TimP
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I met with a property management company today that manages 400 homes. First let me say they currently aren't happy with their current cleaner. I have done a couple jobs for them over the past few months and obviously they are happy with my cleaning. They want me to take over his business for them 100% cause they aren't happy and he isn't doing all the work he's supposed to.
They do what they call deep cleanings (where you clean wall to wall and move furniture except really heavy stuff) and they also do monthly cleanings in some of the homes.
My main problem is with the pricing monthly cleanings. I would best describe the level of service they want as an always clean policy for these cleanings. There are 54 of them to do every month and they must be done on weekends and if you're lucky during the week if they aren't rented. The way I understand it I wouldn't clean the whole unit but just taking care of the spots and traffic lanes where you can see new spots/dirt. Now the thing is they do 4 br or less homes for 60.00, 5 br homes for 80 and 6 br homes for 100. And they do this from April through October then from October through April they do deep cleans on all of their homes.
Do you guys think this would be worth my time, keep in mind stairs and living rooms don't count in their current plan as rooms. However I looked at some and most of the bedrooms are from 100-150 sq ft of uncovered carpet and a lot of the homes don't have carpeted halls or stairs. Also keep in mind round trip to the properties is about 120-140 miles.
Anyway I want to see what other seasoned cleaners think, if this is a good deal or not. If I need to ask for a bit more money I doubt I'll get a bunch more out of them. I haven't ever done an always clean deal so I kinda want to see how others feel/think about the deal, and how to keep from getting in trouble ( how to set limits and how best to charge for this and terms to ask etc..). Also they showed me one house that was crazy big and a bunch of carpet I'd say around 2,000 ft of carpet. I told them I don't think that one could be done for the cheap price, so I'm trying to figure out how to be fair for both especially for my own rear.
Thanks in advance.
They do what they call deep cleanings (where you clean wall to wall and move furniture except really heavy stuff) and they also do monthly cleanings in some of the homes.
My main problem is with the pricing monthly cleanings. I would best describe the level of service they want as an always clean policy for these cleanings. There are 54 of them to do every month and they must be done on weekends and if you're lucky during the week if they aren't rented. The way I understand it I wouldn't clean the whole unit but just taking care of the spots and traffic lanes where you can see new spots/dirt. Now the thing is they do 4 br or less homes for 60.00, 5 br homes for 80 and 6 br homes for 100. And they do this from April through October then from October through April they do deep cleans on all of their homes.
Do you guys think this would be worth my time, keep in mind stairs and living rooms don't count in their current plan as rooms. However I looked at some and most of the bedrooms are from 100-150 sq ft of uncovered carpet and a lot of the homes don't have carpeted halls or stairs. Also keep in mind round trip to the properties is about 120-140 miles.
Anyway I want to see what other seasoned cleaners think, if this is a good deal or not. If I need to ask for a bit more money I doubt I'll get a bunch more out of them. I haven't ever done an always clean deal so I kinda want to see how others feel/think about the deal, and how to keep from getting in trouble ( how to set limits and how best to charge for this and terms to ask etc..). Also they showed me one house that was crazy big and a bunch of carpet I'd say around 2,000 ft of carpet. I told them I don't think that one could be done for the cheap price, so I'm trying to figure out how to be fair for both especially for my own rear.
Thanks in advance.