"I didn't think it would be that much"

[Solarpanelcleanington]

This is crazy talk.

 

[Cghwindowcleaning]

Don't forget the v.a.t that should push the price up a bit to £24.00

 

[Trev81]

we doing them for 20 each in the summer for four weekends only , this will include gutters cleaning out and windows cleaned , going to be a busy month of weekends hopefully ,

Won't be long before you regret that, what you going to do @noddy just a quick once over and have plenty of unhappy customers expecting a nice perfectly valeted conny, or spend a good 2 or 3 hours on a average size conservatory putting you effectively on min wage, maybe less when you take off your costs.

I have done some huge conservatory valets over the past 6 months charging 10 times that and even then I feel I've bloody earned it!

 

[spruce]

Lets be honest. It's not that skilled. You won't see apprenticeships in window cleaning any time soon.Not like carpentry engineering farming etc

http://leicestercollege.ac.uk/apprenticeship-vacancies/window-cleaning-operative/

One of the local cleaners has his son enrolled as an apprentice window cleaner. As part of his apprenticeship, he goes to college once a week to learn business management.

Quite how he finally becomes a full qualified window cleaner I don't know. Whilst the business management side is easy to test, I'm not sure how the practical side of window cleaning is assessed.

 

[Calum Jennings]

Window Cleaning Operative[/url]
One of the local cleaners has his son enrolled as an apprentice window cleaner. As part of his apprenticeship, he goes to college once a week to learn business management.

Quite how he finally becomes a full qualified window cleaner I don't know. Whilst the business management side is easy to test, I'm not sure how the practical side of window cleaning is assessed.

LOL

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[Duncs]

You need 'some' skills that mostly come with experience to be a good window cleaner, what ever method you use.
If it was as easy as litter picking or packing orders in a warehouse etc then the results should be the same if you hand your tools to joe bloggs in the street to have a go.

The fact is he/she would no doubt make a complete mess of it, also there are many other skills and financial outlays required when running a successful window cleaning business that makes it in my opinion a skilled trade to get right.

its quite simple , if your skilled, semiskilled,labrador dos,int matter

if you canny manage your business, to get the best potential out of it

its going to be a struggle

its not all about how gd you are at the WC

getting cream work, and getting rid off your crap all helps

 

[Tuffers]

its quite simple , if your skilled, semiskilled,labrador dos,int matterif you canny manage your business, to get the best potential out of it

its going to be a struggle

its not all about how gd you are at the WC

getting cream work, and getting rid off your **** all helps

Labrador :rofl:/emoticons/biggrin.png:laugh:

 

[Tuffers]

Labrador :rofl:/emoticons/biggrin.png:laugh:

Still giggling now :rofl:

 

[Danfire]

we doing them for 20 each in the summer for four weekends only , this will include gutters cleaning out and windows cleaned , going to be a busy month of weekends hopefully ,

Can I book you in to do mine, that's a great price, so great I'd like to book you to do four cleans, one every weekend. I'm a fussy b'stard mind you so you'd better do a cracking job.

 

[Dave B]

Can I book you in to do mine, that's a great price, so great I'd like to book you to do four cleans, one every weekend. I'm a fussy b'stard mind you so you'd better do a cracking job.

At 4 different addresses lol

I feel a bit of an earner coming

 

[noddy]

Won't be long before you regret that, what you going to do @noddy just a quick once over and have plenty of unhappy customers expecting a nice perfectly valeted conny, or spend a good 2 or 3 hours on a average size conservatory putting you effectively on min wage, maybe less when you take off your costs.
I have done some huge conservatory valets over the past 6 months charging 10 times that and even then I feel I've bloody earned it!

doing proper jobs trev our vans will be parked out side so it will be a top job

thinking of throwing a ten pound each carpet on as well but waiting on the staff to see if they want to work for free its up to them at the end of the day northing like wakeing a street up on a saterday at 8am with a truck mount

the window cleaners said they will do 8am-8pm if needed and to get three in aday if poss

hope it all comes off well up for this

 

[Dave B]

Why the hell would you work all day for free

Some sort of publicity stunt maybe

 

[Dave B]

Good luck to.you then bud

Hope it works out

 

[Duncs]

Still giggling now :rofl:

tuffers I was,int even trying it just comes natural:rofl::specs:thumbsup:/emoticons/tongue.png

 

[Duncs]

£20 For a conny roof!!! Glad them prices are not in my area, I wouldn't get one roof to clean

you just price to how long it takes

 

[Poles Apart]

I regard running a business involving dealing with Customers, promoting your business to potential customers, advertising, arranging all the logistics organising the round a highly skilled job and that's without actually cleaning windows.

 

[Clarkie's Cleaning]

I read a very good book on advertising your window cleaning company and it explained why we price the way we do.

Fuel costs, equipment, purified water, advertising, all costs.

Also having your prices at a good level, weeds out people who really can't afford a service that they could do for themselves.

 

[Calum Jennings]

What book is that?

 

[TolishAPurd]

doing proper jobs trev our vans will be parked out side so it will be a top job
thinking of throwing a ten pound each carpet on as well but waiting on the staff to see if they want to work for free its up to them at the end of the day northing like wakeing a street up on a saterday at 8am with a truck mount

the window cleaners said they will do 8am-8pm if needed and to get three in aday if poss

hope it all comes off well up for this

I look forward to watching the price of a good days work get dragged back down to the gutter.

I may be a bit crazy here, but how's about paying the staff a wage, albeit minimum, and then taking some off the top for yourself. There's enough people being taken advantage of these days with "internships" or whatever else it seems you are offering, but more importantly for everyone else's pocket here, why not charge proper prices rather than pocket money.

 

[noddy]

I look forward to watching the price of a good days work get dragged back down to the gutter.
I may be a bit crazy here, but how's about paying the staff a wage, albeit minimum, and then taking some off the top for yourself. There's enough people being taken advantage of these days with "internships" or whatever else it seems you are offering, but more importantly for everyone else's pocket here, why not charge proper prices rather than pocket money.

i pay my staff well thank you very much , and the gutter is where the dirt lives and where there to clean it lol . not doing the carpet cleaning as the truck mounts will be on the ferry contract we have but ive roped one of there dads in to working for free , ex roofer , top man in his field one of the best thactched roofers in Essex in his time well up for two week ends free work

 

[David K]

In my area prices tend to do a downward spiral , but mostly I stand my ground and loose qoutes regularly cause there are these " I'm not worth a thing " kinda types around .

I want my rate , and the custys I get, pay what they should . No more ,no less. We all gotta provide for our family's and we are the only ones to turn it around, better to walk away from a bad deal ,than be a busy clown . In my area a guy charges less than half of me , and I just laugh cause every time I loose a job and gets the next , we earn the same