How Many Do You Clean

[rugbywolf]

Arc, my cousin who has cleaned for 20yrs says I will speed up when I'm full time at it, he does 6 houses an hour but only wipes some cills down for the fussy customers. I don't think I can go any faster as I'm totally wiped out after 8hrs

Six houses an hour?? one every 10 minutes, not allowing for breaks etc. He can't be doing them properly, or are they two-bed bungalows?

 

[Dodger]

You link in your sigs not working mate

Seen it mate, keep meaning to have a look lol. I'll do it now.
Thats better..

 

[laddergarder]

Six houses an hour?? one every 10 minutes, not allowing for breaks etc. He can't be doing them properly, or are they two-bed bungalows?

Yeah, I think thats a bit quick too. If you can get 3/4 jobs done an hour your laughing. When its compact you can get through more, but thats not maintainable. You will always have odd little clusters. Thats how you build it up. Get a couple on one street, then over the years you pick up more and more in that area.

 

[garyboy]

I say £10 because although you can prob do in say 15 min if you get 2 in same place ie dont have to move van thats £20 for 30 mind work but you have 5-10 mins effin about with hoses but if you can wangle another one close in there you are laughing i try not to price below a tenner then that gives me alot more room for negotiating new jobs

 

[All Round Cleaning]

I say £10 because although you can prob do in say 15 min if you get 2 in same place ie dont have to move van thats £20 for 30 mind work but you have 5-10 mins effin about with hoses but if you can wangle another one close in there you are laughing i try not to price below a tenner then that gives me alot more room for negotiating new jobs

Same here Gary my houses I try and price a minimum of £10 now but I'm 50/50 trad and wfp at the moment .

 

[garyboy]

Same here Gary my houses I try and price a minimum of £10 now but I'm 50/50 trad and wfp at the moment .

Yeah got to try and keep them prices going sometimes it surprises me that people except them but they do i priced one the other day yrs its a big maybe 4 to 5 bed detached and i was thinking i want this it was £18 job i wrote on quote form 15-20 but i was like i will say 12 but then i said how often you want doing said 8 weekly said £18 didnt bat an eyelid said ok i think we need to big ourselves up you know we have made a major outlay here we aint 5 quid boys stick to your guns a bit it is nerve racking you dont wanna lose a quote but we pay for insurance and quality tools we are a trade not just beer money

 

[All Round Cleaning]

Yeah mate your right .

But some customers only see it as a sideline and not a real job

I have had them say to me so whats your real job then or when do you stop work for the winter ?

 

[Doo]

Will you get your holiday pay? lol. How well are you doing just now?

yes mate I will get holiday pay and laying time, also the good wishes of my boss, things are not good order wise in the company so he says it's probably the right time to get out

 

[Doo]

Six houses an hour?? one every 10 minutes, not allowing for breaks etc. He can't be doing them properly, or are they two-bed bungalows?

Not bungalows mate, I can do four-ish an hour and don't think I could manage any more than that and that's on my compact round

 

[Doo]

Well that was a struggle this weekend, felt like shoite all week and still not great, finished the 16 I had left from yesterday in 4 hrs but 3 were flats,I'm totally done in my gluts are screaming

 

[Brian Fitzherbert]

Great for you, I don't know if I can still be that active in cleaning when I reach that age...

 

[laddergarder]

I did 16 yesterday morning (4 hours), then 12 in the afternoon (just under 4 hours), 28 in total. But I made more money in the afternoon, than I did in the morning.

 

[M.K Cleaners.co.uk]

Six houses an hour?? one every 10 minutes, not allowing for breaks etc. He can't be doing them properly, or are they two-bed bungalows?

If there anything like the houses about here its possible.

 

[Doo]

I'm finding I seem to get quicker after a few hours must hit a rythem or something

 

[Doo]

I did 16 yesterday morning (4 hours), then 12 in the afternoon (just under 4 hours), 28 in total. But I made more money in the afternoon, than I did in the morning.

More windows per house in afternoon more money per house in afternoon

 

[Border]

Flipping heck. I'll have to light a rocket under our guys! Most days they do around 8-10 jobs. If I saw 30 jobs on a worksheet for a day I'd wonder what had happened.

 

[CNS-southwest]

Flipping heck. I'll have to light a rocket under our guys! Most days they do around 8-10 jobs. If I saw 30 jobs on a worksheet for a day I'd wonder what had happened.

Get them working harder lol

 

[bvwcs]

Not possible to say for us. We have over 1000 different houses from 2 bed bungalows to 100 bed hotels. Each bloke turns over on average £180 per ady I guess.

 

[CNS-southwest]

Not possible to say for us. We have over 1000 different houses from 2 bed bungalows to 100 bed hotels. Each bloke turns over on average £180 per ady I guess.

Is that before or after costs mate just outa interest ?

 

[M.K Cleaners.co.uk]

Flipping heck. I'll have to light a rocket under our guys! Most days they do around 8-10 jobs. If I saw 30 jobs on a worksheet for a day I'd wonder what had happened.

What price are these houses?