If you know how to push a broom and use a vacuum cleaner, you can probably open a home business offering janitorial services to small businesses. While many have their own in-house cleaning crews, many utilize the services of small local businesses to keep their trash cans empty and floors clean. Starting out small and doing a good job, can often lead to new cleaning contracts and a future business.
Whether cleaning needs to be done daily, weekly or somewhere in between, having everything that is to be done and its frequency in writing will protect both you and the client. You will have to note any products you use that may cause allergic reactions in the regular business staff and avoid their use in that office.
There are many franchise opportunities available for office and home cleaning services and many people are willing to pay to have a service enter their home and clean once or twice a week and especially before special occasions. Most folks want a clean house for the holidays but just do not have, or are not willing to take the needed time to clean the house properly. Having a home or office cleaning business can pay off big all year around and even bigger during the holidays.
You do not have to limit the cleaning services you offer to only the inside of the home or office. Many homeowners would be happy to turn the responsibility of cleaning the sidewalks and yard to a professional cleaning company. Buying into a franchise that offers all around services will provide more opportunities to pick up more clients. The more homes and offices you have to clean, the more money you can make.
Finding a special niche in the cleaning business is tough, but with the push for using less chemicals can open a door for an all natural cleaning company. There are natural products available for every phase of professional cleaning and advertising that your company use only natural and biodegradable products may help bring in some environmentally friendly customers.
It would be advisable to use only one type of cleaning products, accidentally using chemically-enhanced products on a job that specifies natural products only, will probably cost not only that contact but some of your reputation as well.
If you can develop a different type of specialized service, such as cleaning and caring for all wood floors, you can become the one business that people calls when they need your specialized services. When working with cleaning homes and offices, it is best not to promise to do something you an unfamiliar with doing. Wood floors, for example require special handling and cleaning and if you use the wrong ones it could actually damage the flooring.
Together we shall win,
Adesegun Akitoye
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