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Hello, I recently completed the 8-11 Feb training. I am a new Franchisee located in the Upstate of South Carolina. I look forward to getting things going in a brand new market. I want to say thanks to all the folks that I spoke with over the past couple of months in an effort to gain some feedback about the company and asssit in my decision making about joining HB. I received a ton of great feedback and everyone was very positive about speaking with me. After attending training, I can understand why everyone had nothing but positive comments about the company.
A little about myself: I am retired Air Force, then managed at a Target store for about a year (realized that retail is not what I want to do as a second career), then decided to go into business for myself.
One question concerning commercial jobs: On average what kind of price structure do you guys work the commercial jobs compared to your residential jobs?
Thanks
Danbo 😀
Daniel,
First welcome to the HB family and I wish you the best. You are very lucky as you have a great state owner in Laura Burkhard. You have one of the best resources in the business in her. She has developed a wonderful business and one full of commercial accounts. I would pick her brain for ideas on this.
Thanks for the input. She did email me with some info on this subject. We have our regional conference this Saturday and she will be spending the day with me on Tuesday. I will definately be picking her brain then…
Dan,
Welcome to Heaven’s Best. I think you will find this to be one of the best career decisions that you’ll ever make. You will find we have terrific products, wonderful support and the best corporate office in America. Good Luck in your new business.
My commercial rate structure is kind of a range. I take into consideration size, soil level, amount of desk areas (the detail work around desks and computer takes time), if there is a lot to move and how bad I need the job. My scale runs from about .18 to .25 per square foot to clean. Stain protection goes from about .07 to .10 per square foot.
Take care and good luck.
Yes. My residential rate is .27 per square foot and .10 to protect.
I’m almost able to agree with Ferris, except I usually figure my sq ft rate based on how long it is going to take us. So if i want to make at least $100/hour with out protector(which I do) then I’ll look at how many sq ft there are to clean, decide how long it should take and then price it. Basically I guess its more $$ per hour to me than cost per sq ft. I usually seem to clean ~2-2.5 times more carpet per hour in commercial over res, so then I guess my residential rate is approx 2-2.5x my commercial rate. Or to say it another way, take the sq root of half the distance between Vancouver Island and Iowa multiply that by .00097612 and the add the remainder of the left over based on the half life of a number I can no longer remember.
Hope this helps
DDirtbag,
Thanks for clearing that up!!! But, I do get the point. Do you guys do many apartment complexes?
Danbo
Not too many ampartment buildings. Try to stay away from the property manegment stuff. Such a pain. If the end of the month is a Saturday or Sunday or New years eve, I’m not looking to be tied into that kind of stuff. Of course, YMMV
But we do a couple of seniors building, they LOVE the fast dry times and think we are “such nice young men”. A bunch of hotels, a bunch of resorts, a couple of movie theaters, a couple of funeral homes (very fussy), a whole lot of offices and a waack of office buildings. I try to avoid restuarants, too late, never often enough and always too dirty.
As always, YMMVThanks, I have contacted a couple of apartments and it seams that some of these places are really looking for the “low bid” more than quality. What caliber of hotels have you cleaned? Do those work out pretty good?
Danbo
Always start at the top. 5 star resorts, hotels, golf resorts, funeral homes, office buildings, dentists(uhg). You get the idea. the more expensive the better. They are already sold on quality. Remember presentation is KING. Always. New shoes, shirt and tie. NO BALL CAPS!!!! Take a look at the people coming in and out of these places(even the funeral homes). Have fun, wear a smile. Relax. I usually find if I avoid having a shot or two until after, helps with the image department. More??
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