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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: master cleaner on January 28, 2007, 09:28:09 pm
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hi leading on from another post i thought i would set this post , i personally will only do frames on a £10 mininum house but earlier some have said that they do frames on every house which i find unrealistic as i have 300+ customers some at £5 per fortnight and i only clean the glass , but i have got many £15 houses where i will clean the frames also so what do the majority do
gary
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I allways clean the frames even when i was trad.
Bazz...
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I allways clean the frames even when i was trad.
Bazz...
hi bazz would you still clean them on a £5 house if it took you 15 mins to just clean the glass
gary
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me aswell frames all the time i had over 5000 customers & they all got ther frames cleaned, but now ther is only 2 of us i nly have abt 1000 customers & they still get frames cleaned every time.
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it dont take any longer to clean the frames than just the glass its only seconds per frame,
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Gary if it took me 15 mins to clean just the glass then it wont be £5
Bazz...
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Mike im with you it only takes a few seconds to wipe the frames
Bazz...
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i used to employ 8 men but had trouble with them not being as fussy as me frames etc, fair enough i made loads of dosh but the standards were slippling & it was my name on the van, so i finished them all & went back to 1 van,sold 4000 customers to 6 different lads, now i know all frames sills doors get done every time, my fone is much quiter my life is much happier,
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I always clean the frames (wfp) but I don't have any £5 houses. In fact my minimum charge is now £10 for new business.
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lucky u lol, my cheapest is 60p 1 window done it for abt 10 yrs,
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I always clean the frames (wfp) but I don't have any £5 houses. In fact my minimum charge is now £10 for new business.
Ditto
Without a doubt
Chris
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DITTO 60p or ditto £10
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DITTO 60p or ditto £10
Well he's quoting me ...
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youve lost me ?
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I think there trying to say £10 is there min charge.
But Malc will be glad if you quote him 60p.
Bazz...
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I have lost count the number of customers i have gained through word of mouth because guess what "i clean the frames and sills as well"
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youve lost me ?
OK - Chris Cottrell is quoting me when I say min. charge £10 ...
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My cheapest is £2.50 ( 3 minutes work) and always do the frames.
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My rate is not as good as all of yours just because I take my time (I am in no rush and still learning). But the frames are sometimes black with dust. I rub em round and they look great again. Now do not get me wrong, those grey stains from years of build up do not get 100% shifted first time if it is too hard work. I work on them a few seconds or so each time and eventually they look sparkling.
I tell my customers, because the last window cleaner neglected the sills and frames so much it might take a few more cleans but they should see an improvment every time.
The £5 customer could well lead to a £50 customer. If the job is priced right I do not see how the price difference matters.
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The £5 customer could well lead to a £50 customer. If the job is priced right I do not see how the price difference matters.
Agreed - but for me I have no full houses (all windows, front, back, sides, doors) that I will take on for less than £10. But whatever I do take on has it's frames and cills done in the price.
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If you are cleaning the frames trad try using a damp microfibre works fine for me
Brett.
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WOW there is a difference in window cleaners.
i personally have been wfp for 2 years now and my policy is , minimun £8 house , i charge £5 extra if they have their frames cleaned every time and if not i charge £3 extra per frame and door.
and before anybody jumps on me i am a good window cleaner who has been doing it for 12 yrs , most window cleaners in my area dont do frames but i offer the option .
i have got some low priced houses £3.50-£5 house which i wouldnt do the frames unless paid extra. i earn at least £20 per hour so to do the frames on these low paid houses would lower my pay which i am not willing to do
i am always picking houses up by word of mouth some want their frames others dont
so YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR PAY FOR FRAMES AND GET THEM CLEANED , PAY FOR GLASS AND GET IT CLEANED.
WORKS FOR ME
gary
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Brett... " We dont cut corners we clean them " is it ok for me to use that on my van, im only asking coz i dont know who has the rights for it if theres any and i dont want anyones backs up about it.
Bazz...
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I use it :D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9572.msg70734#msg70734
But more interestingly is this...
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=25320.msg195060#msg195060
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i allways clean frames WFP just takes 2 sec :)
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i never clean a whole house for a fiver but all my customers have their frames cleaned, front doors, back doors and sometimes the porches around the front doors as well (depends on how much thier paying) we are in a time is money business and if you feel the customer is paying for enough of your time by only cleaning the glass then thats down to you, i personally would clean the whole window and frame and just up thier price or find some better priced customers
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Brett... " We dont cut corners we clean them " is it ok for me to use that on my van, im only asking coz i dont know who has the rights for it if theres any and i dont want anyones backs up about it.
Bazz...
Hi Baz 8)
its ok by me but i dont know who has the rights to it either, i do know that trevor knight uses it, heritage? Gaza macc and myself personally i think we can all use it as long as we live up to the name of it ;)
Brett