[craigp]

hi lyn,  we are just having a bit of fun with you, dont take it to seriously,

i cant understand why you dont believe 3.50 sqm, some charge 5.00!!!

it seems this irritated you because your not getting it, you missed the point again, demestic / commerial  your refereing to commercial you cant compare,

 you d be a millionaire if you got those prices for the areas you refere too!

for those sizes you do well to get more than a 1 pound sqm.

[therapist]

Seems that no matter what you say, some people just won't believe you.
I find it easy to understand the explanation from Lyn, who has no need to be jealous of anyone in the domestic sector

r m

[BRSL]

If one person mentions price im going to scream  :

but give me a chance to moan, just phoned a pub I quoted, friends of mine ish so done them a good price

183 sqm = £219.60p

heard nothing from them so rang, there having the usual bloke do it @

£150 plus he does the office and ground floor to the house on the side of pub 

how can he do it, hes just bought a new van and got a newish TM 

+++++++++ good on you Lyn stand by your guns

James

[cleaning co]

well james i would hav given them about same price as u and iam very cheap compared to others so i would hav thought i would would hav got it 100% and bin gutted like u, but to do the other stuff as well  for just £150 is ultra cheap but look at it this way he still do it in day and earn £150  if he can get this 5 days week he can aford new van and machine on £750 week  i know i could but i still be gutted mate !!!
gary

[BRSL]

At least I know he has to work sunday night for that 

might go and have a pint and wait for him to start then open his waste tank while working 

No dont get me wrong id never do that  id turn of his machine and go home with the key  lol

[cleaning co]

lol now thats not nice lol, talking about pubs  my mate was telling me this afternoon about his missus moaning about him going in the pub, so i told him a little story about an irish geezer who used to drink in my local, this bloke used to go in every night, well one friday night he comes in with this women ,who id never seen before any hows it turns out its his wife ,and he stands next to me at the bar with his missus and says to her what would u like to drink? she replys i hav what u hav ,so he gets her half of the black stuff  , my god she says "thats disgustiing" to this the irish bloke replys "AND U THOUGHT I WAS XXXXING  ENJOYING MYSELF IN HERE !!!",    never laughed so much in my life

[BRSL]

 

[ABLECLEAN]

I just quoted a commercial job which was  3400sq, mtrs at £1.50 sq. mtr. Which came to £5100. I spent 4 hours planning the job and preparing a professional presentation.

I received a letter a few days later thanking me for the hard work that I had put into it ......... but we have received a more competitive quote of £2000!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could'nt you just spit.

On the other hand I have just quoted an empty 4 bed house which has 80% wool twist throughout and not a mark on it for £225.00. It should take two of us about 3 1/2 hours!!

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Chris I don't discount unless I feel it necessary.

Shaun

[cleaning co]

Chris I don't discount unless I feel it necessary.

Shaun

to pay the bills !!

[therapist]

So, what is being learned from this experience?

Should you re- consider the ' professional ' approach, when quoting, or save time and frustration, by simply;- turning up on time
             looking tidy, rather than trying to look like a ' business man '
             measuring accurately and noting stains etc
             giving a quote before leaving the premises

When a facilities manager, or business owner wants a service carried out, they will always consider, cost to be a major factor.

What many small c/c's do, is tend to treat such jobs as a bonus rather than an opportunity to saise their profile.

If you consider the return on all work, equally, obviously allowing for extra machine cleaning, special purchases, etc, your pricing migh bocome more attractive to prospective clients.

Best wishes

rob m

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

And dont forget the costs of running a crop sprayer! They can get sky high

From the £5 a metre co. (or £6 if there's a stain protection package or £30 M sq. for oriental rugs.
I use the crop sprayer followed by road sweeper and Lear jet exhaust for drying purposes ( can sometimes leave 'jet' marks in natural fibres though

For really heavily soiled commercial carpet my favourite pile lifting method is a combine harvester! Cant see how you'd get that up 14 floors though

[BRSL]

Alan
try the clean and green gas conversion on your Lear jet, it illiminates all the "jet marks" from natural fibres   

[cleaning co]

lol

[Liahona]

well said, Lyn Taylor. Although I charge a pound a square foot in most cases and I am happy to prove it, thats close to 11 pounds a square meter i think. i am old school and dont work in metric......

[cleaning co]

  £264 to clean a 18x12ft room !!  lol u wanna get your adding machine out again lol
gary

[BRSL]

Gary Liahona is right 

1 sqm = 10.8 sqf = £10.80 sqm

guess whos not joining the club 

but good on you Liahona, if your charging that much  : what discounts "value for money" deals do you run if any 

James

[Liahona]

Actually Gary it is 253:80 with the Vat. Maybe it is your machine not working.

[Martin S]

Makes my £4.30 sqm seem positively cheap.   

Liahona, any tips welcome.   

Regards

[Liahona]

Martin, feel free to e-mail me...... kleenrte@tiscali.co.uk........ would be happy to go through how and what i charge for. We shoot ourselves in the foot by charging low prices, if we all charged a pound a foot no customer would argue that it was expensive. Then we would be judged on how we do things not what we are doing, cheers mate, Dave.