People need to understand the amount of other work we have to do that is unpaid I.e quoting,paperwork, vehicle repairs, system repairs ok some might not have as many problems as others but as you get bigger and chase debts and do telesales etc all this is unpaid labour
Richy
Nobody does unpaid work including you, when you run a business you have to budget into your price all of these things you have mentioned.
So your takings from cleaning a customers house will be paying for this, so its not Unpaid.
If you do a proper business plan, you need to factor into it, all the costs involved in running your business, you can then work out a correct price which pays for all of these things and you then factor in a profit margin.