Been turned down on a price i quoted.

« **on:** June 30, 2012, 04:46:11 pm »

Quoted for a job and the customer got back to me today and told me " We'll be going with another company as they are only £5 for all windows and frames "

What would you charge for the two top bay windows and one bottom bay window

« **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2012, 04:49:17 pm »

£14 pm house that mate

He"ll be one of the summer brigade

« **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2012, 04:55:39 pm »

Colin £14 just for those 3 windows?

?? or do you mean whole house???

Paul

« **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:07:09 pm »

Ha ha whole house if if don't have a conny

Loads round hear exactly the same housed

« **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:12:21 pm »

£10 without a shadow

« **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:16:36 pm »

Would the first clean price be that too??

Paul

« **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:23:20 pm »

£12.00 at least .

IMO , I would try to get £15.00 i done one last week exactly the same £15.00
but im doing glass only next month for £10,00 that's just the front .

« **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:26:41 pm »

someone on here said, if you get every job you quote for then you are probably too cheep, good advice in my opinion, however, those three windows there i would not charge more than 6-7 pound for and would clean it in under 5 mins

« **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:33:46 pm »

« **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:35:40 pm »

£8 for 1st clean then £5 a month if its near other work wfp

« **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:40:30 pm »

It probably could be done for a fiver on maintenance cleans and be viable if you were already set up with WFP and doing neighbours' houses . Trouble is, you can never rely on that. I've underpriced before due to having lots of work in the same road. OK when everybody wants them cleaned. Not OK if they die/move away/otherwise cancel. Those three bays would qualify for my minimum charge of £12.

« **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:46:10 pm »

Sorry didn't read it properly

£8 front

« **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:47:54 pm »

Quote from: colin purewater on June 30, 2012, 05:46:10 pm

Sorry didn't read it properly

£8 front

+1

« **Reply #13 on:** June 30, 2012, 05:52:56 pm »

I'd tell them that I couldn't do it because I don't like windows anymore.

Dean.

« **Reply #14 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:04:10 pm »

I think the price would be different up and down the country here in notts would be about £8 whole house

« **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:23:17 pm »

It would be a 6 pound job.

« **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:25:04 pm »

Near me is a rank of 40 like this (except the smaller window isn't faceted). I do 15 of them on a mix of monthly and two monthly fronts only if not home, rears as well if in.

I charge for fronts between £6.50 and £8.00 including front door depending on whether monthly or two monthly and if there is an extension window above the garage.

Another windie charges a fiver and as far as I can tell he has three of the rank and another windy charges a tenner and he has two.

This is on the basis that there are enough to make it doable in only three van moves.

« **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:42:02 pm »

Quote from: lozsing on June 30, 2012, 06:04:10 pm

I think the price would be different up and down the country here in notts would be about £8 whole house

We're is it you live mate 1994?

« **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:43:50 pm »

Just for fronts I charged a £5 er in the north east

« **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:46:29 pm »

.....I'd tell them £10 minimum, if a neighbour falls in for their whole house I'd put it down to eight, gives them an incentive to tell the neighbours.....

« **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:48:52 pm »

£6.00for the front

« **Reply #21 on:** June 30, 2012, 06:55:08 pm »

Quote from: aftab on June 30, 2012, 06:23:17 pm

It would be a 6 pound job.

Around here you'd be looking at about the same be difficult to push it higher.
G.

« **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:09:44 pm »

£10 if local. £15 if it's away from regular work

« **Reply #23 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:27:12 pm »

pole does'nt come out of the van for less than £10

« **Reply #24 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:55:25 pm »

Quote from: Roy Cauldery on June 30, 2012, 05:47:54 pm

Quote from: colin purewater on June 30, 2012, 05:46:10 pm
Sorry didn't read it properly

£8 front

+1

+2 in Altrincham, north cheshire.

« **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:57:23 pm »

£8 front

« **Reply #26 on:** June 30, 2012, 08:47:34 pm »

Quote from: Pete10 on June 30, 2012, 06:46:29 pm

.....I'd tell them £10 minimum, if a neighbour falls in for their whole house I'd put it down to eight, gives them an incentive to tell the neighbours.....

+1 except the bit about dropping the price in the event of a cartel

« **Reply #27 on:** June 30, 2012, 09:45:58 pm »

£6 quid every 4 weeks WFP and Id do glass on the door 5-10min job, id maybe go 7quid if it was out my way.

« **Reply #28 on:** June 30, 2012, 10:03:02 pm »

....

thanks eandm ~ not sure what you mean by cartel mate?.

When it would normally be below the £10 (if this wasnt my minimum) i explain its the setup that is the fixed cost regardless of number of windows cleaned, therefore if more houses get cleaned for the same setup i can drop them below the minimum.....gets them drawing the neighbours in...you dig? its worked for me on serveral ocasions...but each to theri own...leave the cartels to OPEC and British banks....(oil price/LIBOR)

« **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:01:51 pm »

I'd charge £10 for the front only (our minimum charge) or £15 all round. To be honest I've only ever had all round jobs, not sure if it's the maths that gets them or my charm lol

« **Reply #30 on:** July 01, 2012, 05:25:11 pm »

id charge £8.00 (South East)

« **Reply #31 on:** July 01, 2012, 06:20:56 pm »

id charge £8 surrey etc.

£12 first but £10 also fair.

i once asked a customer who canceled cos it was expensive would you stick if we charged you £5 per side i wasnt going to do it was just wondering
which would be the price up north he said no he dont want the outlay

i just think down here some people dont give a crap.

« **Reply #32 on:** July 03, 2012, 08:55:06 am »

My prices start at £12 so if just front 12. 15 for whole house

« **Reply #33 on:** July 03, 2012, 09:13:35 am »

I would want to know who the last window cleaner was and have a chat with him you will probably find out it was hard to get the paid off them