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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windiewasher on May 11, 2013, 12:13:25 am
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Big one
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Check the link about
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Might be bigger than it looks on the pics but an easy 200
Let's face it they can afford it ;)
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Might be bigger than it looks on the pics but an easy 200
Let's face it they can afford it ;)
Definately m8.
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Might be bigger than it looks on the pics but an easy 200
Let's face it they can afford it ;)
Definately m8.
or perhaps not it is on the market
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Hi Windiewasher, thats a nice gutter cleaning job i hope you get well paid for it, can you advise me on what sort of
ladders you use for gutter cleaning, or what are the best ones to buy not going higher than 1st floor.
I dont offer gutter cleaning as one of my services but recently have been getting some requests for it, so thinking of
may be adding it to my services.
Regards
lal
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How much would people quote for the windows?
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Hi Windiewasher, thats a nice gutter cleaning job i hope you get well paid for it, can you advise me on what sort of
ladders you use for gutter cleaning, or what are the best ones to buy not going higher than 1st floor.
I dont offer gutter cleaning as one of my services but recently have been getting some requests for it, so thinking of
may be adding it to my services.
Regards
lal
gutter vac mate,avoid ladder
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How much would people quote for the windows?
£80 every 6 or 8 weeks
£200 for gutter cleaning
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Thanks Ben, thats good sound advice.
Regards
lal
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Gutter vac definately.
£200 got it booked in for next saturday.
£50 every 4 weeks for windows.
Also off to quote his fish factory next week.
Windows arent that many.most gutters are low too and are black so shouldnt be too bad.
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Well done mate ;)
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£50 every 4 weeks for windows.
Correct price, although they wont need doing 4 weekly WFP.
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Gutter vac definately.
£200 got it booked in for next saturday.
£50 every 4 weeks for windows.
Also off to quote his fish factory next week.
Windows arent that many.most gutters are low too and are black so shouldnt be too bad.
a fish factory? in Grimsbey? ??? ;D
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Never, next you'll be cleaning a dogs home in Battersea.
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£50 every 4 weeks for windows.
Correct price, although they wont need doing 4 weekly WFP.
every 6 weeks would have been fine @ £80 ;)
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IMO £80.00 for a job like that is taking the pi$$. It wouldnt take more than an 40 minutes to do. You'd be at permanent risk of loosing a perfectly well paid job in a nice location with a £200 annual gutter cleaning job alongside.
You'd loose it not by being undercut but by being too greedy.
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IMO £80.00 for a job like that is taking the pi$$. It wouldnt take more than an 40 minutes to do. You'd be at permanent risk of loosing a perfectly well paid job in a nice location with a £200 annual gutter cleaning job alongside.
You'd loose it not by being undercut but by being too greedy.
no way, it is the right price in Devon ;)
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Course it is chap, £2.00 a window down in sunny Devon. I guess that makes you Benny from Crossroads ;D
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a property like that would be a least double price here where i live,probably 1.5M
so yes £80 every 6 or 8 weeks, £60 every 4 weeks
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I thought £60 8 weekly. Quick job I'd have thought. Glad you concur Matt.
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Gutter vac definately.
£200 got it booked in for next saturday.
£50 every 4 weeks for windows.
Also off to quote his fish factory next week.
Windows arent that many.most gutters are low too and are black so shouldnt be too bad.
Is that every four weeks until sold?
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Theres been a few on here saying prices in devon are very low.ben you must be the exception ;D
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Theres been a few on here saying prices in devon are very low.ben you must be the exception ;D
??? ??? where did you see that?
devon=south so better prices than north mate
minimum price for me is £10
i haven't got a full round yet but all customers are well priced ;)
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
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i know a window cleaner who's been shining for 25 years in devon and charge £6 for a 3 semi detached! ::)roll
If you don't believe me about my prices,fine no prob at all mate ;)
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So the going rate in Devon is £2.25 a window?
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Blue frog or something like that saying 8 pounds for a semi.
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Blue frog or something like that saying 8 pounds for a semi.
in manchester probably
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i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
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Blue frog or something like that saying 8 pounds for a semi.
in manchester probably
No hes devon.he says alot are charging 6 and he charges 8.
