[Alan McTernan]

Hi Guys,

I am looking at doing some work for a local council and they what to know my hourly rates (weekdays & weekends) for Graffiti Removal and Steam Cleaning & Sanitisation. Any help/advice would be great!!!!

Cheers
Alan

[Alan McTernan]

Anyone

[Andy Foster]

What is your normal hourly rate?
Why not just charge them that?

[Alan McTernan]

Because I normally quote per job, and was just trying to get an idea what other people charge so that I am not over/under pricing!!!

Cheers
Alan

[Andy Foster]

You must know what you need to earn per hour to make a profit so price at that level, if you are overpricing then you won't get the job but it means they can't afford what you need to make profit, if you are underpricing then you will get so much work you won't be able to handle it and you will be making profit on every job.

Win win.

[Alan McTernan]

Fair enough Andy,

So what would you charge an hour then?

Cheers
Alan

[Andy Foster]

I would charge my normal hourly rate.   

[Alan McTernan]

Which is? You can always let me know by emailing me 

[Andy Foster]

My required rate will not necessarily be the same as yours Alan so it is irrelevant.

If you want to be priced competitively in your area then ring Worthing Council and ask them how much they would charge to come and clean some graffiti off your premises.

[Alan McTernan]

Good point

Had already thought of that, but I thought I may get a bit of help/advice from here, but obviously I was barking up the wrong tree!!!

But thanks for the advice Andy

Cheers
Alan

[Andy Foster]

Asking for prices on here is a dangerous thing to do to be honest.

Some state ridiculously low prices and some state head in the clouds high prices.  Best to find out what your competition charge and see if you can be competitive whilst retaining the ability to turn a profit.

If you can't then move onto the next thing.

Good luck

[Small but perfectley formed]

£35-£40 per hour depending how much work you get from them.

[Cliff Horne]

£35 psm min callout £200

[Blast Away]

It's tender time for Graffiti with some Councils so people won't be sharing info, I'd have thought.

[Denise l]

Alan,

Councils are paying about £11.50 per hour to their employees(when you take into account pensions etc and holiday pay and redundancy etc) thats why they are asking for your hourly rate. So if you get called out on weekends, why not state call out fee and so much an hour after that until job finishes. You know how much an hour you would have to pay your operative and go from there.

Denise

[Alan McTernan]

Thanks for the business advice guys

Lee, Cliff & Jason, thanks for being the only people to answer the original question

Regards
Alan

[Andy Foster]

Don't forget to include enough to cover insurance, materials, fuel, tax, admin, advertising, accountancy fees, van costs. Add those to your staff wages and you will soon find that £11.50 nowhere near covers it. Oh yes you might want to make profit too.

Like I say, it is dangerous to take advice on costs from this forum.

[Alan McTernan]

Andy how about dropping me an email with your ideas for prices then?

Cheers
Alan

[Denise l]

Don't forget to include enough to cover insurance, materials, fuel, tax, admin, advertising, accountancy fees, van costs. Add those to your staff wages and you will soon find that £11.50 nowhere near covers it. Oh yes you might want to make profit too.

Like I say, it is dangerous to take advice on costs from this forum.

I didnt say that was what I would charge, just pointing out what the council pays to their own, thats why they wont work for it . Its just a basic price to work from and bear in mind they are looking for the cheapest now that there are government cutbacks on budgets. You wouldnt believe what some companies go in at to get the work.

[Alan McTernan]

Thanks for the emails Lee & Carl very helpful

Regards
Alan