[sherco]

I called a local carpet cleaner today and asked for a price to clean a lounge carpet, he said it would be £4.50 sqm  is that the average people charge. Im in the south east of england.

[carpet guy]

No such thing as average when it comes to cleaning carpets, you might find half a dozen variables used to determine charges.

[Bill Robinson]

you can get a new carpet for that price
bil,l

[Shaun_Ashmore]

You can get new carpets for £2 a metre, if you clean the cheap end of carpets usually you get the cheap end of customers.

Shaun

Try this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gold-Carpet-Off-Cut-6-5-Ft-x-7Ft-for-Hall-Loo_W0QQitemZ200193099123QQihZ010QQcategoryZ57220QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Cleaning is based on what there is to do and how much they want to keep it, also how much would underlay and gripper and fitting be?

There's a bigger picture.

[williamx]

It depends on what type of cleaning you require.

If you only want someone to come in a go over the carpet once, without pre-treating it for stains-spots-odours etc and your carpet cost £3.00 to £9.99 psm,then £4.50 psm is expensive.

However if you carpet cost more and you also want a "Proffesional Clean" then maybe the price is ok.