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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jdp on November 08, 2005, 03:43:03 pm

Title: Buying a round
Post by: jdp on November 08, 2005, 03:43:03 pm: Hi,

I hope someone can help me with pricing a small round that has been offered to me.

The guy selling is doing work on a part time basis, makes about £2 500 per year all domestic work.

What is a reasonable rate? e.g. £200 per month on the round means a reasonable offer would be what?

I know I could wait for him to retire - Christmas - and then simply canvass the area but that would not be fair.

The round is in Nottingham by the way and is already on my patch.

John
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: windows_chepstow on November 08, 2005, 04:29:32 pm: John,

£2500 per year is around £200 per month. The going rate usually varies around one to three times the monthly income.

So anything from £200 to £600 would sound about right.

What is the guy asking for it?
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: pjulk on November 08, 2005, 05:14:30 pm: For that little work i would save your money and go and get your own.
Could easily get that sort of work in a couple of days.

Paul
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: brett walker on November 08, 2005, 05:30:55 pm: Hi John

im from Nottingham, where abouts is the work?

I normally pay 2 or 3 cleans is it traditional or wfp?

regards

Brett
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: davidsabishop on November 08, 2005, 05:37:48 pm: look here

http://www.window-cleaning.biz/

you can see what rounds are going for. Remember asking price not the same as selling price
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: jdp on November 08, 2005, 07:21:16 pm: As always impressed with the quality and quantity of advice.

Tosh- the guy is asking for 2k I agree with you and wil be breaking the news to him later.

Paul - thank you for the comments.

Brett - Not Nottingham City but in the county, traditional, as am I but going WFP next week.

And finally - Davidsabishop - great site. Looked at the numbers and can see that asking price is average of 29% X turnover, the lowest is / was 16% so putting "your" site and the comment made by Tosh together suggests that when all the shouting is done a price of about 25% X turnover might be about right.

John.
Title: Re: Buying a round
Post by: julianbiggs on November 09, 2005, 08:29:19 pm: Hi. Is this the same guy who approached me recently ? Has he got about 34 flats and a few houses he's trying to sell ?

Julian