[CARPET KNIGHTS]

have been thinking about the idea of getting a portable as a back up, but need to get things going a little better first thanks for the help.

[Mike Halliday]

setting a price for commercial work is impossible, I did a hotel restaurant last week, pulled up right outside the patio doors, they had moved all the tables onto the hardwood dancefloor so  I could get stuck straight in.

pre-sprayed, scrubbed with my rotory and extracted. the price per metre was terrible but the price per hour was great .

While I was their The manager asked my to look at some upstairs corridors, the price per metre more than quadroupled! and the price per hour was'nt as much as the restaurant.

on commercials the price will always vary with the job.

Mike

[ian richards]

Hi

Goron, 

I never presumed either way what you had!! Whether it be new or old.
So maybee you presumed that we all presumed that we thought that you had a new one!!!!!!!
If you understand all that, then perhaps you can understand that most of us on here could'nt give a tinkers cuss what you are working with!!
Like me it's unusual to see a newbie  ( like myself ) buying a truckmount, new or old.
Anyway, i started pricing commercial premises at the same as domestic and i didnt get any work, so now i have had to cut down my prices by half to get anywhere near getting the job.
Now i charge £1.50 per sq metre and have had more success. I do think that unless you do your homework before hand, you may end up scratching you head.  There is so much to learn in this job.
I'm glad to see that you have a possitive attitude, because as a newbie you have to!!!

My very best wishes to you on your new venture.

Ian 

[Len Gribble]

Mike

Why the price increase on corridors, was it some to do with logistics and or different cleaning methods.

Len

[Mike Halliday]

len it was the logistics, through the hotel lobby, up the stairs and through loads of firedoors.

a right ballache!

Mike

[Len Gribble]

Thanks Mike

So what I said previously come into it!

Commercial a mine field location and logistics come into play no matter what bees knees system you have

Your sqm may be good hr rate low! thats life

Had my fingers burnt yesterday forgot about the parking fees £6.80 two hours need to add this to any quotation

Len