[[GQC] Tim]

I've sent the quote off for a property in&out in Chiswick, London. Would be interesting to see how much you guys would charge for travel time.

There and back total travel time 1 hour 50 minutes, 66 miles.

He's a property investor and has got multiple properties around London. I clean his house locally and have done work for him before at similar rates. I do his penthouse suite/office at Battersea as well.

Quite interested in what would you charge.  

Always nice to do jobs like these as I usually work in a 20-30 minute radius from where I live, not very often in London.

[Window Washers]

66 mins to london 2 hour inside waiting, how big is the job as I would combine that into it.

[[GQC] Tim]

66 mins to london 2 hour inside waiting, how big is the job as I would combine that into it.

Job itself is a 5 bedroom house, about £90 inside and out, £100 with congestion charge. I always give him one price, not a detailed invoice. I should be able to dodge the traffic as I can be quite flexible as to when I can do it. I've been down in london before and it's honestly not too bad if you plan your time of travel carefully.

[Paul Coleman]

66 mins to london 2 hour inside waiting, how big is the job as I would combine that into it.

Job itself is a 5 bedroom house, about £90 inside and out, £100 with congestion charge. I always give him one price, not a detailed invoice. I should be able to dodge the traffic as I can be quite flexible as to when I can do it. I've been down in london before and it's honestly not too bad if you plan your time of travel carefully.

Well I suppose it's £100 + 1 hr 50 mins possibly at a reduced hourly rate if the driving is out of hours when you wouldn't normally be cleaning + roughly 2 gallons of diesel.  Vehicle wear and tear can be absorbed I guess for goodwill's sake if this looks like it's going to be lucrative.  Maybe £150?  Perhaps mention you could go cheaper if doing more than one property per visit in the area for them?

[Window Washers]

66 mins to london 2 hour inside waiting, how big is the job as I would combine that into it.

Job itself is a 5 bedroom house, about £90 inside and out, £100 with congestion charge. I always give him one price, not a detailed invoice. I should be able to dodge the traffic as I can be quite flexible as to when I can do it. I've been down in london before and it's honestly not too bad if you plan your time of travel carefully.

what ever your hourly rate is +£90 unless you really need the work then drop the travel price down.

[Rogue Trader]

charge youyr day rate with all that travelling take it or leave it

[Steve Sed]

About £90 travel.

[Crystal-clear]

subby job id say..

[Pete10]

.....I'd go 150 all in, travel up at 3, wife can go shoppin while you clean the windows...then both out for dinner all fully funded and travel back after rush hour...

[[GQC] Tim]

Went with £175 so not too far off. Didn't want to go ott with the travel cost as I usually am more then willing to travel half an our both ways if the job is right.

Thanks for the comments.

[dazmond]

i wouldnt bother myself.if it aint within my 10 mile radius im not interested!but thats just me!

[[GQC] Tim]

i wouldnt bother myself.if it aint within my 10 mile radius im not interested!but thats just me!

I wouldn't bother normally, but since I clean his (huge) property and he always gets me more work I'm not going to refuse. Some jobs, like these will never be as profitable as I want them to be, but hey that's the way it goes sometimes. To charge 2 hours x £60 just for travel would be crazy. 

[supernova77]

I would charge a full day rate.

Andy