[richardcartieruk]

Hello all. I just moved into Peterborough and trying to set up a carpet cleaning round. Would anyone know whats a good price for carpets around here? Do you should I charge per room or meters or square feet.

 Any advice would be appriciated.

Richard

Churchill Cleaning services

[Chris Bailey]

Hi Richard

I charge what I think I'm worth, not what my competition is charging.

Chris

[Mark@Eco-Powerclean]

Excellent answer Chris.

I take exactly the same approach (to domestic work anyway) and have been turned down on a few occasions recently. It's very easy to offer to do it for less, but there are certain prices that I just wouldn't bother turning up for. Since my leaflet campaign started, I've had a few 'quote requests' from other cc's (you can generally spot them a mile off) and I can never understand why they do it. If they're that confident of their own service and ability, why should they worry about me? I certainly don't give a **** about them and what they charge.

I always go through the full routine from pre-vac through to final carpet groom, and if anyone thinks I'm going to do all that for about £10 an hour, they must be joking.  After all, I've got the outlay on an Eclipse and Super Pad Charly to recover. 

If these 'customers' want to pay about £50 for their whole house to be cleaned, then fine. I'll just wait for the call when they tell me "I had this cleaner who did my whole house in three quarters of an hour, and it looks...."

I do, however, try to look at other companies' charges where commercial jobs are concerned, as cost is an extremely important factor to Facilities Managers with generally tight budgets.

[Steve Weatherley]

I agree you charge what you think you are worth just as long as you keep busy enough. If you are being turned down left right and centre then maybe you are charging too much.
For what it's worth, as a rough guide I charge approx £2 per square metre (20p per foot) for carpets with a minimum charge of £40. This usually earns me approx £30 per hour including set up / set down - sometimes as much as £50 per hour. If there is more than the average amount of furniture to move I charge a little more to cover my time.
Good luck

Steve

[richardcartieruk]

Just wanted to say thanks to all you guys for your kind advice.

Richard