Yeah... just edited the post because I don't think its fair showing his number and area but mate come on!! £11 for a 4 bed!! I ain't interested in competing with him on price but I feel like it devalues what we do!
Yeah but if we're looking at £15-20 for a 3 bed semi where does the £1 per window come from? I have a 4 bed semi and we have 7 windows and 2 doors. My last windy before I started up charged me £20 and £25 with the huge conservatory at the back.
Nah mate. I know what he's up to, he's trying to box off 2 massive new build areas in his town, not go far and have a lot of customers. I try and provide a professional service, good clean quality and good customer service. £30 an hour is doable (£20/£25 including travel time round here) and i'd rather be there than chasing 4 times the amount of people for payment to earn the same. Work smarter not harder eh!
See, honestly at these prices I wouldn't have got into window cleaning. They're charging more than this in my home town (St. Helens).... The only one that would be similar is the 2 bed price, mainly because they're all terraced houses in St Helens so two at the front two at the back... Gloucestershire is a lot more affluent than St. Helens though with much nicer houses and quirky little cottages in nice little villages. The ones he is hitting are new builds so more than 2 at the front and 2 at the rear!!
I'm not too far from you in Rotherham but those prices don't seem particularly low to me either. I don't have a one price fits all policy usually but I do a new estate that I charge 4 bed detached £9-£10 and 3 bedroom detached £8. I earn a steady £45 an hour on that estate without rushing too much- I clean the frames, sills and doors with that.
:1f644: It gets worse!!
My mum and dad's window cleaner used to charge them £2.50 for 3bed trad using ladders. He'd been cleaning them for the past 30 years and they still sacked him off and asked me to do em instead.. :1f644: I'd have rather paid him the 2.50 myself.
I have said before I can get my 4 bed semi done well for £5. I'm very tempted to get him back as the Wife doesn't like WFP :1f602:
I have dropped a few good clients over the last year just because I am gaining more compact and better priced jobs, I contacted them all and explained and they were fine and understood as my numbers had dropped in areas with people selling their houses etc.
Might have being a bit flash :1f602:
My wife cleans our windows more than I do as she gets sick of asking me :1f602:
Haha my son paid the window cleaner that as cleaned my mother in laws for 30 years not to do them the other week as he’s makes a right mess as either me or him clean them when visiting, she won’t get rid of him out of loyalty.
Yeah I guess once you factor in travelling between the villages etc, there aren't many places around here that are built up enough to have a compact round... I'll be a little more price conscious when I head into the new estates in Gloucester I think.
What made you change to a van? I’ve been toying with the idea of a double cab pickup for a while now. I need lots of seats as I sometimes do the school run (2 kids plus one on the way)plus I like the massive payload. I currently drive a lwb transit connect double cab and can’t decide between a pickup and a lwb transporter double cab. I’ll also be wanting to upgrade my 350litre one man wfp setup to a 650 two man. Would this be do-able in a pickup even with a snug top, also can you fit three child seats across the back seats in a pickup? I’m looking to save cash by doubling my work van as the team bus on the weekends as my misses has a tiny a-class and we’ve been looking at upgrading her to a disco 4 or a q7 but they are quite expensive to run just for the sake of a family runabout.
No kids and for 17 years my wife and I just used the one vehicle as a dual purpose motor.
