[8weekly]

Seriously? If I could only get £10 - £15 for a house that size I'd either move or pack in altogether.

Yes but thats said from the perspective of working in an area with better prices. So your living expenses are probably more.

In my area these houses would be 10-15 and that's high end there are guys cheaper.

That said I could turnover 200 a day doing these working about 9-3 so I suppose it depends on  your living expenses and eat you expect to earn. But round here 200  a day is a good wage for an essentially unskilled trade scrubbing some glass with a brush

Soupy is in Scotland.

[Tosh]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

[JandS]

Love the....move to another area quote..
someone far removed from reality

[robbo333]

Am I missing something!
If you picked that house up and put it in Sandbanks Dorset (reputedly the 4th richest real estate on the planet) it would be worth a mint and £50 every 4 weeks, thank you very much. Move it 6 miles up the road and all of a sudden it's only worth £23 every 8 weeks. That's how it rolls. I believe that location really does make a difference. I agree about the confidence thing, I have got loads of soffit, gutter work (that I hate, hate doing) because i've got dodgy elbows (hoping they would say no) and the buggers said yes!!
I think be confident (try it on a few times and see how you get on) but don't be embarrassing. If you can justify your cost to the customer then that is fair enough. It's always good to try and get a better rate, but this usually only comes when you are near to capacity and don't give a t00ss! 

[Smurf]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

That's still a tird if not less of what thomas sanderson would charge so is a blooming bargain if you ask me 
Best to book that one in on an overcast/rainy day or yer going to boil dry in the heat otherwise.

[ChumBucket]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

Went to look at a new car today, nothing special but one dealer quoted £35,700 and another dealer quoted £42,250 for the same car- guess which dealer I chose?

[Smurf]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

Went to look at a new car today, nothing special but one dealer quoted £35,700 and another dealer quoted £42,250 for the same car- guess which dealer I chose?

Neither 

[ChumBucket]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

Went to look at a new car today, nothing special but one dealer quoted £35,700 and another dealer quoted £42,250 for the same car- guess which dealer I chose?

Neither 

Correct, in true CIU style I'm off to see if I can find one for 45K tomorrow! 

[SeanK]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

Went to look at a new car today, nothing special but one dealer quoted £35,700 and another dealer quoted £42,250 for the same car- guess which dealer I chose?

But anybody can sell a car, it takes many years of study and training to be able to clean a conservatory roof and only one in a hundred thousand has got what it takes, well in certain parts of the country this seems to be the case. lol.

[ChumBucket]

I got a phone call two days ago regarding a conservatory roof cleaning enquiry. Anyway, I went out there today and had a look.  A little tricky on a couple of the roof elevations as there's two valleys, however a days work, in and out. Its not huge.

She told me her existing window-cleaner quoted her £50.00. My quote was £330.00 Its booked in for two weeks time.

Price confidently.

Went to look at a new car today, nothing special but one dealer quoted £35,700 and another dealer quoted £42,250 for the same car- guess which dealer I chose?

But anybody can sell a car, it takes many years of study and training to be able to clean a conservatory roof and only one in a hundred thousand has got what it takes, well in certain parts of the country this seems to be the case. lol.

That must be CIU land- full of fairies and fantasy apparently! 

[G Griffin]

Quoted £180 to clear the guttering & FSG clean
+ £20 to take down an old sat dish high up on the gable end wall.

Love jobs like that, I do; Sky's the limit.
What brush did you use to get the statellite dish down?

[Soupy]

Love the....move to another area quote..
someone far removed from reality

Move to another area, but if, as you say, moving is somehow 'far removed from reality' then jack in window cleaning altogether.

There is no worthwhile profit margin in £10 for that house, regardless of where it is in the country. That's the reality of it. £15 is better but still not enough.

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth (a), how long will it take (b).

a x b = price.

No matter any other mitigating factors like location, car in the drive, how much they tell you someone else is charging or whether on not the owner is a hottie. You'll get less customers but a high number of customers shouldn't be your target.

[SeanK]

Love the....move to another area quote..
someone far removed from reality

Move to another area, but if, as you say, moving is somehow 'far removed from reality' then jack in window cleaning altogether.

There is no worthwhile profit margin in £10 for that house, regardless of where it is in the country. That's the reality of it. £15 is better but still not enough.

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth (a), how long will it take (b).

a x b = price.

No matter any other mitigating factors like location, car in the drive, how much they tell you someone else is charging or whether on not the owner is a hottie. You'll get less customers but a high number of customers shouldn't be your target.

