Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Stoots on February 07, 2023, 05:40:52 pm
-
Just about to increase my prices.
Im struggling to decided on £1 or £2 increase
This would be jobs currently priced between £12 and £16 by the way, which forms probably 90 percent of my round....
I put some up last year as well which makes the conundrum bigger.
Thing is, if i go for £2 i might lose more but i`ll kick myself if i go for £1 and they all accept
I have about 100 jobs more than i can can get round so can afford to lose quite a few and can always advertise for more.
should i grit my teeth and go for 2 ? ;D
-
Just in the process of putting mine up.
Everything under £10 up by £1, between £10 - £20 up by £2. Everything over £20 up £3.
Majority of my jobs are between £12-15 and most of my customers so far have been expecting it. I've lost 2 customers due to the increase but been picking new work up over the last week at the new prices. So it's all kind of balancing out at the moment.
To add context, most haven't gone up since before the pandemic started.
I was concerned about the response I'd get before I started putting them up but was pleasantly surprised the attitude of my customers.
-
Most of mine will be a quid on the cheaper estate work, £2 on larger domestics and a fiver on a few commercial jobs which I think need it.
I'll be posting my price rise letters from 1st march
I've been quite surprised at the new jobs I've picked up this year already considering the constant doom and gloom being portrayed on the news every day
-
Most of mine will be a quid on the cheaper estate work, £2 on larger domestics and a fiver on a few commercial jobs which I think need it.
I'll be posting my price rise letters from 1st march
I've been quite surprised at the new jobs I've picked up this year already considering the constant doom and gloom being portrayed on the news every day
Same Daz. I’ve had the best 6 weeks in the last 12 years for picking up new work, I’ve never known anything like it tbh.
-
Most of mine will be a quid on the cheaper estate work, £2 on larger domestics and a fiver on a few commercial jobs which I think need it.
I'll be posting my price rise letters from 1st march
I've been quite surprised at the new jobs I've picked up this year already considering the constant doom and gloom being portrayed on the news every day
Same Daz. I’ve had the best 6 weeks in the last 12 years for picking up new work, I’ve never known anything like it tbh.
Completely the opposite my end of the country, never known it so quiet.
On the plus side, had three soft wash jobs come in recently which is welcome.
-
Think i will do do a £1 blanket increase on fair priced work which is probabaly 80 percent of my round and just put those up that i dont like or are obviously underpriced by more.
want to make a £13 minimum now for a full house, might do away with fronts altogether.
quite excited to lose a few actually snowed under
-
10% rounded up to the nearest £ is my go to on stuff not raised in the last 18 months.
All the over 66's will have a 10% increase in their state pension in April. Diesel has gone up over 25% in the past year.
So a £15 job will go up by £2. As will an £18 job. A £22.00 will go up to £25.00.
-
I did a £2 increase not one lost
-
Most of mine will be a quid on the cheaper estate work, £2 on larger domestics and a fiver on a few commercial jobs which I think need it.
I'll be posting my price rise letters from 1st march
I've been quite surprised at the new jobs I've picked up this year already considering the constant doom and gloom being portrayed on the news every day
Same Daz. I’ve had the best 6 weeks in the last 12 years for picking up new work, I’ve never known anything like it tbh.
Completely the opposite my end of the country, never known it so quiet.
On the plus side, had three soft wash jobs come in recently which is welcome.
My phones dead too.
-
£5
-
Picked up 3K of new work in the last week pressure washing.
Two solar panel cleaning enquiries today.
-
Most of mine will be a quid on the cheaper estate work, £2 on larger domestics and a fiver on a few commercial jobs which I think need it.
I'll be posting my price rise letters from 1st march
I've been quite surprised at the new jobs I've picked up this year already considering the constant doom and gloom being portrayed on the news every day
Same Daz. I’ve had the best 6 weeks in the last 12 years for picking up new work, I’ve never known anything like it tbh.
Completely the opposite my end of the country, never known it so quiet.
On the plus side, had three soft wash jobs come in recently which is welcome.
We could do with some dirty rain, it's 7 weeks since I last got round what with Christmas and frost etc and can't believe how clean the glass still is. I've literally pulled up and wondered if the custys got impatient and replaced me because the windows are so clean. Not good for new enquiries, bring on a filthy Sahara dust downpour.
-
Picked up 3K of new work in the last week pressure washing.
Two solar panel cleaning enquiries today.
Also picked up roughly £3k of work, but quarterly work ;D
-
Picked up 3K of new work in the last week pressure washing.
Two solar panel cleaning enquiries today.
I did my first pressure washing job of the year last Friday, it made a nice change from window cleaning.
-
put about 80 up so far, most by £1 with about a dozen 2 quid.
Still waiting for my first cancel, knew i would wish i had just gone for £2 to everyone ;D
-
put about 80 up so far, most by £1 with about a dozen 2 quid.
Still waiting for my first cancel, knew i would wish i had just gone for £2 to everyone ;D
I have been putting mine up £2 , I haven't even told most of them.
-
spoke too soon, 1 just cancelled. was a pita anyway had to do front then drive round back
-
spoke too soon, 1 just cancelled. was a pita anyway had to do front then drive round back
Good riddance.
