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rich hand

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3300m2 how much?
« on: October 17, 2006, 07:02:44 pm »
Corridors on 6 different floors, 550m2 per floor in manchester. Each floor will be cleaned on seperate occasions and I will have no furniture to move. How much? Is £2/m a little pricey for such a big job? The general cleaning contractor is going  add on his 10% btw. Cheers
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the red carpet

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2006, 08:53:33 pm »
I would quote 20p a foot.

Most of the guys on here say im to cheap, but when i quote these prices to prospective customers they say im to dear ???
I have yet to win a decent size job at this price and iv quoted a few now ::)
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COLIN BRIGHT

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2006, 09:29:44 pm »
i suppose it goes on how dirty the carpets are, but i would charge 28p per square foot.
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Mike Roper

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2006, 09:47:50 pm »
If this job was suitable for LM system which sounds like it is , you could charge as little as £1 sq/m and still make good money.
Mike
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rich hand

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2006, 11:48:39 pm »
Ok just going to work out  ft compared to m and what is LM Mike? I know I know really! Cheers
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rich hand

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2006, 11:54:17 pm »
Ok Red et al 20p/ft is over £2/m. This job would cost £7000. for 6-12 days work (both extremes). Surely someone isnt going to undercut that!
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carpetguy

Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2006, 12:10:22 am »
Mike's right !

robbie

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CATMAN

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2006, 06:47:44 am »
Rich,

It depends on how much you want the job.

Large contract cleaning companies, are getting sub-contractors in at 45p sqm.

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Steve Chapman

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2006, 11:29:57 am »
did one similar recently for local housing offices and charged £1.50 / m and was done in a week with two of us on the go.

Nice tidy profit, probably best job i've done so far!

regards
steve
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Mike Roper

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2006, 09:41:24 pm »
LM system is low moisture system i.e dryfusion ,texatherm ,charlypads etc
Again I would say in that sort of environment its the way to go , fast and efficient making good money at £1 sq/m . £2 sq/m is not necessary and certainly not competitive.
Mike




























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rich hand

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Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2006, 10:55:10 pm »
Thanks Mike, its obvious but I did miss it.

Found out another quote the building manager got was 1.50/m. I will go down to 1/m if I have to and still make a very nice profit.

These commercial jobs rarely get discussed but what is the best cleaning method here?
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gerrystyles

Re: 3300m2 how much?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2006, 09:13:46 am »
Depending on what the state of the carpet is I would initially hwe then maintain with either host or thermadry. £1.00 - £1.50  per m2 is reasonable
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