[cannon]

Im still finding pricing commercial work up a bit of a headache, ive been pricing by estimating how long i think the job will take x by how much id like an hour. I would like to know what im equating to per m2 so ive bought a laser measure to use on a quote tomorow.

What id like to no is what other people are charging price for maintenance cleaning and price for hwe per m2, Just for comparison as i think i could be squeezing a little more but still want to be competitive.

Any help appreciated

Thanks

[Shaun_Ashmore]

For HWE I charge £3.50 a metre, LM cheaper but this is for larger areas and when applicable, I have come to the thinking of if I'm going to get it then make it worth my while, I have the same conversion rate as I used to when going on hourly rate but I find that per metre I get far more money usual take up is quarter to a third of customers which I said is the same as when I did hourly rate, on Saturday I cleaned an office with 160 sq m. it took me 2 hours usually I would have said £240.00 but got a lot more out of it, but that's my way as I could have done other things etc depends on how much you want the work.

Shaun

[Simon Moat]

I find when pricing commercials just quote exactly what you want from the job plus 10%, if then successful you've had a result, if they think it's a little expensive you've got good room manoeuvre.

Last good size commercial we did was for a public house, the brewery wanted three quotes, we submitted ours at £675, we got the job, on the day of the job the landlord said he was pleased we got the nod but was surprised as the other quotes were £350 and £190!!

This job was two days work.

[Len Gribble]

Unfortunately don’t do maintenance cleans  but if I did it would be a lot cheaper


Ah the nod  :

[Richard Basey-Fisher]

to be honest asking about comm pricing on here will prob leave you more confused   so basically anything between 50 p a sq m and £4  and your about there   LOL.

All i will say is way up each job  I personally think its more important to take the time factor into account . way up all the factors  

1  how you will clean it
2  access can you park outside
3  is it empty
4 are you moving furniture
5 is it really grubby

most important of all make sure you provide make sure you have your terms and conditions on your quotation or on a sep sheet stating your payment terms .

no point in working for nothing .

i really think its important not to get bogged down by price per area  its more important to work out what your time is worth on that specific job

[cannon]

Thanks for the replies

This is what causes the headache at times i feel like im just plucking a figure out of the air, down to my relative inexperience with pricing commercial. Im sure it gets easier the more i get under my belt but at the min i think having a m2 price structure in place would be a big help.

something along the lines of first 100m2 at x amount then discount above that and obviously 2 separate prices for maintenance and hwe.

Does anyone prefer pricing in square ft? i think it sounds better.

[Mike Halliday]

I think there are too many variables with commercial jobs to work on a sq/ft price.

I work on an hourly price based on how long the job will take, but I still put on show of measuring the job and always quote an uneven number when giving the price eg; $237.50p then round it down to £230.

[Jim_77]

Karl, drop me an email and I'll send something over to you that might help out a bit

[cannon]

karl@carpetcleaners-sunderland.co.uk

Thanks Jim

[AshWhite]

Sounds interesting Jim, any chance you could send me a copy too?
Ashley@floors2show.co.uk

Apologies if this starts a bandwagon..

[Len Gribble]

Nothing wrong in plucking a figure out of the air if you know what the other quotes are and you are happy, did turn a job away competition quoted £3500 and went too £1600 I quoted £7500


Jim

I need all the help I can get, can I have a copy please (lenpg@btinternet.com)

[Jim_77]

Apologies if this starts a bandwagon..

 

[garyfindlay]

Jim,

Can I jump on the bandwagon please

info@elitecleaningsolutions.co.uk

[AshWhite]

Cheers Jim, much appreciated

[Billy Russell]

Apologies if this starts a bandwagon..

 

That'll teach you lightweight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[pncleaning]

Me too please Jim

info@pncarpetcleaning.co.uk

Cheers

Paul

[Jamie Pearson]

Karl, drop me an email and I'll send something over to you that might help out a bit

Is it a calculator with a bigger screen?

[Jim_77]

It's an abacus with a few extra rows of beads on it


Stuff sending 300 emails to people, help yoursleves if you can catch it


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WXF9GJDU     

[peter maybury]

It is very much how long is a piece of string. I do a lot of commercial work and if you would like to call for a chat give me a bell by all means on 07788621555....
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com

[cannon]

I had a look at a job friday priced it up in my head at £215, called in today with the bumf ins etc so decided to measure it up see where i was at. Basicaly its a corridor with a couple of different sized sections, come in at just under 100 m2 decided to stick with £215 and got it.

I know ultimatley its how long it takes you to do that decides whether youve got it right or not but i think im about there.

Only done a few commercials to date and must admit ive sold myself short on one or two.