How and how much?
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Mikey P
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I'm sure, I just eyeballed it, knowing full well that a mover-outer was going to pay full price.
There's 20 fidiots here who would have done that job for $89
I struck a nerve, but admit it, I’m not the first one to tell you this.
steve_64
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$50 a room stairs count as a room.
Hallways can be a room or free depending on size and condition.
I can price a job in a few minutes. I walk it to look for issues and extra charges.
Can price on phone this way too.
Hallways can be a room or free depending on size and condition.
I can price a job in a few minutes. I walk it to look for issues and extra charges.
Can price on phone this way too.
Mikey P
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steve_64
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Looked like 3 rooms down set of steps 3 bedrooms. Coukdve went $400 but it sounded like light cleaning so I gave a discount.
Trip Moses
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HWE $295. Pre vac. Pre spray. Wand.
Mikey P
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I haven't been involved in room pricing since my miller days .
How argumentative do people get on a room like that? I would imagine renters and fidiots wanting say it's one room due to there only being 4 walls..
Lee Stockwell
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342 here in Kentucky.
Mikey P
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Mikey P
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I probably could have ran the Spyder over it but what with the staircase, it would have taken as long or longer...
Trip Moses
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If it’s a dual purpose area (living room dining room combo) or it’s a large room over 200 sqft it gets a two room charge. I price everything over the phone. I know the neighborhoods well enough in my in my area to price bonus rooms, master bedrooms and living rooms as two areas if needed. I get burned sometimes of course. I do not give discounts on empties. I actually charge for the closets and hallways as one area combined. All of this is explained on the phone so pushback is minimal.
Lee Stockwell
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And not as clean.
Lee Stockwell
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I'm higher than him, which shouldn't be, given his equipment.
steve_64
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I don't tell people how I price but when needed o break it down like this.
Its a living room dining room combo right? I count a room as 12 by 12 area roughly. Over sized Family rooms and L shape rooms usually count as two rooms. Sometimes it can be a room and a half.
That entry area plus the hall upstairs count as one room.
I can measure it up and charge by the sq ft if you like but it always ends up more that way. Would you like me to measure it all up?
I get a few fidiots here and there. They can call someone else and do sometimes. I don't sweat it. I'm pretty busy.
Lee Stockwell
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Your price is your price.
Mikey P
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Jim Williams
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I would have done it for $270, been done by lunch time and ate my turkey sammich. I got a property manager here who thinks $50 a room is too much for her rentals but for some reason she keeps calling back.
Mikey P
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btw, that unit sells for $370k
Once i get the Truck, i am upping my price. I will be at .35 a foot firm
Lee Stockwell
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Raise them now so you can afford it quicker.
I am at $120 min at $45 per room right now. I am making money and at same time missing out. I want to do more of sf pricing instead and starting implementing much higher price with protector and deo, which is around .75 During their shock moment, then i showed the regular .35 a foot.
It works, i think... Ive only done it 10 time cuz im a wimp and comfortable with room pricing..
I use the mobile home pricing concept.
So if it's a 2 story house and a basement that would be like two mobile homes stacked and add the basement as another one so I would have ,
3 mobile homes at $49.95 a piece or $149.85 plus tax
So if it's a 2 story house and a basement that would be like two mobile homes stacked and add the basement as another one so I would have ,
3 mobile homes at $49.95 a piece or $149.85 plus tax
Hack Attack
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$140 is my min which covers 2 areas
$40-$30 for every standard size area after
So downstairs is $140, stairs $40, hall $40, 2 unused bedrms $30 each, master bdrm $40
So $320 for vac, spray, extract no grooming its a rental.
$40-$30 for every standard size area after
So downstairs is $140, stairs $40, hall $40, 2 unused bedrms $30 each, master bdrm $40
So $320 for vac, spray, extract no grooming its a rental.
Cleanworks
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Oh, just a cheapie.
Mikey P
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For here that's high.
No yard.
Same thing in Cruz would be 900k
No yard.
Same thing in Cruz would be 900k
Cleanworks
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Here it would be over $1,000,000. If it was just me I would sell and move to the prairies, buy a new TM and semi retire. My wife likes here though so I continue to slave away.
steve_64
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35 cents a foot is $52.50 150 sq ft. A lot of rooms are 100 sq ft so you shouldn't be losing money room pricing. Its why I usually give hallwAys free unless there are several random areas too or big hallways.
Lee Stockwell
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The hallway is often the dirtiest "room" in the house...
Lee Stockwell
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I took too long to finally realize that my former obsession with measuring and recording square footage in thousands of homes and businesses was largely a waste of time and opportunity.
