[helpinghands]

hi

we run a cleaning company in andover and we are thinking of doing car cleaning services  could someone give me some advice on how much to charge

say full valet

mini valet

just ouside of the car clean and so on

many thanks

helping hands

[seanc]

hi carl/paul  good luck  :

[Auto_Groom]

depending on the size,mess and if there is leather?
mini valet from £25.00 full valet from £40.00 extra £20 for leather interior.
hope this helps.
Andy

[Les]

It might be an idea to mystery shop some valeters in your area to get an idea of the local 'going rate'
One tip from my experience is to allow plenty of time if asked to " JUST valet my 4WD / MPV , it's a BIT grubby on the inside from the school run and oh yes we do  have a dog".
This is customer speak meaning, "The inside is completely trashed from my out of control kids and all their friends, and we keep the hounds in it for the local hunt"
Otherwise Good Luck  

[Charles_@_lakeland]

Hello,

Are you going to be mobile or have clients coming to your premises? Fixing your tariffs would depend on the area in which you are operating.

Setting your prices I would always advise you to state starting from

A regular valet starting from £16.00

1 star valet £16.00
2 star            £30.00      
3 star             £38.00
4 star         £55.00

I operate all over the country and set my tariffs according to the area. I charge £80.00 in London for a showroom valet. For the same valet in Liverpool I would charge £60.00. I would be more that happy to send you a brochure and lists of treatments we offer our clients. Use your local yellow pages to see who your competition is. Phone them asking them to give you a quote. Great business and very enjoyable but be warned hard work at times. Do your research now you client base and the products you use.

Regards
Lakeland

[helpinghands]

hi

thanks for your help could you send me some details

to

helpinghands@ukonline.co.uk

[LTT Leathercare]

Excellent products now available for cleaning leather car interiors - give us a ring on 01423 881027
Regards
Judy

[petra]

I find the prochem leather cleaner and the conditioner is excellent and I used it today (helping Auto Groom) on a Discovery and the results were fabulous, the owner was well impressed.
Petra

[stevekennedy]

Hi all,

I tried to set up a valeting business in Edinburgh some years ago but was prevented by the council. They had issues with the waste water. Said I couldn't wash vehicles commercially in the street. Needed to make sure all the waste water went down public sewer or was collected up and disposed of.

Anyone found this to be a problem? Any way round it?

[Les]

Hi Steve,
Cleaning cars without water eh? :
Have you tried Clean_waterless who is this group?
I'm thinking of giving their stuff a trial run.
Les

[stevekennedy]

Yeah, noticed that. Seems interesting. Just bought a pure water window cleaning machine. Thought about doing the odd car with it.

[gwrightson]

not done any car interiors yet
but have been approached by a local franchise outlet
were an accaintance happens to work, he asked me if would be interested in cleaning the interiors,
never gave them a second thought untill he mentioned they pay around £70 just for inside  cleaning  makes me wonder maybe i should give it a go  is this a good rate
geoff

[Auto_Groom]

thats a very good rate if they are cars and not vans.
Andy

[Les]

Hi Geoff,
If it's not a Winnibago(?) franchise that's a very nice rate for interiors.
Sounds like worth giving it a go.
Interior car cleaning has it's moments, (see my comments above re: Customer Speak)
Best of luck and let us know how you get on
Les

[Les]

HI Steve,
Hang on..... Cleaning cars without water was one thing, now cleaning them with Window Cleaning gear, that's got to be a first !
P.S. Obviously if it works let me know and I'll be making it a second  
You just never know we might start a trend, but don't let them boys on the window group know

[Ian Gourlay]

What do you have to do when you clean car interiors

Are we talking about a hover dash polish etc.

Or HWE cleaning

Those of you who do Valeting how many cars can you do in a day.

What Marketing method do you use.

[Les]

Hi Ian,
Interior valets cane be as little or as much as the customer wants. Most of them just suddenly realise that the interior of their car looks disgusting, (or worse) and want you to make it look beautiful again, (bit like plastic surgery).
The 'kiddy' and 'doggy' ones are usually the worst and will normally require HWE. This is always an awkward one because in an MPV you can spend nearly as much time as cleaning a couple of sofas, but can't really charge as much.
I do some work for a garage & they are just testing a 'Deoderising Bomb' basically in aerosol form, pop it in the 'smelly' vehicle, press the button and it goes off for approx 3 mins completely impregnating the interior with a choice of lovely odours, (Hi Karate/Old Spice that sort of thing) . Or in this case, the car, their office and the streets within a 100 yards of their premises
I do some local advertising but fortunately most comes by word of mouth or people seeing me do the job in their street. Or they come out to see where the nice aroma is coming from like the "Aah Bisto" advert

[wreelyclean_servic]

...I wonder if my wheely bin gear will clean car interiors?

£70 for the inside of a car eh?

I wouldn`t think twice...go on give it a whirl....you can only make money can`t you...

[no_water_no_wet]

I have the perfect solution to this, you become a waterless car valeter i distribute no-wet to waterless valeters in surrey and before you all laugh ask people like Blue Planet Valeting Ltd who used to be traditional valetersand now turn away work as they are so busy.
Best wishes
Lyn.

Hi all,

I tried to set up a valeting business in Edinburgh some years ago but was prevented by the council. They had issues with the waste water. Said I couldn't wash vehicles commercially in the street. Needed to make sure all the waste water went down public sewer or was collected up and disposed of.

Anyone found this to be a problem? Any way round it?

[no_water_no_wet]

Les
Have a look at www.blueplanetvaleting.com they are the no1 waterless in the south.

Regards
Lyn

Hi Steve,
Cleaning cars without water eh? :
Have you tried Clean_waterless who is this group?
I'm thinking of giving their stuff a trial run.
Les