[The Jester of Wibbly]

I've seen some folk still charging £10, oooh, that was my starting price almost 20 years ago,  yet inflation must have doubled in those years.    Has our industry devalued?  Have you kept your prices to match inflation over the years ?

[cgh window cleaning]

It will depend where you are in the country but I’d probably agree.My area is saturated with window cleaners with new people starting all the time this can result in prices coming down or just not growing at the rate they should .

I don’t clean residential I’m only commercial and I’m lucky I’m well established but I’ve never priced so much work like I have in the last 8 or 10 months and not got any of it.

I’ve been doing this 20+ years so I know how to price (I’m not cheap but I’m not taking the P either)

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

6 years when I started up I had all the time in the world but little window cleaning work so I was as cheap as chips. Its all changed now, too many customers and my time is limited which means the opposite in pricing. I don't think the price is that important now for customers. I believe the most important is Trust and Reliability way above the cost. Once established and gained their trust then they will stick with you if you are reliable, that's what I have found out.

When you get a new customer and they complain about the cost then you know what's coming down the road so its better to price on the higher side to scare them off, that's what I have found out.

[AuRavelling79]

I've seen some folk still charging £10, oooh, that was my starting price almost 20 years ago,  yet inflation must have doubled in those years.    Has our industry devalued?

£10.00 - unless it's the average price for a row of fronts - is too cheap.

If I got one lone average 3 bed 1930's bay window semi detached (say band C in the council rate charges) that I could park outside of I would charge £20.00 on a regular basis. This would be with no more than a porch as extras.

If it was a pair from the same spot then maybe £18.00.

I do have a group of six 1960's non bay semi's - some with porches, some with ground floor extensions - from one spot and they average £17.00  (Range £16 to £20 - new ones added at £20)

 

[Stoots]

Area dependant, ive heard tales of people still charging less than tenner near me.

I would say as an average a 3 bed semi is £12 round here. Im a bit higher but once you start getting over £15 you are going to to see that conversion rate drop massively.

Of course down south thats front only money.

I counter the relatively cheap prices by being fast, i know some people take 20 mins to clean a house i dont think ive a house on my round that would take me longer than 10.