What to pay our sub-contractor to do our extra jobs like pressure washing?

[Mr and Mrs window cleaner]

An 8 hr day on minimum wage would be £89.72.. how you will get someone to graft for 60 quid beats me.. I'm in stevenage up the road from you and would pay a lot more than that for a grafter for the day.

Thanks for your input. How much would you be paying for a grafter? 

Your options are fairly simple, you can't "sub contract" this work when you supply everything, so you either employ someone or you find a "newbie" that has their own work, equipment and van, and work on a profit margin. Please don't try and find a newbie that's desperate for work and will cut corners to try and justify a low price. With social media you will soon lose your name and reputation by doing so. If it doesn't work just walk away. Creating headaches, by being cheapskates, isn't a good long term business plan.

Thanks a lot for your reply again  It sounds like you know what you're doing.  Do you employ people already? What rate are you paying them compared to the average in the area locally?

 

[Part Timer]

Thanks a lot for your reply again  It sounds like you know what you're doing.  Do you employ people already? What rate are you paying them compared to the average in the area locally?

I don't employ, too much hassle for me. I use a local guy when I'm doing gutters in the Cambridge area and pay him £200 a day, which he invoices me for. A day is as long as it takes to do the work I have scheduled, might be 6 hours if gutters are clear and traffic good or 12 hours if a lot travelling involved.