Two Methods of Carpet Cleaning Prices
Carpet cleaning is one of those home services that many people love to put off. It is not usually something that people look forward to. It can be very confusing trying to find a good carpet cleaner and figure out how much it is going to cost. It can be very confusing when talking to a carpet cleaner and they start using words like per square foot, per area, and minimum area cleaned. All you really need to know is that there are two basic methods of determining carpet cleaning cost.
When a carpet cleaner mentions per square foot pricing they are simply figuring the length of the room by the width of the room and multiplying that by their per square foot price. So, if you have a room that is 12 x 12 the square footage is 144. If the carpet cleaner charges $.30 a square foot, the price to clean that room would be $43.20. The average carpet cleaning prices per square foot is currently around $0.26. Most cleaners will have a minimum service charge to come to your home. You may not be able to get a single room cleaned for $43. This is actually quite reasonable since because of overhead most cleaners need to gross about $100 an hour for cleaning time. This may sound high, but when you factor in all of the overhead a carpet cleaner has plus their set up and tear down time and travel to a job, it’s actually quite reasonable.
The other method of carpet cleaning pricing is the per area of flooring price. A carpet cleaner will establish a maximum square-foot per area and charge a flat fee for each area cleaned. For example, a carpet cleaner may charge $35 per area. Their per area maximum may be 200 sq. ft. So, as long as your room is under 200 sq. ft. the price will be $35 for each of the rooms. If your room is over 200 sq. ft. you may be charged for two areas. However, some cleaners will simply charge the area price of $35 and then charge an extra per square foot price for anything over the 200 sq. ft.