[dg-cleaning]

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[martin19842]

hi there

even if it is the largest cmpany, i seriously dont believe that they will pay that level of charge for the site office cleaning, 

what you will find is that the cook and the cleaner are the same person on larger sites.

regards

martin

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[Kevin White]

DG
Agree with martin on this one. He is from the south and doesn't think you can charge £15 per hour. I am just up the road from Darlo and the only time I seem to be able to get that sort of money is heavy industrial work. Don't forget they are only offices and toilets, just based on a building site. You may get £15 per hour for the builders clean if you have good tradesmen to follow and can pick up time on your estimates but for offices in the North East...... Good Luck
Regards
Kevin

[Paul Coleman]

................................... It is a whole days cleaning for one girl............................

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[Paul Coleman]

hi guys
Think I may have put this in wrong category originally.
Could anyone help me with pricing on this one.
We currently provide a cleaning service for a large construction company.They are very pleased with the service and I have been told today that people always comment abut how nice and clean the site is within the portable cabins Smiley
The guy who runs the contract said today that they are going to contact me in a few weeks about doing the cleaning for a new site also.
Only problem is that the other site is 40 mins away by car :-\It's an area which we don't usually cover but I really want this contract as it is a good one.
It will be cleaning 5 double stacked portable offices and toilet area's.It is a whole days cleaning for one girl.
I have no idea how to price this and I did tell the contractor that I may have trouble finding someone to cover cos oif the distance, he said "well just up your wages for staff and include in quote" seems straight forward enough but I have never done a contract this big before so could anyone tell me if these prices sound ok.
I am thinking of paying the cleaner who covers this £7.50 per hour so that is 7.50x35 thats £262.50 per week wage b4 tax.
I'm thinking of charging £15 ph that comes to £525 per week for one cleaner providing 35 hrs cleaning.
thats like over 2 grand a month, I have never done a big contract like this before so to me that seems staggering but I guess it is also the biggest private construction company in Uk so to them its not a biggee!Do u think that calculation is too steep?

Do you have to quote on a per hour basis or can you quote for the job en bloc?

[J. Deans]

You really need to drop your profit margin on this one.
As has been said, £15 p/h is fine for builders cleaning, but way too steep for compound cleaning.

£7.50 p/h for the cleaner is about right, so I would go in at about £10 p/h.
That's still around £350 pre tax/NI/holiday pay profit per month!
I think at £15 p/h you would lose this one. Better to make a smaller profit than none at all!

I would also consider not quoting by the hour, just a flat calendar monthly price.
So, at £10 p/h my quote would be £1,516.66 per month.
(35 x 52 divided by 12 x 10)
That works out at £379 pre tax/NI profit per month.
A very rough, end-of-year, after all your costs, total profit, will be around £2,000 per year in your pocket. Still not too bad for a little additonal paperwork.

It still seems a bit high to me, but I would tell the contractor to work out how much it will cost them to employ a full-time cleaner themselves, and that by using yourself, they are getting a complete cleaning service and all that entails.

Good luck...