supernova77

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2006, 10:39:56 pm »
£20

Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2006, 10:45:18 pm »
£20

But could you charge prices like - in the same area - if other windows cleaners were doing a top job for a tenner?

I've had the experience of pricing 'well'; doing a top job; keeping the account for a few months; then inexplicably losing it; no doubt to cheaper window cleaners.

Scrimble

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2006, 10:45:47 pm »
thanks for your replys people,

I am going to purchase a WFP system eventually possibly next year when i have a large established customer base.

So far no one has said cheaper than me so i think i would now charge around £12-£14.


Malcal

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2006, 11:00:31 pm »
Please see ebay item 120026607075 for the kind of prices achievable "up north"
Good evening everyone,

On a monthly clean  i would charge £22 and for a 6 weekly clean it would be £26.

Obviously i am down south. However, you guys up north should really start increasing your prices. I know what you are thinking! The customer wont pay. But they would, if your service was good and reliable and also if all the window cleaners in the area put their prices up, the customer wont have a choice.

Many Thanks

Andrew

Ps Hows tricks Shawn?

Scrimble

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2006, 11:23:19 pm »
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PRICE OF CLEANING RANGES FROM £2.00, £2.50 AND £3.00.

FOR 4 DAYS A FORTNIGHT IT TAKES £274.

THATS £548 FOR ONLY 8 DAYS A MONTH.

thats a joke, minimum prices for me are £5.50 for bungelow £6 for a house a £7.50 for a house and conservatory.

Sir Squeaky

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2006, 11:44:35 pm »
Round my way you wouldn't get it at more than £9-10.
Still, I'd do that in about 12-15 minutes, so I'd be happy enough.

The houses cost enough around here, but they're all tight because they've spent so much on their house!

dave0123

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2006, 12:15:09 am »
id charge around 10-13 as plain glass. its the bay windows that slow u down  abit working trad.
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Ian_Giles

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2006, 06:17:10 am »
Get on Roger!
You won't do that house in under 15 minutes, allowing 2 moves of the ladder for the upstairs bay windows that is 18 windows, I know you would probably walkl along the roof to get at those two at the front, but those tiles can be very tricky to walk along, and would slow you down a little.
Only two panes per window I know, so quick and easy to clean trad, but even so.....18 windows in 15 minutes or under??
Don't think so.

I'd be more expensive than both Tosh and Squeaks, £12 to £15 for me, though £15  would be the top end and it would have to be in the right area.
At £12 I'd expect to get and keep this house wherever it was in town.

Mind you...if it was rural then it would be £15 to £20.

Most will do this place in 25 minutes or so, however you approach it, that sloping roof will add a couple of minutes to your time.

20 minutes will be easily acheivable though.

Ian
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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2006, 06:29:28 am »
£15/£20 would be what I charge.
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ronaldo

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2006, 08:30:29 am »
£5.00   ;)
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david68

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #31 on: September 04, 2006, 09:20:37 am »
I would charge £12 in Birmingham

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #32 on: September 04, 2006, 11:08:57 am »
I think i am moving to surrey , down here in cornwall we would charge £15 if it was an individual and about £12 if I had a few on an estate

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #33 on: September 04, 2006, 11:14:31 am »
When i was trad , i could of done that bay in one ladder climb, in fact i would have done all the front off one ladder climb, when i was a lad a big team of window cleaners cleaned our estate, you should have seen how they bounced there ladders about while up them.

These days my feet are well and truly on the ground, A bit more sensible too

Rise N Shine

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #34 on: September 04, 2006, 04:06:03 pm »
Damn, I'm terrible at pricing up after reading some of the other cleaners prices in Surrey.
This is now a £20 house for me  ;D
Squeaky how could you possibly clean this house properly in 12 mins trad?

Sir Squeaky

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #35 on: September 04, 2006, 04:08:58 pm »
Squeaky how could you possibly clean this house properly in 12 mins trad?
Well, quarter of an hour anyway....

I've got an almost identical one on my round, and it takes me 15 mins at £10.
Good account I reckon.
Wish I had more like it.....

Rise N Shine

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #36 on: September 04, 2006, 04:26:18 pm »
Squeaky how could you possibly clean this house properly in 12 mins trad?
Well, quarter of an hour anyway....

I've got an almost identical one on my round, and it takes me 15 mins at £10.
Good account I reckon.
Wish I had more like it.....

Well good for you fella, I'd really like to see a video of you in action, cleaning windows that is!!!  ;D

S.C.S

Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #37 on: September 04, 2006, 04:27:07 pm »
i would charge about £10 to £12  :)

Pj

Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #38 on: September 04, 2006, 04:41:38 pm »
About the same average as all so far, but just to say with wfp the price wouldn't be any different for me if it had those leaded stuck on bits, just makes the price easier to justify. ;)

supernova77

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Re: How would you price this house? Trad
« Reply #39 on: September 04, 2006, 04:50:09 pm »
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I've got an almost identical one on my round, and it takes me 15 mins at £10.
Good account I reckon.
Wish I had more like it.....

15 mins... But thats rushing it. I prefer to take my time and do the job properly.

Its also less stressful not having to rush!

Andy