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All Round Cleaning

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Went canvassing tonight and was speaking to a lady in her 70's at least who was on her doorstep chatting away .

She said oh I already have a window cleaner he uses that pole with the special stuff he buys .

I said oh you mean water !!!! She goes oh is it water I say yes it's water lol .

I then go on to ask what he charges??? It's a 3 bed mid terrace with porch and leaded windows

She comes back with £4.00 !!!

I'm like jeez how the hell can you do a house wfp for £4 yet a few doors away I just puck up your neighbour 3 bed semi 2 windows more for £10 . I didn't tell he the last bit .

But how the hell can anyone run a business especially wfp on £4 per house ????

 
They try get every house in that area and kid themselfs that they are making good money there's windys like that here

 
If it was just the front the guy does for £4 is not so bad I guess in some areas of the country.

Some around here charge just £5 for a whole house. Go figure :huh:

 
Hmm he may do what I have done and still do some times. If I got in to a new estate Ill price the first 2-4 cheap. Just so I can get my foot in the door. That way people see you when you cleaning windows/collecting. All the new costumers go on to the normal price. It does work, well for me tbut it does leave you with a few under prices houses, You can easily change that when you pick up more in the street

 
Maybe Marc but what's the point you only end up resenting the jobs when you try to put the prices up and they are not willing to pay more.

I price up to keep the jobs at a good rate and wont need to up the prices for a good while .

I would much rather do it this way .

 
I do the same as all round c, I keep the price the same so a few months down the line you dont feel like your working for nothing. plus the customer can sometimes get a few months cleans and drop you ...

also they talk to each other more than you think... if one finds out they are cheaper then you could potentially loose the more expensive customer

 
so what, he charges £4, and you get £10, there is wc around here like that, i know one who charges £2 for a house, nice fella, in his 50s part retired, as long as he earns £100 a day hes happy,

 
I'm over 50 and semi-retired but still would not charge as little as £2 a house and try do fifty houses a day. Sounds raving bonkers to me or more than likely telling pork pies. /emoticons/biggrin.png

Do you tell other local window cleaners how much you charge?

I prefer to work smarter not harder in my twilight years /emoticons/wink.png






 
he doesnt charge £2 for every house, but he is cheap, i know he charges a house oppisite me £2, and he quoted me £4.50

 
Like I said before he is probably pulling your chain to get info out of you. What a nice fella /emoticons/biggrin.png




 
We all might be in the same game but some things like pricing I tend not to talk about to other local window cleaners.



Anyhow you all know how much you need to pay your bills and taxes so don't worry about what others charge just get on and do the best you can. /emoticons/smile.png





 
We all might be in the same game but some things like pricing I tend not to talk about to other local window cleaners.



Anyhow you all know how much you need to pay your bills and taxes so don't worry about what others charge just get on and do the best you can. /emoticons/smile.png



Couldn't agree more I don't tell window cleaners how much I charge it's between me and my customer .

 
Maybe Marc but what's the point you only end up resenting the jobs when you try to put the prices up and they are not willing to pay more.

I price up to keep the jobs at a good rate and wont need to up the prices for a good while .

I would much rather do it this way .
The point would be getting your foot in the door? You don't need to price them that low that you resent them. Just a little cheaper than normal would suffice

I do the same as all round c, I keep the price the same so a few months down the line you dont feel like your working for nothing. plus the customer can sometimes get a few months cleans and drop you ...

also they talk to each other more than you think... if one finds out they are cheaper then you could potentially loose the more expensive customer
Explain why you done it, Its not hard to come up with something..... lol.

 
Lol, I have 2 identical houses beside eachother and they are different prices, 1 is £8 other is £7... Hate when they are both out side and ask how much we owe ya?

 
I'm just on way to do 3 now, 2 at one price and one at another but I'm ready for em I'll just say that they got facebook discount lol.

 
never underprice like that ! i may underprice it by £1.00 but am never expensive ! or too cheap ! am about right just do what u think is best and what u think is worth it /emoticons/smile.png

 
Went canvassing tonight and was speaking to a lady in her 70's at least who was on her doorstep chatting away .

She said oh I already have a window cleaner he uses that pole with the special stuff he buys .

I said oh you mean water !!!! She goes oh is it water I say yes it's water lol .

I then go on to ask what he charges??? It's a 3 bed mid terrace with porch and leaded windows

She comes back with £4.00 !!!

I'm like jeez how the hell can you do a house wfp for £4 yet a few doors away I just puck up your neighbour 3 bed semi 2 windows more for £10 . I didn't tell he the last bit .

But how the hell can anyone run a business especially wfp on £4 per house ????


£4 per house is low, how many can be done in 1 hour?

If you take business operating cost and business set up cost - with a modest average cost of £6,000 per year; and then work out the time spent cleaning windows i.e. 1200 hours per year, that gives him a cost of £5 per hour – so if he cleans 3 houses per hour, it’s possible he can stay in business for many years.

Richard

 
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