[Len Gribble]

Mike

I’m always smiling as I get that type of work, depends how you measure it. And it’s not always TM work.

Len

[Mike Halliday]

Matt I can't understand why you bother with carpet cleaning all you do is slag it off and tell us how brilliant aerials are,

seems a bit daft to me  : if its crap don't do it!

[Dave_Lee]

Re: the demand for Carpet cleaning sucks. Ive seen it estimated on forums that the percentage of domestic users of professional CC's, at higher than 20%. This is way over the top. The truth is, it is nowhere near that and I wouldnt be surprised if it were nearer 5%. It comes way down in the list of priorities to most people,  and they just dont have a clue. I recently had a custy asking if my tm would do a better job than her hiring a machine?! Sometimes you just dont know what to say.
Dave.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The thing is most people will put up with a dirty carpet but not a broken telly as the latter keeps you amused and whiles away the long dark nights.

How many times do you hear "well I was going to get it done ages ago but......"?

If the TV goes down then you want it fixed pronto it's all a list of lifes priorities we as cleaners are down the list some what.

Shaun

[derek west]

dave-lee
you challenge them.
you clean one half and they clean the other, if they can't tell the diff, then you pay for the hire of the rug doctor, if they can tell the diff, they pay for the rug doctor and the price of your clean, plus 50% for p1ssing you about and being stupid.
derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

But Derek when there is such a prize involved the customer will see what they want to believe.

Shaun

[derek west]

just trail a bottle of red across both halves shaun, watch them soil there knickers. 
derek

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I've done enough of that myself in the last fortnight so I may give it a miss.

Shaun

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Back to the original question.

30000 ft sq is a square approx 40 x 70m. Or approximately 1/3 of a football pitch. But we have so  little other info to go on. Is it a clear area or with lots of obstacles and spread over several floors. How bad is it? Is there any chewing gum? Would a tm need to refill?

How certain are you of getting paid?

Personally I wouldn't even bother with the job-it's way too big for me to start with a porty-just filling and emptying my porty would be a nightmare and as Joe Hatton said it would be sole destroying. I think somebody mentioned elsewhere, pass it onto somebody else who has the where-with-all to undertake such a job comfortably on the forum and take a cut of the agreed price.

[JandS]

Sorry for correcting you Dr but it's actually about 70% of a football field.
Which when you think about it isn't that big.
And about 15% - 20% of that will not be available for cleaning anyway if it's a working office due to immovable office furniture, computers etc.

Even if Susan meant feet that's 1400ft which I think is beyond the capabilities of a TM.

John

[richy27]

good post matt at last an honest opinion.

[Goldfinch PCS]

Talked them out of the wet cleaned, they were just ped off with their current contractor because he wasn't doing the deep clean as he was suppose to so the place looked a bit poop. So, I have programmed two deep clean and two traffic area clean so they get a clean every quarter. That seem like a treat, they loved the idea.

Just awaiting the nod.

Thanks for all the response guys

PS - I am going in at £0.25 per square foot.

[derek west]

£7500!

every quarter!

or is that for all 4 cleans?


derek

[JandS]

£2.60 per sq m   nice price.

John

[clinton]

Thats a v good deal you have got there mate

[robert meldrum]

I cannot believe there is any company in this country, or elsewhere willing, or able,  to shelve out £30 k to get their carpets cleaned.

They could proably replace them for less.

[Ricky M]

Super deal , Nice touch 

Ricky

[The Great One]

Hi

EnviroDri 90m an hour, 200m if you dbl them up.

Sorted

Regards

Martin

[robert meldrum]

So what would you charge Martin,  for around 12 - 15 hours work ?

[Len Gribble]

Got the biggest grin on my face today been given the wink on 3 contracts X twice a year, plus the option of supplying the janitorial and coffee, which I will be looking into.

Len