[maxcarpets]

Was £35 just put up to £40

Justin

£10 forget it!

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Just to add to the poll; £50 but in process of going up to £55.

However it may also depend upon why it needed cleaning. If there was one of those stains that takes time to get out then it becomes a time issue and the price could go up.

Customer has to balance it against the cost of new carpet with the hassle of choosing it, having the old one uplifted and removed, possibly new underlay, fitting costs etc.

[liahona]

I wont say what my minimum is but a question.

Surely our minimum charge should be what we want per hour.

As is often discussed on here we would aim to get £100 an hour.

So my question is why under any normal circumstances would you charge less than a hundred for a minimum?

Just wondered.

Best, Dave.

[lands]

£47.50 which as Dave says is for an hour. I often offer to do something else if job is only going to take 20 mins. I find that way the custy begins to appreciate the idea of the minimum charge a little more.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I have a simular pricing and mind set as Mark Roberts (don't which one UK or IRE)

The thing with minimum charge is that too high and you can put good customers off, I appreciate you have to cover costs but when working local £50 to drop in and clean a small bedroom is affordable and you get a customer and a recommend for later and you'll be surprised at how much they may want when you are there or when seeing you work have a quote for something else.

Shaun

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Mine is 50 but thats only if I have to, generally it would be 70 as I don't really want single room jobs.

If it's an old customer or a deserving case then I will do for 50.

Cheers

Doug

[Straker Cleaning]

£70 in congestion zone and £60 if not :

[Karl Wildey]

Was £40, but might go up to £45 now, having read what everyone else is charging. Most jobs fit the 40 mark, it only those silly ' I only what my hall cleaned job' that need a min charge.

[CARPET KNIGHTS]

Why on earth was he wasting his time ringing around for a cheaper quote when already quoted £10 what was he expecting £5?

Some people are unbelievable.

Cheers Goron

[boshravie]

£80.00 for me 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I once saw a leaflet for a carpet cleaner who actually had reasonable cheap prices for carpet cleaning but a minimum charge of £65 which covered maybe a carpet and a half (if that makes sense!) obviously he is saying "come and get it cheap but make it worth my while"

Shaun

[Teddycare]

£55

[mitch2810]

£45.00 plus vat providing there is good access and there are no unnecessary delays.

[carpet_care]

Mine can be as low as 35.00 for local customers because lots of little jobs normally lead to lots of bigger jobs and plenty of refferall work.


    Start charging 100.00 for a very small job and 9 times out of 10 you aint getting that initial first foot in the door.

     People in general know the difference between getting a good job at a fair price and just being ripped off.

       
            Regards Andy Locke.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I agree Andy, Mike Halliday has pointed this out before and that is why I have refrained from highering it too much but it's a good way of getting in the door legally.

Shaun

[Wayne Dean]

£50.00

[calmore]

I once saw a leaflet for a carpet cleaner who actually had reasonable cheap prices for carpet cleaning but a minimum charge of £65 which covered maybe a carpet and a half (if that makes sense!) obviously he is saying "come and get it cheap but make it worth my while"

Yup!

HSL or whatever for £43 but a minimum charge of £45 means that they'll have to have al least two items cleaned.

[carpet guy]

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[boshravie]

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[boshravie]

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