Tango
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A few weeks back I cleaned a conny roof, windows, gutter etc for an old lady who has multiple properties. Charged her £50, took me 3 hours.. I know, shameful.. no comments please..
Anyway she then asked me to quote her home for the fascias, gutters, windows and her conny roof. The conny is sandwiched between two brick walls. and naturally both sides of the roof slope towards them. She showed me the greenery from the upstairs window and that was that - I didn't want the conny job. Quoted her £40 for all the rest though which I felt was a fair price - £15 for the windows, £25 for the fascias and gutters.
Now I 'fess that I did say to her she might find another windy who's got better equipment than me (my clx is heavy and not great for her conny lol) and in fairness did suggest she try someone else for her conny. I really didn't want that conny roof. So the other day she sends me a text. saying she's cancelling my windows and fascias clean as she's found someone else to do the entire lot including the conny roof and he's done her a better price than me. No great surprise she found someone else, I did kinda encourage it to be fair...
But how the hell can someone do a conny roof, fascias, gutters AND the windows for less than £40? Apparently he claims to have all the right equipment for conny roofs too! At less than forty quid I really can't understand this other blokes margins.
Anyway she then asked me to quote her home for the fascias, gutters, windows and her conny roof. The conny is sandwiched between two brick walls. and naturally both sides of the roof slope towards them. She showed me the greenery from the upstairs window and that was that - I didn't want the conny job. Quoted her £40 for all the rest though which I felt was a fair price - £15 for the windows, £25 for the fascias and gutters.
Now I 'fess that I did say to her she might find another windy who's got better equipment than me (my clx is heavy and not great for her conny lol) and in fairness did suggest she try someone else for her conny. I really didn't want that conny roof. So the other day she sends me a text. saying she's cancelling my windows and fascias clean as she's found someone else to do the entire lot including the conny roof and he's done her a better price than me. No great surprise she found someone else, I did kinda encourage it to be fair...
But how the hell can someone do a conny roof, fascias, gutters AND the windows for less than £40? Apparently he claims to have all the right equipment for conny roofs too! At less than forty quid I really can't understand this other blokes margins.