Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike 108 on June 27, 2007, 07:52:22 pm
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For comparison purposes, using this example of a simple, straightforward, house front clean (trad) - please reveal:
What you would charge for the windows (and frames?)
How long it would take you
What part of the country you are in.
I'm sure it will be of great interest, and help, to all 'newbies'
Thanks.
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12-15 quid trad 8-11 wfp, it would take 15-20mins trad and 5-10mins wfp that includes taking stuff out of van and posting slip, I am in Wales
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£5 a month but it would have to be poled as i aint using ladders! im from south london
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Minimum £10.00 charge
Time : 10 mins wfp
: 15 mins trad
South Norfolk
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wfp £15 1st clean £10 every 5 weeks (20mins) west dorset
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Thanks lads. Lets have plenty more, please.
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Why has everyone gone all shy and secretive then???
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For me i would prob charge £5 Trad or WFP
In South Lincs.
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£7.00 inc frames and quick whizz over upvc door. wfp. wolverhampton. ten minutes approx.
after the first time, i wouldn't clean above the above the glass on the "double drippers" cos it would leave nasty drips down the middle of the window.
we should do more of these comparisons :)
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£10 front and back, With ladders... South East essex
Would take around 15 to 20minutes on my own
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£8 Trad... 15 mins max
£8 WFP... 10 mins max
North Norfolk
Bazz...
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Dave Turley. It does leave nasty drips down the middle of the frame - but what are "double drippers". Thanks
Mike
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£8-£10
Norfolk...........nicer than Suffolk
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£8-£10
Norfolk...........nicer than Suffolk
True ;D
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Trad = £7.50 & 15 mins
wfp = £6.00 & 10 mins
(Roughly)
Inverness, Highlands
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My Auntie is from Potter Heigham in Norfolk, and she says most proper Norfolk people are interbred, she made me laugh ;D
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Trad = £7.50 & 15 mins
wfp = £6.00 & 10 mins
(Roughly)
Inverness, Highlands
Why cheaper?
My Auntie is from Potter Heigham in Norfolk, and she says most proper Norfolk people are interbred, she made me laugh ;D
She needs educating obviously
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£8 to £10 depending on if i have other work around it time 10 to 12 mins area sunny southend on sea essex marc
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8quid (12 euro) for those in Holland ;) 15 minutes wfp
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Chris,
I like to be competative!
I would be happy with £6.00 for 10 mins work. Most people just make that in a hour.
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plus i would only do it wfp would not go up a ladder not even if i was offered £15 marc
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Gosh! There are some seriously fast guys out there!! The house in the photo is my own, so I obviously do a 'perfect job' and don't need to rush - but it takes me about 30 mins (I think). I'm going to time myself tomorrow!
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mike 108.... i call 2 openers "double drippers" cos there are two of them and they drip all over the the window below. makes sense to me anyway
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Chris,
I like to be competative!
I would be happy with £6.00 for 10 mins work. Most people just make that in a hour.
Exactly what I reckon.
£6 for a front only is a good price.
You wouldn't get any more than that in South East Wales.
Unless you're "double it" Tosh.
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From what is on the photo I would charge 6 quid trad, after the first clean I reckon it would take me 15 to twenty minutes. I might be quicker but trying to be honest and realistic and trying to make sure its a good job done.
I am in County Durham.
Very interesting comparison -great idea.
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Ill do it for you for £6 mike, as that seems to be the going rate!!! Dont think any cleaner round here would charge more than a fiver, but you would be lucky if any would clean the frames.
Most round here would do the whole house for £6! :'(
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I would charge £6 too. Dai
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Quoted one simular today front only wfp £7.00 and got it, didnt mention the frames If I quoted trad it would have been £8.
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gwent wales 6 pounds 15 min on my own trad .
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7.00 medway,rochester.10-15 min from arriving to leaving.
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Trad with frames would be £12.00 and I reckon 15 - 20 mins thats using a point ladder that would definitely speed you up on a job like this. I'd say £6 or £7 for the windows on there own.
Simon in Essex.
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Front only £10 sod doing anything for less.
Whole house £16
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Jason
I would not do it there bad payers at that house ;D
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Front only £10 sod doing anything for less.
Whole house £16
Greedy. ;D
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Sensible ;D
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If you are just referring to the front windows (and not the ones barely visible down the side) - a tenner I reckon.
I'm near Gatwick (southeast).
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£5.00 oxford wfp
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10 quid
WFP only
10 min max
Somerset
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£8.00 Trad 15-20 mins
£8.00 Wfp 8-10 mins
Plymouth, Devon
Stuart
SAJ Window Cleaners Ltd
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£5 providing i had a few on the street and it would only take 10 minutes maximum either wfp or trad im based in blackburn lancs
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I see a railing to the left of the property, hard to tell what distance it is from the house in a photo, "have we checked for being able to get correct ladder angles if it is to be trad"? I also see electric wires (or it may be shadows on the photo not sure) if it is electrical wires, "have we checked to make sure they are fully inuslated etc by the customer, so we won't be electrocuted trad or wfp"? the railing suggests a pavement or road outside "have we checked viable access trad or wfp"? As you say great for newbies as risk assessments should be carried out. If we did it Fronts only £11.75 inc vat. From arrival to departure would expect 15 mins without custie coming out for a chat. south east england
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i have a tenner minimum charge for new custies now, but i would have charged £7 before. Taking me 20 minutes off a ladder or 5 - 10 wfp.
Around beccles, suffolk.
