[Joe H]

shows theirs life in the old dog yet 

thing is - its the forums that have helped me do this, that together with having some decent tools and cleaning fluids.
18 months ago I would have been charging £50 for what I did this morning for £135 - that is a 3 and a 2 seater. OK I did the lounge carpet as part of an offer, and charged £30 extra for a small dining area.
Got there 9am, vaccd the suite with my Hunter, used Solutions Heavy Duty on the dirty/greasy areas, standard micro splitters on the rest, bit of aggitation with microfibre mitt and tampico brush, extracted with CFR 5" and 3" tool. Extracted and not a lot of water used.
Then did the carpet including using Envirodri Gen4 for aggitation, 2 jet wand with glide (sorry Derek, I know they are for girls).
Whole job done by 11-45am

[Jim_77]

I'm sick of the phone ringing tbh!!  Glad it's almost time to switch the damn thing off, red wine stain this tea time and then a nice smelly one in an old folks home in the morning, and I'm done.  Just need to leave half my kit soaking in sanitizer for the next 2 weeks 

[Joe H]

Did a few care homes during late 07 early 08.
Seems like I lst one that I quoted for a few months ago - and I dont really mind.
Too hot and too smelly................ and to add insult to the injury, some of the residents thought I was one of them
Should I give up now

[Neil Grainger]

Thats it, phones off untill after Boxing day. So much so that my wife has taken my phone and has said she will check my messages if I get any.

Happy Xmas to you all.

Cheers

Neil

[Shaun_Ashmore]

1 more job tomorrow for an old customer, then done, last job today peed me off as I was down to clean 3 bedrooms and a bathroom and when I got there the customer said that she didn't want teh house upside down and could I just clean the bathroom? Call out fee £75.

Shaun

[Joe H]

just a bathroom  :

at least you go the £75 - or I assume you did

[Shaun_Ashmore]

yes definately I think she saw my shall we call it 'my dilema'

Shaun

[Joe H]

mind you there are bathrooms and bathrooms.

I was doing a house last Thursday pm and Fri pm, the en-suite was  bigger then my front room, and the telly in the en-suite bigger then the telly in my front room.

Mind you the hall and landing were both about 30' long, and about 9' at the widest point.

[PaulKing]

1 more job tomorrow for an old customer, then done, last job today peed me off as I was down to clean 3 bedrooms and a bathroom and when I got there the customer said that she didn't want teh house upside down and could I just clean the bathroom? Call out fee £75.

Shaun

is 75 you minimum charge shaun as mines 65 and was think of upping it ?

[John Gregory]

2 jobs for tomorrow , nothing yet for Christmas eve , 1 job booked for new year [starting to worry already about Jan and Feb ]

John

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Paul £75 isn't my normal min charge but on this occassion it was, I charge £59.

Shaun

[clinton]

Joe

Looks like you have the cleaning solutions spot on with the way you cleaned your suite this morn

Might have to think about changing things in the new year myself with the solutions

Think i must be the only one without work this week

[derek west]

all finished now, took ages today but i do have man flu and them town house windy stairs are a real pain. got a call today for a suite,(so phones still ringing) booked the survey in for the 30th, thats it for me till the 29th, got 3 jobs then. must admit, i'll be glad of the break, need a recharge,
happy xmas everybody, and a big shout out to all those on here that have helped me out over the past 4 or 5 months, (you know who you are)don't think i'd of advanced this well with out yers.
cheers guys, now drink and be merry.
don't drink and fall down like me though.

derek

[Ryan Smyth]

your not on your own Clinton,did a suite today and thats me til the new year but on the plus side as Derek rightly says its time to drink and be merry,starting from now (this is my disclaimer is case of any crazy posts later on  )

Ryan

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Enjoy your breaks and lets hope there are not too many enforced breaks next year.

Joe, well done for putting your prices up to a more realistic level, this allows you to invest in decent kit etc.

At 50 Pounds for that lot you were on the road to nowhere!

For all those newbies and guys at the cheap end of the scale , remeber you have to make a profit to invest as well as a wage, the biggest mistake people make is to charge too little.
Cheers

Doug

[derek west]

27 jobs for december, average ticket £92. not up to joes standards but not bad for 7 months up and running from scratch. i'll work on the ticket rise next year.
derek

[clinton]

Doug good post with the investment bit

Derek

You have done well for your first months well done mate

Might be time to relax and enjoy the break guys while we can

[Dave_Lee]

Derek,
27 jobs, and you are knackered!? At your age that should be a breeze. 
Dave.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I do 27 a week but I'm a Yorkshireman!!!

Shaun

[derek west]

and what age is that then dave?
don't forget, ive been sat on my backside for the last 14 years.
derek