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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: supernova77 on May 15, 2017, 05:25:14 pm
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Hi All,
We clean the windows on this village hall inside and out 12 weekly...
They have asked for a quote to clean these solar panels every 6 months.
How much would you charge?
Andy :)
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£30
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8 panels, 10 minutes work. Same invoice as the window cleaning? Same visit as the window cleaning? £25.00.
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Confused as to why you are asking?
Obviously you know how to price windows up, so dont understand why you feel the need to ask
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Confused as to why you are asking?
Obviously you know how to price windows up, so dont understand why you feel the need to ask
We don't clean many solar panels on a regular basis - so I was just asking out of interest.
Andy
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To be honest as it's a facility for the community & it's going to take literally minutes I'd just do it for free.
For the good will & referrals you're likely to get it should be a good return on investment.
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I have based my price on communal calculations from recent CIU threads. The forum has been told categorically within the last 24 hours that I make up to a 300% mark up on my jobs and it has become CIU folklore that I pay 12p per panel or 17p per panel, depending on who you ask.
This means I'd be charging the client 48p or 68p per panel. In total, apparently, that means I'd be charging the client between £3.84 and £5.44 and be paying my subcontractor 96p or £1.36.
As you can see, that seems like good business..........for the panel owners.
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I charge £3 per panel...
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Depends how much I was cleaning the windows for
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I have based my price on communal calculations from recent CIU threads. The forum has been told categorically within the last 24 hours that I make up to a 300% mark up on my jobs and it has become CIU folklore that I pay 12p per panel or 17p per panel, depending on who you ask.
This means I'd be charging the client 48p or 68p per panel. In total, apparently, that means I'd be charging the client between £3.84 and £5.44 and be paying my subcontractor 96p or £1.36.
As you can see, that seems like good business..........for the panel owners.
What do you pay Steve (ball-park figure, reasonably accurate baseline figures here) when it comes to farms, lets say a setup with 20,000 ground mounted panels.
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16p each = £1.28 :D
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I have based my price on communal calculations from recent CIU threads. The forum has been told categorically within the last 24 hours that I make up to a 300% mark up on my jobs and it has become CIU folklore that I pay 12p per panel or 17p per panel, depending on who you ask.
This means I'd be charging the client 48p or 68p per panel. In total, apparently, that means I'd be charging the client between £3.84 and £5.44 and be paying my subcontractor 96p or £1.36.
As you can see, that seems like good business..........for the panel owners.
But is he gonna die? Apart from the price killing him
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Is that video of him in a field cleaning panels in trainers, no gloves and t shirt still available?
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I have based my price on communal calculations from recent CIU threads. The forum has been told categorically within the last 24 hours that I make up to a 300% mark up on my jobs and it has become CIU folklore that I pay 12p per panel or 17p per panel, depending on who you ask.
This means I'd be charging the client 48p or 68p per panel. In total, apparently, that means I'd be charging the client between £3.84 and £5.44 and be paying my subcontractor 96p or £1.36.
As you can see, that seems like good business..........for the panel owners.
::)roll
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£20.its a 10 min job.i wouldnt do it for free though.your at work to make money.
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Reading peoples responses on here, i think i have a different mind set.
These solar panals are saving money them money. There not for any other means and especially not decorative lol. Therefore cleaning them will make them more efficient and ultimately benefiting the owners. So therefore your cleaning of them is part of that business and your in business to make money. I would therefore charge £5 per panal.
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Might be why you haven't got enough work Nathan?
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Might be why you haven't got enough work Nathan?
I understand where your coming from, but thankfully ive plenty of work. My flyers are for expanding in areas where ive recently taken over a round. You know the drill, a healthy turn over of work.....replace the worse with better work.
But the community hall isnt a charity, they hire them out for functions etc and so run it as a business. Cleaning those solar panels will help them remain efficient so to me thats worth the small £40 charge inorder to do so.
Or another way, 3 windows shown on that picture will roughly make size of one panel. Show how much do you charge per window (if you charge that way) then add a little more for the extra time and for helping them remain efficient.
So is a fiver per panel really asking too much.
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Might be why you haven't got enough work Nathan?
I understand where your coming from, but thankfully ive plenty of work. My flyers are for expanding in areas where ive recently taken over a round. You know the drill, a healthy turn over of work.....replace the worse with better work.
But the community hall isnt a charity, they hire them out for functions etc and so run it as a business. Cleaning those solar panels will help them remain efficient so to me thats worth the small £40 charge inorder to do so.
Or another way, 3 windows shown on that picture will roughly make size of one panel. Show how much do you charge per window (if you charge that way) then add a little more for the extra time and for helping them remain efficient.
So is a fiver per panel really asking too much.
I have seen pictures of whole houses that you clean for considerably less money. It's 10 minutes work and you would be there and set up anyway. You may wish to pay less attention to keyboard millionaires Nathan.
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Iv had solar panels since 2012 , never had them cleaned but yet they make me more and more money every year
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
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:) whatever ::)roll
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
You haven't got paid. You clean big houses for less. It's an existing customer that could potentially feel ripped off and you lose the job and risk your reputation all for some imaginary pricing structure that doesn't add up. Maybe that's why you take on other peoples underpriced work?
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He'd charge £40 to do them. Doesn't sound a rip off price to me. That said I'd probably charge £25/£30. Especially as they're so low.
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Someone did mention here about doing them for free, I imagine we all do the odd 'thing' for free but at the end of the day what I have learnt is that if you do something for free in a low level business setting like window cleaning thats exactly what it is worth the customer... Charge something, anything will do but just not free for me anymore.
Price... 3 per panel sounds about right for me.
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I'd run with £3 per panel. If you want to do them a favour then £2 per panel.
