[Cleaner Windows]

So. ... How much do you charge for carpet cleaning per room/house?

[*Hector*]

So... how long is a piece of string??

seriously.... there are so many variables, that no one could really give you a generic price...

[Cleaner Windows]

Ok, fair enough. .. so how would you tend to apply your pricing to different jobs. Can you give any examples.  I'm struggling a bit with what I should charge vs time etc. ..

[Jamie Pearson]

Do you know much do your business needs to earn per hour?

What system do you have to do the work?

[Cleaner Windows]

Do you know much do your business needs to earn per hour?

What system do you have to do the work?

I have a steampro 150psi mate.  Don't have a rotary as yet ...  Don't know how much I need to earn per hour,  not been doing carpets long, I've had training and got few cleans under my belt with good results but some jobs were under priced and some over priced (if that's possible lol)

[Jamie Pearson]

You need to do the maths on what you need to earn.

No point pricing carpets at £x per room when you actually need £x+5 to make a living.

Price = (Labour + Materials) x Profit

[Radek Jablonski]

Call competition in your area, find what they use and from this point make your prices.
Find out also how fast you are. 45-50 should be your minimum hr rate.

[davep]

Ignore what your competitors charge. Aim £50 per hr min domestic jobs £100 per hr commercials.

[Radek Jablonski]

Ignore what your competitors charge. Aim £50 per hr min domestic jobs £100 per hr commercials.

Ignore them having steempro? Hmmmm

[davep]

No - ignore what they charge 

[John Kelly]

Daves right. Forget what other people are charging and set your prices to give you the income and lifestyle you require.

[Radek Jablonski]

after few phone calls he will go down to what professionals in the area are charging, just after few calls from customers saying it is expensive
unless there is already good customer database with customers willing to pay it.
do not go low as the lowest ones, get the same as others pro and you will get a lot of jobs, try with your customers first, if they  go for high prices keep it. Charging resonable prices you are easy doing 250-400 (thats only two full houses or even one with upholstery) for 8h, some here will say thats nothing, most of them will keep their mount shout not to say what they charge. Your area your research.

[Mike Halliday]

Call chemdry and charge the same..... Simple

[maxcampbell]

Set a per sq ft or per sq metre price, you'll end up charging more than a per room price, and it's like it's not your fault. On a quote (always visit to quote) I mention our per sq ft price fairly early on, then it's just an accident of mathematics (and their fault for having a big place!) when the quote comes out at what it does - you can always discount from that anyway.

If I was starting out again with a porty I'd probably pitch it around 45p per sq ft / £5 per sq m. We're now achieving higher than this, but we run a TM, and have been around a while.

[stuart_clark]

I rang my competitors a long time ago and charged a few quid less than what they were charging! Did I get any more work ? No of course I diddn't but it took a few years of being in business from being one of the cheepies to the cleaner I am today !  I aint the most expensive but certainly not the cheapest and certainly charge a fair bit more than some of the well established truck mount owners in my area

stuart

[Simon Gerrard]

So. ... How much do you charge for carpet cleaning per room/house?

So how much are you charging at the moment?

Simon

[Craigp]

Just see who has the cheapest prices on their website and go a bit below that.

Undercut them all and you'll be a winner.

[Simon Gerrard]

 
Spot on there, Craig.

Simon

[Mike Halliday]

The minimum you charge is a calculation of how much your business & personel expenses are, the maximum you charge is based on a number of things,  mainly how big a figure you dare say, (I'm very daring )

 also the more calls you get the more confident you are to quote a higher price, if the phone is not ringing and need every job that calls you will be more inclined to try and win the job by lowering the price, if you couldn't care less if you get the job or not then you will give a big price.


The best way to get high prices is too have great marketing that produces a steady stream of quality potential customers

[COLIN BRIGHT]

i'll do it for a bacon sarni....with a bit of daadies sause of course