Rip off service from a another company

Good morning to everyone.

Last night I was looking  companies who offering franchise,I found a very good company with a good website and everything. They doing window cleaning, general cleaning,gardening oven cleaning etc it's like a Facilities company, anyway,straight to the point now,they had a price list for the services or you can put your house details and they offer you a quote. 

So I putted my postcode in Manchester, for a terrace house,2 bedrooms,(3 windows and a door)highest window in the first floor,cleaning every month so they gave me  a price, guess how much....

43 pounds and with discount 39 ..

43 pounds can you believe it...

Please share your thoughts..

Over the top for a regular monthly clean. Under priced for a one off deep clean.  

Yikes, I would of said £42 but with discount £38, but definitely no more.!

Na, I don’t have any 2 bed mid terrace, but I have a couple of 3 bed, £15 every 8weeks for me, ONLY if they have a back gate as well. 

Green Pro Clean Ltd said:

Over the top for a regular monthly clean. Under priced for a one off deep clean.  

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For a regular clean it's really high...

And for a one-off I think its high, I will say 25 to 30.

thanasisp said:

For a regular clean it's really high...

And for a one-off I think its high, I will say 25 to 30.

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You'll probably find they don't want that kind of work. I personally hate cleaning terraced houses, cannot be ar5ed getting myself round the back, lots of them come with access issues or you might have to walk down an alleyway and through 5 different gardens before you reach the back of the customer.

In Cheltenham the local windies all seem to charge £45 for a 2 bed terrace. The terraced houses over there usually have tunnel access between each house too. They just don't want the work.

P4dstar said:

You'll probably find they don't want that kind of work. I personally hate cleaning terraced houses, cannot be ar5ed getting myself round the back, lots of them come with access issues or you might have to walk down an alleyway and through 5 different gardens before you reach the back of the customer.

In Cheltenham the local windies all seem to charge £45 for a 2 bed terrace. The terraced houses over there usually have tunnel access between each house too. They just don't want the work.

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i don't think that's the case.

they having fixe prices..

thanasisp said:

i don't think that's the case.

they having fixe prices..

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To be fair before I did this we had a window cleaner who charged us £20 a clean. No first clean charge just a straight forward £20, I have 7 windows and 2 doors. Another £5 if I wanted the conservatory cleaned too. He was in our street about 45 minutes cleaning 3 houses at a very leisurely pace. I drive past his house now and then and his van is often at home but I imagine he is probably comfortably making what I make.

Bottom line is not many on here will think these guys are a rip off. Your services are worth what you charge for them. They're working smarter not harder basically. They may only close 25% of their quotes but they're making 400% more than most cleaners in the area. I agree it's expensive but rip off is a bit more of an individual thing than that.

are they nationwide or does that include an element of travel for one of cleaner from the local franchise in liverpool to travel?

Can't see how it's a rip off if you agree for them to do it knowing the price. Agreed it seems a bit expensive but as there are many invariables, and they're quoting blind, then you really have to expect them to be on the high side.

I don't think people on here understand how much it costs to employ someone. Call out any worker from the newspaper and once they add the call-out fee then expect £50 an hr.