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JSMC

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quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« on: March 08, 2011, 09:36:06 pm »
guy stopped me in street to quote 3 bed semi. i know the prices round my way are crap real feckin crap so getting 5 quid yer doing good. Anyways say 5 quid and they are trying to ge tme down to 4 quid LOL. told me other guy put his up 50p and few neghbours dropped him. it is murder trying to get decent money in central scotland. :(

Blue City Cleaning

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 09:41:39 pm »
That's not good - £4 for a 3 bed semi?! It's more a £10 in Edinburgh...
Chris
www.bluecitycleaning.co.uk
Non omnis moriar

james44

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 09:45:59 pm »
guy stopped me in street to quote 3 bed semi. i know the prices round my way are crap real feckin crap so getting 5 quid yer doing good. Anyways say 5 quid and they are trying to ge tme down to 4 quid LOL. told me other guy put his up 50p and few neghbours dropped him. it is murder trying to get decent money in central scotland. :(

Are you trad or wfp?

CLEANGLASSUK

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 09:46:31 pm »
£15-20 DOWN BRIGHTON

JSMC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2011, 09:55:49 pm »
guy stopped me in street to quote 3 bed semi. i know the prices round my way are crap real feckin crap so getting 5 quid yer doing good. Anyways say 5 quid and they are trying to ge tme down to 4 quid LOL. told me other guy put his up 50p and few neghbours dropped him. it is murder trying to get decent money in central scotland. :(

Are you trad or wfp?

use both mate

james44

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2011, 09:59:34 pm »
guy stopped me in street to quote 3 bed semi. i know the prices round my way are crap real feckin crap so getting 5 quid yer doing good. Anyways say 5 quid and they are trying to ge tme down to 4 quid LOL. told me other guy put his up 50p and few neghbours dropped him. it is murder trying to get decent money in central scotland. :(

Are you trad or wfp?

use both mate

How often do you clean? 2/4/6 weekly

mci services

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2011, 10:54:53 pm »
guy stopped me in street to quote 3 bed semi. i know the prices round my way are crap real feckin crap so getting 5 quid yer doing good. Anyways say 5 quid and they are trying to ge tme down to 4 quid LOL. told me other guy put his up 50p and few neghbours dropped him. it is murder trying to get decent money in central scotland. :(

I get it all the time mate, but I just give the price and don't do it for any less, well within reason, you have a decent commercial round don't you, so can't you afford to price even higher and have enjoyable days driving around for a tenner here and there, not ideal if you want compact work and I agree a fiver is the most I would get from some areas where everyone else is taking 3 quid, If the work isn't somewhere I am already doing right now I quote ridiculous prices so if they say yes it is worth my while but if on the same street as existing work I am more realistic but still not as low as some would want

JSMC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2011, 11:02:43 pm »
i have some ok commercial work mainly shops but good wee jobs though to work on. i got the job in the end and never moved on price and have few houses on same street so see how it goes. Gonna have to ladder fronts though as i just know the hopper windows gonna give me grief

mci services

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2011, 11:44:29 pm »
i have some ok commercial work mainly shops but good wee jobs though to work on. i got the job in the end and never moved on price and have few houses on same street so see how it goes. Gonna have to ladder fronts though as i just know the hopper windows gonna give me grief

do the hopper miss the middle bit between them move to next window do the hoppers again then come back do the main window and it will be ok ;) if it is one ups one down do the tops all round and then bottoms

bobby p

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2011, 06:08:37 am »
an old bird came to the door to pay me the other day with two 50 pence pieces in her hand.  as i took them  she said , "and my change?" .   i said "what?? "        she said ,"well its 80 pence isnt it "  

 i said "no,no its 8 pounds "

JSMC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2011, 07:32:12 am »
i have some ok commercial work mainly shops but good wee jobs though to work on. i got the job in the end and never moved on price and have few houses on same street so see how it goes. Gonna have to ladder fronts though as i just know the hopper windows gonna give me grief

do the hopper miss the middle bit between them move to next window do the hoppers again then come back do the main window and it will be ok ;) if it is one ups one down do the tops all round and then bottoms

i normally work like that but i have noticed any time i clean the hoppe rwindows in my own house i always get runs no matter how many times or how much rinsing i do on them and these windows are same design as mines. Weird how some are like that.

cozy

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2011, 07:56:42 am »
At the risk of seeming to be a stupid windy, what's a Hoppe window? I know a firm called Hoppe makes window locks etc.
Some terrible prices up there lads. Not funny. :(

dazmond

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2011, 09:27:06 am »
cozy hopper refers to the little openers at the top of lots of windows here in the uk.


JSMC are your windows aluminum by any chance?
price higher/work harder!

JSMC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2011, 01:26:48 pm »
no upvc

baldeagle

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 08:56:26 am »
I think he means what many people call a "transom"
"John the Window Cleaner."
A business founded during the Elizabethan age.

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2011, 05:28:48 pm »
saw you going up london road the other day bobby p, you got yellow stars on your van? an old dear wrote me a cheque out in shillings a few months ago!
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2011, 09:14:27 pm »
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WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2011, 09:27:56 pm »
Transom a definition... sexual activity between three or more transvestites.
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

bobby p

Re: quote other day/ this is what i deal in
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2011, 09:30:47 pm »
yellow stars-yep thats my van "graham" .   :)