[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

as title would just like to get a rough idea of what to charge as i need to seriously think of sorting my prices out.

[Mr Dvae]

depends on what level of service you are going to give  50p to £6 / yrd

sorry to be vague


Dave

[cleanability]

Its a pointless question as they always are concerning what to charge. YOU CHARGE WHAT YOU WANT TO EARN. YOU MULIPLY HOW LONG THE JOB TAKES BY HOW MUCH YOU WANT/THINK YOU CAN GET PER HOUR. IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE.

[Steve Rothwell]

the guy was after some help ................. not to be shouted at, the idea of the forum is to help guys who ask and need it......... IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE

for dry fusion cleaning as Jim said at least £4.00 per metre, and to be honest if you LM clean without the dry fusion stuff ..... the same..... it is the same service low moisture quick drying carpet cleaning, not many of us out there who offer that service.

Market the difference between you and all the rest.

[Robert Watson]

Like.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I like also

It's also down to supply and demand.

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

would you be happy earning a £1200 a week? £250ish a day? and want to be out at 9 and home by 3ish with a good lunch break

then you need to be charging approx £3/m+

[markpowell]

Im With Mike H on this one
Mark

[Mike_Roper]

Give the guy a chance , £4 sq m for Lm cleaning , he needs advice that is realistic and practical. In the real world you can do alright and build customer loyalty hence repeat work and referrals on £2 sq m. That advice comes from someone with 22yrs experience in carpet cleaning.
You have t remember he has to live week to week and build it progressively , you have got to get the balance right to survive initially.
Mike  

[Steve Rothwell]

fair point Mike, maybe the £2 for LM and as his premium dry fusion try £3.50 - £4

[Mike Halliday]

At £2/m you are cleaning living rooms at £35 which to be truthful if you are well established and getting 5calls aday (and booking them in) you can make a good living at but a new starter should aim to charge higher.

Plus if he only has DF to work with he needs to be filtering out the crappy disgusting carpets which higher prices can do, the single parent on benefits will not pay premium prices and usually has heavy soiled carpets

[Gary Humphreys]

It would be nice if people were more tolerant on this forum.
From time to time people can adopt a lofty and intolerant attitude towards genuine member questions which only stop contributions from other people who dont want to be on the receiving end of other peoples flak.
Sorry to moan but .....

[Gary Humphreys]

Aim for £3 per metre for the first carpet the you can reduce your price for any other carpets as you have already charged custy for travel time and set up time.
Hope this helps.

[AshWhite]

Just so we're clear, are you guys working on the room size as a whole, or just the area to be cleaned?

[Gary Humphreys]

Room size with a min charge of £45

[Steve Rothwell]

my advice on here was for a square metre price, as he is new at the game.


I personally charge £65 per lounge whatever size, (however I do not market the mansion type houses) so it works out fairly well.

~The price is then discounted slightly when more rooms are added to the work.

I never go and quote, If I get it wrong then I swallow the difference... If the customer has lied about anything then I give them the choice before I start to either cough up a bit more, or I walk.


They usually say "can't blame me for trying" and then make a brew and cough the extra dough.

But as has been said I have been doing this for 20 + years

[markpowell]

I would start how you mean to go on with your prices, once you get a customer base and repeat work / referralls it is difficult to put your prices up.
£3 per metre is not over the top as long as you are doing a top job imo
Mark

[Mike_Roper]

To me were getting more like it now- forgot to mention but some one else did, have a minimum charge say £40 - £50 depending on the radius of your work area from base. Then you could do additional rooms at reduced rate( if you want to ).
Mike

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

thanks for all your comment's it helps alot i'l take it on board and have a review of my pricing strategy Cheers.

[Jamie Pearson]

for dry fusion cleaning as Jim said at least £4.00 per metre

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