I clean for a widower who owns a 1930's extended detached house in a posh part of Bristol - it has a small conservatory. I charge £25 every 8 weeks.
He came out yesterday and basically covered three points.
1. a) Looking at finances - bit tighter since his wife died last year wants to extend cleaning from 8 weekly to 16 weekly in future.
1. b) Wonders whether he is getting a good deal as "it was [his] wife who agreed the prices with you".
2. The upper transoms at the front have "stick on lead" which shows signs of lifting in places so a less frequent clean "might help".
3. A couple of panes have misted up and so less wfp might help.
I addressed 2 and 3 on the basis that the windows have been in 20+ years and that trad would have make the lead situation worse and that misting was due to age and adhesive breakdown - and said I'd think about it but that as there would be much more dirt the price would be higher at £35. He agreed.
However on thinking about it I don't really want this job - I can see problems ahead and I'm irked by what I infer as his implication that I gave his wife a bad deal.
Dan says I should think about it - what do you think?
Oh and when he's not in access is over a "spikey gate" which irritates me too.