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Reading peoples responses on here, i think i have a different mind set.
These solar panals are saving money them money. There not for any other means and especially not decorative lol. Therefore cleaning them will make them more efficient and ultimately benefiting the owners. So therefore your cleaning of them is part of that business and your in business to make money. I would therefore charge £5 per panal.
I don't think cleaning solar panels make them any more efficient...ive asked quite a few customers if they have gained from having them cleaned and none have noticed anything considerable....it all boils down to how much sun they get in the year for how efficient they are.
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Reading peoples responses on here, i think i have a different mind set.
These solar panals are saving money them money. There not for any other means and especially not decorative lol. Therefore cleaning them will make them more efficient and ultimately benefiting the owners. So therefore your cleaning of them is part of that business and your in business to make money. I would therefore charge £5 per panal.
I don't think cleaning solar panels make them any more efficient...ive asked quite a few customers if they have gained from having them cleaned and none have noticed anything considerable....it all boils down to how much sun they get in the year for how efficient they are.
Totally agree , last year mine made me £185 more than what I earned 5 years ago when they were brand new
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
You haven't got paid. You clean big houses for less. It's an existing customer that could potentially feel ripped off and you lose the job and risk your reputation all for some imaginary pricing structure that doesn't add up. Maybe that's why you take on other peoples underpriced work?
Peavey, whats your problem mate. Do you suck on lemons just for the fun of it, just to keep that sour view point of everything??
Everyones prices are their own to set. My prices are considerably higher than others in my areas where i work. But yes they may be lower than yours, pending again where you are working.
The rounds i have taken over cost me nothing as they are good friends who after 10yrs doing this work have moved into different lines of work. But the prices are not mine and so im not scared to adjust them mate.
But even those customer i charge min of £70 for a conservatory roof clean, whereas their usual 4 weekly clean may only be £15. Guess what, if they dont like the price then i dont do the work, its that simple. However ive not been turned down once on price and im not holding a gun to their heads either 😭
So my point still stands in MY opinion. You have yours. Should i try to belittle you to try and make my point????? Nah,
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
You haven't got paid. You clean big houses for less. It's an existing customer that could potentially feel ripped off and you lose the job and risk your reputation all for some imaginary pricing structure that doesn't add up. Maybe that's why you take on other peoples underpriced work?
Peavey, whats your problem mate. Do you suck on lemons just for the fun of it, just to keep that sour view point of everything??
Have you ever worked in a factory and come across the miserable old git that hates those that do overtime and calls them "greedy"?
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
You haven't got paid. You clean big houses for less. It's an existing customer that could potentially feel ripped off and you lose the job and risk your reputation all for some imaginary pricing structure that doesn't add up. Maybe that's why you take on other peoples underpriced work?
Peavey, whats your problem mate. Do you suck on lemons just for the fun of it, just to keep that sour view point of everything??
Everyones prices are their own to set. My prices are considerably higher than others in my areas where i work. But yes they may be lower than yours, pending again where you are working.
The rounds i have taken over cost me nothing as they are good friends who after 10yrs doing this work have moved into different lines of work. But the prices are not mine and so im not scared to adjust them mate.
But even those customer i charge min of £70 for a conservatory roof clean, whereas their usual 4 weekly clean may only be £15. Guess what, if they dont like the price then i dont do the work, its that simple. However ive not been turned down once on price and im not holding a gun to their heads either 😭
So my point still stands in MY opinion. You have yours. Should i try to belittle you to try and make my point????? Nah,
You're spending too much time reading 8 weekly's narcissistic drivel and beginning to believe your own BS mate - just a "heads up" that's all! ;D
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Well either way, i clean solar panels at £5 a panel. My pricing structure is different from regular plain old window cleaning / maintenance cleans. Same as it is for fascia n gutter cleaning or conservatory roof cleaning. These are add on jobs and not priced on the same basis as regular maintenance cleans.
My customers pay it, thats what i charge.
The question was asked, i answered my opinion and the fee that i charge. Obviously if you want to charge less or more then that is your right to do so. But dont criticise me if i charge and get paid more than what you have decided to charge when asked about doing such jobs.
You haven't got paid. You clean big houses for less. It's an existing customer that could potentially feel ripped off and you lose the job and risk your reputation all for some imaginary pricing structure that doesn't add up. Maybe that's why you take on other peoples underpriced work?
Peavey, whats your problem mate. Do you suck on lemons just for the fun of it, just to keep that sour view point of everything??
Everyones prices are their own to set. My prices are considerably higher than others in my areas where i work. But yes they may be lower than yours, pending again where you are working.
The rounds i have taken over cost me nothing as they are good friends who after 10yrs doing this work have moved into different lines of work. But the prices are not mine and so im not scared to adjust them mate.
But even those customer i charge min of £70 for a conservatory roof clean, whereas their usual 4 weekly clean may only be £15. Guess what, if they dont like the price then i dont do the work, its that simple. However ive not been turned down once on price and im not holding a gun to their heads either 😭
So my point still stands in MY opinion. You have yours. Should i try to belittle you to try and make my point????? Nah,
You're spending too much time reading 8 weekly's narcissistic drivel and beginning to believe your own BS mate - just a "heads up" that's all! ;D
Stay calm Chummy. A heads up for you. Stay off here when you've been drinking.
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we can all charge what we like.thats the beauty of working for yourself but for me charging £40 for cleaning them 8 solar panels(its like cleaning 8 large velux windows)on a property i already clean is a bit much esp as i know theyll only take 10 mins.plus they can be cleaned with my main 25ft pole so no getting my 47 footer out.
i clean a fair few window cleaning customers solar panels from time to time and they are easy money even though i dont charge as much as some of you.