Bit of a rant but to put it into context, I am currently a one man band and extremely busy! I had some guy phone me earlier asking for a price for his solar panels to be cleaned on a 2 story house. Not a regular customer and just a one off clean. I quoted £10 per panel as I didn't fancy taking the job on for any less than that. Customer point blank down the phone "Thats a bit expensive isn't it." The question is... What is expensive? Surely all price is relative. Would he be up there on a ladder scrubbing his solar panels for £10 a panel? I very much doubt it.
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Is £10 a panel too expensive?
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We have a minimum price of £85 for any solar panel clean ,(up to 16 panels ) if we have to make a special journey or they are coverd in liken then it’s considerably more just done 16 panels covered in liken for £450 . If one’s don’t want to lay that’s fine we don’t need the work . Down hear not many window cleaners want to do them we regularly get other window cleaners recommending us to there customers ???
Exactly that. I don't fancy turning up to his house seeing a bunch of liken and cleaning them for £3 a panel. Especially when I expect a ladder to be involved and I don't fancy risking it for minimum wage. If he didn't like the price thats fine. But keep your opinion to yourself and ring the next windy. ??
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It is expensive but your price is your price. Don't try and justify it to anyone, especially the customer.
I'd usually charge a regular window cleaning customer around £5 per panel. Which I guess is more like it. But as I am stretched why not try for more. It's more the way the customer reacted that I found funny.
