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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: S.A.J on March 13, 2007, 03:03:10 pm

Title: Out of interest?
Post by: S.A.J on March 13, 2007, 03:03:10 pm
Hi there people what another lovely day it is.

The picture below is the front of a house i clean in Saltash Cornwall just wondered what other people would charge for it.

The back is the same as the front. Cleaned on a 4 weekly cycle.

I’ve been cleaning this place for 5 years now and i used to charge £4.00 front and back  :o.

Now I’m charging £7.00 slowly getting the price up  >:(

Under my current pricing scheme i charge £1 a window, so i consider each of the big panes a window 16 panes = £16

And i would charge £1 for the doors, 2 doors = £2

Total £18 which i think is a bit on the high side so i charge 50p a window which the whole house comes to £10. I’ve quoted a few of these at £10 and did not get a single one.

Today i quoted 2 of them instead of trying £10 i tried my minimum price £8 and i got them both.

Where in the country are you and what would you charge?

Stuart
SAJ Window Cleaners Ltd
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: a-r window cleanin on March 13, 2007, 03:22:27 pm
We would charge a tenner as that is our min price
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Post by: Moderator David@stives on March 13, 2007, 03:24:41 pm
stuart

They look like £8.00 houses to me

If it were a posher estate then maybe go for £10.00

I know guys who are doing similar for £4.00  so i just leave them to it and go somewhere else

Dave
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Post by: DavidX on March 13, 2007, 03:31:57 pm
I got a few houses like that.

I charge £12 at least, Some more than £12 but I from the south.
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Post by: davetherave on March 13, 2007, 04:03:29 pm
i would say nine pounds and then if they said thats too much i would do it for 8 but no less.
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Post by: Central Window Cleaners on March 13, 2007, 04:15:39 pm
£8 sounds about right to my in the Midlands for that type of house
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Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 13, 2007, 04:46:01 pm
£8 would do me.

That's a doddle for the money.
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Post by: markybop on March 13, 2007, 04:49:34 pm
Up here in Bonnie Scotland ur probably talkin about £5/6 max........
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Post by: P @ F on March 13, 2007, 04:51:31 pm
Looks like im gettin my arse over saltash with £6.99 on all my flyers  ;D

Stu , i would go at £8 for those , next summer youll be there mate .

 Rich P @ F
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Post by: williamx on March 13, 2007, 04:52:46 pm
1st clean = £15.00
4 weekly clean = £10.00 = £2.50 per week
6 weekly clean = £13.00 = £2.16 per week
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: jeff1 on March 13, 2007, 04:53:21 pm
£8 for me, but would say I'll do the frames as well all in for a tenner.
I know with wfp you do the frames anyway but for a new potential customer it sounds good and they often go for the frames.
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Post by: P @ F on March 13, 2007, 05:04:17 pm
Jeff , your not one of those con men are you ?   ;D ;D ;D

 Rich P @ F 
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Post by: [GQC] Tim on March 13, 2007, 05:08:11 pm
£16 no doubt. Surrey
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Post by: P @ F on March 13, 2007, 05:15:55 pm
Well maybe im going to surrey instead with £15.99 flyers  ;D

 Rich P @ F
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Post by: markybop on March 13, 2007, 05:19:32 pm
Aye, I think Mr GQC is having a laugh, think im goanna move to Surrey too!
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: S.A.J on March 13, 2007, 05:28:06 pm
Looks like im gettin my arse over saltash with £6.99 on all my flyers  ;D

Stu , i would go at £8 for those , next summer youll be there mate .

