[Steve B]

Traditional
£10 min charge
Cirencester Glos in the Cotswolds

[Mo]

£10-12 Britn& Hove

[matt cloud]

whole house rob

[m baker]

seven pounds,kent

[Oakley Windows]

So long as it was on my round, minimum charge of a tenner. HANTS.

[elite mike]

8 to £ 10  seems fair. wfp  forest of dean

mike

[NWH]

As soon as i come on line eh lol. :

[weetot]

£5.00- North Tyneside. without the car windows...

[STEVE-UK]

£10 for me - Brighton

[chrisyg]

£10 min 4 weekly.. f&b wfp south wales

poss cheaper if i have more of the neighbours

[STEVE-UK]

MO - Have you noticed how many new vans there are around here now and how the prices have dropped

[mark dew]

Am i looking at the wrong pic? I counted 4 windows.
I might take 20 minutes if it was a 1st clean. But i would prefer to have a higher flowrate and take 5.

You can't price that house front on the basis of '4 windows'
The upstairs boxroom has only 4 panes of glass
The upstairs bay has 14 panes of glass
The downstairs bay has 10 panes of glass
The porch has 6 panes of glass

When I was 'trad' I charged per pane of glass (dearer for upstairs than downstairs)
It added up to £7.80.  I would have charged either £7.50 or £8.00.

I'm WFP now but use the same pricing structure.

If I had to go back to working 'trad' I'd now charge more - because it's harder work and potentially more dangerous.
Mike

I just had another look to see what i'd missed. I don't think i have. It's very easy work and not much time. Reverse in, open van door, grab pole, turn on pump and clean. No need to unwind hosereel.
Generous flow, rinse on the glass. Pole back in van. Slip through letterbox and gone.    
You are right about pricing it though. I would have charged £5 when i was trad. But since i got wfp the next best thing i did was to have a £10 min charge. So what i reckon would take me around 5 minutes on maintenace cleans would be a cost of £10.
Beccles area, north suffolk

[sageorgeta]

5 mins...lol....

[crystal.clear]

£8.00 if it was next to anyother one i do. or £12.00 on its own. live near sandhurst

[mark dew]

5 mins...lol....

due to the scepticism shown towards my 5 minute estimate i am wondering if i am being too optimistic?? 
But i don't think so. Although i haven't done a time and motion study on a front only. 
I have a similar looking job and i will just pull the hose to the front and time myself.
I don't know what else to say? I use a 17ft xtel pole, between 1 and 1/12 lpm flow rate. I don't rinse off the glass, i rinse on. I also give a quick brush over the frames. I'm fit enough to reel my hose in quickly without mechanical aid. 
My 5 minutes  is based on the customer not being home and i post a chit to send me a cheque.
I have a cup of tea in the morning and don't stop for a break until i get the days scheduled work finished and i then go home. And have the 2nd cup.
This is also on maintenance cleans. 1st cleans i take however long it takes to be thorough and i will go back at the end of the day to check that they are spotless.
After the jobs come up good the 1st time i don't hang around on future cleans.
But the little seed of doubt has been planted in my mind. Maybe i ain't as quick as i think? 
But i will check. 

[geefree]

so now you can see the north south divide... some gloat at charging more... others understand thats just the way it is , cost of living slightly higher in the south, so the prices will be higher so , in reality we all earn about the same , as things must be cheaper in the north too...

dont think the cost of set up has much to do with it, after all a joiner cant put his prices up because he now uses an electric screwdriver instead of a hand driven.

there is a difference between north and south. but it all balances out.

[trike]

3.50 liverpool

[Dave Turley]

£10 min chg.  8 mins?

[NWH]

Any luck on the van Dave.

[Rogue Trader]

i think it is fair to say that there are cheap and expensive w/c ers wherever you are in the uk , as i said previously i would charge £12 min for the front and i am in SE , however i am "expensive" , i say this in the terms that there are plenty of w/c ers near me that would do this for a  non SE price) i.e. £5.

So dont think that each new customer in the south east is happy to pay these rates because of being in the SE but the prices i charge are achievable. I still have a number of refusals when i quote because my price (and most other CIU SE based w/c ers) is higher than most. You can still get your windows cleaned for tuppence even down here!!