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C.C.S.

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conservatory roof quote
« on: June 04, 2009, 03:53:17 pm »
hi .i posted a topic a few days back about conservatory roofs.i know last time i under priced the job.
i  quoted today  another one .£50 just for the roof.the customer agreed and said i'll do it in a rainy day,saturday.that's the forecast anyway.i was just wondering if i can buy some detergent like truck wash or anything from b&q or homebase that will do the job as i don't think if i order online i'll get it buy saturday.
opinions please.thank you very much

Small but perfectley formed

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2009, 03:56:30 pm »
Try fenwicks caravan cleaner from halfords good stuff!
Spit and polish

C.C.S.

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2009, 03:58:50 pm »
Try fenwicks caravan cleaner from halfords good stuff!
thanks Jason for the quick reply

R W C

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 04:04:20 pm »
Did you quote the rest of the con too as it would be a shame to get the con roof all nice and new but the guttering, frames and windows still being a mess

C.C.S.

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 04:07:49 pm »
Did you quote the rest of the con too as it would be a shame to get the con roof all nice and new but the guttering, frames and windows still being a mess
hi i will do the gutters but not the rest as they all ready have a window cleaner.they said he'll do it

R W C

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 04:09:36 pm »
Really, I bet hes going to love his next clean lol

supernova77

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2009, 04:16:57 pm »
I think I would have quoted double - I would then spend a few hours on it to get it really top notch including outside of guttering etc...

Andy

tomy jackson

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2009, 04:23:01 pm »
halfords  ,  thats not bad up to sum iv done

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2009, 04:47:01 pm »
Thats an hours work.


Spray with Ecover, particularly generously around the finials and profiles, go back to the beginning and brush it off.

An hour, 50 squid, good job, reasonable price.

Well done.

Matt

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2009, 05:16:22 pm »
Ewan, who says theres any travelling time involved? It might have been next door.

It would also have been just as easy to change the quote to £115 rather than come out with £50, (aasuming most quotes are done with no concern in securing the job) but then again most customers arent as easy come easy go as you imply.

Its an hours work, nothing more.

C.C.S.

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2009, 05:23:02 pm »
I bet it didn’t take you a lot of effort to jump from the £20 you charged for your other conservatory roof clean to £50 for this one.

Still £50 is too cheap for a one off customer (travelling time); it would have just been as easy to charge £75 without changing anything in your sales pitch other than the price.

hello Ewan it's actually 2-3 min away from me.and it would become regular customer for the conservatory roof .once every 6 months for half the price

Central Window Cleaners

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2009, 05:27:43 pm »
Still think you are under quoting, I would have quoted at least £100 for the roof.

I focus 2 day a week on jobs like that and have no problems quoting £100 for a job like that.

mick hay

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2009, 05:38:05 pm »
i have a minimum charge of £95 average £125. i do them on fridays, next 3 fridays inc tomoz ive got 3 booked in each day!!  Im thinking of uping my minimum, to many people saying yes!!!
Ask and ye shall get!!  ;)

Slash

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2009, 05:45:34 pm »
I would have quoted £80.00 for the roof,extra for gutters.

R W C

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2009, 08:56:38 pm »
No disrespect but I dont think that would take a hour,

Sapphire Window Cleaning

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2009, 09:05:33 pm »
I would quote £60 and spend a Maximum of 1.5 hours on it.





Matt
Reaching parts traditional window cleaners can not reach.

C.C.S.

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2009, 10:12:49 pm »
No disrespect but I dont think that would take a hour,
i think i can manage to do it in 60-70 min if it rains as they say on sunday and add some caravan cleaner .it's a lot harder to get work this days so i'm happy to do it for £50 for 70 min of work especially in a day when is raining and can do window cleaning.

simon smith50

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2009, 10:27:20 pm »
i would have gone for at least £100 and then quoted on the rest of the house then maybe given a discount for regular service
£50 far too cheap
hardly cover the travel time
now we're flying
flipper and pole all the way

Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2009, 10:37:08 pm »

hardly cover the travel time

it's actually 2-3 min away from me

Crikey, what do you charge your travelling time out at then, cos 50 squid for 2-3 minutes travel is a tad over-priced even for the optimistic bull-$hitters on here  ;D

Window Washers

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Re: conservatory roof quote
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2009, 10:57:00 pm »

hardly cover the travel time

it's actually 2-3 min away from me

Crikey, what do you charge your travelling time out at then, cos 50 squid for 2-3 minutes travel is a tad over-priced even for the optimistic bull-$hitters on here  ;D
wish I would get £50 for 2/3 mins travle time, I would get a bed in the van like your Matt and sleep for a few hours during the day ;D
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