Jamie
I think its a massive mistake to add services when you start out just cleaning carpets. The market can support any person just cleaning carpets.
What happens, and i have, done it myself is you hit a wall for work and instead of breaking though it you go around it and add a new service. this keeps happening, until your jack of all. stand your ground if you just clean carpets and you will find a way to increase the amount you do each week. i have done it i only clean carpets.
I think this is true in most trades
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Ian
Totally disagree with that comment. I started oven cleaning within the first 3 months of starting carpet cleaning and it has served me well. I'm getting into people's homes to clean their ovens who have never even thought of having their carpets cleaned, and visa versa. I'm then in a position to talk to them about what can be done and I leave them with a quote and tend to book them in, there and then.
I can cope pretty well doing both jobs at the same time too and I often win the job offering 2 services, saving them time and money looking elsewhere for an oven cleaner. When it gets to a point I can no longer cope doing both services, I will employ someone, simple as that.... Onwards and upwards.
I have stopped at offering any other services but get asked all too often "Do you clean patios, cars, windows, guttering?" and on quite a few occasions, "Do you clean swimming pools...?"
I have nothing against people who do take extra work on, these tend to be the successful ones among us like. There are also of course, very successful people who just do carpet cleaning too.
As they say, horses for courses.
If you CAN offer another service, what harm can it do?