Although im not fussed m8.
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Blue frog or something like that saying 8 pounds for a semi.
in manchester probably
No hes devon.he says alot are charging 6 and he charges 8.
Although im not fussed m8.
good for him or them
i don't charge this price
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
Window cleaners can get into a habit of pricing according to how their own view of what price the customer will accept.
There's a window cleaner I've known for years around here who says exactly the same thing about this area. He's also been window cleaning since the year dot.
The prices he charges are to me way to low but he says the customers won't accept etc etc etc but I seem to have no problem getting good prices for jobs.
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
Window cleaners can get into a habit of pricing according to how their own view of what price the customer will accept.
There's a window cleaner I've known for years around here who says exactly the same thing about this area. He's also been window cleaning since the year dot.
The prices he charges are to me way to low but he says the customers won't accept etc etc etc but I seem to have no problem getting good prices for jobs.
Thank you Rosskesava, Matt is probably frustrated because he can't get good prices ;)
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This is true Ross. However in this fellas instance I wouldnt say that is the case. The chap I refer to is highly motivated, employ three guys, and certainly doesnt suffer fools gladly.
He'd be the last to be a 'busy fool' as we talk about on here sometimes.
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
Window cleaners can get into a habit of pricing according to how their own view of what price the customer will accept.
There's a window cleaner I've known for years around here who says exactly the same thing about this area. He's also been window cleaning since the year dot.
The prices he charges are to me way to low but he says the customers won't accept etc etc etc but I seem to have no problem getting good prices for jobs.
Thank you Rosskesava, probably Matt is frustrated because he can't get good prices ;)
Im not frustrated at all mate. Odd you should say that as you dont know my pricing structure. I can only assume you're taking it personally. Which is a shame as it wasnt meant that way.
By the way you still havent responded to an earlier question I put.
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
Window cleaners can get into a habit of pricing according to how their own view of what price the customer will accept.
There's a window cleaner I've known for years around here who says exactly the same thing about this area. He's also been window cleaning since the year dot.
The prices he charges are to me way to lo ;Dw but he says the customers won't accept etc etc etc but I seem to have no problem getting good prices for jobs.
Thank you Rosskesava, probably Matt is frustrated because he can't get good prices ;)
Im not frustrated at all mate. Odd you should say that as you dont know my pricing structure. I can only assume you're taking it personally. Which is a shame as it wasnt meant that way.
By the way you still havent responded to an earlier question I put.
No hes a fiver a window
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I wonder how much Ben would charge to do it trad and how long it would take him.
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I know a window cleaner who's been shining for 20 years. We worked together for a short while, he's been window cleaning in Devon for 10 years now and always says the prices down there aren't the same as here.
I believe him, as he's been in the game 20 years so knows his stuff.
Window cleaners can get into a habit of pricing according to how their own view of what price the customer will accept.
There's a window cleaner I've known for years around here who says exactly the same thing about this area. He's also been window cleaning since the year dot.
The prices he charges are to me way to low but he says the customers won't accept etc etc etc but I seem to have no problem getting good prices for jobs.
Thank you Rosskesava, probably Matt is frustrated because he can't get good prices ;)
Im not frustrated at all mate. Odd you should say that as you dont know my pricing structure. I can only assume you're taking it personally. Which is a shame as it wasnt meant that way.
By the way you still havent responded to an earlier question I put.
i was joking mate. When i do a quote, i never count the windows, i charge regarding the time i will spend to do the clean. Always easier to charge more with a big house. I never charge more for the 1st clean but my price is not negotiable! Take longer to built my round but so far i believe,i have a well priced round (and never lost a customer in 2 years time)
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I wonder how much Ben would charge to do it trad and how long it would take him.
I don't do trad and inside Matt,sorry.
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
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I wonder how much Ben would charge to do it trad and how long it would take him.
I don't do trad and inside Matt,sorry.
Dont do or can't ?
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
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I wonder how much Ben would charge to do it trad and how long it would take him.
