[M.Acorn]

[rich123]

Yep,
I reckon Doug, Mike, and Hector have a very valid point.
We'r aiming for a different cross section of the market to
the cheap and cheerful crew.
Let them have those jobs.
The'r right, I wouldn't want those kind of customers anyway.
Cheers guys
Good point, well made. 

Rich

[andrew66]

its hard for sure when people do give crazy prices, i got a flyer for a company advertising 15 euro per room i cant compete with that so i dont .simple

[Craigp]

I agree many of the customers are not our customers anyway, BUT some of them could and would be if it wasn't for the cheapos.

As a whole they dumb down the industry.

[derek west]

£1.50 

[JandS]

Some people obviously are making money at these "cheap" prices.
What's the fuel costs??

[Craigp]

Hmm, don't agree.

I recently met a carpet cleaner been going since 1985, has cheap prices, he said he can go 2 weeks with no work, said he does building work too as he couldn't survive on carpet cleaning alone.

I thought jeez wheres his repeat clients after going that long He should be busier than that on repeats alone.

Just because they are advertising cheap prices does not mean it's working for them.

[M.Acorn]

£1.50  Grin

Had to step away Derek, could have baited that one for a long time

[M.Acorn]

This is his latest one..
Also a bloke near me doing carpets and upholstery using an Aquarius pro valet machine, must have a 6ltr tank, must take him hours

[clinton]

looks like its free advertising mark too a bit like facebook and the quality of clients aint good..

[Ian Gourlay]

Interesting prices are plus fuel costs
They are probley operating in my area, so you could add anything from £16 to £32 to those prices

[qginsburg]

Perhaps
these guys are getting in the door with these prices then skilfully up selling
different services and treatments ?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Not always, there are cleaners near me that charge considerably less than I charge the idea is to pack it high sell it cheaper aka hard work, hard work can come as physical hard work or you can put hard work into positioning your 'brand' either one is acceptable if your customer pays for the clean they wanted and are happy ....

Shaun

[ian harper]

with respect

far to many assumptions

[*Hector*]

with all due respect.....

please elaborate on that statement Ian..

[JandS]

"£30 an hour gross isn't enough to run a succesful business."

Disagree with you there John.
If you have the work coming in £30 an hour is well enough to run a successful business.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Are we looking at £30 an hour based on 8 hours or £30 an hour based on cleaning hours?

On an 8 hour day you may only be cleaning for 5.

Shaun

[derek west]

if your aim is to pay your bills and have a holiday once maybe twice a year then i would think £30 an hour would accomplish this.

being successful is all about your aims in life. (look up the meaning of the word successful) you can come third in a race and be successful if that was what you were aiming for.

if you want a large house, swimming pool, a growing business that employs and expands then you need to be aiming higher than £30 an hour.

thats my penneth halfpenny. 

[Mike Halliday]

Shaun and thats 5 hours every day, every week, every month. with no slow period or cancelations and even then you are not making good money.

how much will the marketing cost to create the situation that you are working fully booked constantly?

and the most important point.....what can you clean in that £30/hour? i can do a through lounge or living room & hall, stairs landing.  Is £30 all I want for this amount?

[JandS]

I just want to earn enough money at my age to enjoy life and be able to slow down when I get to 60.
From then on 3 days a week will suit me and at the moment with the work I have £30 an hour would easily do.
I'm working on about £27.50 an hour on average.
Depends on what you have to pay out at the end of the month at the end of the day...I have a relatively small mortgage compared to some and 5 years to go.