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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 08:43:31 pm

Title: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 08:43:31 pm
okay i know this is gonna turn into a heated topic but im just interested basicly in who charges more for 1st floor and even more for 2nd floor windows?
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: Steve Sed on August 10, 2012, 08:48:34 pm
I just charge according to time and type rather than a formula for different windows.
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 08:55:44 pm
thanks steve
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: Londoner on August 10, 2012, 09:01:56 pm
Think of a number

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look at customer

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will they go for it?
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: sunshine windows on August 10, 2012, 09:16:55 pm
Good advice Vince. Know your customer!

Some will swallow an inflated price for a first clean even if they don't look dirty in the first place, others will refuse to pay extra, even if there are trees growing out of the windows.

If I think they're going to be a long term, reliable customer I don't charge any more, unless the frames are in a bed condition.
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 09:18:39 pm
Think of a number

       \/

look at customer

        \/

will they go for it?

hahaaa  ;D i used to do that method pricing per time involved but for about the last 6 months ive been getting into the whole per unit method of pricing and im actually enjoying it this way, also i think it look more profesional  when i go round the property writing stuff down  8) and when the figure comes to say £13 they tend to argue less becuase it looks like a fixed price not guess work! thank mate  ;)
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 10, 2012, 09:25:34 pm
i have set rates for types of houses.

if its an unusual one then its a guesstimate
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Post by: sunshine windows on August 10, 2012, 09:32:48 pm
All very well having set prices if there are no extended properties in the area, but this is very rare in Swindon. I could do 5 houses in one street, all with different style windows and different porches and it seems to be the capital of conservatories here with it think 1 in 4 properties having one. All of these vary in size too.
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 09:33:31 pm
i have set rates for types of houses.

if its an unusual one then its a guesstimate

so you dont price per unit? so if a 3 bed semi has say, 8 windows/doors and next doors has 10, is it the same price? thanks
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 09:34:18 pm
All very well having set prices if there are no extended properties in the area, but this is very rare in Swindon. I could do 5 houses in one street, all with different style windows and different porches and it seems to be the capital of conservatories here with it think 1 in 4 properties having one. All of these vary in size too.
agreed, same here to mate!
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on August 10, 2012, 09:49:09 pm
So, anyway, who charges more for a 1st floor window than a ground floor window? and who charges more for a 2nd floor window again?
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: andrew hamshare on August 11, 2012, 01:24:39 am
a simple pound a window works fine.
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Post by: Blue Frog Systems on August 11, 2012, 06:41:13 am
if say a 4 bed detatched has an extension then its not standard so will be priced extra for the extension.

a 3 bed semi only changes price if it has those massive bay windows. if its 8 or 10 windows its the same price as those extra 2 windows take no time to clean.

my theory is partly on the house and partly on how long it takes me to clean
Title: Re: pricing
Post by: Banbury Window Cleaning on August 11, 2012, 06:55:23 am
We have set prices and if there is anything extra like cons etc or difficult windows we charge a little more!!  :D