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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mick (UHPS) on July 22, 2005, 02:28:22 pm

Title: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Mick (UHPS) on July 22, 2005, 02:28:22 pm
Hi Guys

How much do you reckon we should charge for this with WFP?  :-\

We normally quote the expected maximum cost and then charge according to the actual time taken at our hourly rate.

2 sides only as shown. Front = 20ft H X 20ft W, Side = 16ft H X 40ft L  ;)

Access is no problem.  :)

Thanks
Mick (uhps)

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Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: marc al on July 22, 2005, 03:10:43 pm
 whatever your first thought is plus 50% - just in case!

   Marc
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Paul Coleman on July 22, 2005, 04:45:55 pm
Monthly?  £30.

Per pane?  ;D
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Sir Squeaky on July 22, 2005, 05:35:02 pm
I mainly houses too, but £30?!!

I'd like to see anyone do that in an hour, even with wfp.

I'm no big pricing expert, but surely got to £45 upwards.

Don't say less just to get it, you'll wish you hadn't.

Roger.

Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Mike_G on July 22, 2005, 05:59:11 pm
Are you pricing inside and out or just out ? WFP outs no probs but inside will take a whole lot longer.
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Paul Coleman on July 22, 2005, 06:06:32 pm
I mainly houses too, but £30?!!

I'd like to see anyone do that in an hour, even with wfp.

I'm no big pricing expert, but surely got to £45 upwards.

Don't say less just to get it, you'll wish you hadn't.

Roger.



I've not used WFP but surely a job that size is worth a lot more than £45.  I was thinking in terms of three numbers for the price (excluding the pence columns).
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: www.mrgutters.co.uk on July 22, 2005, 06:12:46 pm
i reckon taking into consideration the whole outlay and all the glass 2/3 wfp thats alot of glass , i would suggest quoting £180 -£190 for first clean then around the £120 mark for regular cleans.

on traditional i would charge £250

shawn
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: easycleanwindows on July 22, 2005, 06:13:20 pm
£30.00? i do a building similar and charge £200 and get paid that every month. Form your own opinion on that but thats what i charge.remember whats their other option? cherry picker by hand at what cost?
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Mick (UHPS) on July 22, 2005, 06:14:51 pm
Are you pricing inside and out or just out ? WFP outs no probs but inside will take a whole lot longer.

Quoting just for the outside.  :)

I mainly houses too, but £30?!!

I'd like to see anyone do that in an hour, even with wfp.

I'm no big pricing expert, but surely got to £45 upwards.

Don't say less just to get it, you'll wish you hadn't.

Roger.



I've not used WFP but surely a job that size is worth a lot more than £45.  I was thinking in terms of three numbers for the price (excluding the pence columns).

We were thinking around £100ish mark but we are looking for some guidance on this based on your experience  ;)
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: easycleanwindows on July 22, 2005, 06:18:46 pm
£100 and upwards.I clean a building for £150 every 4 weeks with wfp and it has less glass.... they were paying.......£1,500 because they were using wc on cherry pickers and taking the whole day so imagine what their response was when i said 150.
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Sir Squeaky on July 22, 2005, 07:00:16 pm
Yeah sorry. Ignore me. ::)

Told you I wasn't used to pricing that sort of thing....

£100 sounds good to me Mick.

Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: steve k on July 22, 2005, 07:44:49 pm
if their budget allowed for £1500...that is what they have to spend ...I would quote £500 for that no problems...not saying I would get it but £30...!!
I would not get out of bed to do that building for such a ridiculous figure, irregardless of the time it took...I am not in the business of giving discount for doing the job quicker...the reduced disturbance to the premises and its occupants as a result of your innovative WFP system is worth money to them...

LOOK at it :D

£500 surely...they may ask for a quarterly clean for that price, but if you quote £100 for a job they paid £1500 for, they will question the quality of the service you provide...monkeys/peanuts - you know the cliche.

go for it... ;)
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: dai on July 22, 2005, 07:49:53 pm
I count over 200 panes of glass, even at 50p per pane it would come to over a £100. I'd say £150 would be about right. It looks like an all day job to me and one hell of a lot of water
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: windows_chepstow on July 22, 2005, 08:41:46 pm
I didnt say that I was an expert!

He's winding you lot up!
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Thecleanerservice on July 22, 2005, 10:09:31 pm
All I can say Mick UHPS is .."What kind of tape measure are you using?
It looks to me, just from the picture 30' high & at least 45' long down the side what you can see.  What area is it in?
Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Mick (UHPS) on July 23, 2005, 03:39:07 pm
Thanks everybody for taking time to reply your comments have been invaluable  ;) :D :D :)


All I can say Mick UHPS is .."What kind of tape measure are you using?
It looks to me, just from the picture 30' high & at least 45' long down the side what you can see. 

I didnt use a tape measure :o  :o :o :o :-\

The height; I worked on the door being about 6'6" high and I reckon its 3ish times that = 20ish ft.  :)

The side; I estimated the first glazed section to be about 10ft, so times by 4 sections = 40ish ft  :)

  What area is it in?


Midlands area, so quote needs to reflect this region. Could probably charge £750 if it was down sarff ;D ;D ;D :o :o ;)

I count over 200 panes of glass, even at 50p per pane it would come to over a £100. I'd say £150 would be about right. It looks like an all day job to me and one hell of a lot of water

Good point 200 panes of glass.  8)

Each pane is no more than 2' H X 3' W, based on 1 minute per pane (well over the top) = 200 minutes + travel + set-up. Water consumption; we can throttle back to 2L/min so should be around 400 litres total so some left for a shower after  ;D

£150 sounds good to me.  ;) :)

Thanks


Title: Re: Help please quoting for this
Post by: Davindo Cleana on July 23, 2005, 07:05:14 pm
£239.00 - £150 for the clean and treat yourself to a new bag of resin ;)