[Paul@FreshView]

I'd price these up roughly as follows:

1.  £5
2.  £7 (looks uncannily like my house)
3.  £6
4.  £6
5.  £8

Last 3 not including Dormas (doubt I'd feel safe doing them & I know I wouldnt be able to persuade my wife to do them)

6.  £16
7.  £10
8.  £8

Im based in Preston, Lancs.

[geoffreyspecht]

how do u work out your prices on houses philip

[dreamclean]

Thanks Phillip,
                     Here goes,

House 1                       Kent £5              Bucks£7.50
House 2                               £8.50                 £12.50
House 3                               £7.00                 £10.00
House 4                               £8.00                 £12.00
House 5                               £7.50                 £11.00
House 6 (not dormas)         £10.00                £15.00
House 7     "       "                £8.50                  £13.00
House 8                               £8.00                  £12.00

assuming 6-8 are mock georgian

Oh boy scanning some of the prices quoted I seem way to cheap -so much for science  

[Philip Hanson]

how do u work out your prices on houses philip

Hi Geoff, I find it very difficult actually!  I've underquoted so many times, that now I'm more afraid of underquoting than of losing the job, so I always quote high, and then don't worry if I don't get it.

Nothing as precise as David (dreamclean) I try to imagine roughly how long it will take, and then give a price at £20 per hour.  Usually I have been too cautious and it takes less time than expected, so there's a little bonus, but I never reduce a price once its been agreed.

I take into account the area, person, if it seems dangerous or awkward.  If I don't want to do it, I charge a ridiculously high price and then I've lost nothing if I dont get it.

Once I gave a price, and I was looking at the house next door by accident (much bigger).  The customer said 'that's good'.  And when I came to do the correct one, found that I'd priced it at about £40ph!  Oh well, she was/is happy.  After all, I am very, very good!

Paul (Freshview)!  A fellow "Husband & Wife" window cleaning team!  Welcome to the Forum.

Philip

[First_Clean]

Glad to see another fellow shiner charging and getting what is definately deserved. I have been cleaning windows for 14 years and am sick and tired of window cleaners selling themselves short and cutting down our market place with silly prices. Folks, sell your reliability, insurance, trustworthiness and the price should not be a factor. What would you rather do, pay a £5 for two dodgy people with no references or company standing to be left alone at your premises or would you rather pay £10 and know the job would be done to a high standard and if any damage was to happen it would be repaired and that the people that did the job were only interested in your windows and not what lies behind them, think about it? I know what i would pay !!! Good luck to you all.

[WavieDavie]

Hello Trevor, and welcome to Cleanitup.

Well, for First Clean's First Post - I'm impressed. Excellent sentiments expressed in your message, a very professional website (I'm nosey, and peeked!) AND your signature's filled in - you are the man

With all these years as a window cleaner under your belt, are you a member of the Federation?

All the best, and keep the posts coming.

Davie

[D.Salkeld_Ltd]

We must live in a time warp in LOUTH LINCS

I can only charge average 60p/ window

1 £5 -6
2 £8 -9
3 £6 - 7
4 £8 - 9
5 £10 - 12
6,7,8  no dormers

6 £14 - 15
7 £10 - 11
8 £10 - 11

D.Salkeld Ltd

[Duke]

right, here goes...

This is how we price our work at the moment...

6 £4   7 £4.50  8 £5  9 £6  10 £7  11 £7.50 12 £8.50
13 £9  14 £10  15 £10.50  16 £11.50  17 £12  18 £13
19 £13.50  20 £14.50  21 £15  22 £16  23 £16.50
24 £17.50  25 £18  26 £19  27 £19.50  28 £20  29 £21
30 £22  31 £22.50  32 £23.50  33 £24  34 £25 35 £25.50

PLUS 10% for Georgian, 20% for leaded (avoid excessive leaded lights)
Awkward access..add £1
On to this price we add £1.25 for administration fees (they get a customer charter and are guaranteed a cleaner when they are due. All lists are computer generated and updated by e-mail from the cleaners. They agree the price and are then asked for the admin fee to be paid yearly by standing order in advance...they pay the balance to the cleaner. This means the canvassers get £10 from it per signed mandate for the first year, and £5 per year for every customer that renews annually there after in perpetuum.This way a cleaner or canvasser gets an on-going income..like royalties. On average they will get 2 per hour. This is an income of about £200 per week for 10 hours work. If they are a cleaner too....not a bad income )
We belive that one day most cleaners will operate this way, and certainly the larger companies.
Hope this may help someone out there....

[riz]

House 1 : £9.00  
House 2 : £15.00  
House 3 : £15.00  
House 4 : £15.00  
House 5 : £17.00  
House 6 : £30.00  
House 7 : £26.00  
House 8 : £18.00

Thats Surrey prices
:-/

[Nick_Purssey]

I live in Surrey too Riz, your prices are spot on!!
you have too earn that much to pay the mortgage!!!!
my house is like no4 and worth about £230,000

[Willy]

Hi Duke,  
             please excuse my ignorance, but is the numbers beside the amounts, the number of windows the house has?

[Duke]

sorry, yes, it's the amount of windows.Only a rough guide of course, also depends how big they are !
Luckily, my personal round is mainly a large new estate, with nice new double glazed windows,patio doors and conservatories. (Wish I had more bungalows though)  

[Philip Hanson]

Would anyone else like to put their prices on?  If we're all done, I think its about time we did a tally up to give us an average for each region in the UK.  

Philip

[seanc]

hows the tallt comeing on Philip looking forward to seeing it and thanks for the help on poles very much apperceated

[gleamteamni]

House 1     £5.oo  
House2      £7.oo   ladders  need footed



Bangor, Co Down,      N Ireland.

[dave0123]

My prices around merseyside with no conserv on the backs. also these qwotes would be custmores that i have nocked and  asked if they want a window cleaner and if people had asked in street etc

nocked and asked                  came up in street

1  £5                                                             £6

2  £5                                                             £7

3  £6                                                             £7

4  £5                                                             £7

5  £7                                                             £8

6  £20                                                          £24

7  £15                                                           £17

8  £10                                                           £15


i dont no if my prices are too much or too cheap i think the 3 bedroom houses ie 12345 are about right

dave

[kevinmchugh]

house 1.........8.00
"""""""2.........8.00
"""""""3.........8.00
"""""""4.........8.00
"""""""5.........10.00
"""""""6.........25.00
"""""""7........ 15.00
"""""""8........12.00

i.live in poole in dorset

cheers kev

[WavieDavie]

Hi Kevin, and welcome to Cleanitup!

You'll meet some more folk from Dorset on here, you might even have met them already. Was it one of them who told you about this site? Let us know what sort of work you have, how long you've been going and all that type of stuff.

Nice personal text, by the way!

[poleman]

YES KEV is a very good friend he started me up when i was a young man, told him about this good forum, KEV you owe me a pint


andy

dorset

fed member