Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Dave Willis on June 02, 2014, 05:40:09 pm
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Woman wanted a quote to empty three, possibly four sets of gutters today. I quoted forty quid a house - she nearly passed out ;D
Didn't get the job.
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you win some,you lose some.
i refuse nearly all gutter emptying unless their low level and easy to reach with a ladder and the job is well priced with g/f/s washed down with wfp as well.
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Iv had a few near fainters when pricing fascia and gutter cleans, I sometimes
think its the people who have a few quid that are the worst.
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I always charge well for gutter cleaning. Cleaned a large bungalow today and charged £50. They weren't to bad and including set up time and packing away again it took less than an hour. You have to take genie fuel into consideration, hooking up a trailer perhaps and unforseen blockages!
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I like the ones that say, "Oh, i thought it was gonna cost about a tenner"!
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Don't you just love it when they're already empty and all you have to do is wash them over. ;D
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Tell her to get up the ladder and clean them out then ;D. I'd charge her £50 on 3 sides
We get this a lot of customers screwing there faces with conservatory roof cleans.
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They're asking you to do something that they're not prepared too.
I ask them if they'd be prepared to go up a ladder for a tenner ?
If not, why is my safety worth less than theirs ?
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They're asking you to do something that they're not prepared too.
I ask them if they'd be prepared to go up a ladder for a tenner ?
If not, why is my safety worth less than theirs ?
Here Here ;)
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thats the problem with gutters isnt it , especially if you quote them without looking like i tend to do as most people only ask when they know its blocked
You can say £40 and be done in twenty mins , or theyre jam packed and you struggle to make it pay
i hate them, and try dodge them !
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Depending on size of house I charge a maximum price as Ive been caught out too ,if a big house then ill charge 50-60 max and I tell customer if gutters are not to bad ill charge less,very rare I do charge them full price and there usually well happy I done it for them cheaper and im happy too
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Gutter prices:
3 bed semi - £30 a side to wash and brush the outside, soffit and fascia.
Add £20 a side for sucking them out.
Maybe discount to £100 for the whole house if a good custy and not too filthy.
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I used to charge £40 for a three bed semi detached in Bradford in 1990 :o
Ladder - trowl and bucket method - those were the days....
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Yeah tis a weird one.
Sometimes I quote £40-£60 and I get a look of shock and "oh, I'll have to think about that, can I get back to you, other times I quote a couple of hundred quid if it's a big job and they are fine.
I find the worst customers can be my existing window customers who have never had a gutter clean before, I think they expect it to be comparable to the price for the windows.
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what do you mean those were the days .those still are the days . ;D ;D
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I don't do 'em, but the going rate here is €3 to €5.50 per meter.
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You guys are so cheap, we charge £60 back and front if its two side, if its 4 side its at least £100 - £120 and if its about 4 story high, we charge £100 each side, and 8 out 10 we get it.
Its all to do with how you sell yourself ;)