Oh wow, that is so nice of you to say. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement and support and for spending a few minutes of your day here with me. I appreciate you. :-)
I'd simply clarify my price by saying something like "I will charge you $50, but I'm only allowing up to 2hrs for it; If you want me to spend longer, it will cost more"
I’m in the UK and I enjoy cleaning and decluttering my husbands work involves helping hoarders can you give me a guide to costs please really found you sensible and professional x
Yes but a business owner has to have insurance, buy gas, maybe buy a van for your business, and buy supplies/uniforms, etc. so 25.00 an hour...well, think about it.
I'm thinking of doing this. I have a wife with a MFT (therapy) degree and she can do the therapy while I clean up and do that part or basically say the home is gone or can be repaired. Plus my wife has 15yrs of housekeeping experience, including hoarders. And we could even put cameras on our workers to ensure EVERY SINGLE item is accounted for an NO stealing happens. I wonder what type of insurance besides MediCare would pay for this for elderly folks, whom suffer the most from this endemic.
FWIW, here's the method a cleaner provided to us when we were clearing out my grandfather's home after he passed: 1. The family went through his stuff and removed anything we wanted to keep. 2. The cleaner was then entitled to whatever was left, for estate sale, disposal, personal use, donations, or whatever. 3. She received the value of the remaining items, and *took them away.* The family did not have to deal with these items any further, which was the value of the transaction to us. 4. Afterwards, she cleaned the now-empty home. I think this could be adapted for hoarders, toy boxes, etc.: the clients take a few days to collect the items they want to keep, and the cleaner is allowed to assume that they don't want whatever's left-and removes them as her personal property (possibly giving the clients a second pass at the objects they may want to keep). This could be in addition to a flat or hourly fee.
I 100% agree. Almost every item, if not every item, is worth more than money to the customer. And family. As a therapist, the client would be the family unit or the hoarder themselves, and I would cater to them. It's a hard job, but I care about my elderly neighbors and they're isolated and ashamed and alone and need help.
In a perfect world every cleaning company would be discreet. When you call for a quote ask about their confidentiality policy. Lots of companies have unmarked vehicles for this very reason. But every company operates a bit differently.
Not everyone is your customer. Nothing wrong saying no, can't help you. Stand your ground. People are dirty and cheap. Over price the bid. Quality over quantity.
Very good and sound advice. I have a question Angela, Does a cleaning service get breaks for eating or smoking on the job on my time if they are at my home for a day?
Take a look at this playlist of similar videos we made on hoarding - Hoarders. More fab info.
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Good advice for any business!
Oh wow, that is so nice of you to say. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement and support and for spending a few minutes of your day here with me. I appreciate you. :-)
I'd simply clarify my price by saying something like "I will charge you $50, but I'm only allowing up to 2hrs for it; If you want me to spend longer, it will cost more"
Thank you for your feedback and thanks for watching. 🙂
@@AskAngelaBrown but what is your answer to this question? it seams perfectly understandable
But isn’t that the same as $25 an hour? The math seems too simple to add on for the extra time and difficulty
I’m in the UK and I enjoy cleaning and decluttering my husbands work involves helping hoarders can you give me a guide to costs please really found you sensible and professional x
Yes but a business owner has to have insurance, buy gas, maybe buy a van for your business, and buy supplies/uniforms, etc. so 25.00 an hour...well, think about it.
Thanks for watching the show.
I'm thinking of doing this. I have a wife with a MFT (therapy) degree and she can do the therapy while I clean up and do that part or basically say the home is gone or can be repaired. Plus my wife has 15yrs of housekeeping experience, including hoarders. And we could even put cameras on our workers to ensure EVERY SINGLE item is accounted for an NO stealing happens.
I wonder what type of insurance besides MediCare would pay for this for elderly folks, whom suffer the most from this endemic.
That sounds awesome! But I'm not sure about the insurance, will have to research that. Best of luck!
I love this idea
Sorry to be clear I mean quoting to clear and clean a hoarded property for the job on a 1 bed house total ty
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FWIW, here's the method a cleaner provided to us when we were clearing out my grandfather's home after he passed:
1. The family went through his stuff and removed anything we wanted to keep.
2. The cleaner was then entitled to whatever was left, for estate sale, disposal, personal use, donations, or whatever.
3. She received the value of the remaining items, and *took them away.* The family did not have to deal with these items any further, which was the value of the transaction to us.
4. Afterwards, she cleaned the now-empty home.
I think this could be adapted for hoarders, toy boxes, etc.: the clients take a few days to collect the items they want to keep, and the cleaner is allowed to assume that they don't want whatever's left-and removes them as her personal property (possibly giving the clients a second pass at the objects they may want to keep). This could be in addition to a flat or hourly fee.
What a great idea and a way to let go of cherished items knowing they went to one or many good homes. Thanks for sharing this. 🙏
I 100% agree. Almost every item, if not every item, is worth more than money to the customer. And family. As a therapist, the client would be the family unit or the hoarder themselves, and I would cater to them. It's a hard job, but I care about my elderly neighbors and they're isolated and ashamed and alone and need help.
How can I get help near me that is descreat
In a perfect world every cleaning company would be discreet. When you call for a quote ask about their confidentiality policy. Lots of companies have unmarked vehicles for this very reason. But every company operates a bit differently.
Not everyone is your customer. Nothing wrong saying no, can't help you. Stand your ground. People are dirty and cheap. Over price the bid. Quality over quantity.
Thanks so much for leaving a comment. 👍
Very good and sound advice.
I have a question Angela,
Does a cleaning service get breaks for eating or smoking on the job on my time if they are at my home for a day?
Just curious. Do you mean a whole 8 hr or even longer day?
why is a there no reply to questions ?
On your time or at your cost?
Hourly.
Thank you for sharing your input and thanks for watching. 🙂