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Pricing & Quotes
What to charge, how to quote, and protecting your margins.
House cleaning prices per hour: why the hourly number misleads both sides
An hourly rate looks like the fairest way to price a clean and is usually the worst. Here is what it does to the client, what it does to the cleaner, and when charging by the hour is genuinely right.
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Post-construction cleaning: what it really involves, and what to charge
Post-construction cleaning is the best-paid work in this trade and the easiest to lose money on. Here is the three-pass method, what destroys your gear, and how to quote it so the margin survives.
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How to quote a cleaning job that actually closes
The quote is where most cleaners lose the job — or leave money on the table. Here's how to price and present one that wins.
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How much should a cleaner pay for a lead?
The real math behind what a cleaning lead is worth — and why the sticker price is the wrong thing to look at.
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The margins on Airbnb turnover cleaning
Why short-term-rental turnovers can out-earn one-off home cleans — and how to price the speed and reliability hosts will pay a premium for.
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