Customers search sofa cleaning charges to compare, and cleaning businesses often guess a number on the phone. A rate card built from your own costs makes quoting quick and keeps the margin. Here is the method with an illustrative example; figures are not market rates.
Sofa cleaning charges: what drives the price
- Seats: a 3-seater, an L-shape (count seats), recliners
- Fabric: fabric, leather, suede or velvet
- Method: vacuum and dry clean, shampoo, steam or hot-water extraction
- Condition: heavy soiling, pet hair, stains
- Add-ons: cushions, dining chairs, carpets, mattresses
- Travel and minimum job value
Worked example (illustrative, not a market rate)
Fabric sofa, 5 seats, shampoo and extraction:
- Team time: 2 people x 1.5 hours x Rs 250 = Rs 750
- Shampoo and chemicals: Rs 150
- Machine use and wear: Rs 150
- Travel share: Rs 150
- Cost Rs 1,200, or Rs 240 per seat; with a 40% margin, about Rs 340 per seat
Set a minimum job value (for example the price of three seats) so a single chair still covers travel.
Explain the price
- Quote per seat, with method and fabric named.
- List add-ons with their own rates.
- Say how long drying takes.
- Note stains that may not come out, before starting.
Bundle it
Sofa cleaning sells well with deep cleaning. Offer it as an add-on on the deep cleaning checklist and in the quotation.
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