Periodics

Definition

The work quoted above the recurring monthly contract, such as stripping and waxing hard floors, carpet extraction, and window cleaning, billed per service rather than folded into the base rate.

Why It Matters

Periodics carry higher margins than the nightly route and are the honest test of whether a trailing year repeats: a seller who ran an unusual volume of floor work has inflated a number the buyer inherits without the contract to support it. Read them separately from the recurring base before crediting either.