? Hourly rate to clean (by Mick [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 12:59 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Moshe [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 1:11 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by WMH [NC]) Oct 15, 2018 1:17 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by S i d [MO]) Oct 15, 2018 1:27 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Sisco [MO]) Oct 15, 2018 1:36 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Deanna [TX]) Oct 15, 2018 2:28 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Judi [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 2:30 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by fred [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 2:33 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Moshe [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 3:48 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Robert J [CA]) Oct 15, 2018 5:35 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Oct 15, 2018 10:01 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Livethedream [AZ]) Oct 15, 2018 10:43 PM
? Hourly rate to clean (by cjl [NY]) Oct 16, 2018 6:56 AM
? Hourly rate to clean (by Mick [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 12:59 PM Message:
State Specific Question About: CALIFORNIA (CA)
What is a reasonable hourly rate to charge a tenant for cleaning? I spent 16 hours cleaning apartment because the tenant left an extraordinary amount of food grease on the stove and ceiling. Minimum wage in CA is $11. --166.170.xx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Moshe [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 1:11 PM Message:
You will have a very hard time charging for 16 hours of labor for cleaning grease from a stove and ceiling.
--47.139.xx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 1:17 PM Message:
Cleaners around here charge about $25 per hour. --50.82.xxx.xx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 1:27 PM Message:
If you don't go to court, you can charge anything you want.
If you do go to court, it depends on what your judge says. Some judges won't let you charge anything for your time. Others would want to have a quote from a full-time contractor and reduce that 20-30% since you don't have self-employment taxes or overhead.
Minimum wage is probably okay, unless your judges don't allow any charges and you think the tenant will take you to court over it.
Now, here's my question to you: why would you work for minimum wage? --173.20.xxx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Sisco [MO]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 1:36 PM Message:
I would attempt to get a local market price from a large janitorial/cleaning service (service master)......minimum wage has no bearing on this price as supervision, supplies, and expertise are all involved.
--72.172.xxx.xx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 2:28 PM Message:
Prices in my area range from $10-$20/hr/person, to a $50 flat fee (plus $50 for appliances).
One question would be whether or not the local courts allow you to charge for your own time. So if I hire Ms. X and Ms. Y to clean for 8 hours each, for a total of 16 hours, at a rate of $20/hr each, I can ding the SD $320. But if I clean for 16 hours by myself, and try to charge anything for my time, there are some courts that won't recognize that as a valid SD ding. Which is academic-- until it gets challenged.
So if you're going to ding the SD on your own behalf, ding it in a way that's less likely to be contested. --96.46.xxx.xx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Judi [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 2:30 PM Message:
Call around to some commercial housekeeping services and average them. That said, $30-$40 an hour is average in my area of Central CA. --71.94.xx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by fred [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 2:33 PM Message:
If you get a cleaning crew in, it would be 100% allowed by the judge, so why are laboring cleaning?
Frankly, I don't think 16 hrs of cleaning for a single worker is too much time, considering the filthy condition of the apt when the dirty tenants moved out.
Dirty tenant ought to know that nobody will do their cleaning for free.
Take good pics of before and after. --99.59.x.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Moshe [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 3:48 PM Message:
CA seems to be a little better organized than you are accustomed to, Sid. The judges get together and discuss how to solve problems, so that litigants and attorneys can predict what will happen in court.
Labor by landlord or his employee is chargeable at a "reasonable" rate. To deduct from SD, landlord must include in his statement hours spent and hourly rate, so that judge can decide if it is reasonable, in addition to proof that it was necessary.
There is nothing to forbid charge to clean grease from stove or ceiling, but it is evaluated in terms of hours spent and hourly labor rate being "reasonable".
--47.139.xx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 5:35 PM Message:
I had tenants, two actresses, who rented a 2 bedroom for 4 years. I did a pre-move-out inspection and gave them a list of costs. One thing that my tenants wouldn't clean is the mini-blinds or base boards. Knowing that in court they Judge will not allow an owner to charge for their time in California, I had one of my employee's do it. It took him 5 hours to wash, dry and rehang the blinds and then clean the baseboards. I charged my tenants my cost for the employee, $18 per hour. That did not include my withholding taxes and insurance costs.
The tenants did not accept their deposit refund and took me to small claims court. The Judge wanted to exclude the cleaning fees but when I proved it was done by my employee and i told the tenants in writing I was going to charge these cleaning fee's... So I won....the tenants had to cash the check I gave them. --47.156.xx.xx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 10:01 PM Message:
Mick,
What does your lease say? EVERY proper lease should cover something as basic as exit cleaning.
My lease is clear: $50 per hour.
Get a quote from Molly Maids to back up your fee. Then show that your fee came in slightly lower.
Not all deposit settlements get to court. Sometimes people just agree then pay the bill.
BRAD --68.50.xxx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by Livethedream [AZ]) Posted on: Oct 15, 2018 10:43 PM Message:
I would say $40-60 / hr is reasonable.
I pay $11 now for casual labor, cleaning. --47.216.xx.xxx |
? Hourly rate to clean (by cjl [NY]) Posted on: Oct 16, 2018 6:56 AM Message:
I'm sure that some areas and states, etc (judges) have their own rules but I'm with Brad20k - my lease is clear as well. I charge $100 for ANYTHING (plus dumping/hauling fees as applicable) for the FIRST HOUR. Anything past the first hour is charged at $45 per hour (rounded to the NEXT full hour).
They sign it. During lease signing/review I go over this and explain to them "if we have to lift a FINGER to do anything - it's a MINIMUM of $100 - so make sure you leave nothing here and everything is cleaned/picked up, etc".
When they get their settlement statement - with pictures of how they left it and how it looks now - they just cash the check. They know.
16 hours seems a bit much though - of course, I didn't see it but at that point - for me, anyway - that would equate to about $775 just for a stove cleanup and ceiling (my rates). I most likely would have just replaced the stove and degreased the ceiling (or replaced, whichever is easiest/ depending on the type of ceiling) and painted, etc. --69.201.xx.xxx |
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