Cleaning Notes & Research

 Here's JUST the posts of the month of June. Today is Friday, the 2nd, 1:45pm .

This post will be a little rough I basically wanted to get you the links i found which were a great read and i think i good resource for information and even same invoices and such. If you've done any marketing it may be info you are already familiar with and perhaps you have already done this research, i dunno. If you have, then just skim and mostly ignore. I simply wanted to share what I found and I felt this method would be less whelming than a long winded and annotated text.

The resource I found is below my notes and quotes, which is up right after the third page break. And really I'll break it up because 2/3 is directly from the site i referenced below. We can fully incorporate anything you want into the site, I intended upon finding more expensive solutions and comparing them to your rates on an addendum page but everybody wants you to have them come over to make an individual quote. One thing that can be done is to describe the quote process, that it'll take 1/2 hour & what to expect etc. Business cards can be done for $40 for 500 at vistaprint.com i've used those guys a bunch and love their rates. As mentioned flyers and other simple things can be printed off at the library for free and I've got many examples I can show of my previous work making trifold and pamphlet mailers and things along that nature. If there's a link here it's because I threw a bunch on my google drive and made a quick page as a reference.

I did find a place where you can get referrals <https://www.care.com/app/pn-business> along with Angi's list and craglist of course.

Email: I used solea@cleaningmindfully.com I used soleakareen74@gmail.com as your backup, bu that can be changed to cleaninigmindfully@gmail.com and the webmail address is https://hostinger.titan.email/mail/ I can help you get access through your phone's email client if you like. Simply text me when you want the password, I don't want it being out here

Contact: You should be able to test all of this out but regardless, i used your messenger address on the site as well, it can easily be removed. I put it on there because I  think that some people really like Facebook. So thats phone, email, messenger. Those are all i put on there.

Forms: Yea, I'm sorry but other than straight writing a page of HTML (which I may try but I am reticent to do) I don't know how to do that. I may buy a solution because unless I figure it out, I'll need some way to get my mailing list form accomplished. I worked on it a bit in March but got sidetracked.

Notes and Quotes

It seems as though $40-50 per hour is the right range but you may get more profit from a by the sq ft quote. I've included my pull quotes and snippets I copied right here. Though I should note that people are out there and can be found at care.com that work from 13-17 per hour. Not that you should, but that the exist..

"As our numbers show in 2023 average cost that homeowners paid for maid service in Thurston county is between $122.00 and $409.00"

"The  national average cost of house cleaning is $40-$50 per hour, per cleaner. The total price depends on the size of the home, ...

1 bedroom: $110 - 2 bedrooms: $126 - 3 bedrooms: $143"

"A house cleaning job costs $180 on average, while the average national hourly rate is $45–$50 per cleaner, according to Thumbtack. Additionally, a 3-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot home typically costs $160 to $200 to clean"

"The national average cost of house cleaning is $40-$50 per hour, per cleaner. The total price depends on the size of the home, type of cleaning and where you live. A three-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot home costs $160-$200 to clean on average, while a one-bedroom apartment starts at $80-$110."

"You should typically charge between $100 to $200 for house cleaning, or between $25 and $90 per hour, per cleaner. You can also charge specifically based on the area of the house you're tasked with cleaning, which should generally range between $0.05 and $0.10 per square foot."

"House cleaning services cost $25 to $75 per hour per cleaner or about $30 to $50 per room."

"The average national hourly rate for house cleaning services is $25 to $90 per individual, or $50 to $90 per hour"

"For a standard cleaning job, you could charge $40 per hour, $25 per room, 10¢ per square foot, or $100–170 as a flat fee"

"Once you know your hourly rate, add at least 50% to cover overhead and profit margins (which should be 20–35% on its own)."

Notes and Pull Quotes From jobber.com

https://getjobber.com/academy/cleaning/how-much-to-charge-for-house-cleaning/

• Your house cleaning hourly rate factors in labor, overhead, and profit margins. An appropriate hourly rate is around $25–50 for less experienced cleaners or standard services, but a one-time deep cleaning cost per hour could be up to $100.

Pro Tip: The first visit takes the longest. You might want to charge a higher rate for the first visit, then reduce your rate for future visits. Make sure to do a pre-visit walkthrough the first time, too—that can help you decide what to charge for house cleaning.

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Flat fee house cleaning pricing guide

• A weekly or bi-weekly clean can be $100–170 for a typical single-family home. You can raise your flat fee if you’ll be cleaning more rooms or visiting less often, or lower your rate if you’re cleaning an apartment or smaller home.

The average room rate for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom home is $75–110, plus $25 for each additional bedroom and $10 for each extra bathroom.

So if you assume a starting rate of $95 and you’re cleaning a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, a reasonable rate could be $160 for a weekly cleaning job.

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How much do I charge to clean a house per square foot?

• For weekly or bi-weekly cleaning, you can charge 5–15¢ per square foot. As a general rule, the higher the square footage, the lower your rate should be.

• If you’re doing a move-out clean, you can charge up to 22¢ per square foot since you’re actually cleaning every single one of those square feet.

• One-time deep cleaning can cost up to 33¢ per square foot since it might not have been done for a while, and you’re putting more effort into each square foot.

So if you’re deep cleaning a furnished 700 sq ft apartment at a square footage rate of 30¢, you would quote $210 for that one-time job.

Regularly cleaning a 2,000 sq ft home at a rate of 7¢, on the other hand, would earn you $140 each week. It’s less income per job, but it’s recurring work that you can always count on.

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Specialty services house cleaning pricing guide

• Floor cleaning services are most often based on square footage, but you could also charge hourly, flat fee, or room rate. Buffing is 4–12¢, tile cleaning is 12–21¢, carpet cleaning is 16–28¢, and stripping and waxing is 30–50¢.

• The average cost of appliance cleaning depends on how large the appliance is and how much work is needed. You can usually charge $10–35 per appliance, but you could quote up to $100 for a larger job like a fridge cleaning if it’s in really bad shape.

• If you offer window cleaning, it’s common to charge $2–6 per pane based on size, time, and effort.

• Laundry services cost $5–20 per load. That usually only includes washing and drying—if you’re willing to spend time folding and putting away as well, make sure to charge more.

• Quoting furniture and curtain cleaning, like anything else, depends on how many pieces you’re looking at, how large they are, and what kind of shape they’re in. You can start at $100 per hour for this type of service and work your way up from there.

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How much to charge for deep cleaning a house

If you’re doing a deep clean, you can add an extra 30–50% to your normal cleaning rates. Here’s what that could look like using the various pricing methods:

• Deep Cleaning Hourly Rate: $40–100, based on team size and experience

• Flat Fee: $200–400+, depending on the size of the home (and your team)

• Room Rate: $98–165 for 1 bed and 1 bath, plus $35/bedroom and $15/bathroom

• Square Footage Rate: $0.11–0.33 per sq ft (at the lower end for larger homes)

https://getjobber.com/academy/cleaning/how-to-promote-your-cleaning-business/

(I didn't pull from the above link because much of it was stuff you'd want me to do and while I fully expected it to be part of the job requirement I have other things to attend to today ad after all this is your chore anyway....)