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North/South divide on prices
« on: January 11, 2009, 09:44:53 pm »
Over the last couple of weeks ive seen price differences on here  and spoken to windows cleaners up North who say they cant believe the prices we charge down south. I always say living expences are higher down south ie (house prices etc). Thought id see what you guys would charge on this random picture of a three bed semi on here for just the fronts using either wfp or Trad. Dont forget to say where your based


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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 09:45:48 pm »
i would charge £6.50 North london Hertfordshire borders
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NWH

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 09:48:26 pm »
So would i if it was a dolls house,you`ve gotta do better than that buddy lol. ;D

supernova77

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 09:49:38 pm »
£15 - Because that's my minimum price.

For the whole house it would probably be £20.

Andy

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 09:49:42 pm »
So would i if it was a dolls house,you`ve gotta do better than that buddy lol. ;D

Not sure what you trying to say
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mark dew

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2009, 09:50:35 pm »
That's only a 5 minute job. I have a min charge of £10.  

supernova77

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 09:54:49 pm »
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That's only a 5 minute job. I have a min charge of £10.

Thats not a 5 minute job!

By the time you've setup, cleaned the windows, packed away and collected it's proabably more like 20 minutes (if your doing it properly).

Andy

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 09:59:56 pm »
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That's only a 5 minute job. I have a min charge of £10.

Thats not a 5 minute job!

By the time you've setup, cleaned the windows, packed away and collected it's proabably more like 20 minutes (if your doing it properly).

Andy
You have to get there and then get to the next job so that`s another 20 mins,this is what i find with a lot of the price threads numptyody takes costs into account at all.

Stephen Dwyer

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 10:00:24 pm »
I would want to charge around £5.50 but my business partner ( who likes to charge more than me) may want to go to about £6 to £6.50.  I work in the Birmingham area.  

mark dew

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 10:06:23 pm »
Am i looking at the wrong pic? I counted 4 windows.
Time to get there, unknown.
Time to pull out hose and turn switch on. a minute.
I might take 20 minutes if it was a 1st clean. But i would prefer to have a higher flowrate and take 5.

birdymiller

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2009, 10:10:12 pm »
£4 - £5 for the front wfp in sheffield. Under 10 mins with my backpack.

Nathanael Jones

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2009, 10:11:05 pm »
If it was close to other work, I'd do it for €10 or €12. WFP in Ireland,..

NWH

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2009, 10:12:16 pm »
£4 - £5 for the front wfp in sheffield. Under 10 mins with my backpack.
You are working in old money arn`t you lol. ;D

tacky

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 10:13:25 pm »
£5 up in the valleys .

NWH

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 10:20:11 pm »
You lot must be joking i`m in the middle of LMAO,i told my Mrs some of these prices and she said she would have you do them every week and she would also treat the family every week,they say small things please small minds.I know where this 3 x the monthly earnings and all that bull come from now,i don`t have a shop i charge that little for.

AuRavelling79

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2009, 10:21:52 pm »
OK - we're talking 2 big bays, bedroom window, a porch, garage door glass too.

I would charge about a tenner - wfp - and take about 15 minutes to do a thorough job.

Edited to add - I live in Bristol and an unimproved 3 bed ex council semi is about 130k/170k depending upon whether you live on a sink estate or a "better" one. Two years ago that would have been 160K/200K!
It's a game of three halves!

NWH

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2009, 10:23:30 pm »
Malc where are you from,do you know how much it costs to live in the south of england.

poole bay

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2009, 10:25:01 pm »
£9 bournemouth

Kevin R

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2009, 10:26:42 pm »
£10 min charge

Exeter - Devon

NWH

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Re: North/South divide on prices
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2009, 10:27:56 pm »
Out of interest how much would that house cost to buy in your area.