[steve doyle]

Hi,

Im just after a bit of a guestimate from the people who deal with this sort of thing, A family i know have asked me for this info because they have carried out the work after a family members death and need an idea of what a company would charge so they can submit a fair invoice (unofficial)  in the reckoning up of the estate.

the house i think was three bed and full to the brim with rubbish etc. They have sorted, emptied and removed loads of stuff, a couple of skips worth in total, there were pets etc and so you can imagine where im going with this! Carpets had to be taken out even the kitchen units, The house is little more than a shell now!

Having said all that ive suggested an hourly rate might be best to submit but they have spent  along time doing the work over several months and are alittle worried it might end up a higher figure than would be deemed reasonable.

The condition was not as bad as i remember someone posting pictures of a while back but it was certainly that sort of a job.

Any ideas of  the range of quotes would be much appreciated.

regards as always,

steve

[Art]

Steve , ask them how many hours they took to clear it, then half it as they were probably not going at it, like a cleaning company would.
Multiply that by £20 and add the cost of the skips.



Arthur

[garyj]

I did one of these last year, the charge was 4k, it took a week. The cleaners who do this sort of work generally get at least £15.00 per hour. For that they clean the roof space and everything in the house that is defunct gets taken out and skipped.

It was a horrible week, I visited the site a couple of times and it made me wretch.

I understand that this place wasn't as bad as that, it is very difficult to price without seeing it. As a ball park figure, around 3k.

The job that was done for 4k was underquoted by around 50%. 5 skips cost a grand now, ppe, equipment, labour costs, it very quickly runs into the thousands.

[carpet guy]

Steve

We do that kind of work, possibly worse, for social services, but we don't take months, or even weeks. We would " gut " the property in two days, with a decent team of four.

The skips, to the best of my knowledge, should cost around £100, if they're actually needed.

All that's being done here, is a clearance.  We usually have to carry out an environmental clean after removing the rubbish.

I would never price a job without seeing it first, but from the description and working as decribed above I would expect to charge around £1600 to clear the property.

Not sure about reason the kitchen units removal, that's just asking for trouble.

[pro-clean]

Hi Ya Steve

We have carried out Xtreme cleaning for over 20 years for all types of property management, from housing Authoritys to public health, their's a variation across the board depending on who we're working for, assuming the house is paid up and their are no large debts against the house and they didn't carry out a bio-hazard clean (i understand the guy is deceased) going on your basis of 2 skip loads (we use our own vehicles) and rates vary depending on the area, realistically just the clearance and the above information £800-£1000

If however you've gutted the property, removed all waste, kitchen units and  the property had a large amount of waste i would imagine 4-5 skips would be the max you would require 3-3 half van loads plus 24 man hours you would be looking at approximately £1250 on top of this we would add cleaning and as a specialist cleaning company depending on the condition of the property this could double in price.


I would work out the amount of skips you've used and the approximate hours at £18-£20 per hour, theirs not a lot of money in waste clearance especially if you went by schedule rates which most local authority contractors work by 

[steve doyle]

Thanks alot folks,

Its going to give them a bench mark to work from, I am going to on the basis of the above info suggest the £20 ph and knock off 25-50% of time depending on where the figure sits within a range of £1,500-£2,500.

hopefully this seems a reasonable suggestion?

steve