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I would say £7 but am now looking for £10minimum jobs
10 minuite job frames included
East of Scotland wfp
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!5 Minutes (ish) Trad
£10
SW London
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A tenner in South London/Surrey :)
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£12.00 15 mins South
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12 quid essex
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20 mins trad £9.00
15 mins wfp £7.50
possibly £7.00 if I had more on the street
Nottingham
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wfp - £6 (5mins)
trad - £6 (10mins)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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wfp - £6 (5mins)
trad - £6 (10mins)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
That's fast!
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My minimum price is £15.
So it would be................................................... £15. ;)
Would probably take 15 mins doing it properly (WFP).
Farnham, Surrey.
Andy
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£100 min
I wish £10 to £12.00 in Sunny Cheshire
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wfp - £6 (5mins)
trad - £6 (10mins)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
That's fast!
Ha! I could go quicker but couldn't guarantee a good job then.
I don't feel thats all that fast, I do 2 houses the same as the one in the pic except they are 3 storey and I can do the fronts in less than 20mins, easy. Prices are crap here but I can still manage over £200 on a normal day (9 to 5). Although I wouldn't spend any time on cleaning the sills.
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Hi £10-12 based in Harrogate -north yorkshire
Thanks Robbie
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wfp - £6 (5mins)
trad - £6 (10mins)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
That's fast!
Ha! I could go quicker but couldn't guarantee a good job then.
I don't feel thats all that fast, I do 2 houses the same as the one in the pic except they are 3 storey and I can do the fronts in less than 20mins, easy. Prices are crap here but I can still manage over £200 on a normal day (9 to 5). Although I wouldn't spend any time on cleaning the sills.
With the cheap flights via Ryanair it's worth my while commuting to the Emerald Isle for a days work! Mind you would the Check-in bird let me take my 12 footers as hand luggage?
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haha not to Northern Ireland its not!! Like I've said prices here are lower than average, you're southwest london, prices down that way are a lot higher than here!!
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front only,i would be lucky if i got more than £5 here,"gloucester" some of your prices seem extreme,no wonder im so poor, christ £10 front only,i would only get £10 around here for doing the whole house wfp :'(
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Just to clarify, is this price for the fronts only? if so, i dont think if i went in cold calling you would
be able to acheive a better price than 7-8 pounds for a regular monthly clean. The whole house
without looking at the back, taking into regard there is no conservatory would come in 14 pounds.
Through experience i know of a lot of people who would be more than happy with a fiver, 12
pounds seems unacheiveble, being realistic. Unless the customer has contacted you and is
desperate i know you will not be able to acheive that price day in day out with your quoting.
Im out there every day canvassing and people will not swallow that pricing. You may acheive 1
out of 15 quotes if you went in at 12 pounds for the front shown in the photos. Eddie im not sure
if you meant 15 for the whole house which seems more sensible.
regards Steve Rounddevelopers
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i meant 12 pounds rather than 15. its getting late!
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About 30 quid for what your looking at, trad ,no frames
60 quid for the whole house if roughly double what your seeing
100 quid for insides and outsides
Boston USA
That would be at the most quarterly , more likely twice a year and inside once
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£6 10-15 mins wfp.. west yorkshire.
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Pat Purcell
Are you serious? - or just having a laugh!!! ???
Must dash. Will read later.
Mike
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If my charm and charisma is working well . . . . £8 but would get it for £6!
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Pat Purcell
Are you serious? - or just having a laugh!!! ???
Must dash. Will read later.
Mike
Serious Mike, But before you jump on Virgin Airlines and move out here, like I said the most likely frequency is twice a year outside , once a year inside for a grand total for the year of 160 quid
One of you lads charging 13 quid a month will make roughly the same every year off the same customer
And also it would require an appointment for the insides and probably an appointment when we do the outsides
And it's unlikely that I would have another house in the vicinity that day
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Hi
In Scotland and i would charge £15.00
Wee question why do people charge different prices for the same job ie some put a wfp price less than a trad price.
If someone cut your lawn with a scythe and someone else cut it with a flymo the price is the same as you still end up with your lawn cut. Its not an hourly rate we charge but a cost of the job
Cheers
Gordon
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For what you see in the pic and cleaned Trad.
If I had other houses in the street, £9 if not £12 or more depending on time taken to get to the property. A first clean price would depend on when they were last done.
I'm in South Essex
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I would do it off a cherry picker , road to be cordened off . Must have regular tea breaks.
£150 for the cherry picker.
2 Men 1 hour
Total £200. every 2 weeks ;D
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£8.00 10 mins
west sussex
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£6.00 Monthly or £6.60 2 Monthly WFP only
Steve
Taunton Zomerzet.
:)
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£7 take me 15 mins trad
same price wfp but less time
i could live with having row after row of them nice easy money
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A really good subject! Reading through, it all seems a bit £10ish South and anywhere between £6-8 North. Quite a difference really.
Where everyone agrees is that it's 15 mins trad and 10ish wfp.
It looks a nice house to do...I'd love to have 10 of those in the same street.
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great idea for a topic
7 pounds trad/wfp
15-20 mins
kevin. inverness
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£6.30 monthly 15mins ,trad crewe cheshire
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Round here the first question is whats the parking like?
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Does it include the back as well or just the front ??? Anyway £12 front and back using wfp im from Kent. PS id charge £8 just for the front.
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Where this topic is so good is that it tells me that I'm working at the right speed and am pretty much on the money...a good comfort factor ;)
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I do a similar front of a house for £7.00 and I'm okay with that, but I'm bursting with work, so I'd probably chance my arm at a £10.00 and if I didn't get the job, I've lost nowt.
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5pound but only if i had others in the street, otherwise 7pound. however when i first started few yr back before i built up a decent round i would have done it for 2.50. newcastle upon tyne (same price for wfp)