im thinking..
4 weekly = 135+VAT
8 weekly = 180+VAT
one off = 245+VAT
its the type of job that could become a real ball ache to do so i'd want to make sure i was getting enough to make it worthwhile
Not sure if I would give them that many options rich. First thing they'll do is look at the cheapest rate and if they wanted a one-off they will just play the game as there's no contract.
encourage the one off first imo. Even if they disagree and say we want it every 4 weeks you'll never know the truth until it's been cleaned and you're back on that 4 week date when they see you cleaning clean windows that's when the truth comes out.
Also caution when a job like this contacts you to clean their windows they obviously have a big feature of glass on their property and it's likely they have already mugged a window cleaner off it's a negative way of thinking but it needs to be embedded in your mind a little bit. It's possible there a new business is possible the previous chap wasn't doing a good job so that's also another thing but just do your best not to get stung and reduce the price and then be told that its a one off later based on the good vibes about regular talk because it is just talk until it happens
hi mate.. all relevant points.. I'm not the most experienced at commercial jobs by any means, we aim for domestic customers and commercial fall into our lap along the way. saying that we do about £20 000 /yr of commercial but i am still finding my feet and there are a lot of people more experienced than myself on here.
what i do on the 4 weekly and 8 weekly prices is say ist a minimum of 3 cleans over the fixed term at that price. if they cancel before those 3 cleans they will be invoiced for the remainder of the cleans
totally get what you are saying about them mugging off another window cleaner before you're being asked to quote. though you don't know if that is because the person was no good, or whether they want something cheaper... if it was because the service was bad though, they may be happier to pay more for a proper service.
we have given poor service on commercial jobs that were underpriced by us, and they end up as the lowest priority of all your cleans. I was proud of myself last year. i had a hotel we'd been cleaning for £164, 4 weekly but it took us almost half a day. it had become a job that we'd become unreliable for because it was so cheap and a real pain to do. we'd done it for 5 years or so. i ended up emailing the manager asking for a meeting to discuss how we could improve our service, he ended up accepting a £380 price where we offered a better service which we agreed together. it was a real win/win. it was eye-opening for me as i thought i had no chance really.. but hated being so unreliable, so i thought better to lose it than keep being unreliable.