Price help please.....

[Smurf]

Yeah I know as there is less surface area of glass with all that ***** stuck on them./emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[cheapncheerful]

I better had put my prices up I keep getting the bloomin jobs.../emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Smurf]

@Tuffers stuck being the operative word until they start coming away

 

[Smurf]

Wining every job you quote on is a good sign you are too cheap.

I better had put my prices up I keep getting the bloomin jobs.../emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Scottie]

Thanks smurf, good advice, and everyone else. I am finding it hard to price, but I am pricing in terms of what makes me happy and a price the customer can not say "thats to high" So both happy. I think I will say £40 for a first clean and £30 there after and see what they say. The frames are wood and good ones it seems, so there easy. I think thats a fair price and not undercutting myself there.

I think maybe 75l of water will be used and I buy mine as its easy for me as filling depot is down the road, so I dont need a ro unit etc really, thats what my worry was, how much water will I use. If i run low I can always trad the bottoms.... Happy to do this house as I will WFP it all and do say 4 others that day, that will do me as a distance for me that day. Once I get a van or tank I can take on a few more houses in that area. Its fun building up and appriciate your pricing help, its made me more confident giving that price now. THANK YOU!!

O, so leaded are ok to do WFP, i was worried about all the little lines leaking crap, but after a 2nd clean i assume they will be easy and look better going forward...

 

[Scottie]

Yes smurf, your right, I suppose if they come back and say no, I can lower it a little but only to the bottom price I AM HAPPY with and no more. I have a few customers thinking about price, i started pushign my luck and if they say no i can say wlel ill come form £15 to £13....I started lower when started out and now learnt to go in higher you can always drop a little and win them round. But I have learnt dont do it for nothing or to little, I will end up with a round I am not happy with on prices.

 

[Dave B]

Never drop from your original quote

You should be quoting what you want from a job so you can't go lower than what you want or not worth it

 

[Smurf]

I like to play mind games once in a while as some like to barter but I factor that in.

Never drop from your original quoteYou should be quoting what you want from a job so you can't go lower than what you want or not worth it

 

[Scottie]

I just offered a house today for £15 but was happy with £12 they barter a bit just now actually, and I got £13, so happy with it. Is it facebook window cleaning day today? I have had 14 enquires, offered quotes and got 6 so far and waiting on the rest to come back. Its gone mental!!!!?!??!?

 

[Dave B]

Told you to stop worrying and crack on didn't i

Now you're doing ok

Always listen to uncle Dave lol

 

[Scottie]

Hi Dave, yeah I no, I did listen to you and a few people on here and have taken advice and ran with it with my own ideas and its going ok, I feel confident now, i know its going to take time and I need to hang in there but its worth it. Cheers Uncle Dave!!! lol

 

[Scottie]

Well smurf it I did!! Got £45 1st clean and £35 going forward. I thought that was good. I said I will be using pure water and they were like "whats that" Won them over as they said yes a man on ladders would find it hard and prob charge more as all leaded too. Thanks guys, felt more confident going with that price knowing its a happy medium.

Thank you.

 

[Jonathan Sanderson]

£20 for me on a monthly clean.

No more than 30 minutes work tops.

 

[Smurf]

Just go to show if you don't try you don't get...well done to you /emoticons/wink.png

@Jonathan Sanderson I think you need to smurf you price up if you are doing those sort of jobs for only 20 squid regardless how long it takes you. That's bonkers cheap if you ask me but each to their own I suppose

Well smurf it I did!! Got £45 1st clean and £35 going forward. I thought that was good. I said I will be using pure water and they were like "whats that" Won them over as they said yes a man on ladders would find it hard and prob charge more as all leaded too. Thanks guys, felt more confident going with that price knowing its a happy medium.
Thank you.

 

[Jonathan Sanderson]

My target is always compact work though smurf.

Could easily rattle through 15 of those in a day, and customer feels like they are still getting a good price, meanwhile your comfortably earning £250 plus a day.

That's the target for me.

It takes a while to build up but with houses like this the neighbours speak, then realise how good a price it is etc, and it doesn't take long to build up a good well earning round.

 

[Smurf]

It would be even better if you got £35 for each one don't you think as that is not an unresanable price for that size property worth 3/4's of a million quid

 

[Tuffers]

£20 for me on a monthly clean.
No more than 30 minutes work tops.

Way too cheap. Break the house down into £10 size houses and there aren't 2 there. Easily 3 £10 houses in the pics.

 

[Jonathan Sanderson]

Way too cheap. Break the house down into £10 size houses and there aren't 2 there. Easily 3 £10 houses in the pics.

£1 per window is a good rate, that's what I use to price and then I tweak it based on my gut feeling. I averaged out about 25 windows on that house, but based on the fact they were all relatively easy, and I would aim to picking up all the other houses next to it, I'd discount it a touch.

 

[Smurf]

Not being funny but I get £20 for smallish semi's and don't have to drive what would seem half a mile down each drive to get to the next door either

£1 per window is a good rate, that's what I use to price and then I tweak it based on my gut feeling. I averaged out about 25 windows on that house, but based on the fact they were all relatively easy, and I would aim to picking up all the other houses next to it, I'd discount it a touch.

 

[Dave B]

Not everyone has the balls to charge like you do smurf

I do charge on the higher end of the scale for what i consider a quality job but each to their own i think 250 notes is a fair days pay for a fair days work..a lot better than most of the guys stuck in the rat race of employment

 

[Smurf]

This is the property op wanted price help on to get a better picture what I'm on about.

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