Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: julianbiggs on February 20, 2007, 08:56:18 pm
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How much would you guys charge in total for 2 guys to window clean for one whole day 8am - 5pm at one big house. Tradiotional. Ground level and first floor level only. This is based on you doing the work, not an employee.
What would your total charge be for this ??
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For 2 people?
I'd say around £300.
£150 per day each is a decent rate.
How big is this house to take that long? :o
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same as squeaky £300.00
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same as above
stands to reason if you can earn it on your round each day
you shouldnt work for any less lse were?
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same as above
stands to reason if you can earn it on your round each day
you shouldnt work for any less lse were?
I,m glad you can all earn this on your rounds every day, £750.00 a week :o there must be alot of rich window cleaners or alot of bullsh#t going around ! and i suspect its the later :-\
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if you aint earning that you should give up
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I,d better give up then.
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I think the more honest rate is nearer £200 IMO
does depend on type of work and method / travelling etc
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Ronaldo - where are you based and do you work on your own.
Window cleaning is not an easy profession having to work in all weathers and up and down ladders, to not be earning good money.
You are either pricing too low or having too many cups of tea.
I would be well pi**ed if i did not earn that daily.
This is what this forum is for to try and help each other.
Give us a rundown of what you do and I am sure you will get some good advice to get your earnings up.
Regards Robbie - Clearshine
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I'd say £300 is a good start. If it's a big house then they are business people and will try to squeeze you were they can.
As an example, I do a house with my wife in Maldon Essex for £320 every 8 weeks it takes from 7am till 1pm. I had to miss out 7 windows on the inside of the swimming pool this time as of building work and then received a fax asking me to drop the price by 10% thats £32 for just 7 windows. I'm still waiting payment. £300 is probably the minimum when things like that can happen. Remember some of these people spend more on a pair of shoes than you'll be earning on the job that day. That's what gets me. :-X
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The most important issue is getting the right price for each job because at the end of the day there is only so much work you can do. The trouble is that a lot of window cleaners start their business with low rates and gradually work their way up. The two questions you've got to ask yourself is 'how much am I worth' and 'what price can I charge in my local area'? The best thing is to get too much work and increase your prices until you're left with a smaller, more profitable round.
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It's a very big house £2.2 million with a brand new £800,000 swimming pool,gym,cinema room,sauna,jacuzzi,changing room extension. We've done a builder's clean there today, two of us and they have just sacked their last window cleaner for being 6 weeks late...we quoted £ 270.00... two guys, one whole day..seems a fair price...she was happy and snapped our hands off!!!
RONALDO...What's your problem ?????
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I price work now at a minimum of £30 per hour for one person, if there's 2 of us, to get the job maybe £50 per hour for 2.
8am to 5 is 9 hours without a break, so minimum, 9 x £50 = £450
actually, we're off to do a £450 traditional job today. Did it on my own last time in 12 hours, so guessing it'll take 7 hours for 2.
These prices are easily obtainable, you've just got to put in the right price at the start.
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Ronaldo...
I thought you were in the £150 a day bracket...?
Are you in Manchester?
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Julian,
I think your price is fair at £270.00, £250 is a reasonable price for 2 window cleaners.
Its good to achieve £300.00 per day but you wont always achieve it.
One thing though i do builders cleans & we charge 4 - 6 times the value for builders cleans, if this is the case was the house smaller or have you worked harder to achieve the final result but got the contract regular which is a wise business move.
Gary
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Ronaldo...
I thought you were in the £150 a day bracket...?
Are you in Manchester?
Steve K, and then again i might be in the £60 a day bracket!
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I`m serious...I thought I had read some of your previous postings...I may be wrong ???
I`m off out now...I`ll get back on this post later on ;)
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And thats with a cherry picker aswell Steve ;)
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hello there...was on the first window at 9.45am approximately and back home at 1.30pm...
6 houses...
£20
£15
£15
£25
£20
£15
I ran out of water because the water board are renewing drains around where I live and I could only get out with 200 litres and not able to refill my tank because water is off at the mains >:(
Ronaldo...you cannot be working all day for £60 ???
come on..are you really serious here?
Feel free to give me a call and I will try and help you with pricing.
email me if you wish ;)
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I think that if you are on an all day job, then a charge of £150 is pretty low, if I work from 8 till 5 I'll do more than that, I'd be pretty disappointed if I didn't top £200.
But if you are charging for 2 employees it becomes a different matter, for one thing you won't be paying them anything like that amount will you?
So £150 per man per day is I think about right, and if you are employing guys then they will need to be turning that over to cover all your costs, you've got to make money on them too of course...
As for individuals knocking out £750 per week, well, many on here will do that and above, but maybe not every week, those that do so are doing very well indeed.
But if you are going to charge for a full days work, then £150 is more than reasonable...even if you don't do it every day.
I've been hit with a wave of laziness today, finished at 2.30pm and have done £135, previous 2 days was somewhat above that figure (I'm not saying what though), and if the weather doesn't bugger me about it'll be above it tomorrow too...it could also be Friday if I wanted it to be, but I might want to surf another lazy wave ;D
Ian
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for one man - myself-
one big factor i consider when quoting jobs like this is how rich the owners are, i would want 150 minimum for 9 hours work anyway, but upon arrival seeing their wealth as you've described i would up that to 200 minimum. i would be playing it by ear, sussing them out as i walked round the house or when speaking to them, trying to get a feel as to what price i think i could get away with (without being silly here). then with this info on-board i would quote just that- the absolute maximum that i thought they would accept (bearing in mind that 200 was already set as the minimum).
they may even want to barter (had it before) but at the end of the day as long as it didn't go below 200 i would still be happy in the knowlage that i tried for more. ;) ;)
tony
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most of my days are the same as steve k, no busting a gut good prices good jobs and good payers thats what its all about, who wants to bust a gut for less than £100 a day as remember you have to cover lost days out of that. I tend to work on doing 100 a day as earnings and the rest just becomes sickness and holiday moneyand has worked really well for me so far, even managing to take jan off from domestic work which was great, cheers all
simbo