[keyser soze]

cleaning the other day and this elderly guy approached me and he was obviously an affluent type.. he spoke well and dressed well. he says to me he has a very old property with high windows and would i clean for 25pound per hour . i said i might be interested but he would have to pay me extra for producing the pure water as well. he said hes got an outside tap , use that .anyway explained about the process turning normal tap water to pure etc   i said id charge him 15p a litre   any comments guys

[Helen]

go and see the place before you agree to anything.

[keyser soze]

i agree but i wouldn't strike a deal until i'd seen it.

[stuart mc]

don't think I could bothered with working out a price per litre on top of an hourly rate, either do it at the hourly rate or quote your preferable hourly rate, or look at the job and give him a price, I have had these sort of dealings in the past and it soon becomes apparent why they are well off and well dressed, because they don't like paying for things and always look for a bargain, then they start talking to you like they employ you sod that, just give him a price

[keyser soze]

working out the water would be easy enough , gonna go and see it cause im curious .

[Richard iSparkle]

so with an hourly rate you re paid more the slower you work right?

might be a nice clean for a friday afternoon 

[matthewprice]

up north i wouldnt need to be asked twice 25 an hour and not have to knock my pan in, as long as he wasnt a messer

[simonr]

up north i wouldnt need to be asked twice 25 an hour and not have to knock my pan in, as long as he wasnt a messer                  

too right & surely your carrying your own water anyway                                                                               

[stuart mc]

up north i wouldnt need to be asked twice 25 an hour and not have to knock my pan in, as long as he wasnt a messer

that is the thing though, he will be a messer, ok I could be wrong but I would just walk away, the last time I had dealings of this nature, the guy was a millionaire and would not accept £20 per hour, and I talked to joiners and painter and decorators who all had the same problems with him, I mentioned it to an old boss of mine and he will not entertain him in any shape or form

I stop for a coffee some mornings at a van and the lass isn't doing that well and he has offered her £7.50 per hour to clean a few units he owns, but insisted it was on a self employed basis, I pointed out to her P/L insurance, tax and all the rest, no holiday pay etc, and now she is having second thoughts

[dazmond]

i would say to him "ill come and price it up for you" not the other way round!!on big properties i price up at £40+ an hour.sod getting any less than £40 an hour on rich folks houses.some houses i clean they are obscenely rich with ferrari s and range rover sports on the drive.

take it or leave it in my book.if i think itll take an hour then £45,two hours then £90.they can afford it easily.if they dont want to pay that rate they can get somebody else!!

i can earn £25 an hour and more on cheap 3 bed semis on my estate work!!

[richard jagger]

With this type you are always waiting for the sting in the tail.

[Paul Coleman]

cleaning the other day and this elderly guy approached me and he was obviously an affluent type.. he spoke well and dressed well. he says to me he has a very old property with high windows and would i clean for 25pound per hour . i said i might be interested but he would have to pay me extra for producing the pure water as well. he said hes got an outside tap , use that .anyway explained about the process turning normal tap water to pure etc   i said id charge him 15p a litre   any comments guys

Don't do it.  For starters £25 an hour might be a bit low when providing your own kit.  Also, the fact that he's even thinking this way screams of potential messer to me.
I once had a customer who wanted a price per window frame.  In those days, 50p per window was OK.  So I said that.  Anyway, the followinbg happened:-  I got to the job.  She wanted a load of inside windows done too (inside should be much higher rate as takes longer).  Also, on the outside, she went around picking and choosing which windows I should clean.  Naturally I got all the very difficult ones (before WFP).  I wasn't happy but I was short of work so got on with it.  Afterwards she said she wanted a regular service.  I said goodbye.