How much should I charge to do a move out clean for a 2 story 2,715 sq. ft. house?
It depends where you live. Find out the weekly rate for a regular cleaning and add $25- $50 more. The kitchens and baths have to be scrubbed extra clean for the new inhabitants.
Take a walk through, estimate how many hours you'll need and ensure it won't be more grimy between the time of your inspection and the date they want to hire you. Your hourly rate plus travel time (one way) plus supplies? Are you taking your own vacuum cleaner? Add an hour for the time it takes you to give an estimate? Ask for half up front with the balance due upon the client's inspection (after you're done).
No simple answer for this one. What do others in the area charge? How dirty is it? Are you providing the cleaning supplies or is the client? You need to earn enough to cover your materials, all costs, your fuel there and back, meals, any extra help you make and then your profit.
How much should I charge to clean a school?
By Lola from Forked River
I'm thinking about starting a small cleaning business. Does anyone know the going rate for a stove and refrigerator?
depends on the condition and how much deep cleaning of these appliances are required
I am interested in starting my own cleaning business and was wondering if a flat rate of $125 and recurring of $110 is too high. I live in Michigan City, Indiana and will be servicing LaPorte, Portage, and Valparaiso, cleaning commercial, residential, move in/out, and construction.
Please advise, I researched the average cost online and it ran anywhere from $111 low to $154 high. Also, I have a full time job and am wanting to start with evenings and weekends. Any thoughts?How much should I charge them to wash mops and cleaning rags for the cleaning service for the hospital and clinics?
If this is the only service you are performing I would charge by the load of clothes you are washing. You can charge $15 to $20 a load because you need to use your own soap and electricity for this one and then to clean the mops you will need to put them in a bucket and soak them.
I clean houses and am wondering if anyone charges clients a "first and last cleaning"?
Meaning if someone cancels, last minute or day of, then you have that last payment in order to give yourself enough time to find a new client to replace them.
I've had clients just cancel and say. "I can't afford you", or "something came up".
But no thought is given to really give any notice or consider how it affects the cleaner when it is a sole income to make a living.
Is this fair to ask of clients? Or asking too much?
I have never heard of this either. I would suggest however that you do some checking around in your area to find out what going rates are and adjust yours accordingly so to be a little competitive. Also, you need to remember that you are a service based business. You will win some and you will lose some. Just make sure you are friendly, professional, and do a quality job so that you are worth keeping and you will keep people that are worth working for.
I do every type cleaning you could think of, deep, basic, move out with inspection sheets, straight organizing cleans, basic with add ons like laundry, errands, etc.
Also, I just hired a girl to help me. What should be the paying ratio, since I supply the cleaning supplies, and gas/transportation?
Rates for the many types of cleaning can vary wildly depending upon your specific location, cleaning type (move in/out, home etc.), supply costs, domestic or business cleaning, etc.
In a large city, a one bedroom apartment can range $75-$150 for a 4 hour weekly. A 3 bedroom house $200-$300 weekly. In smaller towns, prices can drop to half or less.
You might call other cleaning services in your area (on the sly!) to ask their prices.
Good Luck!
How much should I charge for 14hrs of cleaning in a home with 3 bedrooms and 1 bath? It is 900 sq ft. It is a move out, but right at this time they only had us do a basic cleaning, there was a lot of trash and also we had pack almost 1 room of stuff.
How much potato salad and macaroni salad will I need to purchase to serve 75? We are having a community picnic.
I am cleaning a 3 story apartment building, stairwells only. What should I charge? It takes me 4 hours; I am deep cleaning.
Calculate by the job. Figure out how long it will take and multiply that by your hourly rate.
I am a housekeeper. What do I charge for cleaning ovens?
In Pittsburgh, most cleaners include it in their regular cleaning daily wage...not broken out. This is since most ovens are self cleaning and the only thing they really have to do is brush out the crumbs when it is done (they clean while oven is self cleaning)
For the rare non-self cleaning oven, there is a website that quotes prices which I find crazy of $30 to $150:
The price range depends on your town.
If the oven is not self-cleaning, it would be a special job. It would take a couple hours to clean. I would charge $30-50, depending on how dirty it was.
