Pricing by the room is popular with clients because it is easy to understand: they count their rooms, you apply your rate, and the total is clear before anyone lifts a mop. It also protects you, because a bigger house with more rooms fairly costs more than a small flat. This pricer turns room counts into a whole-job total.
Enter how many small, medium and large rooms the job has, and your rate for each size. The tool shows a subtotal for each size, the whole-job total, and the total room count. Adjust the rates until the total matches what the job is truly worth, then quote that number with the room breakdown beside it.
To use the tool, type each number into its box and press Calculate. The result appears below the button at once, and you can change any number and press Calculate again to test a new scenario. There is no account, no download and no payment, so you can try as many versions as you like before you quote a client. Start with your real numbers, not with round guesses, because the tool is only as honest as the inputs you give it.
How the maths works. It multiplies each room count by its own per-room rate to get three subtotals, one for small, medium and large rooms, and adding the three subtotals gives the whole-job total.
A worked example makes it concrete. With the starting numbers of small rooms (count) 2, rate per small room ($) 40, medium rooms (count) 3, rate per medium room ($) 60, large rooms (count) 1, rate per large room ($) 90, the tool returns these results: Small rooms subtotal $80.00; Medium rooms subtotal $180.00; Large rooms subtotal $90.00; Whole-job total $350.00; Total rooms 6. Try changing one input at a time from there, and watch which result moves the most, because that input is the one worth getting right in your real quotes.
Who this helps. This calculator is built for cleaners and home services that price jobs by the room instead of by the hour. If you price work by feel or by copying what others charge, this tool gives you a number grounded in your own costs and time, which is a much stronger place to negotiate from.
Setting your numbers well matters more than the tool itself. Use last month of real records where you can: actual hours, actual travel, actual parts costs. Round numbers feel tidy but hide the truth, so prefer the slightly messy real figure. When a number is uncertain, run the tool twice, once with the low guess and once with the high guess, and quote from the middle of that range.
Practical tips. Define room sizes in your quote, so a client and you agree on what counts as small, medium or large. Price large rooms higher because they take more time, more product and more effort than small ones. Add bathrooms and kitchens as their own rates when they need deeper cleaning than a bedroom. Use the per-room total for quotes and the hourly view for planning, since both views help in different ways. Revisit your per-room rates twice a year, because product prices and wages move even when rooms stay the same.
Common mistakes to avoid. Charging one flat rate per room and losing money on the biggest rooms in the house. Counting hallways and landings as free extras when they still take real cleaning time. Quoting from a room count the client guessed, instead of confirming the rooms before you price the job.
What this tool does not do. It gives an estimate from the numbers you enter, and it cannot know your local market, your skill level, or the exact scope of a job you have not described. Treat the result as a starting point for a quote, not as a promise of what a client will pay. This is general pricing help only, not professional financial advice, and for tax or legal questions you should speak to a qualified adviser.
Versión en español: Calculadora de Precio por Habitación