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Title: pressure washing prices?
Post by: prestige cleaners on April 06, 2010, 12:43:34 am
did a job today, took 2 hrs and charged £100.. do you think thats ok or should i charge by square metre?

i usually just guess a price and hope i havent oversold/undersold myself

was thinking £5 a square metre? wont have to worry then?
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on April 06, 2010, 08:36:04 am
I think the standard rate is £2.50 - £3 per sq/mtr for washing alone. Extra for re-sanding & sealing of course.
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: formb on April 06, 2010, 09:20:14 am
did a job today, took 2 hrs and charged £100.. do you think thats ok or should i charge by square metre?

i usually just guess a price and hope i havent oversold/undersold myself

was thinking £5 a square metre? wont have to worry then?

I have priced 100's of jobs.

I have considered per m2 as you suggested.

I have yet to see someone with a pricing system that satisfies how long it takes vs how much to charge.

I guess how long a regular clean will take and work it out to an hourly rate.

Often I will get this wrong. I find if you are open and honest with the customer they are usually OK when you tell them "sorry I totally under priced this job, I'll do it for the quoted price this time but if you want me to come back next time it'll be £X".

I do try to avoid doing this but it is better than coming back next time and doing a half assed job.

£100 for 2 hour sounds cheap to me.

Especially if you consider that they couldn't even rent a machine for that......
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: prestige cleaners on April 06, 2010, 05:39:38 pm
i did another one today that only took 1hr for £100! that seems better. doesnt half knacker you!
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: james44 on April 06, 2010, 05:40:48 pm
Should this not be on the general cleaning section ;D
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: Window Washers on April 06, 2010, 05:52:17 pm
i did another one today that only took 1hr for £100! that seems better. doesnt half knacker you!
pushing a whirl-away knackers, you or you just using a lnce, either way, you need to hot the gym and think yourslef lucky you dont do a proper days work :D  :P  :-*
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: prestige cleaners on April 06, 2010, 06:05:14 pm
i know its a hard life  ;D
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: Alan McTernan on April 06, 2010, 08:55:10 pm
i did another one today that only took 1hr for £100! that seems better. doesnt half knacker you!

You want to try doing it every day for 10 months of the year :'(

We Charge per m2!!! That way you look a bit more professional ;)
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: prestige cleaners on April 06, 2010, 08:56:11 pm
how much per metre alan?
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: richard jagger on April 06, 2010, 09:38:07 pm
Form  B what do they charge to rent a pressure washer for.
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: supernova77 on April 06, 2010, 09:39:24 pm
Alan - Your website isn't working?

Andy
Title: Re: pressure washing prices?
Post by: Alan McTernan on April 06, 2010, 10:34:12 pm
I know there has been a problem with the servers. The guy is sorting it out ;)

Sorry but don't post prices on an open forum :-X

But you can go anywhere from £1-£5 per m2 it all depends on size & surface!