Running a smarter cleaning business

Straight talk on quoting, pricing and getting paid — from a family that's been in the industry 20+ years.

19 July 2026 · Opinion

Stop doing free site visits

Every quote inspection costs you $50–120 in lost capacity, and most of them don't convert. Here's the maths, and what the businesses that stopped are doing instead.

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The oven problem: getting paid when the job is dirtier than promised

"Lightly used," they said. The doorstep stand-off is optional — a written variation process turns extra work into extra revenue without the argument.

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