Richard iSparkle

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raising commercial prices
« on: January 11, 2018, 03:03:23 pm »
Hi,

im looking for some advice off people who've have some experience of commercial work

I dont have much commercial and have never raised the prices on them.

what % is it typical to put them up by?  some are 5 years old and some (not all) are underpriced

thanks
Richard
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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2018, 05:00:20 pm »
I would say it depends on the type of commercial job is it a shop front or a large office block: nursing home , etc shops would be put up like domestic properties : large commercial jobs I would negotiate with the manager to come to an acceptable price for you both , you don’t want to loose a Grand a day job for an extra fifty quid , also if doing a number of commercial jobs for the same company maybe you can make very good money on some and ok money on others , it’s all swings and roundabouts: it’s what you want to earn at the end of the day if you are happy with it then it’s fine

Richard iSparkle

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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2018, 07:10:26 pm »
thanks.

i was wondering what a typical percentage increase might be per 2 years or so.

i was thinking maybe 5-10 percent
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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2018, 07:31:41 pm »
One of mine commented last year that they expect the price to increase 2-3% or inline with inflation.
I think 10% could be seen as a bit much.

dazmond

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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2018, 07:42:48 pm »
ive not put my commercial jobs up for years but i overpriced them in the first place.also i can clean them in half the time these days.....but i should bite the bullet really and put them up.

i dont have a problem putting up domestics though...
price higher/work harder!

bobplum

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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2018, 07:48:23 pm »
Hi,

im looking for some advice off people who've have some experience of commercial work

I dont have much commercial and have never raised the prices on them.

what % is it typical to put them up by?  some are 5 years old and some (not all) are underpriced

thanks
Richard
you need to sell them to some local :):)

Richard iSparkle

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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2018, 10:16:32 pm »
One of mine commented last year that they expect the price to increase 2-3% or inline with inflation.
I think 10% could be seen as a bit much.

probably right. not been done for years though so i'll go with 6% and see what happens... its still peanuts
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Richard iSparkle

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Re: raising commercial prices
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2018, 10:17:01 pm »
Hi,

im looking for some advice off people who've have some experience of commercial work

I dont have much commercial and have never raised the prices on them.

what % is it typical to put them up by?  some are 5 years old and some (not all) are underpriced

thanks
Richard
you need to sell them to some local :):)

if i knew someone local who was decent i probably would bob ;)
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