Pricing
Pricing for home service operators
What to charge, with the formula and a calculator.
24 of 24 planned guides published · 4,380 searches a month across the section.
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Pressure washing pricing: what to charge, and the formula behind it
Square-foot and hourly rates for house washing, driveways and roofs, the formula that produces them, and the mistakes that underprice a job.
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How much to charge for house cleaning
Real rates by home size and frequency, the formula behind them, and the pricing mistakes that keep cleaning businesses busy and broke.
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How much to charge for gutter cleaning
Per-linear-foot rates by storey, the formula, and the height and access factors that decide whether a gutter job made money.
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How much to charge for window cleaning
Per-pane and per-job rates for residential and storefront, the formula, and the access factors that decide the price.
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How much to charge for snow removal
Per-event and seasonal rates for driveways and commercial lots, depth banding, salt pricing, and how to price the weather risk.
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How to bid painting jobs
Interior and exterior rates per square foot, the labour-hours formula, and why prep is where painting bids lose money.
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How much to charge for junk removal
Truckload fraction pricing, disposal surcharges, labour for stairs, and the volume mistakes that cost junk haulers money.
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How to bid electrical jobs
Service rates, per-device pricing, panel and EV job bands, and the flat-rate approach that keeps several electricians quoting the same.
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How to bid landscaping jobs
Install rates per square foot, the costed-hour formula, materials markup, and the estimating errors that sink landscape bids.
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How much to charge for plumbing
Call-out fees, hourly rates, flat-rate job bands for common work, and why a price book beats quoting hours.
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How to bid concrete jobs
Per-square-foot rates for flatwork, the base-prep costs that decide profitability, and the finish premiums worth quoting.
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How to price lawn care
Per-visit rates by lot size, the drive-time formula that decides profitability, and the route density most operators ignore.
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How much to charge for carpet cleaning
Per-room and per-square-foot rates, the upsells that carry the margin, and the minimum that makes a small job worth taking.
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How to bid roofing jobs
Per-square rates for tear-off and replacement, pitch and layer multipliers, and the decking allowance every bid needs.
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How to price commercial cleaning
Per-square-foot and production-rate pricing, the labour maths behind a monthly contract, and the consumables most bids forget.
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HVAC profit margin: what good actually looks like
Gross and net margin benchmarks for service and install, where HVAC margin leaks, and how to work out your real numbers.
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How to price stump grinding
Per-inch-of-diameter rates, the access factors that double a job, and why the minimum matters more than the rate.
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Landscaping profit margin: what good actually looks like
Gross and net margin benchmarks for maintenance and install, where landscape margin leaks, and how to find your real numbers.
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How much to charge for mobile detailing
Package pricing that works, the three-jobs-a-day constraint, and the add-ons that turn a $150 detail into a $260 one.
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Roofing profit margin: what good actually looks like
Gross and net margin benchmarks for replacement and repair, where roofing margin disappears, and how to measure yours.
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How to price siding
Per-square-foot rates by material, tear-off and sheathing costs, and the discoveries that decide whether a siding job made money.
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How to bid handyman jobs
Hourly and per-task rates, the minimum that makes small jobs viable, and the task-price library that speeds up every bid.
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How to bid HVAC jobs
Service and replacement bid structures, the load calculation that should precede every install quote, and three-option presentation.
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How to price deck building
Per-square-foot rates by decking material, the framing and footing costs beneath them, and the height factor most quotes ignore.