[stuart_clark]

Thats what a local carpet cleaner to me is Advertising ! Carpet cleaning from £19.00 and he is an NCCA  member! I was charging more than that twenty years ago !
Stuart

[Simon Gerrard]

Let him get on with it.

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

The £19 could be tiny hallway or small rug. When i have called a few of them in the past they are never as cheap as first impressions.

[stuart_clark]

Still he has to get to the job, Its all about fuel, and thats one of my biggest overheads nearly five grand a year!!

[Paul Moss]

Stu, it is silly season with pricing at the moment, thing is they are not getting lots of extra work to cover the down pricing.

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

His minimum call out could be £100 :-) , somehow doubt it though.

[stuart_clark]

Not in my area mate ! i chage £65 and get it but i haven't put it up in four years

[Paul Moss]

Im in the same boat, i finished for the day an hour ago as only had  3 jobs on today, last customer i did was a straight lounge that i did for her two and a half years ago. How much she says, £65  i say, she says im glad you have not put your prices up then in this resession. 

[Hilton]

Needs must..

I dont see a problem with holding prices static, you were probably over charging three years ago and in the current climate there has to be a period of adjustment, its just personal pride that you and others can not increase prices as you used to due to this period of austerity we are going through.

Anyone that was charging well years ago and has held on to that price while still keeping customers and aquiring new is doing very well. Its the more recent starters that will have to charge low to break into the market and these will drag down prices as a result, we know many will not last long as its not sustainable.

Of course some mid Atlantic guru with a perma tan will tell you that prices must go up but he ain't out there doing it is he, I could take a seminar and tell you all where you are going wrong,charge you for the privilage and then bugger off back to my villa.

I think most will do just fine, you just have to hold your nerve, dont be offended by low prices and also do not get involved in a race to the bottom.

[stuart_clark]

I was thinking about a job i did last friday afternoon, was about 200sq yds took me three hours from start to finish! i had two coffee breaks inbetween, I chaged them £350 and payment on completion, the Headmaster was over the moon and thought my quote was very reasonable, but when i was actualy cleaning, i though i could of charged at least £100 more! but after i had finished, I thought £115 an hour not bad realy and all it cost me was 12 sccops of Enzall, 8 scoops of F90 and about £3 on desil

stuart

[stuart_clark]

Paul

you should put photos of that leather suite you rescued on your website? if that dosent bring in a load of leather work, nothing will

[Ian Gourlay]

200sq feet £350 = £1.75 per foot makes you one of the highest paid cleaners on the planet

Ps What machine do you use these days

[stuart_clark]

Just a Scorpion Ian, although I do have a spare one as a back up and yes I am just a Poor Carpet Cleaner Mate

P S I charge nearly double that for Domestic work

Ian its sq yards mate ! need to put your glasses on ! Lol

[Hilton]

I was thinking about a job i did last friday afternoon, was about 200sq yds took me three hours from start to finish! i had two coffee breaks inbetween, I chaged them £350 and payment on completion, the Headmaster was over the moon and thought my quote was very reasonable, but when i was actualy cleaning, i though i could of charged at least £100 more! but after i had finished, I thought £115 an hour not bad realy and all it cost me was 12 sccops of Enzall, 8 scoops of F90 and about £3 on desil

stuart

You need to raise your prices 

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

Thought my prices were recession beating £35 the 1st £25 any other on day £45 H-S-L and £49 lounge diner can't get phone to ring i'm in papers posting leaflets and got new website but nothing I think the area i'm in is full of cleaners doing half my prices i can't win people want a clean carpet at lowest price possible there not bothered about what we use or how we do it just aslong as looks good and cheap enough.

[stuart_clark]

Sorry mate but that is a load of Tosh! I live in Stockton, and work within a radias of about 70 miles! Iv'e always gone where the work is! not let distance put me off! Ive booked in over £700 today on Domestic work but the majority of my work is commercial, and although the teeside area isn't the most afluent I have always got good prices and never let the cheapies bother me, they cant compete with the quality of my work and you will find they use the cheapest of cleaning solutions

[Ian Gourlay]

Stuart

As you are obviously on your mobile do you go 70 miles for just one lounge.

[Ian Gourlay]

Stuart

As you are obviously on your mobile do you go 70 miles for just one lounge.

Do you bonnet commercials if so what machine

[stuart_clark]

Yes Ian and Yes
I have gone further than 70 miles to do a 20sq yd lounge but customer was charged £95

I mainly use bonnet/rotarys for my commercials! ive two Chemspec Chemstractors, One Rotabrite machine, two Dry Fusion machines and my newest edition is a Jiber but i am very interested in the Spray Borg I might have one before long

and yes Ian before you ask i have two people who work for me

[Craigp]

Thats what a local carpet cleaner to me is Advertising ! Carpet cleaning from £19.00 and he is an NCCA  member! I was charging more than that twenty years ago !
Stuart

I do wonder how these people pay their bills?

Maybe they're in debt.