 Rich P @ F

Rich put your flyers out, im off up to Surrey  ;D

£16 no doubt. Surrey

Stuart
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Post by: DASERVICES on March 13, 2007, 05:30:15 pm
Marky,

You're too cheep, min £8.00 for a house like that. Let your licence do the talking  ;)

Doug
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Post by: SHINING EXAMPLE on March 13, 2007, 05:30:22 pm
£10 monthly  /  £12.00 bi-monthly.  BUCKS.  (the county that is)
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on March 13, 2007, 05:46:13 pm
In Basildon Essex £10 would be average, but I know some who would charge £15 and others that would charge £6 and all in the same area.
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: jeff1 on March 13, 2007, 05:55:55 pm
Jeff , your not one of those con men are you ?   ;D ;D ;D

 Rich P @ F 
:o ;D ;D No Rich, Just a good businessman, if I can up my price by a couple of pounds offering a service that I do and complete, then does that make me a con-man?? or a good businessman :D ;)
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Post by: LSB on March 13, 2007, 06:02:38 pm
i wouldnt do it for less than £12 .
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Post by: Ian Lancaster on March 13, 2007, 06:06:14 pm
Stuart:

I wouldn't touch it at less than £10, but that's my minimum price.  To sweeten the pill, you could offer to include the cladding.  Once it's clean it only needs a sweep over every time to keep it looking good - takes about 30-40 seconds.

I always include the guttering on conservatories - again once it's clean it only takes seconds to wash over, and makes all the difference.

Always stress that these bits are included when you quote - the customers should be well impressed ;)

Cheers,

Ian
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: Ian_Giles on March 13, 2007, 06:26:00 pm
I'd say £8.00 is ok, but you aren't going to be driving a 5 series beamer anytime soon with prices like that...Mondeo man maybe?

Tenner a clean? Well a bit better, and around here you would stand a good chance of getting that...

£12.00 per clean?
Well you might get up to a 3 series beamer on that  ;)

If you could get £15.00 then you would be on very good money indeed, but you wouldn't stand a snowballs of getting that around here.

What would I charge?

I'd charge a tenner, great money if you can get a string of them, but I prefer drive betweens and bigger accounts, so I use accounts like this as fillers.

I do have a few at £8.00 but any future ones of this kind of size will be going up to a tenner.

I do some on one estate where several are at the £8.00 mark, maybe not quite the same as the house in the picture, but I think a similar amount of work, in a few months there will be a load of new people in these houses (army) and the whole lot will be going up to a tenner.

Ian
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Post by: rugby on March 13, 2007, 07:03:06 pm
£8 here in gloucester,dont think i would get much more than that around here
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Post by: Bazzy1999 on March 13, 2007, 07:33:34 pm
£10 here in Norfolk
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: Moderator David@stives on March 13, 2007, 07:53:18 pm
Stu

I would class that as 5 1/2 windows at the front.

What does everyone else class it has
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Post by: JohnL on March 13, 2007, 07:55:50 pm
£8 if it is surrounded by others or if in a street but if it was on its own somewhere ( and a few of my houses are totally isolated ) I could get £10 or even £12 for something like this.

John
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Post by: williamx on March 13, 2007, 07:58:46 pm
8 windows
1 door
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Post by: Bazzy1999 on March 13, 2007, 07:59:41 pm
Stu

I would class that as 5 1/2 windows at the front.

What does everyone else class it has

5 1/2 ??
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 13, 2007, 08:04:08 pm
Stu

I would class that as 5 1/2 windows at the front.

What does everyone else class it has
6 windows.

2 panes per "window" I always call it.

2 1/2 at the top.
2 on the bottom.
1 1/2 for the door  = 6.
Title: Re: Out of interest?
Post by: Moderator David@stives on March 13, 2007, 08:49:32 pm
I counted 1 for the door,
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Post by: Alex Gardiner on March 13, 2007, 09:05:43 pm
The price would mainly be dictated to by the type of house it is.

It is a very simple house  and would be straightforward to do, (max 10min) I would not want to charge more than £8 per clean as it is not a 'grand' house.

Personally I would only take this job on if I had a run of them (minimum 3). Otherwise I would charge £12 and hope I didn't get it.

I am in Cornwall and the properties around here go from simple mining cottages to seaside resort mansions with £2million pound price tags. Whichever area I was in though this house would get the same price.