Get a grip on yourself Soupy defending a statement not worthy of a ten year old, I would charge £15 for that property
and could easily do 15 or more of them in a day ( have seen small semi's with more windows ) now even after costs tell me what
job could I get where I could make this sort of money without needing to be highly educated/ qualified
If all I could get was £10 I could still make a good living as they would only be getting £10 worth of work.
Now don't get me wrong I know in places like London £200 to £300 a day turnover isn't going to look as good as other parts of the country as I have been informed that even working in McDonald's can get you £25 an hour down south.
Seriously jump ship/do something else, I doubt if most of these air heads could even fill out an application form. lol

[ChumBucket]

It's usually these same air heads who also spend days on here trying to save a fiver on a pump!

[Soupy]

Love the....move to another area quote..
someone far removed from reality

Move to another area, but if, as you say, moving is somehow 'far removed from reality' then jack in window cleaning altogether.

There is no worthwhile profit margin in £10 for that house, regardless of where it is in the country. That's the reality of it. £15 is better but still not enough.

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth (a), how long will it take (b).

a x b = price.

No matter any other mitigating factors like location, car in the drive, how much they tell you someone else is charging or whether on not the owner is a hottie. You'll get less customers but a high number of customers shouldn't be your target.

Get a grip on yourself Soupy defending a statement not worthy of a ten year old, I would charge £15 for that property
and could easily do 15 or more of them in a day ( have seen small semi's with more windows ) now even after costs tell me what
job could I get where I could make this sort of money without needing to be highly educated/ qualified
If all I could get was £10 I could still make a good living as they would only be getting £10 worth of work.
Now don't get me wrong I know in places like London £200 to £300 a day turnover isn't going to look as good as other parts of the country as I have been informed that even working in McDonald's can get you £25 an hour down south.
Seriously jump ship/do something else, I doubt if most of these air heads could even fill out an application form. lol

What you are talking about is variant (a) how much money is my time worth. If you want to undervalue your time because you live somewhere crap that's up to you. Your van has wheels use em.

[Tosh]

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth

Soupy, that's a contradiction in terms. If you haven got confidence you're pricing won't reflect any sense of worth you may or may not have.  The boys who put in £10 for a £20 house are the ones who don't know their worth. Little belief in themselves.

[Soupy]

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth

Soupy, that's a contradiction in terms. If you haven got confidence you're pricing won't reflect any sense of worth you may or may not have.  The boys who put in £10 for a £20 house are the ones who don't know their worth. Little belief in themselves.

Yeah, you're right. I'm feeling very argumentative today for some reason.

[SeanK]

Love the....move to another area quote..
someone far removed from reality

Move to another area, but if, as you say, moving is somehow 'far removed from reality' then jack in window cleaning altogether.

There is no worthwhile profit margin in £10 for that house, regardless of where it is in the country. That's the reality of it. £15 is better but still not enough.

For me pricing shouldn't be about confidence, it should be about numbers. How much money is my time worth (a), how long will it take (b).

a x b = price.

No matter any other mitigating factors like location, car in the drive, how much they tell you someone else is charging or whether on not the owner is a hottie. You'll get less customers but a high number of customers shouldn't be your target.

Get a grip on yourself Soupy defending a statement not worthy of a ten year old, I would charge £15 for that property
and could easily do 15 or more of them in a day ( have seen small semi's with more windows ) now even after costs tell me what
job could I get where I could make this sort of money without needing to be highly educated/ qualified
If all I could get was £10 I could still make a good living as they would only be getting £10 worth of work.
Now don't get me wrong I know in places like London £200 to £300 a day turnover isn't going to look as good as other parts of the country as I have been informed that even working in McDonald's can get you £25 an hour down south.
Seriously jump ship/do something else, I doubt if most of these air heads could even fill out an application form. lol

What you are talking about is variant (a) how much money is my time worth. If you want to undervalue your time because you live somewhere crap that's up to you. Your van has wheels use em.

More childish talk (roll eyes) did I say I live somewhere crap ? if I was to price on how much I value my time then I wouldn't get
any work.
You see in my world even though people have money then still want value for it and unfortunately there are plenty of shiners
who can offer that value for a lot cheaper than I think my time is worth.
Now if I worked in an area where people believed they needed to pay twice or three times what I charge to get a decent job
done then I would be a fool not to charge it.
Yes I could take to the road and try and find an area where a shortage of decent shiners has pushed the prices up but would I be
any better off when the extra driving time and expense is added on, maybe who knows.
That said even though £200 to £300 a day is a lot less than what I value my time its still a hell of a lot better than I could get
doing many other jobs so I cant complain.

[ChumBucket]

If I priced based on what my time is worth I wouldn't work for the pittance that both soupy and Bladder charge either so I would inevitably be unemployed. The only  good and reliable thing about these threads are that they never fail to entertain! 

[Tom-01]

If I priced based on what my time is worth I wouldn't work for the pittance that both soupy and Bladder charge either so I would inevitably be unemployed. The only  good and reliable thing about these threads are that they never fail to entertain! 

Are you actually blind or is that a funny name?