AmofOhio
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Post by AmofOhio on Mar 9, 2006 8:13:06 GMT -5
I did a walkthrough yesterday evening of a 1404sqft 3 bd 2 bath home. people moved out about 2 months ago and cleaned it before they left.
There's no appliances.Bathrooms are in great shape.
The people asked for a general clean to get it put on the market asap.
The floors need a good mopping and vacuuming. But other than that,i wish all the homes i went in was in this great of shape.
I am just not sure what to charge.
My minimum for move-outs is usually $125-150 depending on size of home. But that seems to much for this home.
I am estimating 2 hours max cleaning it.
I do have to bring water because main waterlines was shut off,but there is heat and electric.
I was thinking maybe $75-80 since i do have to bring some water to clean with.
What do you guess think?
Too low?
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Post by logan5127 on Mar 9, 2006 11:03:17 GMT -5
Just some food for thought and replies to this. What happens if you do this job for $75 and then in a month you get a call from a client that you had cleaned a move out for and charged them your minimum of$125 and had told them that was your minimum. The client on the phone says , I was talking to a good friend of mine that said you had cleaned their move out for $75. Now the client on the phone is wanting to know if you lied to them and if you are going to give them any money back since now your minmum has went to $75.Could be a mess as well as hurt your reputation. A question here is if you have a minmum charge set for something such as move outs; carpet cleaning; stripping and waxing; or what ever ; should you stick to your minimum? The only justification I could see to this would be on a high volume contract and then it should be worded different then saying it was a minimum. Maybe if we want to be more flexible we should just not ever tell anyone that we have a minimum. Just some thoughts for descussion.
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2006 11:06:52 GMT -5
That is my thought too Dan. How many move in/move outs will I get into for a low price. I have set a minimum and I think I am going to stick to that. My min. is $150.00 now I may come down to $125.00 if the house is small and there is not much work involved. No reason to set minimums if your not going to use them  Anyone else have any advice on this one?? I am curious as to how others would handle this as well. Linda |
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Post by logan5127 on Mar 9, 2006 11:16:42 GMT -5
Linda , is your minmum $125 for small houses and a different minimum for large houses? That could work.
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Post by logan5127 on Mar 9, 2006 11:20:01 GMT -5
The idea here is that if you have a minimum then you don't come down, is that right?
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2006 11:26:11 GMT -5
Well my minimum is $150.00, but if it is a small house and there is not much to be done because someone did a good job already I may come down to $125.00 I guess I should have set my minimum to $125.00 already but this way it gives me the opportunity to come down a little to make them a little happy I guess you could say.
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Post by AmofOhio on Mar 9, 2006 11:30:55 GMT -5
Well here's my thing.
My minimum of $125-150 is for a deep cleaning of the home.
All appliances cleaned,inside windows,baseboards,removal of debris, etc......
These people only want a general clean.No windows. There's nothing in the home, no appliances,and it was cleaned before the people moved out.
So thats why i was wondering if i charged hourly.
2 hours max is what i believe and i added $10 on for having to bring water to clean with.
I figured pricing it just like a regular residential general cleaning.
I have never told anyone what my minimum is as far as clients go on any cleaning i do.
It states on my agreement form that each estimate i give varies depending on size of home, condition of home,trash-out fees,windows, etc...
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Post by logan5127 on Mar 9, 2006 11:35:10 GMT -5
Unless it makes a previous customer upset. I wonder if this could be done by a coupon. If house is really clean just say , well my minimum is $150 but I have a coupon for $25 for refering me a new customer, I would be glad to let you use it since this is really not to bad and maybe you could refer a new customer to me later. Hmmm , might work. Might get the job and a new customer.
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Post by logan5127 on Mar 9, 2006 11:39:41 GMT -5
Amofohio, If you are doing this job yourself and are happy with the profit margin then I would say go for it, since you have not mentioned the minimum to anyone. Does this client have other houses for you as well in future?
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Post by chevygirl57 on Mar 9, 2006 11:47:49 GMT -5
In regards to the minimum thing: you could always bring your pricing list with you and at the top where you put some information, just state that the prices COULD go down if the amount of work was really minimal.
-Nicole
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2006 11:52:26 GMT -5
Patti, You are well experienced in this area. What would you do?? Dan, that is a great idea about the coupon Alot of ppl charge around $35.00 pmh also so even at 3 hours the coupon would save them money. She has to bring her own water so I would charge a little for that which could take the price up to around $100.00 for the cleaning plus the coupon which would keep her minimum at $125.00 The client would save $25.00 bucks. I think it is worth a shot. Linda |
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Post by AmofOhio on Mar 9, 2006 12:08:09 GMT -5
Yep, i do all cleaning by myself.
Not sure if they have more properties or not. They didn't elaborate much other than they wanted it on the market as soon as possible and just wanted a quick run through cleaning.
I told the lady the list i had for move-in/outs.
And she said it wouldn't be nessessary for a deep clean. Just a general clean would be fine so they can get it up for sale and do an open house next weekend.
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Post by Pages Personal Cleaning on Mar 9, 2006 14:37:54 GMT -5
I would never do a move-in/out cleaning for 75.00. When we do these types of cleanings there is a lot involved, usually refrigerator, oven, windows, clean inside all cabinets and closets, baseboards etc. Even if they don't want appliances it would still take awhile. The cheapest moving cleaning we have done is 175.00. Usually the cost is 200.00 and up.
Patti
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Post by chevygirl57 on Mar 9, 2006 15:01:04 GMT -5
Yep, i do all cleaning by myself. Not sure if they have more properties or not. They didn't elaborate much other than they wanted it on the market as soon as possible and just wanted a quick run through cleaning. I told the lady the list i had for move-in/outs. And she said it wouldn't be nessessary for a deep clean. Just a general clean would be fine so they can get it up for sale and do an open house next weekend. I would tell her you suggest a deep cleaning because it could bring in more money. You could have it done in a day or two and it would be well worth it. And besides, the new owners probably won't want to have to do a deep cleaning anyways. |
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Post by Linda on Mar 9, 2006 15:18:14 GMT -5
You may also need to dust for high webs. They may not be bad now but if it has been couple months since they cleaned you may have them. I am with Patti on this. I wouldnt lower my minimum under at least $125.00
Linda
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