I have been cleaning a house and making $85 a week. This house is 3400 sq. ft and now they have tacked on about 7 loads of laundry, unloading the dishwasher, and bringing in the trashcan after the city has collected it. Please help. I don't want to sound like a prude, but don't want to be there for an extra 5 hrs doing laundry. I get there at 7:30 and don't leave until almost 5 now. I am actually done cleaning house between 11-12.
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You client is clearly taking advantage of you! You must decide:
*whether you want to continue service for this client
*your price PER HOUR for house cleaning based upon the size of the house, type of cleaning, etc.
*how much more you will charge for additional requests such as laundry, emptying the dishwasher, garbage etc.
You should stand up for yourself even if it means you lose this client. Once you decide upon your fees and extra charges, give this client and all future clients a copy of your services and fees. After you and your clients come to an agreement, prepare a document for each client re the agreement of services and charges so there will be no questions down the line about fees and payment.
***Work for free or work for full price; never work for nothing!***
This has happened to me and I nipped it right then and there, if they want those things done which wasn't part of the original agreement, I would need to make a new bid on that job, then take it or leave it. :/
I would of charged for 3500 sq ft home 150.00 and charge 10.00 per load seriously because they are not going to find anyone else to do that much work for 85.00
I charging for your services if your asked to do more then your services the food rat time,well yes amen he amount goes up. I would charge $125.00 per visit.
As usual, Suds, I'm in complete agreement with DCA. (That's one sharp lady!)
However, I would like to add the following. To paraphrase a great lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, no one can take advantage of you without your consent. Im sorry if that sounds harsh. Saying no isnt always easy, I realize that, but it is a good word to learn.
So if you were there for 5 hours, you would be making $17 an hour. That is pretty darn good money. Could you make more anywhere else? A lot of college graduates do not make $17 an hour.
Shame on me for what. First of all doing house cleaning work is hard labor no matter how you look at it. And secondly I was asking opinions not to be criticized.. But thanks anyways
Sounds to me like $85 for a house that big she's getting a bargain already. If you give in to her terms it won't be long before she'll be adding a lot more.
Sounds like these people are what I used to call 'canujusts', you know the sort " Before you go, can you just ...."? I agree with DCA and Rose Anne. Charge by the hour - they buy your services, not your soul. As I found out, if you do one extra thing they'll find you another. Some people are like that.
Marg from England.
I would not clean a 3400 sq foot house for 85.00 I would charge 125.00 plus another 50.00 for that much laundry
I run a small cleaning service and I have been in business about 6 yrs now. I charge a standard fee of 20.00 per hr and must be booked at 4 hrs are more. This is for a basic clean only!!!!!. You have to be firm and up front with what services you render, anything more must be billed separately, laundry, outside of the home, baseboards and windows is considered deluxe cleaning.
How much it cost to take trash out apartment
That is crazy that size of house you should at least be making 250 a week they are Forsure taking advantage of you sorry if you are doing all that they would either pay or I would be done FORSURE if they have the money to hire a housekeeper they have the money to pay you the rate you are charging is like for a small 2 bdrm sorry that's how I feel people will take advantage of you if you will let them and it sounds like they are Forsure doing it.
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