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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: richywilts on September 30, 2014, 12:25:07 am
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been thinking about my minimum price and just read on another post someone charges £15 minimum i think i may go down this route as the smaller house i find more annoying and price wrong im better at pricing bigger houses, im not looking too take on loads new customers anymore but better priced work think this could be way forward
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Nowadays work on rate per hour . I know what i want to turnover in an hour so tend to price that way ..
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minimum price is £3 richy.i dont clean any properties for less than this.
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50p.
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minimum price is £3 richy.i dont clean any properties for less than this.
Minimum price for me is now £30. Still waiting for my first call.
I dont see the need in mim prices nowadays. I just work out how long it will take.
I picked up two houses at £5 And £6 both pay direct debit go cardless and both houses WITH drive time take me about 9 mins. Both fronts only and only 5 windows in total. If i had a round like that i would be on £50 an hour and easy work lol
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I won't stop the van for less than £10
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im not joking!£3 one bed granny flats!i clean 30+very compact once a month! ;D ;D ;D
swings and roundabouts this game! ;)
no work due until friday for me which is 6 jobs!average price £43!8am-3pm.
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£6 for a front
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£6 for a front
Clean all the windows 10 mins.
Pack up/pack away 5 mins.
Dry all windows with a blade 10 mins.
Get paid and chat 5 mins.
You are earning too much!!!!!!!!!
;D ;D
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£6 for a front
Clean all the windows 10 mins.
Pack up/pack away 5 mins.
Dry all windows with a blade 10 mins.
Get paid and chat 5 mins.
You are earning too much!!!!!!!!!
;D ;D
clean all windows and dry with blade when NECESSARY!! 5mins when custie
out 10mins when custie in ;D
collect money...pretend deaf mute hold out hand 30 secs ;D
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£6 for a front
Clean all the windows 10 mins.
Pack up/pack away 5 mins.
Dry all windows with a blade 10 mins.
Get paid and chat 5 mins.
You are earning too much!!!!!!!!!
;D ;D
clean all windows and dry with blade when NECESSARY!! 5mins when custie
out 10mins when custie in ;D
collect money...pretend deaf mute hold out hand 30 secs ;D
LOL. I hope you know it's all banter you're one of the reasons why I still post on here.
usually set my alarm for three minutes so that when I'm with the customer that talks A lot I can pretend I have a call from a friend. I do it when I feel lonely as well Lol
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The banter is the only reason I post on here ;D
Being lonely in this job can be a problem, then I get home the
wife starts jabbering the youngest lad I haven't yet got rid of
to university wants a lift.
Then I realise being on your own all day is fecking brilliant ;D
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My minimum price for stopping the van and getting everything out is £7.00, my reason for having a minimum price is for when people say "can you just clean this one window over my conservatory for me please"
Or along them lines, i can reply yep but my minimum charge for anything is £7.00
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The banter is the only reason I post on here ;D
Being lonely in this job can be a problem, then I get home the
wife starts jabbering the youngest lad I haven't yet got rid of
to university wants a lift.
Then I realise being on your own all day is fecking brilliant ;D
All day????
Who you kidding Gary.
By lunch time you've ran out of houses.
😃😃😃
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The banter is the only reason I post on here ;D
Being lonely in this job can be a problem, then I get home the
wife starts jabbering the youngest lad I haven't yet got rid of
to university wants a lift.
Then I realise being on your own all day is fecking brilliant ;D
All day????
Who you kidding Gary.
By lunch time you've ran out of houses.
I don't start till lunch time ;D
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Min price £10 which is for fronts/flats however i do have some bedsits or "apartments" in central london where i get £20 for 1 simple window that takes seconds to clean which i love doing each month.
I also dry all my fronts with a blade, not sure why as i have faith in wfp 100% but it does make the customer that much more happy that there downstairs is dry and spotless when i leave and for the fact it takes me less than 20 seconds to do i have made it my cleaning routine.
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Min price £10 which is for fronts/flats however i do have some bedsits or "apartments" in central london where i get £20 for 1 simple window that takes seconds to clean which i love doing each month.
I also dry all my fronts with a blade, not sure why as i have faith in wfp 100% but it does make the customer that much more happy that there downstairs is dry and spotless when i leave and for the fact it takes me less than 20 seconds to do i have made it my cleaning routine.
