vclean

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idea of price to charge for patio
« on: July 05, 2014, 11:11:43 am »
Hi guys

as still fairly new to this...what would an approx cost to clean this patio and the little walls around the side?


thanks for your advice

Matt Gibson

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2014, 12:36:02 pm »
If it was in Glasgow, £1700

Griffus

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 12:41:37 pm »
Fairly small and basic, only 2 t0 3 hours, including tidying up. Therefore charge at least half a day.

SteveAllan

Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2014, 05:33:10 pm »
£70 my way.

cleaning4usussex

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2014, 05:35:42 pm »
I would charge £150-£200 our way

Mike Halliday

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2014, 07:00:32 pm »
£300, not just saying that to be the highest price so far but it needs cleaning then treating with hypo, that's what I would charge
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Kevin Miller

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2014, 08:43:31 pm »
£70 my way.

Really???  That's very cheap

Neil Jones

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2014, 08:44:39 pm »
I would say £180-£190, 2-3 hrs max including hypo.

Neil Jones

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2014, 08:46:07 pm »
£70 must be a joke? After expenses you're left with not a very good hourly rate.

Rob@Blast off

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2014, 09:42:14 pm »
Around the £150-£200 mark for me.

SteveAllan

Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2014, 11:06:02 pm »
No joke  :( seems to be the norm, one of the reasons i'm oot.

drive surgeon

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2014, 12:13:07 am »
£200 inc walls.

drive surgeon

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2014, 12:14:34 am »
Any less than £150 and it's verging on going bust.

Kenny83

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2014, 12:19:06 am »
Not sure how you guys work but there is half an hours flat surface cleaning there plus tidying / edges, I would expect to have it done within 1 hour, inc hypo spray after. I would arrive, setup, do the job, pack away within around 1 hour and 20 mins, if it's local within 5 miles or so I would charge 75 quid, if it's a bit of distance then obviously that would be added onto the bill  ;D
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Kenny83

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2014, 12:26:24 am »
I would also easily achieve 4 or 5 of these per day, I wish they where all like this  ;D
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www.powerwashcleaning.co.uk

Mike Halliday

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2014, 08:23:44 am »
We did a job on Friday where the woman sarcastically mentioned that £100 an hour was a good rate( her job took an hour and the cost was £100)

What she failed to realise that to get her job we spent an hour putting out leaflets, I had driven to her home to give her a quote which took my 40minutes, we had taked another 40 minutes traveling that day (although we were doing another job around the corner )

The amount of time a job takes is not just the amount of time you are cleaning.
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Blast Away

Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2014, 09:13:09 am »
Hour of a job. about 100-130 with hypo.

Kenny83

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2014, 09:18:04 am »
Yes thats true, most my little patio jobs like that now are priced up via images, I gauge an idea of whether it's worth going over pricing for over the phone, if it's too far or sounds small, then I won't even go and price it, they have to send me a picture via text / email / etc. I personally live in quite a populated area and would never even think of travelling more than 15 mins to price the job unless I was passing or it sounded like a nice pricey job :) i honestly don't have time to go doing unpaid driving trips pricing jobs up, I also tell this to my customers who  seem to appreciate this, they must think 'he's busy, he must be good! haha, and then they send me a picture, I have it on my website as eco friendly pricing :)
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Kenny83

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Re: idea of price to charge for patio
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2014, 09:19:58 am »
Hour of a job. about 100-130 with hypo.

I think us northwest lads just get stuck in and get the job done  ;D
Pressure Washing -
www.powerwashcleaning.co.uk