[Thecleanerservice]

I'm a windowcleaner, but one of my regular contracts have asked me if I would consider a regular cleaning contract for the inside of this building.  It's a residential home, they want, general stuff done weekly, ie. carpets vacuumed, dusting polishing floor mopping, no big machinery stuff.
I'd like to go for it but don't know how you price.  I thought hourly rate might be best, but not sure.  Any advice?
Pj

[Thecleanerservice]

If I'm asking the wrong way tell me something, how else should I put it, but don't ignore me pleeze
Pj

[Musicman]

Jeez Pj, not being funny mate but perhaps the reason for the lack of answers is that it's pretty much impossible for us to answer without seeing the building.

Briefly; survey the building, estimate how long it would take to clean it yourself, round it up to the nearest hour/half hour and multiply it by the hourly rate that you would want to make on it.

Ball park £10 per hour for a daily clean or £15 per hour for a weekly clean.

I hope this helps.

[Thecleanerservice]

Good on yer musicman

that is all I wanted to know.  Just a ball park figure.  I'm in the dark on this, but you have helped a lot. Thanks for taking the time. 

Pj

PS I am kosher you can find me in the window cleaner stuff.  Only been on the forum about 3 weeks, great help. Thanks again

[Thecleanerservice]

ps
What you got ther, marshall twin stereo amp or what, bass amp box, fender jaguar?
Is that what you do?

[anne]

hey CLEANERSERVICE
thought you'd lost the plot there and was on the wrong forum     but ive just noticed his avatar...............and realise what you are takin about lol

[Musicman]

Hi Pj, I hope the tips worked out for you.

It's a Marshall bass rig; 400 watts, 1x 15" and 2x 10" speakers. Awesome sound, plus a Musicman Stingray bass (5 string). (Wouldn't touch Fender with yours or mine mate.)

It's a little something I do on the side...

[Jan K]

Hey Musicman,

my dad plays bass..........up until only a couple of years ago he still played (he's 75 this year).

He's a bit of a genius in my mind, as he can't read music, so he used to plug his bass into the stereo, pop a record on the deck and learn the song by ear!

He used to play country music and middle of the road stuff, fronted a few bands, as lead vocalist too,  and even went semi-profesional touring Germany a couple of times when I was a toddler, but thats all way back down the road now!

Cool tho' as his bands did have quite a loyal local following back then!!

Jan

[Musicman]

Hi Jan, what a lovely post. I hope my kids grow up to idolise me as you do your dad. I take my hat off to him playing up to the age of 73, I hope I can still do that when I'm that age (although lugging the amps around will be out of the question!).

Like your dad, I can't read music but have the ability to pick the bass lines up from a record and get it roughly 90% right after 1 play and perhaps 98% on the second time around.

As well as being in regular bands I've done some depping work where you have to learn a set really quickly to be able to do a gig at just a few day's notice.

I have the utmost admiration for your dad if he can sing lead vocals and play bass at the same time, I struggle to do backing vocals and play. It's so much easier on a 6 string guitar; there are very few singing bass players compared to guitarists as the rhythms are different.

I've played most things from funk/disco to heavy rock and a band that I was in a few years ago very nearly went fully pro. If it wasn't for a well paid day job and stroppy (now ex) wife I'd have tried to live the dream. (In hind-sight she was right as our drummer ended up having a nervous breakdown at the age of 27 while trying to work the interim period between semi-pro and fully pro.)

About 6 years ago we played an open air festival and while sound-checking I put my 18 month old daughter on my shoulders and took her up on stage so that she could see the crowd assembling. At the weekend she picked up my back up bass (she knows not to touch the Stingray) for the first time and started playing some basic stuff on it, a while later, full of pride and hopes, I took her to a music shop and bought her a plectrum.

Happy days...

[lisa123]

sorry to ressurrect an old post, but i'm looking to price up residential home cleaning and where you say £10 per hour is that per cleaner per hour? and £15 per hour per cleaner for weekly?
I only ask as the homes are quite large, house between 50 residents and 100 residents.
1 large kitchen reception areas, 4 lounges etc corridors conservatry areas. Toilets. Office space. Bathrooms in each room.
How would you price this one?

[lynngc]

lisa,
how many staff and hours do you  estimate?

lynn

[lisa123]

I was thinking of maybe a team of 6, doing 4 hours a day.
And throughout the week work our way around the home, so by the end of the week it has all been done.
The kitchen would have to be done daily i would imagine