Steady on michael this talk of using a blade when you are wfp is dangerous
talk dont you know ;D
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Jesus. Not another one. ;D
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been thinking about my minimum price and just read on another post someone charges £15 minimum i think i may go down this route as the smaller house i find more annoying and price wrong im better at pricing bigger houses, im not looking too take on loads new customers anymore but better priced work think this could be way forward
You've been in this game for years, and you always ask newbie questions, most of which are painfully "Newbie" questions by the way. Here's a new idea mate. Turn your PC off and go out and do what we all do, run your business. Bet you'd have questions about how to sell smack to smackheads...... Oh, hang on. ::)roll
HTH
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Last post was a bit sharp !!!!!!
I do commercial work an my minimum price is £15 per job, this would be a job that's prob done 3 times weekly. - May only take 30 - 40 mins.
Otherwise like others have said whatever u need to earn to satisfy your living.
I have came across a job - absolutely massive and I couldn't rarely give a price, as I feared under cutting myself so I have broken down the job and gave them a hourly price of £25 per hour per window cleaner.
I can't commit myself to a job that would last more than a month every day due to how busy we are, so sign in and out an multiply hours by 25 plus vat.
It's prob not the most professional way of doing things but this is a customer Who understand how busy I am and are most understanding,
I think with houses you can't rarely price them up by the hour it would have to be by the job, but i am 100% commercial so am not the person to advise on domestics.
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Min price £10 which is for fronts/flats however i do have some bedsits or "apartments" in central london where i get £20 for 1 simple window that takes seconds to clean which i love doing each month.
I also dry all my fronts with a blade, not sure why as i have faith in wfp 100% but it does make the customer that much more happy that there downstairs is dry and spotless when i leave and for the fact it takes me less than 20 seconds to do i have made it my cleaning routine.
Aw no it's spreading.
Chop your squeegee hand off mick before it's too late.
Or You'll be working out the back of your range rover before you can say "if in doubt, get the squeegee out"
;D
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been thinking about my minimum price and just read on another post someone charges £15 minimum i think i may go down this route as the smaller house i find more annoying and price wrong im better at pricing bigger houses, im not looking too take on loads new customers anymore but better priced work think this could be way forward
You've been in this game for years, and you always ask newbie questions, most of which are painfully "Newbie" questions by the way. Here's a new idea mate. Turn your PC off and go out and do what we all do, run your business. Bet you'd have questions about how to sell smack to smackheads...... Oh, hang on. ::)roll
HTH
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whats ya problem ya little blurt ive always had about £10 minimum charge varies for very small properties, i asked a question to guage whether its worth increasing my minimum price up to 15 quid, im not desperate for new work and im looking to get all my prices right in next 3-4 months whats with all the crap ya giving me
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Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and can post what they like on an open forum. I told you what I thought of you. To me, anyone who doesn't know his anus from his elbow after the amount of time you've spent pretending to be a window cleaner, in my opinion, is a turnip.
What's wrong with that? You asked a newbie question, and got some replies.
I can't change the fact that you're a turnip who can't take constructive criticism. If you have problems reaching decisions about how to price each job, or what to pay whoever you've got working with you, then maybe you should try something else. Just try not to choose something that causes misery and despair to other people.
HTH
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i asked a valid question ive been out the game 16 months nearly and was asking what the going rate is for minimum price these days nothing to do with a newbie question at all so wind ya neck in i couldnt give a flying damn what u think a lot of people would give there right arm to have my work ive lived n learnt from my mistakes business is going very well so i dont need to pretend to be a window cleaner
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OK, so I seem to have upset you.
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Never mind eh? ;)
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been thinking about my minimum price and just read on another post someone charges £15 minimum i think i may go down this route as the smaller house i find more annoying and price wrong im better at pricing bigger houses, im not looking too take on loads new customers anymore but better priced work think this could be way forward
You've been in this game for years, and you always ask newbie questions, most of which are painfully "Newbie" questions by the way. Here's a new idea mate. Turn your PC off and go out and do what we all do, run your business. Bet you'd have questions about how to sell smack to smackheads...... Oh, hang on. ::)roll
HTH
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This is brilliant.
Oi Richy how much for the oats mate? Do you deliver like Dominoes or do I have to come to you?
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I made the decision a couple of years ago to set a minimum charge of £25, it has worked very well for me! I usually tell the customer that the minimum is £25 when they phone to ask for a quote, it stops a lot of time wasting! :)
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That quite a good idea mate, I put my minimum up £15 in April.
