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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark turton on April 21, 2013, 12:02:00 am
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Hi all
weve had a couple of the 3 bed semi topics and prices -0 and one of you guys said youy were happy charging 3-4 quid for one and happy to earn the £8 an hour -
i dont mean to be rude but are you legit and for real coz if your earning £8 quid an hour in my book your earning a lot less?
1/3 = tax - 1/3 = running costs /overheads - 1/3 nett in pocket
ok maybe not exact but for every £10 job your actually earning after costs and tax around 3-5 quid at best. this isnt forgetting if your working £8 an hour work that it will be a lot,lot less coz of travel, days you cant work etc etc .
please if your charging that little, for the love of god help all trades people including yourself by charging more - to me thats someone on the dole doing beer money
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stop thinking,its not good for you! :o
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stop thinking,its not good for you! :o
lol - yeah thats true ;D
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Not arguing with you but you can earn £9400 tax free. (We charge about £22 per man hour)
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There are guys who charge £4 but do 8 houses per hour.
I couldn't do it and wouldn't want to.
I charge £15 and do 2 it all depends on what level of service you offer.
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Hi all
weve had a couple of the 3 bed semi topics and prices -0 and one of you guys said youy were happy charging 3-4 quid for one and happy to earn the £8 an hour -
i dont mean to be rude but are you legit and for real coz if your earning £8 quid an hour in my book your earning a lot less?
1/3 = tax - 1/3 = running costs /overheads - 1/3 nett in pocket
ok maybe not exact but for every £10 job your actually earning after costs and tax around 3-5 quid at best. this isnt forgetting if your working £8 an hour work that it will be a lot,lot less coz of travel, days you cant work etc etc .
please if your charging that little, for the love of god help all trades people including yourself by charging more - to me thats someone on the dole doing beer money
your sums are flawed as all window cleaners know that cash does not have to be declared so the deductions are only against traceable payments.
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
mmm... you say it's in jest......
And yet you can turn down £10 jobs. ;D
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Not arguing with you but you can earn £9400 tax free. (We charge about £22 per man hour)
2012 / 2013 tax allowance is £16'210 if you have your wife on the books ;) ;) working of course ;D ;D
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
mmm... you say it's in jest......
And yet you can turn down £10 jobs. ;D
shocking i know :)
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£8 an hour !!
£35 for window cleaning
£50 for conny and gutters
£60 for patio cleans
And I get paid those rates not just dream about them
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I see an ad in my local chippy the other day, £5.00 any size house, and 50% discount if you recommend a friend, I suppose this is the younger generation trying to get in at start level.
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There are guys who charge £4 but do 8 houses per hour.
I couldn't do it and wouldn't want to.
I charge £15 and do 2 it all depends on what level of service you offer.
ditto
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
Everyone on here claims to pay tax... Understandably. But I reckon at least 1 in 2 are pocketing cash
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
Everyone on here claims to pay tax... Understandably. But I reckon at least 1 in 2 are pocketing cash
Morelike 95%
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got a quote for a wall of three brick layers which one do i have one was 1000 1 was 750 and one was 650 they are all reg brick layers
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark. I can see a lot of second hand systems for sale soon.
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Dotty,
The one with the best reputation for a good job.
No point paying £650 if you then have to pay £1000 to put it right.
Better to spend a few pounds more for quality.
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btw my previous post was in jest ;D
Everyone on here claims to pay tax... Understandably. But I reckon at least 1 in 2 are pocketing cash
:o :o :o :o but that's illegal !!! :o :o :o :o :o
I'm off for a lie down in a darkened room with a fruit salad.
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Does it really matter what everyone else is earning?
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Hi all
weve had a couple of the 3 bed semi topics and prices -0 and one of you guys said youy were happy charging 3-4 quid for one and happy to earn the £8 an hour -
i dont mean to be rude but are you legit and for real coz if your earning £8 quid an hour in my book your earning a lot less?
1/3 = tax - 1/3 = running costs /overheads - 1/3 nett in pocket
ok maybe not exact but for every £10 job your actually earning after costs and tax around 3-5 quid at best. this isnt forgetting if your working £8 an hour work that it will be a lot,lot less coz of travel, days you cant work etc etc .
please if your charging that little, for the love of god help all trades people including yourself by charging more - to me thats someone on the dole doing beer money
I think the post in question was fake, if you read through previous posts you can see that the poster is a real legit business. However I have had my customers leafleted with exactly the same prices, most of these people aren't legit, the money they make doesn't pay tax, expenses are a car and a set of ladders. Most of these cleaners aren't bothered about profit margins as they already have another form of income.
Simon.
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i see another post listed for undercutting but i would think most guys just price on their own pricing system rather than undercut.
regarding this original post - i just think its very naive to think that pricing low is doing them or anyone a favour in the longer term.
everyone knows that fords on cars are amongst the biggest discounters on new - thats why thier residual values are so low and drop so quick. MEANING IF THIER WAS A FLOOD OF CHEAP PRICING AROUND IT WOULD JUST DRIVE DOWN THE JOB price FOR EVERYONE - THEN WHERE DO YOU GO, I just cant get over the 4 quid for a house anywhere in the country, even if next door to another customer, 4 quid seriously ... if folk didnt expect to pay a at least a tenner id be amazed. and if 4 quid was the ceiling for 3 bed semis - id pack up and do something else, lot less commitment and more money.
cheap pricing hasnt effeted my business that im aware off but i do think we should do what scotland do with licences to seperate folk that are making a career out of things to those that are just poking it with a stick a carving up prices.
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thanks john all three are good but dont know which one to have
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
I must be doing something wrong then .
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
The £800 a week not the issue for last 12 months ......... I could have a round worth £8000 a month but with snow, gale force winds etc etc some weeks just cant get thru it so even more reason for proper pricing.
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I dont even try to argue the rights of business as its a lost cause on this forum. There will always be some ass retrying to re- invent the wheel on pricing. So why get excited about the lack of business ability, within this industry.
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
Yeah, but it takes a while to get there. £800 every week.
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
This is only one line of what I actually wrote. ;-)
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There are guys who charge £4 but do 8 houses per hour.
7 mins 60 seconds per house, one person; Mrs Jones takes 1 minute to get to the door, then a further 2 minutes to find her purse, then another minute telling you about her sore knee, then Mrs Smith queries you about a gutter clean, then Mr Bloggs...
In an ideal world, no access issues, no problems, 8 houses an hour might be possible on compact work - but routinely doing that, hour in, hour out - throughout the day...
;D
We did a commercial job this morning; we took our time; had a long coffee break and it worked out as £60 an hour. That's feasible, 8 houses per hour for one person aint, unless they're dolls houses.
I don't care what anyone says, I know what's routinely possible, and what's not.
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I see an ad in my local chippy the other day, £5.00 any size house, and 50% discount if you recommend a friend, I suppose this is the younger generation trying to get in at start level.
Sub them out your mansions! ;D
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I did some cottages today £4 each (they were this price when I bought them) I also canvassed another at £4.
I'm happy with the price on these ;D
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A lot of desperate people, who have been sold these expensive systems and told its easey to make £800 a week Mark.
It is easy to do £800 a week. If you're not you're doing something wrong.
poop me to ??
I must be doing something wrong then .