[nathankaye]

I've been asked to tender for work on a price per hour basis. How much per hour is reasonable?

One question which hasnt been asked, how long will this job take you?
Then work out the price you want to charge for the job and then calculate a temp price per hour so you get what you want for the job.
Or else, as i said previously, let them know they have the wrong person

[Shrek]

They would never ask the plumber or electrician or joiner how much per hour , they’re taking the pi$$.
Offer them a price for the job only

[Dry Clean]

There's only one reason why they're looking your hourly rate and that's to haggle over the price when the job has been finished,
you took an hour for your lunch so there's an hour less on your bill and so on, I suspect no matter how you price this you're going to have to chase up the payment, proceed with caution.

[Soupy]

Nowt wrong with a decent hourly rate job. I do very well out of the occasional job on an hourly / day rate. It works well for difficult to price jobs like large builder's cleans.

Price it as much or more than you usually earn. Simples.

Be accurate when billing them, proof of hours via vehicle tracking comes in handy for that.

[deeege]

Nowt wrong with a decent hourly rate job. I do very well out of the occasional job on an hourly / day rate. It works well for difficult to price jobs like large builder's cleans.

Price it as much or more than you usually earn. Simples.

Be accurate when billing them, proof of hours via vehicle tracking comes in handy for that.

Proving that your vehicle was on site for x hours doesn’t prove that you did x hours work. You could have been sat in the van playing on your phone all afternoon (a bit like I am now).

[Dave Willis]

I usually break it down further and insist on a pound a minute.


I’ve just lost £5 eating a sandwich- happy days!

[NWH]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

[Dry Clean]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

Why do you keep picking on gardeners, have they replaced shiners as the ones believed to be at the bottom of the heap  ?

[Soupy]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

Why do you keep picking on gardeners, have they replaced shiners as the ones believed to be at the bottom of the heap  ?

I've started a new gardening business so, yes.

BTW I charge around the same for gardening work as I do for windows but the prices are more variable depending on the work and skill level required.

[Splash & dash]

I never give customers an hourly rate , I give them a price for the job , what I earn per hour is non of there buisness, they either are happy with the price or they arnt , if they knew what we earn per hour they would think we were ripping them off , however we all invest thousands in kit and that has to be paid for and they are paying for our expertise in achieving the results that they want that doesn’t come cheap , years of practice make us quick at what we do that should benefit us not the customer when it comes to pricing

[Soupy]

I never give customers an hourly rate , I give them a price for the job , what I earn per hour is non of there buisness, they either are happy with the price or they arnt , if they knew what we earn per hour they would think we were ripping them off , however we all invest thousands in kit and that has to be paid for and they are paying for our expertise in achieving the results that they want that doesn’t come cheap , years of practice make us quick at what we do that should benefit us not the customer when it comes to pricing

We were on a building site this week, on an hourly rate and I guarantee our lads were the cheapest guys there.

[dazmond]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

Why do you keep picking on gardeners, have they replaced shiners as the ones believed to be at the bottom of the heap  ?

I've started a new gardening business so, yes.

BTW I charge around the same for gardening work as I do for windows but the prices are more variable depending on the work and skill level required.

you wont make much money then once  tax,insurances and expenses are deducted if your pricing your window cleaning jobs as cheap as your gardening jobs....unless your working 10 hour days....

gardeners are lucky to be making £20-£25 an hour near me....

[Splash & dash]

I never give customers an hourly rate , I give them a price for the job , what I earn per hour is non of there buisness, they either are happy with the price or they arnt , if they knew what we earn per hour they would think we were ripping them off , however we all invest thousands in kit and that has to be paid for and they are paying for our expertise in achieving the results that they want that doesn’t come cheap , years of practice make us quick at what we do that should benefit us not the customer when it comes to pricing

We were on a building site this week, on an hourly rate and I guarantee our lads were the cheapest guys there.

Depends what you are prepared to work for some are happy with £10 per hour some want to earn £60 per hour not many would be prepared to pay the latter if you price the job at that but give them a price of £120 to do a plastic clean most would pay it no questions asked , if you told them it would take two hours and I charge £60 per hour most wont pay it , generaly the customer has no idear how long it will take to do it , as an example an avarage gfs Clean we would do it in 1:5 hours it would take the customer all day to do it and they still wouldn’t get as good a results as a professional doing the job

[Soupy]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

Why do you keep picking on gardeners, have they replaced shiners as the ones believed to be at the bottom of the heap  ?

I've started a new gardening business so, yes.

BTW I charge around the same for gardening work as I do for windows but the prices are more variable depending on the work and skill level required.

you wont make much money then once  tax,insurances and expenses are deducted if your pricing your window cleaning jobs as cheap as your gardening jobs....unless your working 10 hour days....

gardeners are lucky to be making £20-£25 an hour near me....

I charge much more than £25 per hour.

[NWH]

Gardeners in Deep South do not get £25 an hour I can promise you that lol,most of they are lucky and I mean lucky get 120-130 a day.
I know a Monty Don type proper plantsman the head gardener and he’s on no more than 30-35k a year,these days round these parts 120-130 a day is not good money unless you call 15-20£ an hour good.

[dazmond]

Gardeners in Deep South do not get £25 an hour I can promise you that lol,most of they are lucky and I mean lucky get 120-130 a day.
I know a Monty Don type proper plantsman the head gardener and he’s on no more than 30-35k a year,these days round these parts 120-130 a day is not good money unless you call 15-20£ an hour good.

i used to work on a plant nursery....its notoriously low paid and long hours......

[dazmond]

If I went to quote a job and all they wanted to know was how I’m pricing it and how much I’m getting an hour I would say o think you need to get you’re gardener to do it,no one has the right to ask how much you charge an hour customer or not.
I give a price they either except it or nove onto someone else or someone cheaper.

Why do you keep picking on gardeners, have they replaced shiners as the ones believed to be at the bottom of the heap  ?

I've started a new gardening business so, yes.

BTW I charge around the same for gardening work as I do for windows but the prices are more variable depending on the work and skill level required.

you wont make much money then once  tax,insurances and expenses are deducted if your pricing your window cleaning jobs as cheap as your gardening jobs....unless your working 10 hour days....

gardeners are lucky to be making £20-£25 an hour near me....

I charge much more than £25 per hour.

good for you.......youll do well then.....

[Small but perfectley formed]

£0.01  per second  that's a reasonable hourly rate

[Soupy]

Gardeners in Deep South do not get £25 an hour I can promise you that lol,most of they are lucky and I mean lucky get 120-130 a day.
I know a Monty Don type proper plantsman the head gardener and he’s on no more than 30-35k a year,these days round these parts 120-130 a day is not good money unless you call 15-20£ an hour good.

You sound exactly like the type of window cleaning customer that people on here hate.

[NWH]

That made a lot of sense m8 I’m not a customer,probably a Lee Pryor hater aren’t you.
What I should have said was I get 15-20£ an hour and I’m hap hap happy eh.