Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windiewasher on October 25, 2012, 09:22:36 pm
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had a call from a company today asking if i was interested in doing 2 local pets at home shops inside and outs one 6.50 one 12.holy christ.
Soon as i was told the price i said no thank you he said really why.lol
wouldnt do them for 50 inside and out each minimum.
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Tell him to try Groupon, plenty of mugs on there will do it for that price :P
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I had a similar call from M and S last year to clean their two flagship stores in our local shopping mall. It worked out to approx £17 each visit!! No chance I said!! There were over 70 car showroom type windows to be done in and out!!
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Tell him to try Groupon, plenty of mugs on there will do it for that price :P
I didnt though did i
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I had a similar call from M and S last year to clean their two flagship stores in our local shopping mall. It worked out to approx £17 each visit!! No chance I said!! There were over 70 car showroom type windows to be done in and out!!
Thats crazy.these people have to be mad saying they can do them for such little prices
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If they had cut the middle man out then maybe it would have been worth doing!
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Quite right m8
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really couldn't comment without seeing the glass to be cleaned, could be a couple of plates and a door, or thirty plates and lots of doors
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Both a good size.both have lots of things near the windows inside and out.
Wouldnt clean outside windows on a house for 6.50.
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A few months back, I was asked how much to clean weekly two medium sized shop windows and a both sides of the door of a newsagents. The previous window cleaner was charging the shop keeper but not doing the job so the shop keeper told the bloke to go forth and multiply.
As it was in between two other shops I clean and a straight forwards job, I said I'd do it for £5 a week which included going over the shop sign once a month with wfp.
The shop keeper did the usual sharp intake of breathe and shook his head and told me I was having a laugh as his now sacked window cleaner charged 50p where upon I took a sharp intake of breathe.
The shop keeper still hasn't got a window cleaner having asked others who work in the same street.
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Both a good size.both have lots of things near the windows inside and out.
Wouldnt clean outside windows on a house for 6.50.
I do £5 [4 bedroom detached] houses even do some shops £3.50 :o
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£5 for a 4 bed detached,never surely!
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He must be polish !
I charge more than that for a 2 bed flat ffs !
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I think I'm rippiing off 3 bed houses here in Kent for 2.50 a pop ,maybe I should up a pound .
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I used to clean the local Pets & Home inside and out for £15 every week. One of the best jobs I've had and only took 10-15 minutes. Used to empty and wash the front gutters twice a year at £40 which was easy enough. Always cleaned about 8am, staff pleasant, paid immediately and never any hassle. Did two years with it, never missed a clean and was the replaced by a national - fun while it lasted.
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A few months back, I was asked how much to clean weekly two medium sized shop windows and a both sides of the door of a newsagents. The previous window cleaner was charging the shop keeper but not doing the job so the shop keeper told the bloke to go forth and multiply.
As it was in between two other shops I clean and a straight forwards job, I said I'd do it for £5 a week which included going over the shop sign once a month with wfp.
The shop keeper did the usual sharp intake of breathe and shook his head and told me I was having a laugh as his now sacked window cleaner charged 50p where upon I took a sharp intake of breathe.
The shop keeper still hasn't got a window cleaner having asked others who work in the same street.
Tell where it is Ross coz I will go in at £1.00. Happy days ;D ;D
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I think I'm rippiing off 3 bed houses here in Kent for 2.50 a pop ,maybe I should up a pound .
Magic this is a wind up right?
G.
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I always get shot down for this, but many just have no idea of business practice, costs and prices.The principal of so many is " Any money is better than no money " This is always followed by money is not everything. The one I just love is " Its a lifestyle I choose" Or "RIP OFF".My answer to all this is why work then or even be in business in the first place go on the social or beg, no stress.
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Wouldnt do them for less than 30 quid each inside and out.
Id rather not work than work for pennys.i have a nice 5 story commercial job tommorow.till take 6 hours and earn 300 quid.bit better than doing 2 poxy jobs for 18.50 and probably spend 2 hours including travel to do.
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doc windows , who was the calling company ?
Rich
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Aldi in middlesbrough had a company cleaning them, and most in teesside region, i was talking to their caretaker who told his manager @ aldi store he used to clean windows. he now does all the stores around teesside he said he gets paid minimum wage for his time to do them and a £15 fuel allowance he said its given him xtra hours on his pay slip. DOH. What aldi paid their previous cleaner, he does them for £6.19., i told him he should have given a lower quote and cashed in. hes happy just getting xtra hours a week.