I don't do trad and inside Matt,sorry.
Dont do or can't?
i can yes
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
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This is true Ross. However in this fellas instance I wouldnt say that is the case. The chap I refer to is highly motivated, employ three guys, and certainly doesnt suffer fools gladly.
He'd be the last to be a 'busy fool' as we talk about on here sometimes.
Even good salesmen for large companies can get into the habit of not going for the best price.
I'm not saying your friend is wrong, what I'm saying is that often when someone says about 'this area' what they really mean is that 'they themselves'. It can become a mind set and in the past, I've done it myself.
I have work in the East End of London as well as down here in Brighton. Someone posted on this forum the other week about how low the prices are there whereas I charge much higher prices because of the problems with parking and getting from A to B.
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You can?
That's in contradiction to this.
Why would you ever need to even learn trad skills if you had wfp? I dont see why but am willing to be educated...
i will never do trad, and i will never do insides. so there is no need to learn if your WFP.
EXACTLY, same for me!
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
Is that a question? To me?
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You can?
That's in contradiction to this.
Why would you ever need to even learn trad skills if you had wfp? I dont see why but am willing to be educated...
i will never do trad, and i will never do insides. so there is no need to learn if your WFP.
EXACTLY, same for me!
i can now a year later lol
not difficult to trad a bit,is it? ;)
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
Is that a question? To me?
yes do you think my prices are too high? probably the house will be sold soon and he is not sure to keep the customer!
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Are you asking another question or is that a statement?
I'd like to think its a statement, considering you're meant to be a professional window cleaner, but there is a question mark at the end of the sentence; which leads to me believe you might be asking me.
If you are asking me if I find cleaning trad easy the answer is, yes I do. Its a piece of cake. I can do it with my eyes closed, left and right handed. When youve done it long enough its like riding a bike.
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
Is that a question? To me?
yes do you think my prices are too high? probably the house will be sold soon and he is not sure to keep the customer!
No, I dont think you're prices are too high. I think the price you quoted ON HERE is too high. There are lots on here who like to make out they're something that in reality they aren't, quoting higher prices than what is realistic is one way of doing that.
There was a fella in that thread where you said you couldnt clean trad who also said he couldn't clean trad. A month ago he was claiming he was making £400 a day profit. I seriously doubt that now. I thought he was more clued up than he is in reality.
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
Is that a question? To me?
yes do you think my prices are too high? probably the house will be sold soon and he is not sure to keep the customer!
No, I dont think you're prices are too high. I think the price you quoted ON HERE is too high. There are lots on here who like to make out they're something that in reality they aren't, quoting higher prices than what is realistic is one way of doing that.
if you don't try you don't get it
If you do doors,frames and sills, it would take you more than 40 mins to be honest
i always take my time to do a good job!
pay peanuts you get monkeys ;)
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Anyway time for bed now,thanks for the chat Matt.
Good night.
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You think its expensive to employ a professional? You should try employing an amateur.
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By the way you still haven't responded to an earlier question I put.
Sorry, what question was that?
i said £80 every 6 or 8 weeks or £60 every 4 weeks, i don't know what is wrong with that?
Is that a question? To me?
yes do you think my prices are too high? probably the house will be sold soon and he is not sure to keep the customer!
No, I dont think you're prices are too high. I think the price you quoted ON HERE is too high. There are lots on here who like to make out they're something that in reality they aren't, quoting higher prices than what is realistic is one way of doing that.
There was a fella in that thread where you said you couldnt clean trad who also said he couldn't clean trad. A month ago he was claiming he was making £400 a day profit. I seriously doubt that now. I thought he was more clued up than he is in reality.
i am happy when i do £200 a day profit ;)
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You think its expensive to employ a professional? You should try employing an amateur.
i mean if a customer pay a very low price a window cleaner to do the clean, don't expect a very good job
pay peanuts get monkeys ;)
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The only thing is that I factor in travel if they are in an outlying village. For example I do a large house about 10 miles out and I add £40 on to what I would normally charge. But I reckon £50-£60 is about right assuming it is not isolated from other work.