Help Price commercial work New and looking some advice please

[Brianbru]

 

[Brianbru]

3 windows at the side of each block & the same windows at the back thanks in advance for any comments

 

[Charlie@AquaClear]

External only at £95 every 8weeks

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[Brianbru]

Thank you very much indeed charlie@aquackear

 

[Spartan]

External only

£124 - 8 weekly

£155 - 12 weekly

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[tench0771]

ide price that at 85 ish its only a hours work there

 

[Part Timer]

3 side windows will be bathrooms! Price would depend on how busy you are and is this the only job you can get from them. If they have a few residential properties I would price it at £45, at most it's 90 minutes, and no longer than bi monthly. If it's less frequent £60

 

[Minty]

3 side windows will be bathrooms! Price would depend on how busy you are and is this the only job you can get from them. If they have a few residential properties I would price it at £45, at most it's 90 minutes, and no longer than bi monthly. If it's less frequent £60

56 windows with 2nd floor work for £45?

 

[Part Timer]

56 windows with 2nd floor work for £45?

I can do that job in around an hour, they are small windows. If he is looking for work and new at the job it might take him 90 minutes so will be making £30 an hour. 40 hours a week at £30 will nett him around £900. If that's his worst job then he's doing well in my opinion.

 

[Minty]

I can do that job in around an hour, they are small windows. If he is looking for work and new at the job it might take him 90 minutes so will be making £30 an hour. 40 hours a week at £30 will nett him around £900. If that's his worst job then he's doing well in my opinion.

I just think that's too cheap for commercial work of that height and access.

Also rarely if ever, do I get 40 hours a week on the glass.

 

[Spartan]

Personally i think £45 is way way too cheap!

56 units + 3 units on each side of each block (unsure if BrianBru means 6 in total or 12 in total for the side) but at the lower figure thats 62 units.

If you can do that in an hour then thats great - but thats less then 60 seconds on each unit..... including setting up, unloading, damp wiping or trading the windows around the doors, moving between blocks, packing all the gear up at the end ready for the next job.

and i haven't included anything to offset the travel - BrianBru doesn't say if its nearby his other clients

£1 per unit is too cheap for commercial in my opinion, but maybe I'm used to London prices.....

 

[Part Timer]

Personally i think £45 is way way too cheap!
56 units + 3 units on each side of each block (unsure if BrianBru means 6 in total or 12 in total for the side) but at the lower figure thats 62 units.

If you can do that in an hour then thats great - but thats less then 60 seconds on each unit..... including setting up, unloading, damp wiping or trading the windows around the doors, moving between blocks, packing all the gear up at the end ready for the next job.

and i haven't included anything to offset the travel - BrianBru doesn't say if its nearby his other clients

£1 per unit is too cheap for commercial in my opinion, but maybe I'm used to London prices.....

In my reply I said if he was looking for work, and there was potential for other work that would be my price. He will still get a decent hourly rate at £45, my price as a stand alone job was £60. In my opinion, and in my area that is a very good hourly rate.

 

[Chris33]

I'd want no less than 100 now for that regardless of frequency. Even if had space on round,one thing I've learned is to price what I'd want from all jobs from the start

 

[crystal vision]

140 all day long

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[Cghwindowcleaning]

Not one person has mentioned the railing around some of the Windows.

The railings are quite low so even if you turn a quick lock brush on its side(so it's vertical)chances are the brush won't make contact with glass due to ledge so you may have to clean from inside.

If I could only get £45 for a job like that I would quit.

Don't sell yourself short if you don't know what your doing stick to houses.

 

[Part Timer]

A long gooseneck would get over them easily. When you work an area were you have competitors doing 4 bed semi's for a fiver, it's not so cut and dried as some leafy suburbs.

 

[Cghwindowcleaning]

Getting over them won't be the problem getting the glass behind them will.

Every area will have it's £5 a house shiner it's best not to even try to compete with them.

My price is my price regardless what the competion want to charge.

 

[Part Timer]

I agree about your pricing, but as he is asking for opinions he is probably new to the game. Sometimes to get in to large management companies it pays to go in at bottom price. £45 would, should, return at least £30 an hour, so whilst it might be nice getting £100+ an hour in all respect it is highly unlikely that is achievable, certainly isn't in my area.

 

[Cghwindowcleaning]

I understand where your coming from and your thinking about going in low to get your foot in the door so to speak but I clean commercial daily while sometimes I may come in cheaper than others I never want to win jobs just because I'm cheap.

I clean for some of the biggest managment companies in my area and the south east and Belive me price is no longer the motivating factor when awarding jobs to contractors.

I have noticed a lot of people coming on this forum who are just dipping there toes in commercial they don't know how to price or what there doing and end up going in low this drives prices down and it's no good for any one.

 

[Part Timer]

I understand where your coming from and your thinking about going in low to get your foot in the door so to speak but I clean commercial daily while sometimes I may come in cheaper than others I never want to win jobs just because I'm cheap.I clean for some of the biggest managment companies in my area and the south east and Belive me price is no longer the motivating factor when awarding jobs to contractors.

I have noticed a lot of people coming on this forum who are just dipping there toes in commercial they don't know how to price or what there doing and end up going in low this drives prices down and it's no good for any one.

90% of my business is commercial and non of it pays £100 an hour. I work around Cambridge for a very large property management company there, they literally have 1000's of properties, and can earn £50 an hour so even on that basis that job would be £100 max. I think some of the prices being put forward are unrealistic and would mean he wouldn't get the job