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8weekly

Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« on: September 18, 2016, 10:32:40 am »
I was staggered at this. I remember paying £50-£60 a room 15 years ago, so how on earth do they do this so cheap? Glad I clean windows.

Think your carpets are not too bad like this lady did? THINK AGAIN.
Spent £1000s on carpets or would it cost £1000s to replace them?
Whilst spending £0s on LOOKING AFTER THEM!!??
Just because you cannot see it, THE DIRT AND GREASE IS STILL THERE!!
1 room £29
2 rooms £39
2 rooms and hallway £49 (ALL EXCLUDING FLATS NOT ON GROUND FLOOR )
Please click link below for more pics and vids of my work
https://www.facebook.com/MHcarpetclean/
Below is a before and after from last week

JandS

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2016, 10:45:05 am »
£50 or £60 per room.......you'd be sat at home all day at those prices for bog standard houses.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

JandS

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2016, 10:47:37 am »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

8weekly

Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2016, 10:50:25 am »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.

Smurf

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2016, 12:10:12 pm »
That brings back memories as was charging those sort of carpet cleaning prices 30 odd years ago. Bless em  ;D



Susan Dean (1stclean)

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2016, 12:25:07 pm »
brings back the time of the carpet cleaning wars on teeside back in the 90s , where vans were getting hit and staff were getting abused all for 25 pound full houses !!! they never did anything too our vans

we were talking to a guy here in Essex last week and some here are doing  £10 per rooms ! 

Smurf

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2016, 12:39:15 pm »
I was at an end of tenancy exterior clean job not so long ago when a chap turned up with his truck mount. He was there about an hour and before he left we got chatting and only went and billed the tenant £250 for the pleasure. Not to mention he had another 4 jobs booked in that day.

Now that just goes to show you can make good money with the right kit and price well don't it.


Tosh

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2016, 02:02:57 pm »
Truth is you can get the same kind of pricing structure with window cleaning. We've all seen the kind of thing £5.00 a house, £2.00 a front.

It's okay. There's plenty of work out there. Do a good job, fill your books with recommendations, advertise in the right place, have a nicely presented professional website. Uniform, polite, paperwork.


Let the bottom feeders do there thing, you don't have to work at their level even if you feel the invite is obligatory.
*A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - THE SHORT STORY* 'Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.'

ChumBucket

Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2016, 02:39:11 pm »
Truth is you can get the same kind of pricing structure with window cleaning. We've all seen the kind of thing £5.00 a house, £2.00 a front.

It's okay. There's plenty of work out there. Do a good job, fill your books with recommendations, advertise in the right place, have a nicely presented professional website. Uniform, polite, paperwork.


Let the bottom feeders do there thing, you don't have to work at their level even if you feel the invite is obligatory.

Good post. It's common sense to most normal folk, it's not difficult- although there will always be those who think they've found something no one else has, when they themselves discover it!! ;D

JandS

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2016, 09:20:36 am »
I was told believe about half of what you read on here.
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Tosh

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2016, 10:40:12 am »
I was told believe about half of what you read on here.

Which half does that fall in to?
*A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - THE SHORT STORY* 'Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.'

JandS

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2016, 06:31:02 pm »
Anything to do with "how much"
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

JandS

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2016, 07:08:14 pm »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.
Forget chemicals they are pennies.....for the above maybe 3 litres of prespray max at 9p per litre so 27p
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Susan Dean (1stclean)

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2016, 07:27:09 pm »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.
Forget chemicals they are pennies.....for the above maybe 3 litres of prespray max at 9p per litre so 27p

I agree with you on the price now add to it this

22k + vat for a good transit trend
20+ vat for a hydramaster truckmount
5k+vat for wrapping and speed liner and extra tools

and your off and window cleaners moan about the price of there poles lol

ChumBucket

Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2016, 07:38:27 pm »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.
Forget chemicals they are pennies.....for the above maybe 3 litres of prespray max at 9p per litre so 27p

I agree with you on the price now add to it this

22k + vat for a good transit trend
20+ vat for a hydramaster truckmount
5k+vat for wrapping and speed liner and extra tools

and your off and window cleaners moan about the price of there poles lol

Don't forget

350k for a home
2k council tax
5k for kids school clothes
1k for a new shed
1.5k for a decent telly
The list is endless!! ::)roll

SeanK

Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2016, 07:38:57 pm »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.
Forget chemicals they are pennies.....for the above maybe 3 litres of prespray max at 9p per litre so 27p

I agree with you on the price now add to it this

22k + vat for a good transit trend
20+ vat for a hydramaster truckmount
5k+vat for wrapping and speed liner and extra tools

and your off and window cleaners moan about the price of there poles lol

Well if your going to waste good money on things like speed liner those prices aren't going to stretch far,
I suppose the upside of not being able to demand the higher prices is you tend to be more sensible with your expenses.

ChumBucket

Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2016, 08:13:33 pm »
Please refrain from using such language SeanK, "sensible"? this is CIU! ;D

You'll be teaching them "common sense" next!

Don Kee

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2016, 08:47:01 pm »
Standard lounge, dining room and hallway at £50 you would still make good money if you organised yourself...around 90 minutes arrive to depart.
Plus travelling, plus equipment and chemicals, van. Lucky if you clear £18 an hour.
Forget chemicals they are pennies.....for the above maybe 3 litres of prespray max at 9p per litre so 27p

I agree with you on the price now add to it this

22k + vat for a good transit trend
20+ vat for a hydramaster truckmount
5k+vat for wrapping and speed liner and extra tools

and your off and window cleaners moan about the price of there poles lol

I had no idea they only made the Trend, and van wrapping for carpet cleaners...

Carpet Dawg

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Re: Carpet cleaning prices compared to window cleaning
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2017, 10:24:32 pm »
oops sorry for resurrecting such an old thread but felt I had to comment.

Just to confirm there is no money in carpet cleaning. Used to be ok a few years ago but everyone one is charging cheap prices and there is literally no money out there to make it work.  I barely scrap a living  :'(

Stick to the glass fellas.

CleanClear

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