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Starting a Carpet & Floor Cleaning Business

Equipment budget, pricing, insurance, quoting, first clients and the van.

Fault report · what this course prevents

Good technicians go under because they priced by the room, bought the wrong machine first, or had no answer when a client asked about insurance.

4.8 hours 8 modules Any level

Two cleaners loading a wet vacuum into the back of a work van

Programme · 8 modules · 4:46 h:min

Module by module, minute by minute

  1. Module 01 · 41 min

    What to buy first, what to hire, what to never buy

    Running total T+0:41

  2. Module 02 · 33 min

    Setting up: sole trader or limited company, HMRC, bank account

    Running total T+1:14

  3. Module 03 · 26 min

    Insurance: public liability, care-custody-control, van

    Running total T+1:40

  4. Module 04 · 44 min

    Pricing per square metre and per item, minimum charges

    Running total T+2:24

  5. Module 05 · 37 min

    Site surveys and written quotes that win the job

    Running total T+3:01

  6. Module 06 · 39 min

    Getting the first twenty clients locally

    Running total T+3:40

  7. Module 07 · 31 min

    Reviews, repeat work and landlord and letting agent contracts

    Running total T+4:11

  8. Module 08 · 35 min

    Health and safety paperwork: COSHH, risk assessments, method statements

    Running total T+4:46

Total8 modules4.8 hours

Kit list · 2 items

What to practise with

You can watch every lesson without it. To practise the method, have this ready.

  • A notebook or spreadsheet for your costings
  • Your local area map for the first marketing plan
Cleaning technician holding a caddy of bottles and brushes

Outcome

What you can do at the end

You will finish with an equipment list, a price list, a quote template and a plan for your first three months of work.

  1. 01Study the lessons Recorded video, in any order, as often as you need, for 24 months.
  2. 02Keep the paperwork Method cards and charts download as PDF and stay yours.
  3. 03Take the test An online test at the end of the course; pass it for the academy’s certificate of completion.

Also sold inside one pathway

Cheaper as part of a pathway

Pathway C · 7 courses · 33.2 hours

Master Cleaner Programme

  • 01 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning: The Complete Method
  • 02 Tile, Grout & Hard Surface Deep Cleaning
  • 03 Stain Removal & Spotting Chemistry
  • 04 Marble & Natural Stone Restoration
  • 05 Hard Floor Care: Vinyl, LVT, Wood & Laminate
  • 06 Leather, Mattress & Delicate Fabric Cleaning
  • 07 Starting a Carpet & Floor Cleaning Business this course

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