[Steven Taylor]

Silly heading, I know, but it's grabbed your attention 

I charge by the hour with a min call out, would be interesting to know how others generally charge out.

[gwrightson]

well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly

geoff

[clinton]

Depends if i get a slice of cake n a cupa from the client

[jasonl]

well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly

geoff

Same here

[robert meldrum]

How far to travel....
How easy is access....
Which method of cleaning...
How long will it take............

What would YOU charge ?

[Carpet Dawg]

well you havnt got my option up in the list ,

I take a look at the room and charge accordingly
 
geoff

Same here

Three of a kind!!  

[Richard Joyce]

Me too if its really dirty I aways add a bit on becuase of the extra time it will take

[markpowell]

By the room and average size
Mark

[Steven Taylor]

Of course, there is one flaw with charging by the room/method of cleaning/travel etc etc, is you've got to go out on site to do a survey on every occasion = more time, more money!!

Whereby, those who do a standard sq meterage or hourly rate charge don't have to do that costly time consuming seperate survey 

[Steven Taylor]

That's interesting alot charge by the sq metre.

[Matt Seymour]

I charge by the whole job, how long it will take and what I will need to use to do it.

The more rooms people have cleaned the lower the price for each individual room.

[Jim_77]

I charge by the whole job, how long it will take and what I will need to use to do it.

The more rooms people have cleaned the lower the price for each individual room.

Ditto!

A sliding scale stops you from making a loss on low volumes and helps win higher volumes at more sensible prices than just multiplying up at a per metre rate.

Also helps you encourage them to have more done than they originally though of doing, i.e. turn a lounge only job into a lounge h/s/l

[gwrightson]

Of course, there is one flaw with charging by the room/method of cleaning/travel etc etc, is you've got to go out on site to do a survey on every occasion = more time, more money!!

Whereby, those who do a standard sq meterage or hourly rate charge don't have to do that costly time consuming seperate survey 

personaly, i wouldnt say its a flaw, i survey 95 percent of my new jobs, repeat custys i have already the details,
and in the fact you pay a visit alone does give you a number of advantages, you see exactly what you are dealing with, you can assess the logistics, you can sell yourself as opposed to a voice on the phone, you can also suggest other items been cleaned, by doing on site survey  you discover exactly, what is what and a higher percentage of enquiries are turned into bookings .

Geoff