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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 06:35:54 pm

Title: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 06:35:54 pm
Generally the lads who live in the south , seem to be able to charge higher prices than us in the north,

but does it balance out?

Are things generally more expensive in the south?...i know property .

How much is a litre of diesel for example.?.... its around £1.29-£1.32  up here

Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: prestigeclean on January 21, 2011, 06:45:45 pm
litre of diesel about the same , pint of guiness £3.70 ! regards alan
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Pole 2 Pole on January 21, 2011, 06:47:45 pm
Same south. But beer is cheaper down here tho. Food same. It's just the women that cost more down here. Chips n deep fried mars bars don't cut it with these posh lasses lol
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: tradclean on January 21, 2011, 06:49:48 pm
Same south. But beer is cheaper down here tho. Food same. It's just the women that cost more down here. Chips n deep fried mars bars don't cut it with these posh lasses lol
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Pole 2 Pole on January 21, 2011, 06:50:03 pm
I disagree. Totally. Beer is cheaper if you know where to go. Fuel is the same. I've never seen Guiness at £3.70.
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: the bfg on January 21, 2011, 07:12:03 pm
yes its more down here to have your windows cleaned but people up north have their windows cleaned more than in the south,     I know w/cs up north who clean every 2 weeks where as down here the best you can hope for is 4 weekly
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: dazmond on January 21, 2011, 08:08:21 pm
my brother lives in wimbledon and his rent is £1200 a month!! :o :ofood and meals out/cinema etc are a lot more expensive!he always buys lots of clothes when he come up to manchester as their so much cheaper here!!

my rent is only a fraction of his and he cant believe he can get a pint for £2-20  here!! ;) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: mci services on January 21, 2011, 08:35:36 pm
when I left scotland in 1989 and went to London I went from 35 quid a week to £300, even tradesmen were only on £4 an hour, when I went back to Scotland in 91 I was on £120 a week :'(
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 08:38:18 pm
so in 2 years wages in Scotland saw a dramatic increase.
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: mci services on January 21, 2011, 08:44:04 pm
so in 2 years wages in Scotland saw a dramatic increase.

no I went from being an apprentice to a labourer on an adults wage I was only 17 went I ventured south on my lonesome
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Pole 2 Pole on January 21, 2011, 08:46:52 pm
I can get a bloody good pint of ale in Wimbledon for £2.20 God bless Wetherspoons 
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: bobby p on January 21, 2011, 08:52:44 pm
iv friends at the very top of scotland,by john o groats and their windie charges the same or a tad more  than down here in the south east .     down in the south theres so many more windows to go round,youd have to be a real duffer to not get work
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 09:12:54 pm
Are you saying we have no houses up north ? ;D ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: mci services on January 21, 2011, 09:38:38 pm
Are you saying we have no houses up north ? ;D ;D

this is where I live

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=carronside+road+falkirk&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Carronside+St,+Falkirk,+Stirlingshire+FK2,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.018871,-3.792686&spn=0.012713,0.027595&z=15&layer=c&cbll=56.018901,-3.792793&panoid=0QrCiZm7Tz0vZOUrP7aksg&cbp=12,55.51,,1,-2
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 09:42:42 pm
About right for you that Stu  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Klean07 on January 21, 2011, 10:03:27 pm
I live here in the West Mids. But still have to clean windows for a living.

http://www.hagleyhall.com/the-hall
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: bobby p on January 21, 2011, 10:06:27 pm
Are you saying we have no houses up north ? ;D ;D
in the FAR  north ,the towns are truly 1 horse towns .   it must take ages  to get a decent round and i remember seeing the windies flyer posted up in the local chippie (this was in WICK,Caithness )
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Alan McTernan on January 21, 2011, 10:14:30 pm
I can get a bloody good pint of ale in Wimbledon for £2.20 God bless Wetherspoons 

Wetherspoons & good pint!!! Now theres a thought ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 10:16:54 pm
North of England , not some village no mans land lol....

Manchester , leeds , wakefield , barnsley , sheffield , castleford, selby york.....then further north... newcastle , sunderland  .. middlesborough....

and i could go on and on....big towns and cities.

i really  think some guys down in the south thinks its all villages and farms up north.
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: mci services on January 21, 2011, 10:18:43 pm
North of England , not some village no mans land lol....

Manchester , leeds , wakefield , barnsley , sheffield , castleford, selby york.....then further north... newcastle , sunderland  .. middlesborough....

and i could go on and on....big towns and cities.

i really  think some guys down in the south thinks its all villages and farms up north.

all they places are down south ;D
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Londoner on January 21, 2011, 10:23:41 pm
I can get a bloody good pint of ale in Wimbledon for £2.20 God bless Wetherspoons 

Yes indeed, ventured up to Liverpool this summer, no cheaper up there. Newcastle is cheaper for eating out but apart from housing  the north/south divide is a myth. Same shops same prices
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: Crystal-clear on January 21, 2011, 10:41:28 pm
yes its more down here to have your windows cleaned but people up north have their windows cleaned more than in the south,     I know w/cs up north who clean every 2 weeks where as down here the best you can hope for is 4 weekly

im struggling to establish an 8 weekly round.
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: geefree on January 21, 2011, 11:17:22 pm
monthly up here cocka
Title: Re: Better prices in the south of England ... or are they ???
Post by: john k on January 22, 2011, 07:14:44 am
loads of 2 weekly here lol my local sam smiths £1.73 a pint luverly ;D