[daz875]

Hi all,

I first came across this site back in Nov when I was looking for a change of career and was considering buying a franchise, after reading many of the posts on this forum I decided against that option and then pushed the entire idea of a career change to the back of my mind.
   
The company I work for is now looking to make a large number of us redundant and whilst I wait to see if I am one of those I am again looking for that career change should I get the offer, in fact if I don’t get the offer I am going to change anyway as I have had enough of working for other people.

I currently work in IT and for some reason I keep getting drawn to the cleaning industry so am now considering setting up my own cleaning company. I obviously have a lot of work to do before I can even get to the starting line so I would be interested to hear from anyone on the North East who could give me the low down on the current market, the services in demand and as a newbie what are the best markets/services to target first, and the do’s and don’ts.

My current thinking sees me doing the bulk of the work initially to learn from the ground up and then when (if) the work available allows me to start employing people.

I aim to start with a basic package of services:

Residential
Small offices
Carpet Cleaning



Great site and please keep up the interesting posts.

[Cinders]

Hi,

I am a newbie too and have spent the morning calling around a few cleaning agencies in my area to get a rough idea of prices to charge...I will share them on here too as they may help you and give you a rough idea what to charge...
SH  1 1/2 hrs 2 cleaners £48.75 a week
DD  2 hrs 2 cleaners £48.50 a week
IHC 1hr 2 cleaners £22.00 a week
MP  2 hrs 1 cleaner £17 a week
SC  2 hrs 1 cleaner £16pw £10 to cleaner rest to agency quartely in advance
KB  2 cleaners £35 fortnightly but recommended visit for an estimate

Hope this helps

[daz875]

Hi Cinders.

Thanks for the feedback,  I am making slow to no progress at the moment trying to break free from my main job, just dont seem to have the time to get the ball rolling, will be making some call next week so will be able to compare with the costs you have been given in your neck of the woods.

[Malcal]

Hi cinders
what part of the country are you from ?, as this has a big difference in prices.
Cheers mal

[Cinders]

Hi sorry for the late reply,

These prices are for south liverpool!

Hope this helps....whats the difference in prices by the way? more or less??

Thanks