[nat1]

Hi, just wondered what you would class as a weekly clean(domestic).  Also on a weekly basis I clean a 5 bed house, I do not do all the rooms at once, 6 of the rooms I do on a rota basis 1 a wk but on a weekly basis I do the master b/rm & en-suite, Office, upstairs landing, living room, entrance hall, HUGE kitchen which actually has a 2 seater settee & chair in it, dining table & a utility rm & downstairs loo.  I spend 3hrs which is a bit of a rush & charge £20.00 (I price per job rather than per hr what are peoples veiws on this ?) I know I have really undercut myself or at least I think I have, any ideas what I should be charging Im based in the South M/CR area.  Many thanks N.

[Art]

£20 for 3 hours is not much more than min wage. Infact if you take off the cost of running your business your well below min wage.

I'd at least double my prices if i were you.

Arthur

[merlin]

hi there i agree you are way to cheap do you provide the cleaning materials as well, it should be twice that price we charge by the job and we have some that are a lot smaller than the one you have and we get a lot more than that  any way keep smiling

carol

[nat1]

Thanks so far for replys, yes I do actually provide the materials as well, just wanted to ask I know general cleans vary from client to client but would anyone out there include washing up, wiping fronts of kitchen cupboards, hobs & inside of windows as a general as a general clean or would any of those be extras?. Cheers again Nat.

[freshideas]

Hi,

I was just reading the post, and thought i would share my pricing formula with you. Its very simple, and works 99% of the time.

I work on the number of bedrooms per house, to determine the number of hours per week each house should be cleaned.

ie. 3 bedroom house, 3 hours per week, and so on.

I charge £10 per hour and provide all of the materials.

It works very well for me to benchmark all of the properties, of course some 3 bedroom houses are different in size, but its a good starting point.

Hope it helps,
All the best.
Neil

[paulodn1]

Hi there

My pricing Matrix is basically formualted by listing every room the customer has and then categorising them in a small, medium or large bracket. I would say for example small kitchen 20 mins, medium 25/30 mins and large 35/40 mins and do this with all rooms. I then ask the customer what frequency they want each room cleaned. I.e weekly, fortnightly, or monthly and then i add up each room x duration x frequency and this gives me a total amount of minutes which i divide by 60m to give me my total cleaning hrs which i multiply by my hourly fee.

I have a specific clolour coded checklist which is then handed to the client informing them of exactly what is cleaned as standard in each room, i.e polish, vacuum, floors mopped if applicable, dust, mirrors cleaned, worktops wiped down, shower screens wiped and polished blah blah blah.

The only extras i add on are the cleaning the inside of Microwaves, Fridges, Ovens, kitchen cuboards and drawers and cleaning behind items that are infrequantly moved, ie fridges, dishwashers, etc. These can all just be added on as extras if the customer wants them done.

Hope this helps a little.

Paul

[merlin]

hi again we include windows front of kitchen cuboards raditors ect in are standard clean
the only things we charge extra for are fridges and ovens hope this helps

carol

[nat1]

Thanks again guys for all your comments, they have answered most of my questions. Nat.