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pricing is a funny old game - many commercial jobs have middlemen who take a big % just for passing on the work
no one has to take on low price work but the reality is you still need an income and the pressure is there to work
for virtually nothing that the harsh reality of life - danger is getting stuck in low priced work and then not being
able to get better work beacause your busy earning nothing
we are getting loads of enquiries at the moment as a fellow w/c has had to go in for a hip replacement ( i believe he's in his sixty's ) but our prices are twice and even 3 times his basically he's doing 4 bed detached with extention and climbing
up a sloping roof ( approx 15 windows and doors ) for £8.00 but thats what feels he can charge or needs to earn on that
job personally i value my time and services much higher
Darran
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why on here do you get at the guys who do this type of work
do you really think we earn no money
do any of you ever look at why we do this type of work
do you think we run 2 / 3 vans and staff and make no money
so many off you put this type of work down
we that do this type off work dont put you down with your resy work
so if you dont want this type off work then all well and good
but why get at us that do
i do loads and live quite nicely
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why on here do you get at the guys who do this type of work
do you really think we earn no money
do any of you ever look at why we do this type of work
do you think we run 2 / 3 vans and staff and make no money
so many off you put this type of work down
we that do this type off work dont put you down with your resy work
so if you dont want this type off work then all well and good
but why get at us that do
i do loads and live quite nicely
Very well said. I set my own prices, and although they are lower than others in my locality, I do not undercut to get my work.
I am a one man band traddy, therefore my operating costs are low, and so I don't see the need to charge more than I do because I am content with what I have. In these days of austerity and hardship, I consider myself to be very fortunate when there are many thousands of people who are desperate to find work, even for minimum wage.
I also consider the old schooler who charges £8 for a large house with extensions and connys to be a trooper, who works hard for his money. My hat goes off to him.
John
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I also consider the old schooler who charges £8 for a large house with extensions and connys to be a trooper, who works hard for his money. My hat goes off to him.
John
yep - i'm sure he did work very hard indeed and risked life and limb cleaning windows that can only be reached by walking up the
pitch of the roof - and how have these customers repayed him now he cant earn ? dump him and get some one else in, do they
care he cant earn anymore ? or for the next few months until his new hip is better - NO - and at that rate he charged it would
be difficault to have set money aside for times when you cant work.
As a tradder your overheads are lower but the jobs slower so i reckon it all evens itself out, don't confuse a business rate with
PAYE rates - £15 to £20 self employed is not sufficent as a biz rate (IMO ;D)
Darran
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Darran has answered well; but to zero in on "pitcher's" post; you say you have "loads" - and that's the key really - if you bang out one after another with no driving it can work and even more so if you pay staff who may do a mediocre job then it can work.
Most owner operator/family businesses like to do a good job for good money I surmise and will not want a handful of piddly little jobs to waste their time on.
Horses for Courses.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
spot on Mr Gold
Darran
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I also consider the old schooler who charges £8 for a large house with extensions and connys to be a trooper, who works hard for his money. My hat goes off to him.
John
yep - i'm sure he did work very hard indeed and risked life and limb cleaning windows that can only be reached by walking up the
pitch of the roof - and how have these customers repayed him now he cant earn ? dump him and get some one else in, do they
care he cant earn anymore ? or for the next few months until his new hip is better - NO - and at that rate he charged it would
be difficault to have set money aside for times when you cant work.
As a tradder your overheads are lower but the jobs slower so i reckon it all evens itself out, don't confuse a business rate with
PAYE rates - £15 to £20 self employed is not sufficent as a biz rate (IMO ;D)
Darran
Some good points made Darren. Loyalty is wonderful, especially when it is reciprocated, but it isn't guaranteed and therefore it would be unwise to take it for granted. When I get old and decrepit, (every day it's getting closer!) I don't expect my customers will worry about me.
I realize that trad is slower, and by trad standards, I would be behind the tortoise in a speed test!
Everyone's personal circumstances are different, and I work within mine. I am content with what I earn on the glass, and if it is less than others, that's fine.
Business or wage? Doesn't matter to me, as long as it means enough money to live reasonably.
Regards,
John
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I don`t remember anyone telling any one to fit the boot, but if you fit the boot yourself don`t complain about the pain it may cause." As they say if the boot fits."ware it. My advice is don`t put it on.
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doc windows , who was the calling company ?
Rich
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