[steve gold]

Hi there,

Have been domestic cleaner for about 5 years but have recently moved to WFP and am starting to quote for commercial work.  Is there a standard pricing index for these type of jobs (obviously I understand it depends on circs) or is it just a case of "quote and see"?

Cheers, Steve

[D woods]

When you price commercial window cleaning you have to remember the golden rule...............

[geoffreyspecht]

whats the golden rule then

[Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle]

whats the golden rule then

normally. be the cheapest

but, without undercutting yourself

[darren clarke]

price the same as domestic as you will only undercut ur self,  find out what there payment terms are, as i have some that i wont be going too once i get paid off as  the jobs arnt worth the hassle of traveling and waiting for cheques,  rather spend time on domestic now

[geoffreyspecht]

depends on the size of the job

[NJWindowCleaning]

You could price with an hourly rate lets say £25.00per hour and the job is estimated about 4 hours to do so give a price about £100.00 and tell them you give them a 10% discount which gives you £90.00.

Even £90.00 for 4 hours work will give you an hourly rate of £22.50.

Inaddition of going for Commecial you need to explain your risk accessment, show your Liability Insurance, some do ask for Health & Safety etc.

[geoffreyspecht]

You could price with an hourly rate lets say £25.00per hour and the job is estimated about 4 hours to do so give a price about £100.00 and tell them you give them a 10% discount which gives you £90.00.

Even £90.00 for 4 hours work will give you an hourly rate of £22.50.

Inaddition of going for Commecial you need to explain your risk accessment, show your Liability Insurance, some do ask for Health & Safety etc.

how many large commercial jobs do u have then.

[jmb]

what N J  has actaully written is a very good method, like he said work out what you require an hour then X by how everlong you think
the job is gonna take you.

Also take into account any rise in say insurance ect doin commercial work might cost you, and as N J  said its well worth sorting out
all the paper work side of things ie sample risk assesment or method statement.

[Andrew Willis]

Steve we have a good training course running from March all over the country called  Bid 2 win visit www.training43.com and give David WIllis a call

[Alex Allen]

how much is the course?

[window11]

you cant price the same as domestic, so rule that out as of now if you want a bit of good advise.

when i tend to price for commercial work i always put 10% on top of what its worth, somtimes 15%.
you will get knocked down and you will be 1 of 3 doing the quotation, well thats what happens in my commercial world...

I have 13 and half k worth of contracts a year, not much but its better than nothing and when combined with my domestic its very good money.
My first job i remember saying to the warden, ... call it 250 quid, she said ok no worries just clean the inside of my office window. lol.

still there today

[steve gold]

thanx for all your replies....


Does anyone have a blank quotation template or any advises on layouts?

Cheers in advance....

[Andrew Willis]

how much is the course?

[Alex give Dave Willis a call 01205 364333]