So I've read "The efficiency thread" and "$100/hr..."
I've got some work to do. The other day I did a house, 5 rooms and a staircase. Took me 7 hours from setup to pack-up. I didn't have my helper (casual labor friend of mine). After my first-time customer discount 15%, I got $312.00. Customer is extremely happy with the work and will review positively and refer new business. Offered him 10% on corporate referrals, as he is an entrepreneur as well. I'm sure going forward houses and customers like these I can charge more in the future once I have more google reviews and referrals. My process was pre-vac, prespray, agitate and dwell in stages so no prespray would dry, then hot water extract using my legend xl and prochem quad jet wand. Lots of dry passes. Then I applied fabric protector - didn't charge for this as it was first time customer.
The house a day before I got $350 (1 basement, hallway, staircase, dog urine treatment 1 area, and 3 bedrooms upstairs). Job took 6.5 hours and I had my helper running hoses. Cost me $120 cash to have a hose runner and a guy prevac and agitate ahead of me. I should probably double my price on pet urine.
Gotta get the efficiency up. Should I have the helper running a battery operated presprayer while I agitate behind them? Or if I'm running the hydroforce have them running the CRB behind me? Gotta cut 2 hours off these bigger jobs and bump prices up a bit to get to $100 per billable. As a solo guy though, since I'm running a used machine and no payment on any of my stuff $50-60 per billable hours is definitely profitable and since I can live off paying myself $25/hour I'd keep the rest in the business to replace my equipment, van and expand when the time comes.
Any thoughts?
I've got some work to do. The other day I did a house, 5 rooms and a staircase. Took me 7 hours from setup to pack-up. I didn't have my helper (casual labor friend of mine). After my first-time customer discount 15%, I got $312.00. Customer is extremely happy with the work and will review positively and refer new business. Offered him 10% on corporate referrals, as he is an entrepreneur as well. I'm sure going forward houses and customers like these I can charge more in the future once I have more google reviews and referrals. My process was pre-vac, prespray, agitate and dwell in stages so no prespray would dry, then hot water extract using my legend xl and prochem quad jet wand. Lots of dry passes. Then I applied fabric protector - didn't charge for this as it was first time customer.
The house a day before I got $350 (1 basement, hallway, staircase, dog urine treatment 1 area, and 3 bedrooms upstairs). Job took 6.5 hours and I had my helper running hoses. Cost me $120 cash to have a hose runner and a guy prevac and agitate ahead of me. I should probably double my price on pet urine.
Gotta get the efficiency up. Should I have the helper running a battery operated presprayer while I agitate behind them? Or if I'm running the hydroforce have them running the CRB behind me? Gotta cut 2 hours off these bigger jobs and bump prices up a bit to get to $100 per billable. As a solo guy though, since I'm running a used machine and no payment on any of my stuff $50-60 per billable hours is definitely profitable and since I can live off paying myself $25/hour I'd keep the rest in the business to replace my equipment, van and expand when the time comes.
Any thoughts?