[colin purewater]

thats why there rich mate! still make ye sick tho ay!

dont get non of that on council estates... or so im told i dont go near them

[colley614]

Yeah I can't stand tight fisted gits, I'd rather go and buy myself a Bronto and park that on my drive. No matter how rich in life I got I'm proud of being a window cleaner!

[Wc Solutions]

i priced up a com job last week.

i priced at at £90

the last chap was £81 cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CLEANCARE WC]

i priced up a com job last week.

i priced at at £90

the last chap was £81 cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    

[colin purewater]

i priced up a com job last week.

i priced at at £90

the last chap was £81 cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  lol!!! classic mate

[Wc Solutions]

i know its sound like bs but its true!

its a national store aswell.

they asked for national prices aswell as local prices.

no suprise the old man with his tea towel and dirty black mop is still doing the job

[Ste M]

Bloody hell Colin is that honestly how much they charge  I believe their targeting the domestic market more now and their trying to offer the complete package which includes the cleaning ladies for the houses, I've just got one of their old contracts in bootle and when I found out how much they charge for their 'packages' then I can sort of understand how they can make losses on the domestic side of things.

I also thought they were moving to Speke now?

[richywilts]

hes prob the owner of spot cleaning and used one of his own invoices to get a cheap price out of ya!!!!!!!!

[Window Washers]

It annoys me when these people have massive houses and top of the range sports cars and then they haggle. I always think to myself, I'm sure you can afford your Aston Martin turning over £20 an hour.

just because they live in a big house and have nice cars does not mean they can afford it, they could have a massive mortgage the cars on loan and be struggling to keep up with the jones. You could well be getting more profit than them.

[colin purewater]

Bloody hell Colin is that honestly how much they charge  I believe their targeting the domestic market more now and their trying to offer the complete package which includes the cleaning ladies for the houses, I've just got one of their old contracts in bootle and when I found out how much they charge for their 'packages' then I can sort of understand how they can make losses on the domestic side of things.

I also thought they were moving to Speke now?

Yes, honestly Ste I should of took a photo of it, I get the impression that he'd had there's jobs for donkeys years and just never put the price up.
Well done on the com work mate, I no they have
Some monster prices on work, so that why this canes as such a shock

[Window Washers]

Bloody hell Colin is that honestly how much they charge  I believe their targeting the domestic market more now and their trying to offer the complete package which includes the cleaning ladies for the houses, I've just got one of their old contracts in bootle and when I found out how much they charge for their 'packages' then I can sort of understand how they can make losses on the domestic side of things.

I also thought they were moving to Speke now?

Yes, honestly Ste I should of took a photo of it, I get the impression that he'd had there's jobs for donkeys years and just never put the price up.
Well done on the com work mate, I no they have
Some monster prices on work, so that why this canes as such a shock

they will be just fitting these small jobs in to fill gaps, it pays the staffs wage rather than losing it would be my guess

[bobby p]

and it keeps them visible so folk see them ,thats worth a few quid on its own

[dazmond]

so did they go for your price then?

im sure you could of talked them round.i find by offering a longer frequency they go for it 9 times out of 10.


honestly anyone charging £8 for large houses with connies are not making any money from these accounts.absolutely pointless.

[H S and Son]

Daz is right there. I picked up a place that the previous cleaners used to charge £26.00 for on a monthly clean. It was way underpriced. I explained that was the reason they were getting a bodgit job and my price was £65.00 every other month. They took my price.

[colin purewater]

No daz I didn't get it

I only really offer monthly cleans mate in this area as I have so great
Work there and I don't want a few to go by monthly
As I feel news would spread like wild fire

And I'd be out of pocket, 

[DaveG]

Daz is right there. I picked up a place that the previous cleaners used to charge £26.00 for on a monthly clean. It was way underpriced. I explained that was the reason they were getting a bodgit job and my price was £65.00 every other month. They took my price.

Back on the council houses then Matt? 

[AuRavelling79]

Perhaps the £8 didn't include the conny - or it gets done every six months (right!).

It's a funny old game really - as you may know I now employ one guy who works with me and he's a good worker but he doesn't have quite the "oomph" that I have so although he is half my age he's won't naturally go fast for a couple of hours to clear the work or get to a certain figure - and why should he?

So let's say he costs me £10/12 per hour (inc tax insurances and running costs etc)- well where as I want £30 per hour for me - I'd be happy if he earned £20 an hour rather than sat on his behind.

So I might price him up lower than me to get a commercial or a run of "marginal work".

Take it to extremes and some "gangmaster" from a large port in Lancashire ( ) might think if "dab-in-hand sloppy joe" can do that house in an half an hour for £8 that'll do me.

Now you might think £35 for you to do a proper job in an hour and so both ends of the market have met.

[Crystal-clear]

the only reason i can think of as to why they are doing jobs that size for silly money is to keep the staff in work and no management end of the day if you are paying £8 for a £40 house you wont be making issues as long as the job is mediocre, but its about profit and i cant see much in it for them so beats me.

i once a while ago now quoted for a commercial building this was back in the days when i was going in cheap to get work today would say £60 back then i said £35 but then he says he getting a better deal pulls out invoice i couldn't believe my eyes i knew i was cheap but i see £98 for 3 cleans including the INSIDE so pretty much for my £35 he wanted the inside done too................. even thou i needed the work i had to walk

[H S and Son]

Daz is right there. I picked up a place that the previous cleaners used to charge £26.00 for on a monthly clean. It was way underpriced. I explained that was the reason they were getting a bodgit job and my price was £65.00 every other month. They took my price.

Back on the council houses then Matt? 

Yea! Been downsizing 

[ray mck]

never worth it?