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Its a regional thing depends were you live £15.00 minimum up near Durham and you would get laughed at and not have a business in my area .
I have recently introduced a £5.00 minimum as its not worth it otherwise , As for time wasting i ask were they live if i dont cover that area or street or choose not to then i simply turn it down .
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the only reason i ask is my prices are all going to be going up in january customers are all aware of this, im just wanting to refine my round and like a few have mentioned it sorts the messers out etc, if i explain im in demand and £15 is minimum charge if they sign up great if they dont then im not losing out coz im happy with what ive got an once the price go up be even happier i know who my target customers are now ive got rid of all the dross and i just want to build up on the good areas i have left now certain jobs which usually id prob do for £12s then regret due to having to fully extend pole over large extension etc if i get for 15quids happy days
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Its a regional thing depends were you live £15.00 minimum up near Durham and you would get laughed at and not have a business in my area .
I have recently introduced a £5.00 minimum as its not worth it otherwise , As for time wasting i ask were they live if i dont cover that area or street or choose not to then i simply turn it down .
I think it's partly regional, partly the demographic you go for but mostly in your own fear. Quote a few 50% higher than normal and see what happens. You have nothing to lose other than a few customers that you never had.
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The problem is Richy that most of the boasters on here seem to live in a fantasy world, you know the
world I'm talking about where nobody worries about food a heating costs, everybody living in an expensive
property is a millionaire and rich people are stupider than Stan Laurel.
In the real world you set your prices by the earning potential of your customers, so if the area is full of factory
and manual workers then your going to get less than an area full of people who make or get their money easy.
I could set my minimum price to £25 but I would be limiting myself to £25 properties I definitely wouldn't be getting
it for a two bed front.
Mike is spot on you need to have a minimum price because under a certain amount then it isn't worth the hassle
but you need to be realistic about what you can achieve in your area and only you can answer that question.
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The problem is Richy that most of the boasters on here seem to live in a fantasy world
I'm not sure if that was aimed at me or not? But I would like to say that I was simply answering the question. I'm not boasting at all, its simply the way I run my business and it works very well for me having a minimum price of £25. I simply do not want to mess around with small jobs for a few quid, that is my choice, and in my opinion it is the best decision I have made for my business.
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Its a regional thing depends were you live £15.00 minimum up near Durham and you would get laughed at and not have a business in my area .
I have recently introduced a £5.00 minimum as its not worth it otherwise , As for time wasting i ask were they live if i dont cover that area or street or choose not to then i simply turn it down .
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Its a regional thing depends were you live £15.00 minimum up near Durham and you would get laughed at and not have a business in my area .
I have recently introduced a £5.00 minimum as its not worth it otherwise , As for time wasting i ask were they live if i dont cover that area or street or choose not to then i simply turn it down .
I think it's partly regional, partly the demographic you go for but mostly in your own fear. Quote a few 50% higher than normal and see what happens. You have nothing to lose other than a few customers that you never had.
Just thinking on, if you priced too cheap from the start and you aim for the compact every house in the street sort of round you are going to find it hard. When I first started I came across a local windy leaving a house I was about to leaflet and he said to me "who's going to pay more than a fiver for that?". I would have charged the £15, but now £20. It is in his head that no one would pay what I would charge, but 4 years later, my wife no longer needs to work even though we have a mortgage that most people would be staggered at. Last I saw he was still working out of the back of a K reg Volvo. He has been going 30 years.
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
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whats everyones minimum price
£20
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
this is the thing mick i think im worth it im not the type to splash and dash i prefer to take my time and get the job looking quality such as removing dark marks on upvc doors and cills, if a fascia above door needs doing ill do it without charging etc im very thorough, by targetting the areas im now doing i think it would work better whereas the council estates dont appreciate it and arent willing to pay the extra
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
Exactly! Some of the best jobs I have are from over ten years ago when I was still employed and window cleaning part time, I had built up the round to a level I could just about manage on a part time basis and at that time I had no intention of going full time with window cleaning. Yet I was still getting enquiries for quotes, so when I went to price up, I really wasn't bothered about getting the job so I would price really high, and I was amazed at how many I actually got of those jobs! So the way I see it is, once you have a good round built up, you have nothing to lose by pricing as high as you think it is possible, and you certainly have everything to gain!
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
£10 for a terrace front??? Either your customers are loaded or your living in dreamland.
We charge £4.00 for a terrace, Front & Back and earn a VERY good hourly rate doing them.
