[frames to panes]

Well it would be if i got away with the prices someone is trying on near me. Four bed detatched, lady wanted a quote £13 i said "what!" she said £13 i repeated (god not another tight wad) easy house not many windows. "The last windowcleaner wanted £30!" Needless to say she told him where to go. The thing is he only needs to do four or five houses a day for a decent wage and home for lunch.

[[GQC] Tim]

4 Bed detached? £30 sounds about right here in Surrey. 

[NWH]

4 Bed detached? £30 sounds about right here in Surrey. 

And me,am i missing something.

[frames to panes]

Time to move for me then!

[matt]

only 30 quid

i would be thinking of 40 quid for a 4 bed

10 quid a bedroom

[NWH]

LOL weeeeyyyyyyaaaaa old prickles is about,did someone mention money.

[Mr H]

Count windows and put £ at the front......

How many windows did she have....?

Regards
Mr H

[frames to panes]

Certainly not thirty!

[NWH]

Certainly not thirty!

So if you did 5 houses and they had 5 window`s each would you only charge £25 on the basis that it`s a pound a window,that`s where this pound a window dosen`t work.It only works like that on large jobs when your going to be there for hours on end.

[mci services]

Certainly not thirty!

i am with you mate i would get laughed at up here in central scotland. i tend to agree with mr h but you have to come and go a bit

[frames to panes]

This is only a run of the mill estate house nothing special - just imagine a street load of them at that price.

[Sanity]

Here in Leicestershire, anything more than £10 is laughed at.  so many people here will do it for a fiver (fly-by-nights) that people will not pay too much.

Although I can make £100 a day (maybe 10 houses) if I work 10 till 2 or 3...

[[GQC] Tim]

Certainly not thirty!

So if you did 5 houses and they had 5 window`s each would you only charge £25 on the basis that it`s a pound a window,that`s where this pound a window dosen`t work.It only works like that on large jobs when your going to be there for hours on end.

I'd say it's the other way around, if you'd charge a pound a window, then there is a equal amount of time that you work on the window, according to your hourly rate. Usually we're quicker then that. So if you only have 10 windows, your faster then you've quoted for, but not by that much.

But if you have 200 windows, priced a pound, and you don't spend a pounds worth on time on them, multiply that by 200, and your much much quicker done then what you have quoted for, so you've overpriced it. Nice if you get away with it ofcourse, most of my quotes are like that, take me much less time.

But just stating that pricing per window doesn't work the bigger the job gets, would be ideal if you know exactly how long a window takes. Tried that a little while ago with the stopwatch, but there are so many different windows, it's quite difficult.

[brightnclean]

Here in Leicestershire, anything more than £10 is laughed at.  so many people here will do it for a fiver (fly-by-nights) that people will not pay too much.

Although I can make £100 a day (maybe 10 houses) if I work 10 till 2 or 3...

Well.. work a FULL day and make £200 

[jonah]

Just wanted to make a comment as to " 4 bedroom detatched " etc !    Doesnt mattter if it is a mansion or a terrace IMHO , shouldnt you just price for the windows in the property ?

[groundhog]

£30 sounds about right to me for a 4 bed detached! I wouldn't even bother getting out of the van for £13!!!! Thats a daft price if you ask me, at least round it  up to £15!
Why do so many of you sell yourselves so short, when I price up a job I think like a salesman and try to get the best price that I possibly can for the job, first of all I get the customer on side, I compliment them about their house or garden, ask about their job or family, maybe a bit of flirting if the customer is female! Then I work out a price that I would be prepared to do the job for, then I work out what I think is the highest price I could possibly get, this is the price I tell the customer, sometimes they will agree to this (brilliant quids in) sometimes they will say it  is too expensive, in which case after a little bit of banter I will lower the price (because I like the customer so much! ) Quite often they will agree to this second price (great still quids in!) if not I will revert to the original price that I worked out, if they agree to this then great its still a good price, if they still say no I walk away!!

[NWH]

£30 sounds about right to me for a 4 bed detached! I wouldn't even bother getting out of the van for £13!!!! Thats a daft price if you ask me, at least round it  up to £15!
Why do so many of you sell yourselves so short, when I price up a job I think like a salesman and try to get the best price that I possibly can for the job, first of all I get the customer on side, I compliment them about their house or garden, ask about their job or family, maybe a bit of flirting if the customer is female! Then I work out a price that I would be prepared to do the job for, then I work out what I think is the highest price I could possibly get, this is the price I tell the customer, sometimes they will agree to this (brilliant quids in) sometimes they will say it  is too expensive, in which case after a little bit of banter I will lower the price (because I like the customer so much! ) Quite often they will agree to this second price (great still quids in!) if not I will revert to the original price that I worked out, if they agree to this then great its still a good price, if they still say no I walk away!!

Groundhog you`ve said it all.

[jonah]

only 30 quid

i would be thinking of 40 quid for a 4 bed

10 quid a bedroom

  And for the downstairs ?

[mci services]

Certainly not thirty!

So if you did 5 houses and they had 5 window`s each would you only charge £25 on the basis that it`s a pound a window,that`s where this pound a window dosen`t work.It only works like that on large jobs when your going to be there for hours on end.

I'd say it's the other way around, if you'd charge a pound a window, then there is a equal amount of time that you work on the window, according to your hourly rate. Usually we're quicker then that. So if you only have 10 windows, your faster then you've quoted for, but not by that much.

But if you have 200 windows, priced a pound, and you don't spend a pounds worth on time on them, multiply that by 200, and your much much quicker done then what you have quoted for, so you've overpriced it. Nice if you get away with it ofcourse, most of my quotes are like that, take me much less time.

But just stating that pricing per window doesn't work the bigger the job gets, would be ideal if you know exactly how long a window takes. Tried that a little while ago with the stopwatch, but there are so many different windows, it's quite difficult.

have to agree with the above also i take each job individually the bigger gets discounted because its window after window with no traveling etc

[geefree]

4 bed detached around 12 to fifteen quid up here.

but food , clothes and beer is much cheaper, than down south.... as are house prices, morgages, rent, gas and electric.

i reckon that balances things out a bit.