Quoting over the phone makes it easy to undercharge, because the hours only show up after the job. A steady way to price is to set your rates once, build the price from the home and the service, and check the hourly rate before you send the quote. This page walks through one job. The rates are examples, not market rates for your area.
1. Your rates
| Rate | Example |
|---|---|
| Base price per visit | $60 |
| Per bedroom | $18 |
| Per bathroom | $22 |
| Per 100 sq ft above 1,500 sq ft | $6 |
| Minimum charge | $110 |
2. The home
The client has a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home of 1,900 sq ft. Rooms and size come to $60 + 3 × $18 + 2 × $22 + 4 × $6 = $60 + $54 + $44 + $24 = $182.
3. The service
A deep clean takes longer than a standard clean, so it gets a multiplier. This example uses 1.5 for a deep clean, 1.8 for move-in or move-out, and 2.2 after construction. One-time deep clean: $182 × 1.5 = $273.
Add-ons are priced on their own. The client wants the inside of the oven ($35) and baseboards ($30), so add $65. The price per visit is $338, well above the $110 minimum.
Recurring visits usually get a discount. In the calculator, monthly is 10% off, every 2 weeks 15% off and weekly 20% off. Set your own.
4. The hourly rate check
You expect the job to take 4 hours. $338 / 4 = $84.50 an hour before supplies and travel time. If that is less than you need to cover supplies, travel and your own pay, raise the rates in step 1 before you quote.
Price your own jobs
The free calculator does the same arithmetic in your browser. The $14 toolkit saves your rate card and tracks clients, jobs, what is still owed and monthly profit per hour, in Google Sheets and Excel.
Open the free house cleaning price calculator Cleaning Business Toolkit ($14)Example rates, not advice. Prices for cleaning vary a lot by city and by cleaner.
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