[clinton]

Just had a look at the last 4 years on my records and am well down with suite cleaning.

Am getting steady work from my regulars with the carpet side but my suite cleaning is down.

Anyone else have found this

[wynne jones]

Blame DFS for cheap disposable suites and all the Leather sofa companies, after all they only need a wipedown with a damp cloth. :

[clinton]

Same as my thinking wyyne and with sofas from 299 here and leather at a similar price i have noticed a drop in cleaning the last 4 years..

[robert meldrum]

Most c/c's call themselves carpet cleaners and many people won't realise you also clean upholstery.

[Jim_77]

.. they only need a wipedown with a damp cloth. :

Don't you mean fairy liquid! :

Clinton funny you should post this because I've found the same thing.

However the quality of work has risen, i.e. I'm doing less mingers than before.  suits me fine

[Neil Williams]

with sofas from 299 here and leather at a similar price i have noticed a drop in cleaning the last 4 years..

At the risk of starting the same old arguement about how much to charge for cleaning suites, how many years have I been saying about you won't get those prices when people can buy brand new every 2 years for the same cost of 2 cleans over the same period.
We live in a disposable work.....buy,use,abuse,chuck

[elliott cleaning]

Wrong Neil.    Yes there is a market that buy their upholstery from the likes of DFS & your arguement applies.   However, pitch your upholstery cleaning to the market that doesn't - and pays 4 to 5 thousand for their lounge soft furnishings & you will find there is plenty of business there.  Added bonus is that they are nearly always reasonable to clean - i.e. no mingers

[Neil Williams]

Wrong Neil.    Yes there is a market that buy their upholstery from the likes of DFS & your arguement applies.   However, pitch your upholstery cleaning to the market that doesn't - and pays 4 to 5 thousand for their lounge soft furnishings & you will find there is plenty of business there.  Added bonus is that they are nearly always reasonable to clean - i.e. no mingers

I could have elongated my post which would have covered your point but went for the short answer!
As a percentage I would say well over 80% of my suites both material and leather come from the worlds of DFS and World of Leather, which have been trashed to within a whisker of their lives. These people rarely are willing to pay what equates to 50% of the brand new purchase cost.
On the other hand people who pay £1,000s for new tend to look after things better, so yes cleaning can be easier, but equally I have found a sizable number of these people only want to pay 'lower' rates for their cleaning, because these people classify all and any type of cleaning as just cleaning.

[wynne jones]

So girls if you are looking for Mr Right check out his sofa to see if he's a keeper or a chucker. 

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Fantastic

I can now do less suites and concentrate on getting through the surplus of carpets waiting for me to clean and hwich I can charge at a higher premium than suites.

Rog

[clinton]

You could be spot on there roger and less hassle i guess..

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

I'll tell you about it over our next curry, Clinton.

[Linds Russell]

The average cost of a brand new 3 piece suite in the UK is £7000 - bearing in mind that is from the top of the range in mansions to the cheaper ranges. This price is from the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers who do not include DFS in their prices as they do not see them as credible manufacturers of quality upholstery. That tells a story in itself.

(Data obtained on an Alltec discovery day).

[derek west]

The average cost of a brand new 3 piece suite in the UK is £7000 - bearing in mind that is from the top of the range in mansions to the cheaper ranges. This price is from the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers who do not include DFS in their prices as they do not see them as credible manufacturers of quality upholstery. That tells a story in itself.

(Data obtained on an Alltec discovery day).

 

its called sales hype

[wynne jones]

7k  Good old Alltec.

[clinton]

Nice one roger for the cury

Wynne dont forget you could be a wealthy man after an alltec course

[Ian Gourlay]

What puts me off Alltec is that stupid hype.

I will now be classified as stupid for saying it.

And not open minded.

OK Mr Saunders how do you market exclusively to these homes with 7000k suites. Oh do not market to people like us.

Yes you could specify postcodes but even in the upmarket parts of my area the majority of people do not have 7k suites.

So that means picking off one or two roads in each village.

Post office wont do that kind of leaflet drop

When is someone going to teach Carpet Cleaning Marketing to average consumer.

Sorry but my blood just boiled.

They stopped sending me emails. So I am not their kind of customer.

[Linds Russell]

Ah the blue sky world of Alltec marketing 

[Helen]

The average cost of a brand new 3 piece suite in the UK is £7000 - bearing in mind that is from the top of the range in mansions to the cheaper ranges. This price is from the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers who do not include DFS in their prices as they do not see them as credible manufacturers of quality upholstery. That tells a story in itself.

(Data obtained on an Alltec discovery day).

It certainly does tell a story and don't we all know it when we get one to clean
But......it doesn't tell the story to thousands who insist on buying from them :

[Jim_77]

Quoted from Alltec, hahaha .... pick a price and double it