[justin 88]

but im not in cornwall!!!!!! Obvioulsy it depends on who your target market is and your locations. There are others on here who charge similar

[Colin Day]

but im not in cornwall!!!!!! Obvioulsy it depends on who your target market is and your locations. There are others on here who charge similar

Definitely a geographical thing.

I'm not knocking you or your prices mate, I've gone in with high quotes when I first started up (with the "Reassuringly Expensive" mind-set) and have literally been told to leave.....

[justin 88]

no worries colin. i have made my own database and constantly target the affluent customers. not saying this is right but it's the market i choose and like. have lost work before though. esp with groupon about!!

[Jamie Lindsay]

I mean time you travel to job set up eqp pack away eqp get hot water etc calculate you avarage time doing this and you will be surprised... times money as they say haha... thats why I was talking about the first carpet x amount any after x amount

[John Kelly]

Up in the "depressed North East" we have cleaners with £69, £80 and £65 min charges and they are all multi van operations. One of them is a Chem Dry.

[MAX Carpets]

£55

[Ian Rochester]

£48, (£40 +vat)

[Wayne Boardman]

£45.00

Normal turns out to be more once you get the foot in the door

[Ian Gourlay]

According to you Website  your minimum charge is £25   They invite you round it goes to minimum charge £45  then you apply even more pressure and you live in the part of England where you should get £100 for a lounge

[clinton]

I try and keep it at the 50 pound mark ..

[PaulKing]

Cost it out if anyone is doing more than break even on 40 I'd be surprised. Time and diesel,alone are going to be 50% of that unless your working for minimum wage in which case get a job at McDonald and get free grub.

[PaulKing]

£80 min call out. was going to put it up to £125

You know I was thinking something similar, maybe a reduced stain removal rate but only when we are in the area

[Jamie Pearson]

Just had a call for floor cleaning in Edinburgh (okay not carpets)

I explained our minimum charge for hard flooring work is £195.00 + VAT.

She claimed that was a "disgusting amount to be charging"

I asked her how she heard about us and she told me Yellow Pages.
She phoned us because we have the smallest advert which she believed to be misleading.
Not the content of the add just the size.
She didnt want to pay the huge prices the "big ad" people were charging so phoned one of the little ads looking for a better price.

[Steve Gunn]

Cost it out if anyone is doing more than break even on 40 I'd be surprised. Time and diesel,alone are going to be 50% of that unless your working for minimum wage in which case get a job at McDonald and get free grub.

Everyone's costs are different,I know a franchisee who spends over £1200 a month on advertising,then his premises to pay for,van,employees etc etc. Now he needs to charge accordingly to make a profit.

Me on the other hand don't pay for any advertising apart from my websites,rent for my unit,van/fuel etc etc.

[PaulKing]

watch out for those ect ect they mount up!

[Mike Halliday]

most business cost are fixed, it cost the company the same for you to do nothing or a small job....... apart for the cost of the diesel to get there.

I can sit at home and the unit will still cost the same, so will all the insurances 

the only time the amount of your min charge makes a difference is if you are busy all the time then if that £25 minumum charge job stops you doing a bigger £80 you lose out......... but if that minimum charge jobs replaces you watching Jeremy Kyle in a morning then once the diesel is paid most of the rest is profit

[chrisjohn]

£45 within 2 or 3 miles,any further £55.

Chris