[Dale Smith]

Gents,

Some advice please.

Another w/c has offered to take over some of our low level commercial work, all shopfronts ins & outs, to the value monthly of about £150.
He wants this work as he is getting arthritis in his legs from going up & down his ladders all the time all his life.
I recently bought this work (Oct 07), so have quoted him the same deal I did then, which was it's value monthly X2, so told him £300. Which is fine with him.

In return he is offering £1027 of domestic work, which is 8 weekly.
Please give me an idea of what is a fair price, as he is a sound bloke who bruv & I get on really well with.
We are doing his domestic work this week, as he has been ill & this will help him catch up & also help to see if we want it on a permanent basis.
We are talking at the end of the week on the price.
We are WFP & trad, and all his custies have been done trad.

So......... what is a fair price? Domestic seems to be all over the place when it comes to price...

[Ian W]

Why not work on the same basis of x2?

I don't do commercial, but I always thought it went for a little more than domestic? So maybe x1.5?

Good on you for helping the guy out too. 

[Dale Smith]

Ian, I was thinking along exactly the same line, with the domestic work.
I was thinking of offering him something like £600 at the end of the week if we want to keep the work, and then £600 the next time we do it, and give him the commercial work straight away.
Thanks for your comment by the way 

[Wayne Thomas]

I suffer from chronic arthritus.
I use to clean windows traditionally. I had to give up work completely.
The specialist, occupational therapist and my doctor all said I would never work again. I was in my late 30's and didn't want to be left on the scrapheap, relying on other people to look after me for the rest of my life so I made a decision to fight on and perservere with my arthritus.
I will always be an outpatient at the hospital and have to see an occupational therapist and go for blood test every 2-4 weeks but my life has changed so much now that I use WFP. It has given me my independence again.
You have to lose your independence to realise just how much you take for granted in life to appreciate the simple things.
I would suggest that you mention to your friend with arthritus to seriously give up ladder work completely and switch to WFP. He will see so much improvement in the quality of his life and give him back so much self esteem. I am living proof of the switch over. It's the only reason I switched from trad to WFP because I had no choice. For me, it was the best move I ever made. No offence to the trad w/c's.

[Dale Smith]

Wayne thanks for your reply.
I have already told him he needs to go WFP in the future, he is like you going to hospital all the time.
I have also told him about this forum & the need for him to convert to George 
He helps us as well with advice, he is a great guy who we always chat to when we were working out on the shops

[simonwonder]

hi dale
did the work swapp work if it hasn't could you contact me on 07792 174438

[Paul Coleman]

Gents,

Some advice please.

Another w/c has offered to take over some of our low level commercial work, all shopfronts ins & outs, to the value monthly of about £150.
He wants this work as he is getting arthritis in his legs from going up & down his ladders all the time all his life.
I recently bought this work (Oct 07), so have quoted him the same deal I did then, which was it's value monthly X2, so told him £300. Which is fine with him.

In return he is offering £1027 of domestic work, which is 8 weekly.
Please give me an idea of what is a fair price, as he is a sound bloke who bruv & I get on really well with.
We are doing his domestic work this week, as he has been ill & this will help him catch up & also help to see if we want it on a permanent basis.
We are talking at the end of the week on the price.
We are WFP & trad, and all his custies have been done trad.

So......... what is a fair price? Domestic seems to be all over the place when it comes to price...

It's hard to piutch a fair price.  One thing I would look out for are any access issues on the domestic jobs.  They can be a real pain if you have to keep phoning them to pre-arrange.

[matt]

Dale, fair play on helping the guy out


2 X the amount seems fair enough, split it over a few cleans and you hardly miss the money and the guy gets something for the next few cleans, every1 is a winner