[barry80]

Hi guys I got a phone call to estimate this job, Its got same windows at back of house and both ends of house
about 30 odd windows in total I told custie very dirty this time £30! then £20 per month.
do you guys think this is to expensive? (how much would you clean this property for) PER MONTH
house not for sale,  this custie is new owner of property........ thanks baz.

[SeanK]

Are you sure you are getting it monthly and its not somebody looking them cleaned before moving ?
Wont comment on the price as I don't know your area.

[Smudger]

1 off clean for that would be nearer the £75 mark.

Houses this size tend to opt for 8 wky than 4 (monthly) but should you get a monthly clean, again I think your light on the price.

As Sean said, are you sure it's going regular? I'd charge the above for a first clean then offer my monthly price with a 'loyalty' half price sixth clean

Darran

[richard groves]

£75 ! crikey 
fair play if you can.
Personally I'd quote £40 one off and £25 reg.
If the back is anything like the front then I cannot see it taking any longer than 30 mins.

[Mick Kent]

id charge around the same £20 a month. id charge £30-£40 as a 1 off.
Seems a fair price. 10 of those a day would be a nice little number.
Where £75 comes from i do not know as noone would pay that unless in realy posh areas but it looks like a simple 4 bed house to me! i dont see why they would want it 8 weekly unless you pushed or offered 8 weekly as an option! Just go in at £20 a month and your £30 for first clean. Id be more than happy with that each month..

[paul ette]

30 MINS JOB , THINK AROUND 25 TO 30 GOOD PRICE, BUT IF YOU CAN GET 75 FAIR PLAY

[C o z y]

House not for sale eh? Custy just collects For Sale boards as a hobby does he? Is that the left half of the house we can see, so it's twice the size as the pic? Ask him if he wants to have some more For Sale boards, I can sort him out a few, for a decent bung.

[martin hulstone]

I window clean in an affluent area and i couldnt look them in the eye if i said 75 quid. Come on. its a thirty minute job tops, plus maybe a bit of travelling if not in your area.

[Jonny 87]

When you say 30 odd windows are you counting individual panes?

I can only see about 8 windows on the front.

[Smudger]

I read it as 30 windows BOTH ENDS are the same front and back - so your looking at a quarter of the house.

Darran

[SB Cleaning]

25 6 wks
35 12wk

[8weekly]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

[Mick Kent]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

[colin bird]

£20 six weekly for me

[8weekly]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

The thing is I ain't bothered as I don't want one offs. But I do quite often get them at that price. I did one two weeks ago that was smaller than the one shown for £120 in and out.

[Window Lickers]

One off £55.00. We'd TFR the upstairs sills for that as well to ensure they weren't green as well as the undersides of upstairs sills.

40 minute job, from start to finish.

Regular 8 weekly would be £45.00 - 25 mins tops.

[Tom-01]

£70 one off - tack it on the end of a day or an early start first job
£35 4 weekly
£45 8 weekly

[Tom-01]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

[richard groves]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too

[H20cleaning]

The pricing on here never fails to amuse me

[SeanK]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too

£180 wouldn't buy you a cup of coffee in London. 

[richard groves]

[/quote]
If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too
[/quote]

£180 wouldn't buy you a cup of coffee in London. 
[/quote]

Just as well then that i take a flask to work with me,
It is made of high modulous carbon fiber though 

[LT carpet cleaning]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

Yawn.

[Sean Dyer]

That escalated quickly  

It started off as a nice serious thread on pricing and now its just got silly ....

[Smudger]

As always, time to say I'm out


Darran

[8weekly]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too

If you were flat out with work you wouldn't and often one offs are more trouble than they are worth.

For example I turned down one yesterday that was a very large house that has secondary glazing that was removable and they wanted both sides cleaning. That is a pain in the arris of a job and wild horses wouldn't drag me.

I will normally quote high over the phone for EOT jobs though as they are usually profitable, but one off "country piles" I won't touch.

[Tom-01]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too

If you were flat out with work you wouldn't and often one offs are more trouble than they are worth.

For example I turned down one yesterday that was a very large house that has secondary glazing that was removable and they wanted both sides cleaning. That is a pain in the arris of a job and wild horses wouldn't drag me.

I will normally quote high over the phone for EOT jobs though as they are usually profitable, but one off "country piles" I won't touch.

Exactly 8weekly. That was my point, sometimes at the end of the day for a quick profitable job it's worth doing. That big one I mentioned I knew would be a pain in the backside and could earn more in regular work.

Not sure what Hummer is yawning about.

[CleanClear]

I think people miss the point with pricing one offs. If you only charge £10 more for a one off on that, why would the customer opt for anything else? "That's £20 every two months or I can just clean them when they are minging for £30 - once a year if you like". Er....

If all your customers just called when they needed cleaning you would have no businesses. The one off price needs to reflect that.

£65 one off.
£30 8 weekly.

Assumes house ends below the end dormer and the additional brickwork visible is next door.

That would be all well and good in an ideal world if there was a shortage of window cleaners!
Sadly we are 10 to the penny so if 1 cleaner wont do it another 1 will.
£65 for a 1 off clean on that house with just over 12 windows at a guess???good luck.

I know a window cleaner who takes pretty much anything at really low prices and he's forever running about all over the place and can't understand why he can't make much profit. I even passed on a £180 one off job to him because I knew it would be hassle and I couldn't fit it in for 3 weeks - he was there THE NEXT DAY - I know what position I'd rather be in.

If someone was to offer me a one off job at £180 I'd be there the next day too

Me too !!

[Window Lickers]

Don't understand the wish to argue over whether it's appropriate or not to be at a job the next day or not. Depends on the circumstances - maybe the customer needs the job doing quickly - maybe the cleaner has a spare slot - maybe the customer doesn't need it doing quickly but that's the only spare slot they have. And maybe the cleaner wanted a change of scenery, I like new jobs, they break the boredom.

Too many assumptions made on here and second guessing.

[Tom-01]

Don't understand the wish to argue over whether it's appropriate or not to be at a job the next day or not. Depends on the circumstances - maybe the customer needs the job doing quickly - maybe the cleaner has a spare slot - maybe the customer doesn't need it doing quickly but that's the only spare slot they have. And maybe the cleaner wanted a change of scenery, I like new jobs, they break the boredom.

Too many assumptions made on here and second guessing.

Yeah good point I hadn't thought of it like that.

[dazmond]

Don't understand the wish to argue over whether it's appropriate or not to be at a job the next day or not. Depends on the circumstances - maybe the customer needs the job doing quickly - maybe the cleaner has a spare slot - maybe the customer doesn't need it doing quickly but that's the only spare slot they have. And maybe the cleaner wanted a change of scenery, I like new jobs, they break the boredom.

Too many assumptions made on here and second guessing.

the most sensible post you ve put on here for a while matt!

[Window Lickers]

 

[Tom-01]

Don't understand the wish to argue over whether it's appropriate or not to be at a job the next day or not. Depends on the circumstances - maybe the customer needs the job doing quickly - maybe the cleaner has a spare slot - maybe the customer doesn't need it doing quickly but that's the only spare slot they have. And maybe the cleaner wanted a change of scenery, I like new jobs, they break the boredom.

Too many assumptions made on here and second guessing.

the most sensible post you ve put on here for a while matt!

Do you mean since he registered..? 

[barry80]

hi guys, this job is not a one off , she is the new owner of this property.
I put a quote on paper stating first clean £30 then every 8 weeks £20 ......Job should take me about 30 mins
so I am happy.
she rang me last night and said this was ok and for me to start asap .....Thanks guys....barry