-
Ive added £1 / £2 as yourself. Bit by bit . most are great about it, even asking me if im putting prices up.
Bring in around £2/£300 + extra a month
Happy days
These customers are the ones who appreciate what you do
-
spoke too soon, 1 just cancelled. was a pita anyway had to do front then drive round back
I wouldn't of took the job on in the first place or just offered fronts only if it was right next to other work....🙂
-
spoke too soon, 1 just cancelled. was a pita anyway had to do front then drive round back
I wouldn't of took the job on in the first place or just offered fronts only if it was right next to other work....🙂
Well the back was on a street I clean another house so it was one of those ones where If she accepted the increase its worth it if not its not. To be honest I've worse jobs on thr round than that.
-
Ive added £1 / £2 as yourself. Bit by bit . most are great about it, even asking me if im putting prices up.
Bring in around £2/£300 + extra a month
Happy days
These customers are the ones who appreciate what you do
It's funny how that works isn't it. When I e done increases before it always tends to be the slow payers or skippers who cancel first. Like you say most decent people will understand that you are a business and the current state of inflation. I guess the ones who won't understand are those on the breadline already.
But what's £1 a month or £12 a year vs 2k a year energy bills. They are scrimping in the wrong place.
-
How's your prices rises going chaps?
Not lost one yet but I'm fully expecting to in the next few weeks...most jobs going up a quid or 2,some a fiver....👍
-
Careful Daz putting prices up at the moment is a bit like playing Buckeroo.
-
I put about 200 up last month, lost 5 or 6 i think
I then bottled putting the rest up as just took on an employee and cant afford to lose any more just yet
-
gone through half now
rises are between 12 and 20% depending on frequency and how far behind some had got compared to newly priced stuff..
so far its 3 cancelations (out of approx 550)
Darran
-
Started putting prices up just over a week ago, early days but no cancellations as yet. Not too worried if I do get some cancellations as I’ve picked up quite a lot of work lately.
-
Started telling mine middle of last week, lost just one so far, a £1 rise, outwardly possibly one of my better off custys, ::)roll, seems to be a familar story round here, the richest are the tightest.
-
Careful Daz putting prices up at the moment is a bit like playing Buckeroo.
Your a fool if you don't put up your prices with the ridiculous rate of inflation at the moment.....
You ve been in this game long enough to know you HAVE to put them up occasionally unless you enjoy working for less money year on year....👍
-
Careful Daz putting prices up at the moment is a bit like playing Buckeroo.
But I thought all your customers were loaded? Surely they can afford to pay a little extra to their window cleaner? Or are they struggling to heat their indoor swimming pools because of the high energy prices?
Business expenses have increased greatly over the last few years, not to mention high inflation and CPI. Madness if you don’t increase prices to reflect this.
-
Going great. No cancellations. Three new enquiries last week. I have no website or any canvassing going on. Just one parish magazine and which I may drop. Several gutter enquiries which I pass on to Dan the Man.
If you've not done it yet do it immediately. State pension up 10% next month.
-
I'm about a third of the way through putting up my prices; not going mad, mostly £2.
All been good so far, in fact some customers have been expecting it and are quite understanding.
I'm hardly picking up any new work, but I haven't done any advertising for 2 years, but having said that my list of 'extra' jobs is increasing. I have about 10 jobs in the diary ready for when the weather gets better (when the clocks change), everything from simple fsg jobs to full exterior bungalow cleans including pressure washing.
My continued plan for this year is to cut down to 4 days per week (booked in) and focus on getting more bungalows and easy, small houses to replace my heavy going work. My new leaflets have been delivered and I'm looking forward to getting some exercise.
-
Lost my first one today...£15 job going up to £17.....
They told me they were struggling financially a few years ago so I put them on 8 weekly from 4 weekly and didn't raise the price...but they need a raise and its a fairly big house with conny....
Oh well a bit of room for a better job..onward and upward!😄
-
It never ceases to amaze me how some customers(now ex customers)never tolerate a price rise...
Some would have you cleaning them forever at the same price.... ::)roll
-
Lost my first one today...£15 job going up to £17.....
They told me they were struggling financially a few years ago so I put them on 8 weekly from 4 weekly and didn't raise the price...but they need a raise and its a fairly big house with conny....
Oh well a bit of room for a better job..onward and upward!😄
Oh well a £25 job will be along shortly or maybe even 2 to replace it :D
-
Careful Daz putting prices up at the moment is a bit like playing Buckeroo.
But I thought all your customers were loaded? Surely they can afford to pay a little extra to their window cleaner? Or are they struggling to heat their indoor swimming pools because of the high energy prices?
Business expenses have increased greatly over the last few years, not to mention high inflation and CPI. Madness if you don’t increase prices to reflect this.
Yeah m8 I’ve had a job come in that’s meant I don’t need to put any prices up if I decide not to,I’ve had a couple of customers that have turned pools off and one is going to fill in their indoor one lol.
I’ve not lost any couple of big ones have come back on the usual schedule again,I think a fair few people panicked a few months ago but they’ve now realised that you don’t really need to when you’ve got enough money for 10 five star lives.