[matt jones]

Hi guys,
Got some good news tonight a posh local hotel tried getting hold of me tonight regarding a large dining room they want cleaning, i need to get back to them tom morn. Havent really touched on commercial as yet and would love to get this job but not sure how i go about it to be honest. Firstly i hope its not a belgium wilton as a hwe extraction machine is all i own as for aggitation i use a brush as for measuring i would only have a tape measure at hand hopefully you can see where im going with this as im still progressing my business would you say a job like this would be out of my depths? Never done a method statement or risk assessment nor any of the other requirements so any advice would be greatly appreciated. By the way this job has come from a cleaning lady i met on a job back along so they have refered me to this hotel.
regards
matt

[carpetguy]

Why don't you go along tonight and have a look. I've never found hotels difficult to deal with and none have had B/ W

Check out the sockets, water access, dumping location.

Biggest problem, is when you will get access, probably, post midnight.

Just treat it as " a big room "

[matt jones]

Cheers for that mate. I know what your saying its just abit scary especially when you haven't been in this business for long. I know the hotel but can't remember what the carpets are like to be honest so will have to go have a look.
Matt

[matt jones]

Hi guys,
Got some very rough dimensions for the carpet to be cleaned it is 1600sq/ft approx. Any ideas what i should charge for this? Thinking along the line of 25p a sqft so £400 does that sound about right? They need it doing this week.
Regards matt

[jimmy tarbuck]

FAR TO CHEAP FOR THIS PART OF THE WORLD

[matt jones]

So what would you of quoted then jimmy?

[jimmy tarbuck]

Matt, for the crediton area which is i believe where you are, and if nobody else is quoting on the job, if i were you price at .40 sq/ft, then offer 15%discount as area is over 1000sq/ft.

good luck

[jimmy tarbuck]

by the way, are your prices inc or exc of vat??? something to consider!

[matt jones]

Jimmy how the hell do you know where im from do you know me?
matt

[matt jones]

I think i know what company your in relation with but am very confused about who you actually are? Can you send me a p/m
matt

[matt jones]

well jimmy actually quoted £350 for the dining area in the end just phoned them up and apparently had another quote even cheaper so i can't of been that cheap.
Matt
prob some splash and dash who quoted £10 for the lot lol.

[Cleaning Resource]

Always the way, you run around pannicking.............then it was all for nothing :

[matt jones]

yeah great fun. Think what i will do in future is ask the company after a quote to get a few quotations then ill be last to quote that way it gives you a better chance even if you don't end up price matching with a stupidly low quote least you could put abit of uncertainty in there mind why it might be better to use your services over someones who seems abit to cheap. Why does it come down to the cheapest quote most the time don't they relise you get what you pay for? I also find if you are of a younger age then you are sometimes not taken seriously which works against you and really annoys me. All in all bit of a cxxp day today. And doesnt help when i have someone saying stuff which they shouldn't know about me let alone disclose without my permission with a blank profile.

[Ian Gourlay]

Matt,

Was there other postings in this thread.

Was out a lot yesterday.

If you have had a problem use report to moderator button

[jimmy tarbuck]

Matt i am glad you got the job, although in my opinion a tad to cheap, but if you are happy with the price then that is all that counts. Regarding knowing where you are from, i happened to be reading one of your own posts from back along, not sure which one now, as there are so many, but its there for all to see, where YOU stated that was where YOU were from!! So i have not disclosed anything to anyone, in which case you have nothing to be upset about. Really ,calm down and try not to accuse somebody when all they are trying to do is offer some advise.

[matt jones]

Yeah well thats it i did not get the job!   I don't ever remember giving out where i was from apart from devon which is on my profile but maybe i did if you have seen it somewhere and if thats the case then i apologise.
matt

[bennymon]

dont worry to much hotels are always tight with there money

[jimmy tarbuck]

no problem Matt, a simple mistake to make, sorry you didnt get the job after all, did you find out who quoted under you? might be useful for you to try to find out who is underselling themselves in your back yard. Better luck next time as the previous post says, some hotels can be a little tight.

[matt jones]

No i didnt because when i phoned back the manager had gone home and it went through a third party which he didn't know who had under quoted me. Would like to know though so might phone them up again they prob won't tell me! Shame it was a nice little job and i thought the price was fair. If i got it i would of tried chatting them up for a regular contract aswell but nevermind out to do some leaflets in a mo dead quite recently probably cause this other company and under cutting all my prices lol.

[matt jones]

lol just got of the phone to them. Lady went to ask as the manager was not in today she came back and said they did not know who he was but run the local scouts group or something. If they really didn't know this guy (which lets face it they must know his name) he must of come across really well if he didn't even introduce himself. Some local cowboy i expect who will turn up with a vax and flood the hotel then they will come running to me to fix his problem in which case i will charge them double and tell them i did warn you lol. Well thats what i would like to happen not that im jealous or anything 
matt