I want to go back to cleaning houses but just wondering what ppl charge these days ? Please state your location also, thanks!
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I live in Surrey . .
Ive been a cleaner . .
Id expect at least £14 an hour.
People will pay more for an established company though, as youd have a regular cleaner, products provided, insurance etc . .
Its a massive ball park.
Ive been a cleaner . .
Id expect at least £14 an hour.
People will pay more for an established company though, as youd have a regular cleaner, products provided, insurance etc . .
Its a massive ball park.
I’m in Northern Ireland and I pay my cleaner £12 per hour
NZ - no cleaner here, but my friend pays her cleaner NZ$75 (less tax) per hour; sometimes she's there for several hours; other times she's there all day. Her cleaner is amaaaaazing ... she has a list she works from (that she created herself) of things she does daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly; plus, she also takes care of laundry (washing, folding and ironing), drops off + collects drycleaning and takes my friend's dog for a walk. Her cleaner's husband, who does the lawns and gardens and gets firewood in, gets paid about the same but sometimes he'll just come to do the firewood (I guess they just do a wash-up of it all every week somehow).
My friend is very time-poor and seems to live off black coffee, so I've suggested to her that she ask her lovely cleaner to also do shopping and make meals + pay her accordingly (she's thinking about it). Just mentioning this as you could make this your point of difference in your service offerings - how happy would your clients be, knowing that all their domestic jobs were being taken care of? (Re. the meals, it could just be as simple as throwing a whole lot of stuff in a slow cooker and leaving it to work its magic).
My friend is very time-poor and seems to live off black coffee, so I've suggested to her that she ask her lovely cleaner to also do shopping and make meals + pay her accordingly (she's thinking about it). Just mentioning this as you could make this your point of difference in your service offerings - how happy would your clients be, knowing that all their domestic jobs were being taken care of? (Re. the meals, it could just be as simple as throwing a whole lot of stuff in a slow cooker and leaving it to work its magic).
I'm essex and I started my own company anywhere between £12-£14 an hour depending on how far to travel and who was supplying cleaning products. One customer hated me using viakal another didnt like Zophlora but loved bleach everywhere
All supplied their own vacuum cleaner unless it was a Shark , hate them with a passion so used my Henry on those occasions.
One house was immaculate but had 2 massive dogs that had their own separate bathroom, took my an hour just to clean the floor and under the tub
I would normally do at least 1.5 hours as a starting point in each home otherwise it's not worth my while
One was absolutely spotless and I struggled to find things to do after about 45mins .
One was too fussy and wanted me to work no extra charge on Christmas eve despite me saying I dont work over the Christmas period.
He then wanted me NYD , not a chance I knew their parties and what would be left for me to do
All supplied their own vacuum cleaner unless it was a Shark , hate them with a passion so used my Henry on those occasions.
One house was immaculate but had 2 massive dogs that had their own separate bathroom, took my an hour just to clean the floor and under the tub
I would normally do at least 1.5 hours as a starting point in each home otherwise it's not worth my while
One was absolutely spotless and I struggled to find things to do after about 45mins .
One was too fussy and wanted me to work no extra charge on Christmas eve despite me saying I dont work over the Christmas period.
He then wanted me NYD , not a chance I knew their parties and what would be left for me to do
£18 per hour.
How did you find your first clients ?
Facebook is really good for getting word out there, join groups for the areas you want to work in. Might be a good idea to do a dummy run of your work to get pics, could be as simple as cleaning your own shower in your home and take before and after pics. Plenty are doing a boom in trade on FB.
An ad on FB to start , local community pages, and then word of mouth
Out of curiosity, did you get your cleaning products whole sale? And could yo use red diesel when driving to the houses? Always curious as to what the profit margins are like.
They supplied their own products x
I’m a cleaner (South East England) and I charge £12 per hour. I provide my own cleaning products unless my clients would prefer me to use their own items.
As a suggestion for where to start ...
Pin a card to your supermarket noticeboard (if they have one), and on FB local groups. Offer a two for one deal ... pay for one session, get one completely free (for new clients only, who have seen this notice; offer available for first clean only); separate to that, offer referral deals - 25% for both the referrer and the new client. Offer one-off cleaning specials ... when you're done cleaning, ask your client what they think and if they're happy, tell them that you'd be willing to lock them into a regular plan at a special rate ...
Keep your one-off clients coming back to you by offering monthly specials ... this month, all your windows cleaned for free when you sign up the 'x' package for x months (and on that note, have different packages for clients to choose from - e.g., value option; everyday option; and houseproud option ... and make up details of what each of those include). In another month, you might say that you'll offer oven cleaning for free as part of the 'x' package ... stuff like that. Make it feel like you're offering something for free and people will come running.
It's best if you can supply all your own stuff. My friend's cleaner, who I mentioned above, gets paid extremely well but she supplies absolutely everything and she only uses the best of the best, nothing cheap and nasty. I think she may even use essential oil blends to clean.
The biggest way to attract and keep clients is to have a point of difference. From your products to your service offerings, to your presentation (I'd be impressed if someone turned up to work in a uniform of sorts), there are oodles of ways to stand out from your competition.
Pin a card to your supermarket noticeboard (if they have one), and on FB local groups. Offer a two for one deal ... pay for one session, get one completely free (for new clients only, who have seen this notice; offer available for first clean only); separate to that, offer referral deals - 25% for both the referrer and the new client. Offer one-off cleaning specials ... when you're done cleaning, ask your client what they think and if they're happy, tell them that you'd be willing to lock them into a regular plan at a special rate ...
Keep your one-off clients coming back to you by offering monthly specials ... this month, all your windows cleaned for free when you sign up the 'x' package for x months (and on that note, have different packages for clients to choose from - e.g., value option; everyday option; and houseproud option ... and make up details of what each of those include). In another month, you might say that you'll offer oven cleaning for free as part of the 'x' package ... stuff like that. Make it feel like you're offering something for free and people will come running.
It's best if you can supply all your own stuff. My friend's cleaner, who I mentioned above, gets paid extremely well but she supplies absolutely everything and she only uses the best of the best, nothing cheap and nasty. I think she may even use essential oil blends to clean.
The biggest way to attract and keep clients is to have a point of difference. From your products to your service offerings, to your presentation (I'd be impressed if someone turned up to work in a uniform of sorts), there are oodles of ways to stand out from your competition.
I live in London and pay mine £40 for 3 hours, if you want to get back into it I would suggest maybe joining an agency first just to get your name out and then moving on to privately organising - that is how me and many people I know found theirs. I used an agency a few times, found someone I thought was good and asked for her number and now I message her privately, which I assume works better for her as these agencies are apparently really awful to work for
A friend in Surrey charges £15 ph minimum 2 hours but she works her arse off and does the proper cleaning, not the feather duster stuff that a lot of agency staff excel at. Most of us can manage to shove a hoover round the house a couple of times a week, it's all the scrubbing we hate.
As a cleaner myself between £13-£16p/h is pretty standard where I live.
I started an ironing business years ago, I got my 1st customers from having an advert in my car window . .
Imagine the places you park your car?
Outside school, supermarkets, sat in traffic, hospital/drs . ..
You are literally advertising everywhere you go.
Good luck
