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| Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: Determining Rates for Every Step of Cleaning Job |
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When considering your price for your cleaning services, you have to first analyze your expenditures in rendering every service. You will find out that one of the significant components of your expenditures is the labor cost.
There are customers that do not require a complete cleaning job. Some may want to have only the windows cleaned, or the floors mopped, or simply collect their garbage. It is easier on your part to have a price list for every little job you will render. To determine the price, the first thing to do is to determine the number of hours needed to finish each job.
If the price of a complete cleaning job is in your records, you have to divide the job into different steps and document the time needed for every step. Of course cleaning time depends on the person doing the job. But you can more or less determine the average cleaning time.
The following can be considered in determining your price:
Area Being Cleaned – If the account you have is simply to mop a 2500 square feet floor and the benchmark for mopping is one hour for every 5000 square feet, then it is assumed that you will finish the requested job within half an hour. However, you will see that cleaning time will also change even if the area is the same. This is because you will never know if that 2500 square foot area is within one area or located in separate rooms. So the time of cleaning is affected.
Frequencies of Task – There are jobs that must be done more than once a day, daily, weekly, or monthly. It does not mean that when you lower the frequency of doing a certain job, you also have to lower your cleaning rate. But you would see that cleaning time is affected. For example, if you empty trash twice a week instead of five times, the rate would still be the same. But the problem is when you lower the frequency of emptying trash, you will experience garbage spills which will affect your cleaning time because you also have to clean the area where the garbage spilled.
Office Occupants - If you are going to clean a little office with few workers, the cleaning time is less. But if the office has many workers and they are doing a lot of transactions with their clients, your cleaning time will be longer even if the floor area is the same.
Equipment Used - The condition of your equipment will also affect your cleaning time. Avoid equipment that always bog down. Also use those that fit the area. For example, when you are cleaning a wide hallway, you need to use a more powerful vacuum with a wider nozzle.
Climate of the Area – Different location in the country have different climates. Climates with snowfall or precipitation would require additional maintenance to the building because of exposure to snow, dirt, sand, salt. For areas with high humidity and precipitation, it needs extra cleaning for floor and carpet and the drying time is slower.
Standards of Customers – There are customers who are price conscious while others are quality conscious. If your customer is particular with the price, you follow your standard cleaning rate. But if he is quality conscious, you can demand a higher rate because you will need more labor and time to clean the area until he is satisfied.
Keep the above situations in your mind when you are dealing or bidding with your customers.
For more: How to start a cleaning business by StartCleaningService.com |
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