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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 05:35:58 pm

Title: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 05:35:58 pm
I have just been asked to give a quote for a local 1500 pupil school ! I was chosen to give a quote because I live very close ! ( yell.com free )  It hasnt been cleaned for 3 years , and they want it cleaning for when the new term starts .    Any suggestions on pricing would be very helpful, Thanks  ;D 
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: elite mike on July 07, 2008, 05:38:32 pm
hi jonah

some pics might help  :D

hows your boy shaping up ?

mike
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: Paul Coleman on July 07, 2008, 05:41:58 pm
I have just been asked to give a quote for a local 1500 pupil school ! I was chosen to give a quote because I live very close ! ( yell.com free )  It hasnt been cleaned for 3 years , and they want it cleaning for when the new term starts .    Any suggestions on pricing would be very helpful, Thanks  ;D 

Obviously without pics pricing is impossible.  Here is a chance to use your negotiating skills though.  Clearly, the first clean needs to be a sky high price.  However, if you can tie them in to signing perhaps a two year contract, maybe you could offer the first clean at standard rate.  I have a job like this.  The first clean was awful and I made rather less money on it than I would normally expect.  Second clean was somewhat better.  Third clean (done yesterday), I did well from.  A bit of a pig over the first two cleans but you can soon claw back the loss on them.
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 05:43:01 pm
Hes doing ok , thanks for asking  ;D I am getting a digital camera on wednesday , so will try and post some pics  ;)
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: S.A.J on July 07, 2008, 05:43:36 pm
Schools £300+ a day is a good starting point

Stuart
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 05:45:09 pm
Funny thing was , she insisted she only wanted local person to do it !  Going for a chat with her on thursday , she sounds really nice person  ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: NWH on July 07, 2008, 05:50:15 pm
Schools £300+ a day is a good starting point

Stuart
Not being funny but i would go in at more than that,if i needed the job then maybe but other than that i wouldn`t.We done a school a few years back like that 1 and £1200 wasn`t enough as they were rot and you couldn`t just give them the once over,i would think about it carefully.
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: cvdewsbury on July 07, 2008, 06:35:15 pm
is it all on one level?
if it hasn,t been cleaned for that period of time its will be hard job, if its not going to be a regular job I would lump a price in on it  and wouldn,t  lose any sleep about it if you don,t get it..
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: wightsurf on July 07, 2008, 07:08:35 pm
I have just got my second high scholl today  ;D
I price mine on the amount i want to make each day times the amount of days i think it will take.
the first school takes two of us 4 days,the second will take about eight days. I'm not telling the amount i make  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 07:11:53 pm
I have just got my second high scholl today  ;D
I price mine on the amount i want to make each day times the amount of days i think it will take.
the first school takes two of us 4 days,the second will take about eight days. I'm not telling the amount i make  ;D  ;D  ;D
Just whisper it . . . . . your among friends here  ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: m.b.s. on July 07, 2008, 08:14:04 pm
yell.com free is that right sjm more details if it is please m8
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 08:19:11 pm
Yes you can get a free listing mate !  I have got 3 jobs allready from it , and now the enquiry from the school  ;D    "  Oh happy days  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: m.b.s. on July 07, 2008, 08:21:45 pm
Yes you can get a free listing mate !  I have got 3 jobs allready from it , and now the enquiry from the school  ;D    "  Oh happy days  ;D ;D ;D
so how do you get a free listing m8 email if you prefer
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 07, 2008, 08:31:23 pm
Yes you can get a free listing mate !  I have got 3 jobs allready from it , and now the enquiry from the school  ;D    "  Oh happy days  ;D ;D ;D
so how do you get a free listing m8 email if you prefer
Mail sent  ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: m.b.s. on July 07, 2008, 08:33:17 pm
Yes you can get a free listing mate !  I have got 3 jobs allready from it , and now the enquiry from the school  ;D    "  Oh happy days  ;D ;D ;D
so how do you get a free listing m8 email if you prefer
Mail sent  ;D
oh i love email one sec
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: m.b.s. on July 07, 2008, 08:35:35 pm
message received and replied to
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: tomy jackson on July 07, 2008, 08:48:38 pm
mbs thers one link on ACS by poo two with free one & its got his web in its worth a look on how hes dun it bit checky
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: m.b.s. on July 07, 2008, 08:55:27 pm
mbs thers one link on ACS by poo two with free one & its got his web in its worth a look on how hes dun it bit checky
just found it brill
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 07, 2008, 11:25:55 pm
If you need to add a little to your "wet weather work" list, you might look into floor waxing and maintenance for schools. I do a bit of it, and though its not as well paid as windows it does keep the cashflow going over the usual washout summers that we've suffered recently.
They're normally very easy going,.. the schools I'm in don't care what hours I work once the job is done before term starts,.. so whenever it rains I'm still earning.
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: School Quote ?
Post by: sjm on July 08, 2008, 06:24:40 am
If you need to add a little to your "wet weather work" list, you might look into floor waxing and maintenance for schools. I do a bit of it, and though its not as well paid as windows it does keep the cashflow going over the usual washout summers that we've suffered recently.
They're normally very easy going,.. the schools I'm in don't care what hours I work once the job is done before term starts,.. so whenever it rains I'm still earning.
 ;D ;D
I was just thinking about the free advice we all have access to on this site ! I love it  ;D  Thank you all the members for your excellent advice , and thanks too to the site owners and moderaters . . . . . . go on lads ( and Helen )  take a bow  ;D