Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian101 on September 14, 2010, 09:00:09 pm
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Been doing ok lately with my pricing and messed up on two yesterday :(
1st one was a new customer who moved into a close where I do another 6 houses ... had the house extended with a wrap around extension so quite a few windows ... didnt look close enough though as the dust was terrible so first clean was in fact a builders clean near enough but no cement thankfully only charged her a fiver on top on normal rate so no big mistake going foward as all now clean :)
2nd mistake oldish house with geogian windows ..... they take forever so next time their all getting poled as too long by trad methods.
Live and learn :D
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It's crazy but I'm still getting it wrong on the odd house. I'm finding though that you can't really tell until you've cleaned a couple of times. Some big pads with lots of windows have easy access and you can fly round them, whereas some smaller with tricky access are a pain and may be cheaper but there is more faffing around to get them done.
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ive only been cleaning 2 years and some of my early ones i priced wrong.the owners sort of bargained me down and i knew no better . these are what should have been 18 quid instead i said 12 and i feel bad everytime i do them.baywindows+conny
i think in the springtime iv got to put it to them or just drop them im not sure yet how i can
ive even started rushing these houses as quick as i can, sloppy job perhaps in the corners but the insides are filthy , rarely if ever cleaned but a Merc on the driveway
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Dont be afraid to put jobs up to there proper price!
Ive been holding back doing it for months on 2 bungalows next to each other.
so today i'd had enough of feeling bitter everytime i do them and i put the prices up and they just said "yes thats fine" makes me feel like i should have done it long ago!
i was also getting to the stage of doinf a sloppy job on them but thats not my style and goes against the grain woth me!
someone on here said ot perfect not long back on a thread...
"Dont comprimise on price or standard of quality!" that about sums it up i recon! its my new golden rule as i never want to be a two bob window cleaner, so if they want cheap work and a low price there talking to the wrong kind of w.c! and were both wasting each others time!
peace out.
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GB - how high did you put it up by ? did you just say it was an annual increase
i also have a few that should really be 12 quid or thereabouts but i said 9 ,(i was desperate at the time to build a round) and when i get paid they usually give me a tip ,rounding it up to 10 .
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@ ewan i was doing them for a little over a year, not 2 months!
i increased them from 5.50 to 10! one fell swoop!
im not messing about with people anymore they take my price or find a doley dinner time pub hike window cleaner
ive got about another 3 to dump or vastly up the prices for next week! ;D once you start you cant stop lol
peace.