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| Saturday, May 25, 2013 |
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| [Thursday, July 26, 2012] |
| I am seeking a contract for 2 schools. One facility is 44,000 sf, around 600 kids, and the other is 80,000 sf, around 1300 kids.
They need one custodial person during the day for 8 hours (cleaning the lunch room, taking out the trash, cleaning the kitchen and restrooms). What is the hourly rate I should set for 1 person, 8 hours a day?
Next, they need 2 people at night to vacuum, clean the restrooms, spot clean walls, take out the trash, disinfect all the door knobs.
I estimated it will take 2 people around 5 hours a day, = 10 man-hours
How much is the weekly rate, not hourly, that I should ask for?
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| Contract Cleaning - Helen Fridman |
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| [Wednesday, May 23, 2012] |
| We are contracted to strip and refinish a commercial store of between 55,000-60,000 sq. feet coming up in the next 2 weeks. We have been allotted a period of 2 weeks to complete, as they prefer we do it section by section. We will apply about 5-6 thin coats of finish, thin because drying takes a long time between coats. We are in Ontario, Canada and wondering what the minimum to maximum price per sq. ft. should be for this job.
We are leaning toward the lower bid since we already are contracted to clean the store and have a very good and reasonable relationship with the owner, so we’re not interested in "soaking" him; he trusts us. Still, this is the first time we’ve done this (and will have the help of 2 more professionals who will be teaching us the ropes). What prices would you suggest per sq. foot that would be very reasonable, but not appear naive?
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| Contract Cleaning - Scott Provencal |
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| [Sunday, February 19, 2012] |
| I do construction cleaning all over the metro area. I used to subcontract for a company; now I am starting to get jobs of my own. My question is, what should I charge for a construction cleaning, in this case, on a newly constructed home?
Most times, it is done in stages, starting with a rough cleaning, followed by often several touch-ups, and a final clean. Sometimes the final is followed by a touch-up depending on the contractor's need. Should I charge by the sq.ft. or do a contract? In either, what is the going rate in my area?
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| Contract Cleaning - Catherine Martin |
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| [Thursday, January 05, 2012] |
| I have two places equaling 16,500 sq ft. One place is 11,000 sq. ft. and the other is 5,500 sq. ft. The larger one is cleaned 7 days a week, 6 restrooms with a person working for a few hours mid-day Mon.-Fri., 40 rooms. The other is cleaned Mon.-Fri. with 3 bathrooms and 25 rooms.
The contract calls for mopping, dusting, vacuuming, restroom detailing, buffing (quarterly) and as needed, we supply the can liners.
These are my figures. Please let me know if I'm wrong and if I am, what I should charge for this.
11,000 sq. ft. x $0.035 per sq ft = $385.00 per day
5,500 sq. ft. x $0.035 = $192.00
Total = $577 per day
Is this too much? What would be a good price for this type of work?
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| Contract Cleaning - Richard Hernandez |
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| [Sunday, April 19, 2009] |
| We’ve been doing post-construction cleaning for four years now, in the past year, it has developed into our main line of business. We have recently stepped into the ''restaurant'' post-construction sector'' (a whole different world). I have a job to take care of where I feel I’m going to run into the same issue as I did on a few past jobs: The kitchen floor. I believe it’s quarry tile; red, grouted in maybe 6" x 6" squares with little traction rivets in the top. It’s not a problem of scrubbing; they come clean pretty easy. The issue is that these kitchens are already full of equipment and we can’t just fit an autoscrubber in there.
We throw a lot of water and solution on the floor, scrub, and than squeegee everything into the drain, but the drywall dust and what not, gets caught on the grooves and in the grout and shows up when the floor is dry. We don’t own a tile cleaning machine and can’t afford one at this time. I figure we need something that will spray with pressure at the same instant it is sucking it up, not allowing the dust to settle again on the floor. I was hoping there was a way of ''rigging'' up a carpet wand, or an inexpensive hard floor wand I could hook to a box extractor.
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| Contract Cleaning - Steve Perfect |
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| [Monday, October 08, 2007] |
| I have locations across 5 states that I have maintained for 18 years and have tried every combination of floor care technique on them to achieve the best overall appearance that I can muster. I have to work within a very limited frequency of service intervals (bi-weekly), so I have to use the hardest finishes that I can find and must keep the price as reasonable as I can, especially since one of my largest customers, is currently in bankruptcy. This costumer has been with me for all 18 years and I would hope that their difficulties would be worked out shortly.
With that said, the locations that I maintain are on the average 900 to 1200 sq. ft. and are retail establishments with greatly varying levels of traffic. I also maintain driver delivery depots for the same company on a monthly basis. At present, I am stripping and refinishing each location, for the most part, twice a year and maintaining bi-weekly, except for the drivers’ areas. Since there is very little, if any maintenance being performed in between my visits, I am forced to reapply finish on each visit simply because there's very little finish left to burnish. Since I am very limited in the price that I can charge due to the financial constraints of this customer in particular, is there a better course of action?? I have had very few complaints over the years so I am blessed with understanding customers. However, I am always striving to give my best.
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| Contract Cleaning - Daniel Gates |
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| [Thursday, December 15, 2005] |
| As a minority woman business owner, I have found that it is very hard to land the big contracts.
A. Do I need brochures for commercial buildings such as churches, synagogues, schools, and universities?
B. Does my business expertise and length of time in business have a lot to do with my not getting larger commercial accounts?
C. Most business people give the impression that they would rather give the contract to the people they know. Am I experiencing prejudice as a minority woman?
D. I also offer services in the areas of commercial, construction clean up, and homes. I have run all kinds of ads, but hardly got any calls.
Do I need to send housecleaning brochures along with my mailings? Why does my mail seem to be a waste of time, stamps, and money?
I am a member of the Chamber of Commerce here in Ratherford County, but I feel that my membership is just in vain. The money spent gets my name in the book but my service never seems to be called by the other businesses in town. What am I doing wrong?
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| Contract Cleaning - SOMPONG (S) HANNAH |
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