Why not? They are twice the work bringing in twice the money. Your telling me that you would buy a business that brings in £2000 a month for the same price that you would buy a business that is twice as big and brings in double at £4000 a month?.
Must be a Manchester thing, as I have already said in over 20 years I have never known or heard of work selling like this
Must be ,in the 25+Yrs I’ve been in the business it’s always been the norm round here .
Generally fortnightly work is half the price of monthly jobs I have friends around Newcastle and they have there windows cleaned every two weeks by two trad guys they charge £7:50 if that was a monthly job it’s £15 so you arnt earning any more money from it . Down hear most want monthly cleans , I think the two week stuff is more common in the north ,
I wouldn’t say exactly half but yes not as much as monthly just same as you would charge more again for 6 weekly and more again fir 8 weekly as most cleaners I know charge in line with the work involved so you end up making the same money weather cleaning 2/4/6 or 8 weekly. That said I’ve recently started charging top whack no matter what the frequency as I’m fully booked and trying to deter everyone into taking the lesser frequencys
I’m the same , too much work, now charging top wack on my new work that’s why I’m selling ?
That's one of the main problems why the WFP lads in my area struggle to get decent prices. You have numerous trad guys charging anything from £5 - £7 for standard 3 bed semi's so people don't want to pay £10+ to get their windows cleaned half as often. Only those that appreciate we do frames and sills etc are prepared to pay the "double" price.
Yes I agree the ones charging £5-7 arnt doing themselves or any one else any favours , most down hear ask for monthly cleans , those that ask for two weekly I tell them to try 4 weekly and if they arnt happy we will do them fortnightly so far no one has asked for that ??? it seams to be a northern thing , we have friends in Blythe, Newcastle, and all over that area most are cleaned fortnightly, we were up the visiting a couple of years ago and I got talking to the guys that do my mates house one does the back the other the front using ladders he has a 3 bed modern semi with an extension and conservatory they charge him £7:50 !,,,, crazy , they must have been there about 20-30 muinits so total of 40 -60 muinits for £7:50 dont know how they make a living .
Nearly all new builds have the trendy black/grey pvc frames so using the reach n wash leaves no suds behind on the frames .I’ve offered my customers in Wigan the choice to pay £12 monthly or £9 fortnightly , they nearly all choose fortnightly .weird folk these Wiganers ?
