[Shaun_Ashmore]

On average do you do per day?

I've done 4 today nice and easy.

Shaun

[elliott cleaning]

4 in a day might be nice but rarely easy

[clinton]

Two jobs today for me and back home at 4 30

Also got a good gym session in first thing this morn.

And a bit of xmas shoping

[Darren O]

I average 10-12 jobs per week iam half way through my 4th year i seem to be getting more and more repeat customers now also iam a full time window cleaner so i always try to do windows in the morning and carpets in the afternoon but it never works out like that.

[markpowell]

Mon-Thurs 3 jobs a day, 2 on a Friday always done for 2 ish.
Dont work weekends, except middle Nov till xmas.
Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

1st job £208
2nd £116
3rd £75
4th £122

All carpets apart from 1st job that had a recliner with carpets.

Shaun

[Jim_77]

Tried to have a marketing day today but got naffed around by a letting agent for a rush job 

So one today, in contrast to 4 jobs and 2 quotes tomorrow. 

I normally try to book in two a day, decent sized job first thing and a smaller one in the afternoon

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Hi Jim, I've been looking at doing larger jobs but you tend to get what you are given sometimes and also if you let yourself customers will pull you from pillow to post.

I promised myself that I would promote larger jobs but I broke my promise, when they come in sometimes Mrs.Smith who you have cleaned for since the year dot just wants a bedroom carpet cleaned you just have to go and do it with the knowledge that she doesn't want anything else this time and may not book in extra work but hey ho!!

Shaun

[Jim_77]

Must admit it seems like average job ticket is getting smaller the last couple of months, haven't checked the stats lately so may be wrong.

Have you thought about how to remedy that Shaun?  Do you price by the metre whether it's 10 or 100?  Or have a sliding scale?

If I'm doing a poxy little bedroom they're probably paying best part of £7 a metre but if I'm doing the whole house it could be down to £3 and I'm still making as much profit as driving round all day doing one carpet per job.

The way I try to sell it is to quote for the one room they want and emphasise the value for money aspect when doing more, and offer to measure up the rest to work it out.  Sure, you don't get many whole houses when they only wanted one room doing but normally you're starting with the lounge so it's a bit less of a jump to stick on the h/s/l or dining room or something.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I do mention it but must emphasise mention, I need to re enforce it, I know some of the FT boys do have a discount button on their laptops so teh customer can see it.

Tomorrow is a new day so I will be on to it!

Thanks

Shaun

PS Night night all.

[colin thomas]

carpe diem!

[derek west]

2 jobs on monday
1st job started 2 oclock, 2 empty small rooms, £60 40 mins
2nd job empty office, 121 sq meters, £200 2 hrs 30 mins.
also did 2 quotes and nailed them.
i'm happy with that
just a small job today so far and another quote
early days for me though. roll on my second year.
derek

[Ken Wainwright]

My business profile is not typical, so this may be irrelevant.

Mainly one job a day (all day), sometimes two. If I were to have three jobs in one day, they would be low ticket value, say upto about £80, and I would call it a day at that, even if only 12.00 noon.

All work and no play makes Ken a bit dull :

Safe and happy cleaning
Ken

PS Late start today. Off now to protect some new carpet. I'm happy with that

[JandS]

1 small job yesterday but started at 10pm last nght on large retail outlet and finished at 8 this morning. Back again tonight at 10 to finish off
hopefully about 7am. So its off to bed now.
Still in my 1st year full time so still honing my marketing skills.

John

[John Gregory]

2 jobs on monday
1st job started 2 oclock, 2 empty small rooms, £60 40 mins
2nd job empty office, 121 sq meters, £200 2 hrs 30 mins.
also did 2 quotes and nailed them.
i'm happy with that
just a small job today so far and another quote
early days for me though. roll on my second year.
derek

     

Starting to worry that I'm working too slow . I did a 150 sq meter office last night and it took me 4 hours , pre vac . prespray extract then post bonnet. Am I too slow?

John

[derek west]

no john, that was 2 of us, thats actually quite fast.
derek

[John Gregory]

here you go Derek another example todays only job throu lounge , HSL and 2 farty bathrooms took me 3 hours , pre vac , prespray,aggitate with envirodry and then extract , a bit of spotting and a couple of brews with the lady of the house

John

[derek west]

john
not how long you take but how much you make, on my own that sounds about how long it would take me, with my mate helping i could half that. either way i'd of charged around £135 to £155 depending on furniture,
and just to make you feel super fast, i did a large living room on my own today, took me 2 hours, but that included bacon and egg butties several cups of coffee and several roll ups from the owner, had nothing else on so made a morning of it.
derek

[John Gregory]

I reckon I'm about right then , Got £150 for it

John

[JandS]

Not slow at all John.
Took me 10 hours with a large portable last night to do 260sq metres.
It was in a large bookstore with a Starbucks in it though so you can imagine the state of the carpet.
Like they say it's not how much you do so much as how much you charge per metre.
Back tonight to hopefully finish.

John

Why buy new when a clean will do.