Today was my 1st day as a wc. I am pretty deflated to be honest. I only had 3 houses. The first one was an aquaintance who told me his last wc charged him £12. I said without checking the house first that I'd do it for the same as it was only a 3 bed. But it was a huge 3 bed. With my keeness to do a good job and the amount of windoews, plus the awkward to get at ones, plus the really rubbish fitting on the pole tap coming off twice it took ma an hour... for £12!!!
The second house I priced the same. Much easier, but there was a bird poo stain on a downstairs window that would not come off with scrubbing after wfp. Then when I said I'd be back in 4 weeks she seemed surprised and asked if windows needed cleaning in the winter.
The third house was huge. At least 5 bedrooms. I agreed £20 to do it, but I assumed it was 4 weekly. It was my first job picked up so I underquoted and ASSUMED! I didn't check too closely then, but on inspection today they were filthy. I'd say not cleaned for years. When I mentioned every 4 weeks today, this was clearly not what she expected. I said I'd quoted on that basis, but obviously it was my fault for getting too excited about my 1st job and not sorting things properly. I reckon next time I'd do it in 35-40 minutes, so the price isn't to bad, but it took me over an hour today and in all likelihood I won't be going back.
I learned some lessons.
Don't give a price without an inspection.
No one is to be trusted even if they seem a mate.
Properly seal the deal.. ]
Charge more for a first clean.
On top of the above, I was dead nervous and it showed. The second customer asked if it was a new business,