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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: DJW on February 02, 2023, 07:49:48 pm

Title: Price of water going up!
Post by: DJW on February 02, 2023, 07:49:48 pm
Oh great! 🙄
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: NWH on February 02, 2023, 08:02:22 pm
That 500ltrs will soon be costing people 25 notes from spotless water for their trouble lol,ouch.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: SB Cleaning on February 02, 2023, 08:56:23 pm
That 500ltrs will soon be costing people 25 notes from spotless water for their trouble lol,ouch.
Sod that, that would be costing me a ton a week ;D

I'm not on a meter where i fill my van.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: deeege on February 02, 2023, 09:40:29 pm
6.5% increase for me, taking my monthly bill to nearly £45. Scandalous  ;D
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: windowswashed on February 02, 2023, 10:13:09 pm
6.5% increase for me, taking my monthly bill to nearly £45. Scandalous  ;D

Wish I was paying £45, more like £98 and that's before any rise, absolute joke
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: andycap on February 03, 2023, 07:52:17 am
All tax deductible 🤔and the fuel to go and pick it up 😉
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: james peters on February 03, 2023, 08:07:28 am
£124 for me at present
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: deeege on February 03, 2023, 09:46:30 am
All tax deductible 🤔and the fuel to go and pick it up 😉

Only the element of your bill that is used for business is tax deductible, but I’m sure you knew that.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: dazmond on February 03, 2023, 10:14:18 am
Oh great! 🙄

All the more reason to put up our prices in April then.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: NWH on February 03, 2023, 12:42:50 pm
Maybe it’s all Tax deductible you’ve still got to shell out for it though initially eh,for some that would be 100 notes on diesel a week soon 125 for water then rained off the odd day but still got to pay wages lol,the futures bright the futures brown.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: KS Cleaning on February 03, 2023, 02:03:41 pm
All tax deductible 🤔and the fuel to go and pick it up 😉
Yes but depending on your tax bracket you will only get back a percentage of what you shell out.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: SB Cleaning on February 03, 2023, 03:44:39 pm
£124 for me at present
A week or month?
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: Stoots on February 04, 2023, 07:55:44 am
I'll be putting my prices up in April if not sooner.

You just can't keep them the same. The cost of literally everything has gone up.

My gas and electric has gone up nearly 200 quid a month, my mortgage will be doing the same. There's 400 quid a month before I've even started on council tax and other bills not to mention business costs like fuel, water , insurances. Corporation tax has gone up as has the dividend rate.

I've not actually sat down and calculated exactly but as you can see it's pretty scary if you think  you are going to keep your prices and income the same.

My prices will be going up, if they don't like it they will have to be replaced it's that simple.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: james peters on February 04, 2023, 08:06:26 am
£124 for me at present
A week or month?

A month.    I dont actualy use that much, but for a while my DIRECT debit wasnt covering my usage, so they put the monthly amount up to clear the balance.
Iam on a meter and use around 1600 ltres a week for work
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: colin bird on February 04, 2023, 08:13:10 am
Oh great! 🙄

All the more reason to put up our prices in April then.

Totaly agree dazmond that announcement of water price increase has given me the green light to increase my prices
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: Pete Thompson on February 04, 2023, 12:32:53 pm
Pass the cost on, simple as that.

At least we don’t have to try to beg an employer for a pay rise or go on strike.

At the end of every month I look at all customers who’ve had the same price for 12 months, and increase at month 13.

Customers are expecting it.
Title: Re: Price of water going up!
Post by: EandM on February 04, 2023, 01:00:00 pm
Fortunately, we have a well and water that only requires a DI.

Supply is limited in dry summers though plus pumps and UV filters need maintaining.

Used to have a separate groundwater supply that could, after heavy rain, kill a Merlin prefilter in 24 hours!