Ok I have been fighting this cold since last Thursday and its been taking every ounce on energy I have to make it through the day. Friday I got a call from my friend asking if I could PLEASE go to her house and clean her floors and do her laundry. I was hesitant. This is definitely one of my best friends we are talking about and I really don't think mixing business and pleasure is a good idea. But I really need the $$$ and she really needed the help. Her husband just had surgery and cant help out and her hours at work have been killer. So after I finished my Friday AM cleaning I headed over there. I thought my floors were bad with 1 dog!! Try 4 dogs. Well needless to say it took me about 4.5 hours to really clean the floors good and do 5 or 6 loads of laundry. She paid me well though and we decided I would come back and finish up the house for her and do maintenance cleaning every other week for her. So I finished it up yesterday... another 6 hours of deep cleaning! So excited she wants me to come every other week!! Maybe she will miss me every other week and ask me to come weekly! :)
Oh well. Another old friend asked me to come help with once a month cleaning. She wanted dusting and floors. Well I am sorry, I can not go out once a month and dust your house and clean your floors for $20 ... really. I gave her my pricing and what it includes and haven't heard back from her. I am not going to drive 15 miles to your house once a month and cater to your needs for pennies just because we were sort of friends 25 years ago. I mean I am desperate for work, but I am not going to be taken advantage of. My prices are really low. I mean LOW. But I decided to double my price for initial cleaning because no one seeks out a cleaning lady until their house is REALLY bad... and I am not going to go in for 8-10 hours busting my butt for minimum wage. So double it is. Then if they want maintenance cleaning once a week its pretty cheap. Every other week I add $15 (figuring an extra hour will be needed) and once a month an extra $35 added on for a couple extra hours in addition to my set fee ... which is rock bottom. $65-$80 for a 3 bdrm 2 bath house. $85-$100 for 4 bdrm 3 bath house ... really depending on size, but that's a basic guideline. So far just charging the minimum since I am starting out and trying to get my name out there.
So if someone has a problem paying me that ... well really I feel they are trying to take advantage of me.
Ok, I am going to try to go get some more contact solution at Rite Aid today. It was a $2 money maker and coupons.com let me print out 2 more coupons!!! Hoping they still have some in stock! I needed to vent a little today :) Now I have to clean my own house! Have a great Wednesday!
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