How long should it take to clean a new construction home that is 2500 sq ft?
Hi Clough and Stringer,
Could someone please give me a rough idea as to how long it might take to clean a new construction home? I have one that is 2500 sq ft and not sure if I'm fast or half fast.
I know there are different circumstances that makes every place different but the adverage is about how many hours?
I just need to know if my fast isn't fast enough.
The construction crew is in there for the rough clean and it's a nightmare. Seems to me that there is a better way to do this. I'm only concentrating on the windows as far as removing the stickers, mud etc. Then I am doing inside around the windows for the mud and paint.
After all that is done, the painter comes and seals the seams and paints. Then I have to take off the paint as well as clean the windows again.
Anything you can suggest would be helpful.
I know it's about 60% of the job but there has to be a little better way.
Thanks
nanc1430
Don't know if we are being used or not!
Hi Chris,
Just found out now that we might be doing more than we are suppose to.
Most of the window cleaners that I talked to are only doing the windows once after all the sealing and painting has been done. We are cleaning off the window frames that have mud on the edges so they can be sealed and painted after. We are then going back after they seal and paint them to do the windows again for the final. I would like to know if the people that are installing the windows and putting the mud around them are suppose to be cleaning them off. It looks like they are only taking a rag when the mud is wet and running around the edges leaving a lot on there for us to do. Some of the windows are 15 feet high and to do them twice is a little much. If you could find out about this, that would be great.
Another thing that bothers me is why is this full of mud? Where are they getting this from?
Maybe they are filling the cracks around the windows with the mud first to save money and then after go over and seal them a little after. Can't think of anything else it would be used for.
Thanks
Nanc
Price of a post construction re-clean
Hi all!
Does anyone out there know the going rate is for a re-clean?
That's when you do the rough clean and final clean and then have to go back in because the contractors were there doing extra work.
I am doing my first tomorrow and would like an idea of what the going rate would be before I bill them.
Thanks
nanc1430
Just to say thanks to Clough and Stringer
Thank you both very much for the information you gave and help.
I have been pretty busy right now and have not had much time for the computer.
I am taking your suggestion, Stringer and going with the office cleanings and doing residential cleaning right now to get a set figure coming in each week. Then I will expand and do the others as they come. Hopefully I can get some steady residential cleanings out of the holiday special I am running right now. Chris, I wanted to say thanks to you for helping me with the sites. I took your suggestion and I am working to spread my name out in all directions.
I will be on again soon but wanted to say thanks to both of you.
Nanc