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Post by Stephan on Oct 25, 2006 6:52:15 GMT -5
That is very strange indeed... The only thing I can think is she didn't want anyone (expect you and your staff) to see how dirty it was...
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Post by Stephan on Nov 17, 2006 19:53:25 GMT -5
Well, that works out to $12.50 per hour for both of you. I don't know much about residential, but I think it's a cheap rate. Just think of it this way. If you had to pay two employees to do the work and it took them 8 hours each for a total of 16 man hours, would you be able to make a decent profit at receiving $200 after paying your employees, expenses, etc. Stephan In all the years I have been cleaning homes it has never taken 2 people 8 hours to clean a 2900 sq.ft. home. The longest it has taken us is 3 people 3 hours. Patti Page, I should have mentioned in my post who I was referring to. Dustbunny2006 stated taht it took 2 people 8 hours to clean a 6,500 sq.ft home.
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Post by Stephan on Nov 17, 2006 18:24:16 GMT -5
Well, that works out to $12.50 per hour for both of you. I don't know much about residential, but I think it's a cheap rate. Just think of it this way. If you had to pay two employees to do the work and it took them 8 hours each for a total of 16 man hours, would you be able to make a decent profit at receiving $200 after paying your employees, expenses, etc.
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Post by Stephan on Aug 22, 2006 11:30:08 GMT -5
I can't really help you as I do not know much about he residential side of things. Your best bet is to do a search here on "Residential Bidding", or something similar, and I'm sure you'll find a good deal of information to help you on your way.
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Post by Stephan on Oct 27, 2006 5:37:59 GMT -5
I agree Patty, it seems everyone thinks you can sit back and collect the money after a couple of years. This is the same in the commercial side of things as well.
By listening to a bunch of cleaning veterans these last few month it becomes clear that it takes many years to be able to pull out of the day-to-day operation and sit back to watch all the cash roll in, if ever.
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Post by Stephan on Sept 25, 2006 14:42:27 GMT -5
Hmmm, that a great question and I don't think there's a simple answer.
From my previous line of work I learnt that losing clients was due to:
Lack of living up to expectations Poor communication Re-assessment of pricing New decision maker
There are more, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.
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Post by Stephan on Jul 4, 2006 7:22:55 GMT -5
Sure, but seeing as it looks like this potential client is a neat freak, I would charge accordingly as extra attention, thus equaling time, most likely would have to be given to this client.
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Post by Stephan on May 11, 2006 14:29:05 GMT -5
I just want to say, with a 7% sales tax, you guys are lucky. Ours is 15% in Quebec!!!
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Post by Stephan on May 10, 2006 14:39:19 GMT -5
Ok I think I worded this wrong. For the county of this home the sales tax is 7% no matter what I charge to clean the home. I have to charge a sales tax for my services. Say someone wants a bi-wkly clean on a 2000 sq.ft. home. The charges would be $100.00 bi-wkly. Would I charge them a straight $100.00 with the tax included so they are not paying anymore then $100.00 for a bi-wkly clean or would I charge them $100.00 plus 7% sales tax which would make the total $107.00 for a bi-wkly clean on a 2000 sq.ft. home. See why I am confused? I would charge the $100 + 7% = $107. This way your revenue is $100. I you charge $100 tax included your revenue is actually $93.46 ($93.46 + 7% = $100) as you'll have to pay the tax on the service no matter what. If you do it $100 tax in, make sure that you take into account that your revenue is really only $93.46. Tax is a fact of life, we all pay it and so should your clients.
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Post by Stephan on Nov 15, 2006 12:46:20 GMT -5
PLEASE VOTE IN THIS POLLI'm starting to provide quotes to some offices and I have added in an "Initial Clean-Up Fee" to our proposals. Do you think it's a good idea? I remember having these on the proposals I would look over as an office manager. I would sometimes wonder "Is this just a cash grap?" If so, how do you figure out what the charge should be? Do you just add on a % to what you have calculated for a regular cleaning?
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Post by Stephan on Nov 3, 2006 11:24:57 GMT -5
How much do one of those cost?
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Post by Stephan on Oct 27, 2006 5:27:55 GMT -5
It looks like this client will only want 1/week cleaning, so I'm adding in the salting and shoveling of the front entrance. Maybe I can up sell the shoveling to every snow fall and have a separate charge for that After all, it is just around the corner from my house...
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Post by Stephan on Oct 25, 2006 14:33:44 GMT -5
I'm submitting a proposal and was about to include adding salt to the exterior of the entrance. Then I though I might be looking for trouble if someone were to slip and get hurt they might say it was due to the janitorial company not putting enough salt etc.
Opinion?
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Post by Stephan on Oct 20, 2006 14:48:53 GMT -5
Dan, I don't have to worry about marks as they will be putting a white plastic sheet over the cement flooring to in order to give the ice the white look (this is a curling club).
Basically they just want me to sweep it and damp mop it before they put down the plastic sheet. It really doesn't matter what the floor looks like. It's just to get dirt off so it doesn't pierce the plastic sheeting.
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Post by Stephan on Oct 20, 2006 10:28:06 GMT -5
I've been asked to clean this floor: i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/STOB14/Picture010.jpgI have to vacuum the carpet all around the edge, total sq.ft. is 1,315. I then have to sweep and mop the center. Total sq.ft. is 3,948. I'm thinking it will take about 45 minutes to do the vacuuming, 30 minutes to sweep the floor, and 2-2.5 hours to mop the floor? I'm I off track here?
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