Start a Home Cleaning Service for less than $10!
The home cleaning service is truly one of the most lucrative
home based businesses which could garner a huge amount of
profits as well as peace of mind for you. People favor the home
cleaning as a business because it gives you time flexibility as
well as the pleasuring of being your own boss. Most Americans
have woken up to the reality that their busy life would not give
any time to domestic services. As a result their homes are left
unattended and not exactly neat and tidy as they want them to
be. This gives rise to the home cleaning business, where the
home cleaning services could be outsourced to people like you.
Investment:
Less than $100.00 up to more than
$10,000. It all depends on the type of cleaning you are going to
do. Carpet cleaning and sofa and wall cleaning will require
expensive equipment that you will need to rent or purchase. On
the other hand, general house cleaning can be started using the
cleaning supplies you probably already own for cleaning your own
home.
Financing sources:
- A start up business loan from the bank.
- A start up business loan from government sponsored
organization or a business organization. Non profit
organizations support the young and dynamics for loans upto
$15000.
- Government sponsored business investment programs:
Self-Employment Programs started by governments are a great and
safest way to start your business.
- Investors: Angel investors(potential gap fillers between
what you have and how much you need) and venture capitalists are
other sources).
Pricing guidelines for service:
$50.00 to $175.00 and
up per home or apartment. Depends on the area space, storeys,
baths,attached rooms, and condition of the home.
Advertising and Marketing Methods and Tips:
- Regional ads in the newspaper
- Direct mailing
- Brochures to complex
- Inserts in local newspapers
- Online ads
- Community bulletin boards
- Ad in the
telephone directory
Essential Equipment:
Sponges, buckets, spray bottles,
vaccum cleaner, towels, SOS pads, cleaning supplies, mops,
disposable rubber gloves, toilet brush, squeegee, old clothes
etc. Income potential:
$90,000.00 a year and more. It
all depends on how you delegate the work and have people working
for you. If you clean three homes and charge $120 for one, that
means $360 per day and $7,740 per month working 5 days a week
(average figure).
Target market:
Anybody who spends more than 40 hours
away from home would not have the time on his hands to maintain
the home like the way he wanted to. With women also working away
from home being the norm, home cleaning services are more in
demand than ever before. Single parents, working couples,
professionals and elderly who are not up to doing the cleaning
themselves are prime prospects.
Success tips:
Confidence, have a general aptitute and
attitude towards cleaning, and a sincere desire to be sensitive
to people.
Training, skills or experience:
You can start this
business as a supplement to your existing job or profession. No
experience required, just an aptitude to make it big and help
people maintain their homes clean and chic.
Books or Trade publications:
- How to Start a Home-Based
Housecleaning Business
- Start and Run a Home Cleaning Business
- Commerical & Residential Cleaning Services: A
Resource Guide To Developing And Maintaining Your Own Janitorial
Or Home Cleaning Business
These are very thorough books on starting a home cleaning
business and running it effectively.