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ben smith1234

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8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« on: October 09, 2012, 09:19:32 pm »
got called out to price up 3 houses today ,one of them being a 8 bedroom house with alot of windows. what would you lot quote?

they had a window cleaner who would turn up if and when he pleased but cleaned windows for a stupid price.

i went in with a stupid price of £40 and the customers reply was WOOOOOOOO your expensive!!!! my window cleaner charges us £12.50

SB Cleaning

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 09:23:11 pm »
He was doing a house with 57 windows for 12.50 :o

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2012, 09:25:08 pm »
prob £45-£50
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

Cliff perkins

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2012, 09:26:06 pm »
No offence but if they said that let sym1 else do it
Www.1stglasswindowcleaning.co.uk

Cliff perkins

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2012, 09:27:05 pm »
£45-£50
Aswell
Www.1stglasswindowcleaning.co.uk

ben smith1234

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2012, 09:29:58 pm »
she wants to be booked in on a 8 week basis for £40 for the first time then on the next call she wants only selected windows cleaned then next clean is a full clean @£40 and so on

CLEANCARE WC

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2012, 09:35:17 pm »
she wants to be booked in on a 8 week basis for £40 for the first time then on the next call she wants only selected windows cleaned then next clean is a full clean @£40 and so on

tell her its £40 8 wkly or not at all you cant be messing round like that mate. did she squeak when she walked?

if you let her have her way i bet you end up being there just as long as the £40 clean while she wanders round deciding which 5 windows she wants you to clean!!
WE CLEAN BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT WITH WATER FED POLE WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT.

bobplum

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 09:37:27 pm »
dump
oh you cant its not yours yet.....avoid,that will do

ben smith1234

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 09:45:09 pm »
havnt spoke to her in person only on the phone. they have a porsche on the drive and still think £40 over 8 weeks is alot of money.

stuart mc

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2012, 09:50:12 pm »
AVOID AVOID AVOID or just avoid, whatever you do just avoid ;) let it be some one elses problem

SB Cleaning

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2012, 09:51:40 pm »
havnt spoke to her in person only on the phone. they have a porsche on the drive and still think £40 over 8 weeks is alot of money.
You have given a fair quote, if they don't want to take it then don't bother.

Tight gits  ;D

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2012, 10:07:19 pm »
£50/£60 first clean and then £40/£50 there after. No messing, all or nothing.

Not worth the hassle having her walking you round picking the windows, then you have to remember the ones she said, when your done she will some out and say she wanted the ones you havent done cleaning and not the ones you have.

8 bed house, nice cars and thinks £40 is steep .... your going to get nothing but hassle off this one
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

dazmond

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2012, 10:08:57 pm »
£45 every 2 months ALL windows,frames,sills,doors every time........take it or leave it missus!

some people just take the pee!they can afford it!or they can keep the numpty who does a crap job for £12-50! ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D



regards


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

Richard60

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2012, 10:09:08 pm »
£12. 50 no wonder he turned up when he wanted to .he reilised he under priced it .£40 not to bad if you r wfp .ask them did they want frames done as thats xtra .tell her its the same price if she wants 20 or all windows done .nothing worse than when u go next time n she says i only want 10 windows done will that be a fiver . dont let them dictate to you . you are the BOSS .

ben smith1234

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2012, 10:19:08 pm »
£40 is all in, frames sills etc included in price

GB Window Cleaning

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2012, 10:25:13 pm »
AVOID AVOID AVOID or just avoid, whatever you do just avoid ;) let it be some one elses problem
step 1... Do the above ^. Then if you start to think about doing the job again, return to step one! and repeat!  ;D

rosskesava

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2012, 10:28:34 pm »
Customers like that who pick and choose which and how they want their windows cleaned usually end up being a right pain and it's not like they cannot afford the money.

I've also found that with those types of jobs often it becomes a sort of 'control' thing by the customer.

My advice is to 'pre dump'.
Just chant..... Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It's beats chanting Tory Tory or Labour Labour.

stuart mc

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2012, 10:30:49 pm »
Customers like that who pick and choose which and how they want their windows cleaned usually end up being a right pain and it's not like they cannot afford the money.

I've also found that with those types of jobs often it becomes a sort of 'control' thing by the customer.

My advice is to 'pre dump'.

so Avoid would be good advive ;D

rosskesava

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2012, 10:36:10 pm »


so Avoid would be good advive ;D

No, well yes, but, no but CIU rules state that in such circumstances 'dumping' is the only acceptable action but as the customer isn't yet an official customer, the proper term must be 'pre dump'.
Just chant..... Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It's beats chanting Tory Tory or Labour Labour.

wightsurf

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Re: 8 bedroom house-57 windows. what would you quote
« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2012, 10:41:21 pm »
Why not explain that you will clean just5 windows each vistit,but its still £40.00  ;D