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GB Window Cleaning

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pricing
« on: August 10, 2012, 08:43:31 pm »
okay i know this is gonna turn into a heated topic but im just interested basicly in who charges more for 1st floor and even more for 2nd floor windows?

Steve Sed

Re: pricing
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 08:48:34 pm »
I just charge according to time and type rather than a formula for different windows.

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2012, 08:55:44 pm »
thanks steve

Londoner

Re: pricing
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2012, 09:01:56 pm »
Think of a number

       \/

look at customer

        \/

will they go for it?

sunshine windows

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Re: pricing
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2012, 09:16:55 pm »
Good advice Vince. Know your customer!

Some will swallow an inflated price for a first clean even if they don't look dirty in the first place, others will refuse to pay extra, even if there are trees growing out of the windows.

If I think they're going to be a long term, reliable customer I don't charge any more, unless the frames are in a bed condition.
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GB Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2012, 09:18:39 pm »
Think of a number

       \/

look at customer

        \/

will they go for it?

hahaaa  ;D i used to do that method pricing per time involved but for about the last 6 months ive been getting into the whole per unit method of pricing and im actually enjoying it this way, also i think it look more profesional  when i go round the property writing stuff down  8) and when the figure comes to say £13 they tend to argue less becuase it looks like a fixed price not guess work! thank mate  ;)

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: pricing
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2012, 09:25:34 pm »
i have set rates for types of houses.

if its an unusual one then its a guesstimate
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

sunshine windows

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Re: pricing
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2012, 09:32:48 pm »
All very well having set prices if there are no extended properties in the area, but this is very rare in Swindon. I could do 5 houses in one street, all with different style windows and different porches and it seems to be the capital of conservatories here with it think 1 in 4 properties having one. All of these vary in size too.
To climb mount fuji you must first find a path
(Swindon, Wiltshire)

www.sunshinewindowcleaning.co.uk
www.sunshinesoftwashing.co.uk

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 09:33:31 pm »
i have set rates for types of houses.

if its an unusual one then its a guesstimate

so you dont price per unit? so if a 3 bed semi has say, 8 windows/doors and next doors has 10, is it the same price? thanks

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 09:34:18 pm »
All very well having set prices if there are no extended properties in the area, but this is very rare in Swindon. I could do 5 houses in one street, all with different style windows and different porches and it seems to be the capital of conservatories here with it think 1 in 4 properties having one. All of these vary in size too.
agreed, same here to mate!

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 09:49:09 pm »
So, anyway, who charges more for a 1st floor window than a ground floor window? and who charges more for a 2nd floor window again?

Re: pricing
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2012, 01:24:39 am »
a simple pound a window works fine.

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: pricing
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2012, 06:41:13 am »
if say a 4 bed detatched has an extension then its not standard so will be priced extra for the extension.

a 3 bed semi only changes price if it has those massive bay windows. if its 8 or 10 windows its the same price as those extra 2 windows take no time to clean.

my theory is partly on the house and partly on how long it takes me to clean
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Banbury Window Cleaning

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Re: pricing
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2012, 06:55:23 am »
We have set prices and if there is anything extra like cons etc or difficult windows we charge a little more!!  :D
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