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Dave Willis

Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« on: June 02, 2014, 05:40:09 pm »
Woman wanted a quote to empty three, possibly four sets of gutters today. I quoted forty quid a house - she nearly passed out  ;D

Didn't get the job.

dazmond

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2014, 05:48:13 pm »
you win some,you lose some.

i refuse nearly all gutter emptying unless their low level and easy to reach with a ladder and the job is well priced with g/f/s washed down with wfp as well.
price higher/work harder!

SeanK

Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2014, 06:06:12 pm »
Iv had a few near fainters when pricing fascia and gutter cleans, I sometimes
think its the people who have a few quid that are the worst.

J.D

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2014, 07:02:36 pm »
I always charge well for gutter cleaning. Cleaned a large bungalow today and charged £50. They weren't to bad and including set up time and packing away again it took less than an hour. You have to take genie fuel into consideration, hooking up a trailer perhaps and unforseen blockages!

DaveG

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2014, 08:25:57 pm »
I like the ones that say, "Oh, i thought it was gonna cost about a tenner"!
You can't polish a turd

sunshine windows

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2014, 09:34:57 pm »
Don't you just love it when they're already empty and all you have to do is wash them over.  ;D
To climb mount fuji you must first find a path
(Swindon, Wiltshire)

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Avo

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2014, 10:12:25 pm »
Tell her to get up the ladder and clean them out then  ;D. I'd charge her £50 on 3 sides

We get this a lot of customers screwing there faces with conservatory roof cleans.

EandM

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2014, 08:41:38 am »
They're asking you to do something that they're not prepared too.
I ask them if they'd be prepared to go up a ladder for a tenner ?
If not, why is my safety worth less than theirs ?

J.D

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2014, 01:17:12 pm »
They're asking you to do something that they're not prepared too.
I ask them if they'd be prepared to go up a ladder for a tenner ?
If not, why is my safety worth less than theirs ?

Here Here  ;)

Sean Dyer

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2014, 06:20:55 pm »
thats the problem with gutters isnt it , especially if you quote them without looking like i tend to do as most people only ask when they know its blocked

You can say £40 and be done in twenty mins , or theyre jam packed and you struggle to make it pay

i hate them, and try dodge them !

A@R WINDOWCLEANING

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2014, 09:30:20 pm »
Depending on size of house I charge a maximum price as Ive been caught out too ,if a big house then ill charge 50-60 max and I tell customer if gutters are not to bad ill charge less,very rare I do charge them full price and there usually well happy I done it for them cheaper and im happy too

AuRavelling79

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2014, 09:51:19 pm »
Gutter prices:

3 bed semi - £30 a side to wash and brush the outside, soffit and fascia.
Add £20 a side for sucking them out.

Maybe discount to £100 for the whole house if a good custy and not too filthy.
It's a game of three halves!

Darranvps

Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2014, 06:40:11 am »
I used to charge £40 for a three bed semi detached in Bradford in 1990  :o

Ladder - trowl and bucket method - those were the days....

Blue Giraffe

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2014, 08:28:55 am »
Yeah tis a weird one. 

Sometimes I quote £40-£60 and I get a look of shock and "oh, I'll have to think about that, can I get back to you, other times I quote a couple of hundred quid if it's a big job and they are fine.

I find the worst customers can be my existing window customers who have never had a gutter clean before, I think they expect it to be comparable to the price for the windows.

Richard60

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2014, 06:09:44 pm »
what do you mean those were the days .those still are the days . ;D ;D

C o z y

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2014, 07:21:20 pm »
I don't do 'em, but the going rate here is €3 to €5.50 per meter.
No still don't understand, I must be thick

hasti

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Re: Forty quid to clean the gutters?
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2014, 08:31:19 pm »
You guys are so cheap, we charge £60 back and front if its two side, if its 4 side its at least £100 - £120 and if its about 4 story high, we charge £100 each side, and 8 out 10 we get it.

Its all to do with how you sell yourself  ;)