[TLC]

http://www.english-cleaning.co.uk/prices.htm

Am i doin something wrong?

[R W C™]

He hasnt updated his site lately as still states vat at 15%

[paul rulton]

prob not got much work 
but good on him  why not if u can get way with it  its business at the end of the day 
i would if i could  wouldnt u?

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

min clean 7 windows in/out 40 brick
yeah hes snowed under that fella NOT !!!!!

[Window Washers]

min clean 7 windows in/out 40 brick
yeah hes snowed under that fella NOT !!!!!

fair play to the guy, will cut down on all the calls from the price chassers and beer cleaners I guess.

Quite clever if he only wants good calls 

[mci services]

hes obviously going down the route of one off calls and prices accordonally and turns up by appointment

good luck to them i would rather have regular work but if it works why not

[williamx]

I charge £10 (outside) for a 4 weekly clean this is douvled on the 1st clean to £20.

My inside price is £25 minimum.

So on a 1st clean I charge £45 then its £35 thereafter.

My customers don't complain

[cozy]

Wonder how much work he gets. Love the testamonials  Wonder if they are real. Good luck to them anyway.

[Londoner]

I wouldn't be suprised if he has plenty of work. Everybody always assumes that being cheap gets you work and being dear loses you work. I reckon in London he would get that easily. Pricing is a funny thing.

[groundhog]

I've always priced high right from the start, and I have loads of work. It's how you sell yourself to your customers that matters, and charging a good price seems to attract a better class of customer!!!

[elite mike]

fair play to them

i like their site its upfront with no faffing about

[williamx]

They are vat registered which means they have a yearly turnover of at least £70000 or £1346 a week.

So pricing high or correctly is worthwhile.

[supernova77]

They are vat registered which means they have a yearly turnover of at least £70000 or £1346 a week.

So pricing high or correctly is worthwhile.

You can become VAT registered whatever amount you are turning over...

If you are turning over £70k or more then you HAVE to register by law!

Andy

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

My on-off/appointment prices are also high for my area. However customers dont always want a 4/6 weekly visit. 
It works for me.

[groundhog]

My on-off/appointment prices are also high for my area. However customers dont always want a 4/6 weekly visit. 
It works for me.

Cool website, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who likes to price properly!! Although I prefer to get my customer to commit to a regular clean, rather than when they feel like having them cleaned, either 1,2 or 3 monthly, and I also try to avoid cleaning the insides unless they ask for it, and I make sure I charge at least 50% more for the insides compared to the outside.

Also I try not to encourage people to ask for trad cleaning instead of wfp, I have one customer who insisted on this, and I told her it would cost double, and she agreed to it!!! But even though I charge double, I would still have been better off if she had agreed to wfp for half the price!! But I do it as it keeps my hand in using trad methods. Do you charge extra for trad??

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

I find that customers will go with what I suggest WFP/TRAD if its one I dont want to do I pass it on.

[williamx]

If by meaning trad cleaning you mean using ladders, then this is not an option.

If they want a squeegie and blade work done on windows that can be reached without a ladder then this is no problem.

Of course they have to pay for this service as it is more work intensive, so I normally charge 2 1/2 times my wfp rate.

[cozy]

A custy wants their windows cleaned, let's say, outsides only. Why should you charge less if using WFP?

[williamx]

I don't charge less, I charge by what I want to earn per hour.

So my wfp cleaning is faster than my trad cleaning so that is why there is price difference.

[cozy]

Really, so let's say I've got about 350 Brit custies here, all compact stuff on estates. They are mostly 3 bed semis and a few terraced. We average about 5 or 6 houses an hour Trad. When I change to WFP this year, should I go and cut, say, 25%  off the price because I'm faster? Also, when picking up new custies, should I take them on 25% cheaper, even though they are willing to pay the old price?

If I take on custies and set a price by an hourly rate, the only one who gains from my investment and extra costs is the custy. Have I misunderstood this?