[Carl2009]

Hi all,

I've a successful and well-established window cleaning round. My wife was musing about starting a domestic cleaning business.
What sort of hourly figure should she plan on charging - general cleaning, dusting, ironing, washing, inside window cleaning is what's she's considering? Not considering carpet cleaning (too much investment in capital equipment), commercial work (too much competition), holiday lets (ties you up in summer and leaves a gap in winter and also it's on specific days which is never good).

There are always pitfalls to beware of - any heads ups that we might not think about (minimum cleaning session is one I guess).

Any help gratefully received.

Cheers

[Rob@Blast off]

Around £12 p/h seems to be the going rate around here.

[Matt.]

£12.50 - £15 on the posh estates 

I cover some contract cleaning, profits aren't the best but if you can get say somewhere that has 10+ hours a day (50 per week )  it can soon mount up

[Carl2009]

Cheers. Any tips / things to watch out for?

[Smudger]

The mother in law runs hers and charges between 12 to 20 per hour depends on frequency etc..

One off cleans are 20 - most of her cleans are weekly and in blocks of 2 hours

Darran

[Smudger]

Have clear instructions per clean about what's included and what's not defo NO OVEN CLEANING

buy a Henry Hoover - don't rely on the customers vacuum cleaner

Darran

[Carl2009]

All good tips!

[Tadgh O Shea]

Hi Carl, i can share with you a way where your wife can earn £50 an hour, we have developed a very safe and effective method for deep cleaning floor tiles and grout lines, as an add on service this market is totally untapped and easy for anyone to step into, no expensive equipment to invest in £150 for a starter kit which includes an industrial deep cleaning mop, deep cleaning mop pads, high quality grout cleaning brush, flat mopping system which comes with high quality microfiber floor cleaning cloths, 5 liter concentrate floor cleaning solution which is safe to use on any type of floors, dispenser pump and high quality spray bottle, no training fees free ongoing support, this area of cleaning is simple to operate as is wide open for anyone to capitalize on, if you would like any further information under no obligation send me an email to info@jskcleaning.ie   regards Tadgh

[Carl2009]

Hi Carl, i can share with you a way where your wife can earn £50 an hour, we have developed a very safe and effective method for deep cleaning floor tiles and grout lines, as an add on service this market is totally untapped and easy for anyone to step into, no expensive equipment to invest in £150 for a starter kit which includes an industrial deep cleaning mop, deep cleaning mop pads, high quality grout cleaning brush, flat mopping system which comes with high quality microfiber floor cleaning cloths, 5 liter concentrate floor cleaning solution which is safe to use on any type of floors, dispenser pump and high quality spray bottle, no training fees free ongoing support, this area of cleaning is simple to operate as is wide open for anyone to capitalize on, if you would like any further information under no obligation send me an email to info@jskcleaning.ie   regards Tadgh

Will bear it in mind. Thanks Tadgh,

[Tadgh O Shea]

Hi Carl, i can share with you a way where your wife can earn £50 an hour, we have developed a very safe and effective method for deep cleaning floor tiles and grout lines, as an add on service this market is totally untapped and easy for anyone to step into, no expensive equipment to invest in £150 for a starter kit which includes an industrial deep cleaning mop, deep cleaning mop pads, high quality grout cleaning brush, flat mopping system which comes with high quality microfiber floor cleaning cloths, 5 liter concentrate floor cleaning solution which is safe to use on any type of floors, dispenser pump and high quality spray bottle, no training fees free ongoing support, this area of cleaning is simple to operate as is wide open for anyone to capitalize on, if you would like any further information under no obligation send me an email to info@jskcleaning.ie   regards Tadgh

Will bear it in mind. Thanks Tadgh,

  No Prob Carl we have  other unique add on services which are also great earners if you ever want to know more about them, just let me know.  Tadgh

[clifford]

When we first started we phoned around to get an average price in the area, we had normal Betty who lives up the street charging 7.00ph no insurance, uses customer products/materials etc and then a high end franchise charging £19ph.
We worked out rough insurance costs, running costs and then came up with a figure in the middle that we could still earn a living and still get work. We charge £13ph including full insurance etc. and all materials. You will always get someone cheaper than you and someone more expensive so just do you workings out and charge what your happy with!

Good Luck!

Isla
ICN Cleaning Solutions

[Carl2009]

When we first started we phoned around to get an average price in the area, we had normal Betty who lives up the street charging 7.00ph no insurance, uses customer products/materials etc and then a high end franchise charging £19ph.
We worked out rough insurance costs, running costs and then came up with a figure in the middle that we could still earn a living and still get work. We charge £13ph including full insurance etc. and all materials. You will always get someone cheaper than you and someone more expensive so just do you workings out and charge what your happy with!

Good Luck!

Isla
ICN Cleaning Solutions

Thanks Isla. It's just an idea at the moment. £19 ph seems high for cleaning; I would be happy to pay £13 to £15 ph myself, but that would be for stuff that I didn't want to do like moving all the furniture and the telly to hoover behind. And dusting. I hate dusting. £13 sounds doable from a business point of view.

How many chargeable hours per day do you actually manage to do on average? Do custies mind Saturdays being worked (it's no problem for my window cleaning, but inside a property might be a different matter)?

Thanks

[supernova77]

My wife is also thinking about starting up in domestic cleaning... We were talking about it today.

We live in an area where there are some large houses, with rich people who are time poor...

I said that she should charge £15 per hour (using her own materials etc..) with a minimum of 2 hours per week for a client... Set them all up on Direct Debit using GoCardless so no late payments etc..

There is no shortage of domestic cleaning work out there!

Andy

[Kev Martin]

My friend is a Head Teacher at a local school and they stuck a card in the local newsagents for a domestic cleaner 10-12 Hours per week hours to suit between 9am-4pm @ £10 per hour flat and they would supply all the materials.  They had 17 people apply for it   Mainly Mums with young kids at school

[Smudger]

Kev - sorry off topic are you available to reccomend a product for brick cleaning, sorry just got in and it's gone 5pm

Darran

[Matt.]

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I also need to contact you kev regarding tyre marks on kerbs - chemicals
I have this wall which customer wants cleaning

[Kev Martin]

Kev - sorry off topic are you available to reccomend a product for brick cleaning, sorry just got in and it's gone 5pm

Darran

Just call me on 07770 598855

Kev

[Kev Martin]

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I also need to contact you kev regarding tyre marks on kerbs - chemicals
I have this wall which customer wants cleaning

Same  Just call me on 07770 598855 or e mail me to tilinglogistics@hotmail.com

Kev