I’m thinking of setting up as a self employed independent domestic cleaner. To those who are established already established - How much do you charge?

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Hi all, Im looking at setting up as a self employed cleaner and want to get an idea on where to start so I’m trying to gather some information to make sure I’m not under charging.

Hopefully this might be of interest to other here to!

Please can you confirm;

You location?
Do you price per hour? If PH how much?
Price per job? How do you calculate this?
Solo or a team?
Minimum hours?
Do supply your own cleaning products? Y/N
If yes, do you charge extra?

TIA x

I'm
Not a cleaner but have one.
Scotland. £18 an hour.
Supplies own products
General tidy
Cleans thoroughly bathrooms & kitchen
Hoover, and cleans floors
Hoovers sofa
If Time left. Irons

She's a joy. Happy to pay

I have cleaners, so I'll answer from that pov.

Scotland
£15 per hour
Minimum 1.5 hours (which is actually a 3 hour clean, as they're a team of 2)
Supply own products and bring own hoover and mop

I offered to provide products and hoover etc but they prefer to use their own. They are fantastic, work so well together and blast my whole house in that 1.5 hours.

I also am not a cleaner but have one. Well two, in a team. One upstairs, one down. Its an hour but x2. They clean the bathrooms thoroughly, hoover, mop, dust and make the beds. They bring all products with them including their own hoover and mop.
Midlands based. £16 per hour.

I'm in Cornwall. I clean my own holiday cottages, so I have a cleaner. I've had a few as it's very hard to find someone reliable.

They charge £15- £20 an hour. I pay for 4 hours for a 2 bed /2 bath bed house.

I ask that everywhere is dusted, that everything is moved to dust ( e.g.coasters on the table) Wood polished.

Deep clean of kitchen and bathrooms, including radiators and cleaning the front of kitchen cupboards.

Hoover everywhete, mop, do skirting boards they can see.

I do a massive tidy before they come.

My current cleaner misses things every single time. I provide all the cleaning products.

I'm a cleaner in Northamptonshire and charge 16.50hr. I bring everything, including my hetty Hoover. I just find it easier.

I'll have cloths,dusters and a clean towel( for buffing taps etc) and carry it all in a bucket with my sprays. I'll have a clean pile kept in my car for the next job.

I will usually have a 3hr clean and then a 2.5hr after. I'm not so keen the other way round,like my longer jobs first.

I'm not so keen either on spotless homes! Much rather the ones where I can have a little tidy and suddenly the room looks 100% better. I like do little extras, like clean their front door or pop outside to shine a window.
All my eight clients bar one live in farms and most are related or friends and I've been with some over ten years. Once you have one client,you'll soon be swamped with offers.
I do charge an extra £3 if they live over 5 miles away for petrol.
A couple pay cash( the two elderly) and the others pay by bank but I'd much rather they transferred weekly as if I have a week off and money goes in it can get awkward. Though one just pays all my holidays and encourages them. I usually have a week at Christmas, one at half term and Easter and my be two over the summer hols so I can do stuff with my teen.
I just work mornings at the moment, I love m job but would not have the energy to do say 5 hours in the morning and then do another 3hrs....my back would be agony!

No a clearer but have one

East midlands £14 an hour. She supplies all products. You have to factor in travel time too

Oh,I've also never been late for a job. I'm extremely reliable, the sort to leave 10 mins early incase I get stuck behind a tractor and apart from a week of covid years ago,I've never cancelled through sickness and that seem to be appreciated.