How much do I charge?

Call around to some services similar to what you have in mind to perform that are in the yellow pages and just "shop" for the information you seek. That will provide you with a range of pricing as a benchmark. Since you are new, you can consider pricing your services similarly, or reduce them (based on your estimated costs of supplies and what you want to pay yourself to start) enough to give you a profit. As you build your customer base, you will gain references and further information as to your true costs of operating and adjust you pricing accordingly. Do not necessarily allow your age to cause you go on the low end. A similar service is usually priced on the value it brings and not on the age of the person who produces the value. Good luck.

You have to put together what your expenses will be to clean one home. How much you're going to spend on gasoline, water, soap, mileage in your car, the use of your equipment, and other cleaning materials that you will use plus your labor, and advertisement. Everything that will come out of your pocket has to be considered. Ask around for other cleaning business people how much they charge on how big a house that they will clean, how may bedrooms, and what other things the homeowner wanted to do??? Then study farther and estimate and calculate your materials and the way you will do it until you come out to a price that will give youu business worth doing. An INCOME!. Goodluck!

Look in the want ads or on the supermarket bulletin boards and see what rate people typically charge in your area for performing these services.