£10 for a front????? Jesus id be goin work in a bentley with a roofrack on!!!!!
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£800 according to GroundPig ;D
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
£4 for a whole house?? Good grief what is the world coming to..
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
£10 for a terrace front??? Either your customers are loaded or your living in dreamland.
We charge £4.00 for a terrace, Front & Back and earn a VERY good hourly rate doing them.
£10 for a front????? Jesus id be goin work in a bentley with a roofrack on!!!!!
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I did say: '£4 for a whole house?? Good grief what is the world coming to..'
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I agree with 8 weekly, its all in the head.
I charge what i think im worth, everyone off us are guilty some way or another for undercharging and leaving money on the table as the saying goes,
How many houses have we all gave a price to and the customer instantly says "yes please" well that customer may say "yes please" to another £2 or even £5 ontop of the quote we could all be £300/£500 a week better off if we chanced it with greater quotes!
Ill use me as an example, i charge £10 for a terrace front which is my min charge and customers still jump at it which makes me wonder should i have charged £12 or even £15?? Just how much money am i actualy leaving on the table.
100 £10 customers is £1000 if i chanced it and charged £12 id have £1200 or chanced it even more at £15 id have £1500 thats an awful lot of money that i could be getting that im not.
£10 for a terrace front??? Either your customers are loaded or your living in dreamland.
We charge £4.00 for a terrace, Front & Back and earn a VERY good hourly rate doing them.
£10 for a front????? Jesus id be goin work in a bentley with a roofrack on!!!!!
Seriously?? Dazmond is in Manchester & I am pretty sure he wouldn't be cleaning a house for £4. Perhaps in 1970.
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I know i am not under charging as i more expensive than other lads working the areas i work . Mick kent i belive is working areas were terraced houses could well be valued at over £250,000 rather than £60,000 so his pricing for his work area is spot on .
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Apparently Mick Kent works in London where a shoe box can command £250,000 if it's bolted down with a postcode...
£10 fronts no problem there! (he mentioned in a previous post that maybe he's undercharging).
Think some of us 'down south' would be shocked by what our brethren up north consider a reasonable charge for our effort. Not all just some - Don't undervalue the service you provide.
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I have the odd long standing customer at £7 front only. This is 1x 3 pane top, 1x3 pane bottom window and a door.
I don't take on any work now for less than £10 even if they're next door neighbours with a £7 job.
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I think im worth £10 to turn up and clean there front windows and being reliable to do it every 4 weeks.
How can you do a whole house for £4 and make a living? When i started 12 years ago i was charging £7/8 a house which today would be £15 houses. What the hell was you charging 12 years ago if your only charging £4 a house now...£1.25?? Get with the times mate! Yes im lucky where i live is crawling with terrace houses all over £200k so £10 fronts seems to be the norm as i never have a custy refuse on price and rarely get undercut by competition but for £4 for the whole house???? No way pedro not for me that.
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How can you do a whole house for £4 and make a living?
It's only 10 houses an hour. ::)roll ;D
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Apparently Mick Kent works in London where a shoe box can command £250,000 if it's bolted down with a postcode...
£10 fronts no problem there! (he mentioned in a previous post that maybe he's undercharging).
Think some of us 'down south' would be shocked by what our brethren up north consider a reasonable charge for our effort. Not all just some - Don't undervalue the service you provide.
Where this argument falls apart is the fact that just because somebody lives in an expensive property doesn't mean that they
are loaded.
They could have bought the property before the prices went crazy and be no richer than the rest off us.
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Where this argument falls apart is the fact that just because somebody lives in an expensive property doesn't mean that they
are loaded.
They could have bought the property before the prices went crazy and be no richer than the rest off us.
Doubtful. People in the South in general have much higher incomes:
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From http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/nov/24/wages-britain-ashe-mapped#zoomed-picture
Vin
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Im thinking i should maybe start charging more as i dont get anyone saying its too expensive!! I only charge £10 for a front where others charge £20/25 for full houses so im only charging the same but focusing on just the fronts instead as can do 3/4 fronts in the time to do 1 front and back of a house especialy if next to eachother without the need to wait for gates/garages to be opened or travel down alleyways or phone the night before or even jump over gate etc.
Im far from stupid when it comes to building a decent suited round. £10 a month is nothing for someone to pay for there windows to be cleaned otherwise if it was id have no customers? , im in it for the money and easy life which is why i have done things the way i have. Works for me.