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Title: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 09, 2008, 12:08:10 pm
Having not a lot of experience in commercial quotes, I'd appreciate some help with this one.

I come to a figure myself for a monthly clean  - all windows, balcony glass, and skylights. But would like to see how close or far off I am.

All done WFP

Just after a ball park figure.

Thanks


www.photobucket.com/albums/h190/MPElliott/


Sorry about the link, but I can't get the photo links to work !

Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: Ian Lancaster on July 09, 2008, 12:14:44 pm
You sure that link's right?  I can't get it to work
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 09, 2008, 12:17:46 pm
//www.photobucket.com/albums/h190/MPElliott/]www.photobucket.com/albums/h190/MPElliott/[/url]


That's the jobbie.... Thanks  Clean Dude Window Cleaning
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 09, 2008, 04:37:56 pm
Please..... :-*
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: aztec on July 09, 2008, 05:00:21 pm
£125.00 per visit
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: Dave Turley on July 09, 2008, 05:14:46 pm
hard to quote that one.
I think that's one of those jobs where you sigh as you get out of the van each month.

lots of messing about getting onto balconies/going through building  :-//
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: wightsurf on July 09, 2008, 05:29:56 pm
I think you should ask  people how long it would take them,then take it from there.I work everything out on time spent x amount i wish to earn hour.If you price per a window that would'nt include any messing about like getting  on/off  balcony or locked doors and access. A over all time spent is best method of pricing.

Just my thought
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: Dave Turley on July 09, 2008, 05:31:43 pm
that's what I do as well

some jobs are more messing about than cleaning!
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: windowwashers on July 09, 2008, 05:33:40 pm
hard to quote that one.
I think that's one of those jobs where you sigh as you get out of the van each month.

lots of messing about getting onto balconies/going through building  :-//
for £125 a would not even get out of the van tbh.

how many windows are there ? how many balconies are there ?
hard to quote something like this as it would be guess work,
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: ftp on July 09, 2008, 06:13:49 pm
Depends on what you want to earn in a day, if you can complete the job in a morning then £125 would be reasonable, you might be happy to earn that in a day. A lot of newbies would.
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: AJ on July 09, 2008, 06:35:43 pm
a days money
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 09, 2008, 10:30:23 pm
To be honest the balcony's are quite easy to get to, and all the other windows, and skylights follow an easy logical order - I figure 4 hours  ( after a couple of cleans) should see the job done.

I've sent my quote off, so we'll have to see :)
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: NWH on July 09, 2008, 10:33:26 pm
£125.00 per visit
Havin a laugh,do you mean per visit without cleaning them ie just a quick visit lol.
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 31, 2008, 06:19:51 am
Well.. I thought it time to chase my quote up.

The reply was ' no, we have chosen someone considerably cheaper'  :o

They must chosen a monkey to clean this job, and paid in peanuts !

I know my quote was very reasonable for the service offered. :-\



Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: Ian Rochester on July 31, 2008, 06:39:51 am
So what was your quote?
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Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 31, 2008, 06:50:35 am
£125.00 including the glass inside the lobby, and both sides of the balcony glass :-\
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Post by: pingu on July 31, 2008, 07:13:07 am
To be honest @£125 you wouldhave hated doing this job and I bet that you are better off without this job...sometimes big jobs are good but I suspect this one would have be a PITA.

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 31, 2008, 07:25:24 am
I thought it fair, and reasonable  price - But if I quoted a lot higher than the other company, what are they charging?

I don't believe they can offer a reliable and professional service for a lot less than I quoted.

Just don't like being told my quote was a lot higher than someone else's, when I know my quote is not just priced to clean windows, but to provide the highest possible service, and for the customer to have complete assurance in the person doing the job.
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: Frank pole on July 31, 2008, 07:57:51 am
what area do you live?
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Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on July 31, 2008, 08:07:08 am
North Cornwall
Title: Re: Quote help .. Please.
Post by: dave0123 on July 31, 2008, 09:34:47 am
Commercial is very competive most quotes i give i  dont get because there's allways someone doing it half the price ::)


on that place some idiot has more likey quoted £80.00 a one man band on the dole or something!!
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Post by: bluez on July 31, 2008, 04:00:16 pm
Sometimes you don't know what is going on with your competitors, I lost out on a very large contract this month (over €60,000.00 for one clean inside and out 70 big buildings). It turned out that the company I lost it to have done it at 32,000 as a loss leader to get in the door for the overall contract cleaning contract for next year. They will lose over 10k on the contract how can I compete with that.

It does go to show that there is always someone out there who will have a reason to do it cheaper.

Put it down to experience and go on to the next one (only after drowning your sorrows very deeply) , thats my advice :)