[jason palmer]

hi ive just started cleaning drives and patios im charging £2 per sq mtr for basic jetwash clean £3 per sq mtr for clean and resand and £ 5 for clean sand and seal are my prices competative and whats the going rate thanks

[Essex Power Washing]

Can't get £3 per mtr sq lucky to get £2cleaned and sanded lower for just clean don't rely on sq mtr pricing look at the job how long and what you need to earn out of it

[Kevin Miller]

To be fair when I first started out I was quoting £3.50 clean and sand and 2.50 clean. Yeah I got quite a few at those prices. It depends if your customer is going to get a few quotes you may not get many but some may only get the one quote and you will get a few. Also not all customers will go for the cheapest. However now it's quite rare I go by that pricing method. I will now look and if it's a job in which how long it will take, drainage if the drive slopes away from house etc etc. so for example I quoted a drive yesterday which was 100msq and quoted £150. Why? It only needs a clean ie no weeds or moss so won't be much sludge, it downhill ie water will drain away in to the road and there is a drain right outside their drive. Nice and easy couple hours work. Last year I would have quoted £350 for same drive. Hope that makes sense.

[jason palmer]

that makes alot of sense and it is good to meet the customers affordable exspense im happy with a day rate too so i can say the sq mtr pricing is a guide line price depending on conditions which wont go up either im not scared of a bit of graft lol

[Kevin Miller]

Personally I would start with a minimum price ie what you will charge regardless of size. Mine is £60 so no matter how small I will charge £60.  Then go from there.

[Andrew JP]

Can't get £3 per mtr sq lucky to get £2cleaned and sanded lower for just clean don't rely on sq mtr pricing look at the job how long and what you need to earn out of it

I agree , sometimes you end up pricing yourself out the job , I estimate how long I think it will take me , factor in fuel for machine etc , even have an idea what hourly rate you want to earn etc etc