyre the charity not me
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I must be cheap, I'd do it for £75.00.
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75p sq yd gary wow mate can you come to edinburgh and do a 2 bed,lounge,hall and bathroom oh and a 2 piece suite when your at it
i guarantee the frannies would quote £2.50 to £3 a yd square charity or not and that would be cheap for some of them
doug
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They could buy a new carpet and get it fitted for less than that though!!
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yeh appreciate that they probably could get a cheapo at that price but its never that simple its a charity so how much distruption do they want/need,is cpt glued etc a lot of folk especially businesses will accept a quick freshen up rather than the upheaval that replacement causes.there is a big office block on the west side of edinburgh we used to "clean" it all(hundreds of m2) twice yearly whilst working for one of the big frannies it got a quick spray and a quick bonnet buff and virtually no stains were removed i was embarassed with the results but they paid up happily every time rather than have it replaced(much aggro) as far as i know they still have that franny in to do it just as often...must have cost a few quid as well as it was all done at night/weekends
so are you doin my gaff or not edinburghs great at this time of year with the festival and ive already cleared most of the rooms in anticipation ;D
doug
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Me, the miss's, 5 kids, 3 dogs and 2 chickens are on our way. We'll arrive tomorrow pm, should be finished by next Friday.
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What are Yards!?!?!? :o :o
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sorry chaps I ment feet hence bad day
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Its where Ma & Pa keep the trash cans.
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40 quid
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tell them you have a minimum call out charge of £65 but you'll waive it because they are a charity and do it for £30 as long as you get a free advert or mention in there monthly newletter ;)
Mike
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The charity job was the10 by 10 room I did tellthem my minimum charge was £50
However if they agreed to use me as their prefered cleaner on a regular basis rather than one off I would be prepared to do it for £25.
The Gravey stain was £50 he agreed to pay.
Just wondered what your minimum charges were for these small jobs.
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Depends what kind of charity it is, if its in a childrens hospice or the like I'd just do it free of charge. You would probably get a few of the staffs houses to clean etc "and" it would make you feel good knowing youv'e done your bit for charity - then when you get all the phone calls asking you to support charities as we all do, you can proudly say " we donate direct to charities, by means of xxx" but thanks anyway.
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I did a job for such a shop the other week, took them 4 weeks to pay after telling me that they had sent a cheque in the SAE that I provided (that cheque NEVER arrived).
Read in local paper last weekend same shop had had a fire and had been closed for a week for cleaning, did thay ask me to do the carpet again?? NO, if they had would I NO.
If they had tpld me the truth about payment, I would have done it for FREE, but remember 'What goes round comes round' and in this case it was 2 weeks.