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Title: I thirst for commercial
Post by: P @ F on September 03, 2005, 07:31:10 pm: I want to get on the commercial ladder , but am not sure how to price , here is a pic , what i want is your thoughts and a break down of the pricing , as i dont want to be doing it for too little , as i first did with residential .
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 07:49:49 pm: £20 just got it chears mate ;D ;D
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Davindo Cleana on September 03, 2005, 07:54:31 pm: I am novice here too but to get the ball rolling - is it the same no of windows at the back and any on the sides? - and in/outs or just outs?
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: P @ F on September 03, 2005, 08:00:50 pm: Hi , all i basically want is a price for just what you can see , outside only .

Cheers Rich P @ F
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Davindo Cleana on September 03, 2005, 08:04:01 pm: 30 quid off a pole
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Post by: H h20 on September 03, 2005, 08:04:38 pm: I would say £25 easy,Gaz. ;)
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Post by: P @ F on September 03, 2005, 08:11:05 pm: so what you are saying is about £1.50 a window or there abouts ?

Rich P @ F
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Post by: daniel b on September 03, 2005, 08:13:59 pm: wouldn touch it for much less than £100
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Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 08:14:50 pm: £30 for 20 mins ???
remember there is only 1 pane in each window.

£100 dreaming ???
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Davindo Cleana on September 03, 2005, 08:20:44 pm: 30 quid for cleaning the frames which won't have ever been done properly and then the glass - it's a bargain :)
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: daniel b on September 03, 2005, 08:21:40 pm: got a few jobs like this charging 80 upwards had them for few years got them cause i had a pole system and the last wc didnt, doin them trad used to charge 80 so i just said i will do them and charge the same.
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: martin19842 on September 03, 2005, 08:33:46 pm: hi there,

you need to decide what you value your time and effort to be worth.

if you are looking to sign a monthly contract with your clients then you may decide to go in at a better price.

the question is how much do you want to, or need to earn?

this will then form a basis for your pricing.

you need to charge as much as you can to win the job,

regards

martin
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: davidsabishop on September 03, 2005, 09:11:00 pm: So its £30 or £80 ;D

If you are happy with your income from domesitc price it the same way.
Just add a bit for the height. Forget the pole just price the job. The fact you have invested in a pole is not the point. You will do the job faster and safer with the pole but the punter wants his windows cleaned. Price too high and someone else will undercut you.
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 09:14:50 pm: i do half a days work fo £80 . i would quote £20-£25 for that and have it done in less than 30 min . then that would be a good job even at 40 mins if you are slow
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: 24-7 S C Services on September 03, 2005, 09:33:28 pm: Hi Everyone,

P@F, I would charge £39 for the front of that building, not a panny more or less.

Andrew
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Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 09:35:58 pm: andrew

how would you work that out

dave
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Post by: rs_cleancare on September 03, 2005, 09:55:30 pm: I would hazard a guess at:

£2 a window for ground
£2.15 for 1st
£2.30 for 2nd
=£38.70 so call it 39 quid for good measure.
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: steve k on September 03, 2005, 10:04:05 pm: £30 - half an hour with wfp.
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Post by: jsm on September 03, 2005, 10:13:25 pm: Quote from: daniel blythen on September 03, 2005, 08:21:40 pm
got a few jobs like this charging 80 upwards had them for few years got them cause i had a pole system and the last wc didnt, doin them trad used to charge 80 so i just said i will do them and charge the same.

I'm going in at £79.00 just to beat you Dan ;D ;D ;D,
then I'll sub it out to you :P - speak soon mate
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 10:17:23 pm: i would go 70 p ground
£1.00 first £2.00second
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Post by: rs_cleancare on September 03, 2005, 10:41:06 pm: Dave, sounds very cheap.
I'm new to window cleaning but have been carpet cleaning for over a year now. I have found that if you price jobs cheep you will be working non stop. But if you have a higher price you work half the time for the same money. Hence gives you more time for your marketing to get thouse better payed jobs and also more beer time!
Rob
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: P @ F on September 03, 2005, 11:02:50 pm: So from those replies i take it that £30-£40 is where i should be looking .

Cheers chaps , at least now i have a clue

Rich P@F ;D
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Post by: poleman on September 03, 2005, 11:23:01 pm: I price up 2 ways? this way I know I get my price right, am I going to tell you this fool proof why? sorry with this a public forum and don't wont a local company to me finding out, if we had PM more than happy to tell, as at the moment out every day on office and business parks getting and pricing work.

Andy
PS could always send details by email, but where do you live? and no one else jumping on the bandwagon please ;D
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 03, 2005, 11:27:31 pm: david@dmorris20220.wanadoo.co.uk (http://david@dmorris20220.wanadoo.co.uk)
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: H h20 on September 03, 2005, 11:29:01 pm: Im in the que ;D
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Post by: poleman on September 03, 2005, 11:45:14 pm: Is your name Rick? me thinks not, hold on a mo he can send the details to you :-\ not sure now :-\ why does not this forum have PM could have just PM him and no one would have been the wiser :-\

Andy
Title: Re: I thirst for commercial
Post by: P @ F on September 04, 2005, 07:20:17 pm: Hi POLEMAN , this is Rich P @ F , Im from Plymouth .
My email is jibbers@blueyonder.co.uk

Cheers Rich P @ F