[cleaning co]

hi craig u wanna join my club ? (mate )

[COLIN BRIGHT]

if cleaning was soooooooooooo simple then every one would do their own and we would all be out of business!!!!!!

im proud of mine and think that the service i provide is not only fair but exceeds our clients expectations every time

WHAT COULD BE MORE FAIRER!

[craigp]

 ok gary mate  

        i agree with Gary, though i do see that costs got to be covered and there are some out there charging silly low prices, hard to see how there viaible businesses,  many on here would say my prices are low, but on a good day i can earn easy double a spark or chippy, and they start at 7.30, i start at 9!

and im cheap!!!           and garys right i know trades men whos spent 5 years learning there trade.

i wonder if some who charge really high prices that its maybe they are not busy so the work they do get HAS to be high??

just a theory..   any body say if there any truth in that.  whats think gary?

regards, craig.

[garyj]

People wouldn't clean there own carpets because they are not going to spend hundreds or thousands on the equipment. I know a very good well qualified carpenter who did a 4 year apprenticeship that doesn't make this sort of money!!
Can't believe that Gary is being knocked for making a very decent living, offering a good professional service at what is a good rate for both him and his customers.

[cleaning co]

garyj. u in too mate !! if u want to be in our club mate that is ?
p.s that pig !!! lol

[craigp]

gary we got another in our club   welcome aboard garyj    

[cleaning co]

decided to call our club  "the flying pink pigglets" lol
     what u recon fellow members?

[craigp]

Barbara,

Just read your posts about spending less time on the boards.

Since I came on to Cleanitup I have clocked up two weeks.

I recon Alltec is not keen on these boards.

i think your right ian, fastrackers pay alot of money to share ideas, this is free.

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Gary. You tried putting your prices up yet?
Another £390 in the pot for a three bed two storey appartment in Clapham. Restoration clean and stain protection. Spent the day. Client well happy!

Well? Your machine is the same as mine isn't it?

[garyj]

Yep, I'm in the club   

Can I be Fozzie Bear as we're all muppets.


PS, I was cleaning carpets the day after picking my machine up from Alltec, it paid for itself within 8 weeks.

Alan, not knocking what you do, but around here people just wouldn't pay that, call me a fool  but I'd rather have 5 clients a day at  £50 than 1 client for £250, for a start there is more repeat work and secondly more referrals.

[BRSL]

Hi Fozzy

for a start there is more repeat work and secondly more referrals.

V good point there I must agree 

[John_Flynn]

GaryJ

You forgot to add And a SHORTER LIFE !!!

[cleaning co]

shorter life john ? carpet cleaning ant hard mate ive done jobs 3 times as hard ,its a stroll in the park in imo,
alan my punters wouldnt and couldnt pay your prices i would be sitting on me ass 4 n half days of the week if i asked them prices, dont forget u work for a building matinance company for toffs, and u dont price the jobs the bird who runs it dos, try giving them prices to mrs smith who lives on houseing estate down the rd from u,then we c whos in the real world
gary

[carpetclean]

out of interest gary whats your rates as i tend to agree with your strategy.

[cleaning co]

i charge £30 12x12 £40 12x18  £40 h/s/l   £80 3pc

[cleaning co]

carpetclean u wanna be in are club as well? lol

[BRSL]

carpet cleaning ant hard mate ive done jobs 3 times as hard ,its a stroll in the park in imo,

Garry wait 20 years and we will bent over with our backs buggered like John 
how is your back John holding up I hope 

2 of us the other day done a commercial job took 9 hours at £280 does that put me in your club 

James

[carpetclean]

cleaning company not sure how you are pricing as the square metres are a differnt stucture from the 12x12 and the 12x18 . whats the minimum charge!?
regarding joining the club i must be a muppet to get in to this game after earning a good living  with my other business.

[cleaning co]

james my boy u in, what a star !!!
 carpet clean, about 16 sqm in 12x12 room at £3o so thats about £1.9o sqm ? i think lol
my min charge is £3o

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Cleaning co. Gary, What are you on about? Who said anything about a maintenance co? I do a small amount of subcontract commercial work for a company in the city and to be honest it's only because I've got an eight year history with the Guy and it get's me into some big glitzy places but to be honest the rate is rubbish - ready..... £0.80 per M sq. All after office hours one night a week. Hard graft but a good portfolio.
My £4.50 for a restoration clean and I do mean RESTORATION not a couple of passes of a twin jet scrub wand and £6 for restoration and protect is directly to mr and/or mrs smith and I'm at work 5+ days a week.

Until I did my formal training recently and got all my accreditations I sounded EXACTLY like you.....

Think about it
Alan