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I did exactly the same thing regarding a cat and the same result as well..I first notified Cody however.

If you go door to door in an upscale neighborhood just introduce yourself and tell them what you do….be prepared for a sale…expect a sale and portray that expectation to the homeowner…

Better yet call Barry Lowenthal or Jim Dickey in DC, and ask them how they started their business in December! DOOR TO DOOR!!! Few operators in the company are doing as well.

This subject has been discussed before..might do a search on door to door.

Hope this helps

I wish we could see a listing of pricing across the country by our operators. There is a different pricing method for each of us it seems. If we could view all of the methods,each of us might learn something about how to make more money by learning from each other.

Staying n the same old rut pricing wise will get us the same old income paraphrase of Steven Covey, I think.

Many of our customers do not care for the raking lines and opt for post-vacuuming instead. We must post-vacuum anyway due to the stuff that the buffing raises or leaves behind…and raking will not handle at all.

Pesky nap again…

One more thing for consumption…if anyone can get into the motels etc…get the cleanup business. Be the one they call when the maid enters the room and it was destroyed by a party or whatever. We can clean and charge for it and they then in turn CHARGE THE CUSTOMER!!!! In these cases the motel does not eat the charges, they pass them on to the customers credit card.

It is nice business!

I am calling some of my motel customers today since Jan and Feb are slow months. I have cleaned a lot of rooms last 2 years in Jan…will go after some more today.

Hope this helps someone get some business.

Dave

Jeff,

I have never been able to figure out how to charge per square foot…not that I am not so smart maybe, I did take Purdue calculus 2 sem for my degree, I just could never wrap my mind around charging for the walking areas around a bed and through the MBR and kids rooms and paths around beds and moving or not moving furniture and how all of that works in the real world…So we charge by the room, and have never charged by the sqft. I have checked the pricing comparisons and I feel that it all comes out a wash. (Easier to calculate, add, subtract discount and add tax…my math today stinks and I can more easily calculate this way…my hat is off to those of you that charge by the sq ft…when I am driving down the road my mind would explode trying to figure up a price.)

We charge $45/room or area. Smaller than an average sized room is perhaps $35…larger maybe $60-$67.50…. I have never cleaned a B&B room or motel room for les than $35 ea in quantity…no reason to, they can rent the room that evening and get their money back, plus. Also, we have an advantage that no one has…we are quiet and can clean a room with occupant next door, or across the hall.

Furniture: sofas $79 – $89 Love seats $69 Chairs and recliners $39 – $49.

Most of the time I might use the upper figure and perhaps discount 15%.

Sometimes I do not…I never ever give any discounts after 5PM or on Saturdays…

I hope this helps a little. Hope to see you in LV.

Dave

Sorry…

We have done about a dozen or so floors and have had no problem, except for the one mentioned above.

I totally agree with your suggestion.

I tread very carefully in the areas where there is zero hands-on training…We cannot afford to replace a leather sofa or other furniture or wood floor. I am pretty sure that my insurance does not include wood floor cleaning/polishing.

Perhaps this might be touched on at the LV meeting.