[Darren O]

Igot 2 jobs in the last 2 days from customers who phoned Chem Dry first.The first job was a suite and living room carpet CD quoted £250 the second was a leather suite,12 stairs,small landing CD quoted £300 to me thats just ridiculous.

[Mike Halliday]

why? they have a lot of expenses, they need to charge high prices and they are worth it they do excellent work.

[Mike Osbourne]

Don't complain, you look cheap and got the jobs.

[Darren O]

I wouldnt say all Chen Dry franchises do exellent work i charge £100 living room and suite i would say thats a competitive price not cheap personally think all this £100 an hour and making £125.000+ for an 1 guy operator is utter nonsense

[Ken Wainwright]

It's only spheroids, Darren, if you can't get it

Lower prices will also put off many prospects.  As has been stated so many times in the past, if you buy cheap, you get cheap.

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

[mark shannon]

I would rather compete with a Chemdry quote than a cheapy.They have done a great job pushing prices up in our industry.

[Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead]

I charge about the same as what you say CD have charged, maybe a little cheeper but not much.

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

Could be 4or 5 hours work, so resonably priced

[Shaun_Ashmore]

erm

[Darren O]

Deep Clean see when you charge £300 for a suite,stairs,landing how long does it take you.

[Darren O]

Your joking 5 hours i can start to see why some of yous charge so much.

[Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead]

Never actually said how long it too, it all depends on the 3 suit, the type of carpets, obviously the colour and the type of soiling, any thing from 2-4 hrs

[*paul_moss]

Chemdry prices are middle to top end. I know guys who charge higher than that.
My price for a 3 piece suite is 135 - 150 if I did the lounge as well then prob looking at 200-250 for total job.
Leather suites are a min of 150 to clean and apply protector to.
I did a large leather cream suite yesterday that was poor in areas due to the customer using baby wipes and of all things ajax to clean areas that she thought were dirty but were actually the leather as she had stripped all the top coat and dye from the areas. Job took total 4 hours to do(clean, redye,retopcoat and apply protector) and £450 charge.

Some body earlier made the comment that Chemdry have pushed up prices in our industry, quite rightly so. There are loads of cleaners out there inexperienced,not trainned with poor kit doing a mediocre job. The guys who have invested good money, time and do a proffesional job should and always will command and get the price for their services.

[john thomas]

suite £180.00....... living room if average size £75.00

do this all year round, no problem, always very busy.

prices look correct to me.

[Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead]

Yip John prices look right to me thats about what I charge

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

What is your definition of a 3 piece suite? A 4 cushion cotton print ( 2 seater settee
And 2 chairs) or a 12 cushion Dralon where sometimes the cushions can be a metre
Square.These have piping and fringes attached.The last 12 cushion suite I did it took
11 hours excluding travel,set up and pack up time.The customer was a pipe smoker
And the suite was 8 years old.The last 4 cushion suite took just over an hour,only light
Soilage really.How would you base your prices,I`m at a loss really.

Lewis Doubtfire

[john thomas]

11 hours, you must be joking, and if your not i hope you charged accordingly, i would of charged 3x over and a bit more for 11 hours of suite cleaning. i'd suggest you try a different approach chemical wise if thats how long a nicoteen soiled dralon took you! Far far too long in my opinion, if it was that bad and in 17 years i've seen the worst imaginable you should of walked unless of course he paid you double what the suite was worth!
For £180.00 i am talking about a standard, not double cushioned 3 seater and 2 armchairs, cleaned in whatever the appropriate manner may be for whatever the circumstance, the turbo dryer would be in the room also, including chat tea and biscuits, a very civilised 3 hours start to finish, no rush no drama, NO SWET, a quality service, a quality clean with accelerated drying time, extra for guarding etc. and a happy repeat customer and probably a recommend or 2 chucked in.

regards

[mark_roberts]

I think its ridiculous that cars sell for £100k or a pair of  Diesel jeans is £150. 

Buts thats only because i cant afford them.

Let your potential customers judge the cost not you or youll be too cheap.

Mark

[Darren O]

Well it looks like i will be putting up my prices in the new year and good luck to those who can get £300 for suite,stairs,landing that seems to be the norm on here.I still think i will be a good bit cheaper than that but as long as iam happy and making a good living that will do me.

[*paul_moss]

Darren its not just a case of putting your prices up over night.

Its customer perception, you have to get the right type of customer that fits your service and price point.
Some areas of the country are very hard to get the higher end prices regularly were as some are very easy. Remember its not just price point, its image, professionalism and above all service and bsing able to deliver a top job.