Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: nextline cleaning on December 19, 2005, 11:19:24 pm
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Hi can anyone give me an idea how much i should charge a client (per hour) for general cleaning. So far i have a contract with them for HWE cleaning but they have asked for a quote on cleaning communal areas in a block of flats once a week. I have not done any general cleaning as part of my business so far and dont want to over/under charge. My client is a large estate managment company.
Thanks in advance.
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£15ph min
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Thanks, that sounds reasonable.
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At Last....a question I know something about!!!
Until recently, I ran a cleaning business. I finished it because I wanted too. It was not through losing work or anything. 2 businesses was more that I could cope with.
Anyways, 1 of my contracts was to clean communal areas.
These blocks were 3 floors of communal hallways, landings & stairs.
To clean all interior glass & windows, skirtings, kickboards, sweep & mop floors, metal handrails & walls reachable from floor level. No access to electricity so all done by basic hand tools (which meant insurance was cheaper) and no ladders!
I charged £55 per block.
As for time, for example...We did 3 blocks on a monday which took us 2 hours (2 people)
2 of these 3 blocks were awful. Poop & wee all over, needles, crack tins, etc.
Make sure your hepatitis jabs are up to date & use a litter picker & long reach pan & brush for sweeping up. I had a close call when using a normal pan & brush......needle was hidden in rubbish & came millimetres from puncturing my skin. Rapid change to long reach followed.
TAKE CARE!
Lizzy
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thanks, i notice you are also located in S Wales, is this block of flats you talk about in Cardiff?
cheers