How to Price a First-Time Deep Clean
The first clean is the hardest job you will do at that address and the one most often quoted at the maintenance rate. That single mistake has ended more cleaning businesses than any other.
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The first clean is the hardest job you will do at that address and the one most often quoted at the maintenance rate. That single mistake has ended more cleaning businesses than any other.
These are not two versions of the same business. They differ on when you work, how you sell, how fast you get paid and what happens when you lose a client - and the right answer depends mostly on your circumstances, not your preference.
Every time estimate you can look up was measured on somebody else's work, in somebody else's houses, at somebody else's standard. Five timed jobs of your own beat all of them.
Per-room and per-square-foot pricing both fall apart on real houses, because neither one knows how dirty the house is or how far away it is. Price from the clock instead.
Occasional notes on running a small business without a back office — what the numbers actually say, and what to do about them. No schedule, no filler.