[CleanClear]

I'd ask £240. Looks a grueller. I'd expect to do it on my own in a day. 9-3. And be knackered.

[Tom-01]

You can see why you didn't get it 8weekly with some of the prices quoted on here. But fair enough for whoever for what they charge.

Its all relative. You could have put a picture up of a £40 house with people saying they would do it it for £25/£30. You know that you can get those house at £40 so wouldn't do them for any less.

[Stoots]

Of course its relative, you get in where you fit it.

Thats why these threads are complete poope, if you drive brand new vans and have lots of overheads, have a massive mortage and want to be a millionaire you charge a hell of a lot more than the guy who want to earn 500 a week on a part time basis and has very few overheads.

so you name your price what you think you can get away with and thats it.

SO if like the O.P you quote 400 quid and someone whos just starting out and has never earned 150 a day in his life comes along to quote your more than likely fecked..

[NWH]

If I'd had got there and £150 was mentioned for cleaning that place I would have said I'm not interested as some have said I would rather go off and clean 3 easy houses for that with far less neck and back ache,sometimes it ain't worth the aggro. All I can say is I wouldn't do it for that those who would congratulations on driving the prices down for all of us.

[Tosh]

SO if like the O.P you quote 400 quid and someone whos just starting out and has never earned 150 a day in his life comes along to quote your more than likely fecked..

The company that do it are an established commercial business.

[CleanClear]

SO if like the O.P you quote 400 quid and someone whos just starting out and has never earned 150 a day in his life comes along to quote your more than likely fecked..

The company that do it are an established commercial business.

And the property  owners are obviously looking to better the £170 plus VAT they're charging ?

[NWH]

Yeah you ve hit the nail on the head there,the new bloke starting out doing it for £150 hasn't got a clue what to charge he's happy because he's not used to earning that,i reckon if you looked at 5 proper quotes for that place they'd all be 300 upwards just for the main building without out buildings pools etc.

[Smurf]

SO if like the O.P you quote 400 quid and someone whos just starting out and has never earned 150 a day in his life comes along to quote your more than likely fecked..

The company that do it are an established commercial business.

And the property  owners are obviously looking to better the £170 plus VAT they're charging ?

Assuming 8weekly was quoting directly with the property owner and not going through a 3rd party but I suspect was the latter.
Either way something sounds very fishy to me as no one in their right mind with experience cleaning georgian windows at that height would take on work like that at such a silly low price. Not forgetting the balcony windows and all the basment windows that need cleaning aswell.

[CleanClear]

He said back was same as front. So we can see half of the job. I've broke it down with a line to make it easier............


The current company are charging £42.50 plus vat to clean the left hand side, and £42.50 plus vat to clean the right hand side. Looks like you'll have to nip upstairs with a bucket to do the veranda ones. Forgeting that for a minute, there's 17 windows (approx) to be done on each "quarter" of the building.

I'd be certain that one man could do each quarter in an hour ? I'm aware he said there where a few basement windows too.
I'm all in favour of people asking £400 for it. Makes it a doddle for me !!    Its them £170 plus VAT guys knackering the job up for us all !!!!     

[Smurf]

The mind boggles how stupid some people are as I would just laugh and walk away if they expected me to do that lot for less than 400. 

[CleanClear]

The mind boggles how stupid some people are as I would just laugh and walk away if they expected me to do that lot for less than 400. 

You charge VAT do you Smurf ? Or you not hit the threshold yet ?   

[Stoots]

If I'd had got there and £150 was mentioned for cleaning that place I would have said I'm not interested as some have said I would rather go off and clean 3 easy houses for that with far less neck and back ache,sometimes it ain't worth the aggro. All I can say is I wouldn't do it for that those who would congratulations on driving the prices down for all of us.

thats assuming you have 3 easy houses, some window cleaners dont have 3 easy £50 houses.

I dont have any £50 houses. I dont think theres any £50 houses in my city to clean.

Not everyone can start out from the get go earning £400 per day, theres a process and a level that people have to go through to get there.

First off you earn enough to survive, then you go for 100 a day, then 150 and push to the maximum you can in your area.

Now if your day rate is 150 and this job would take less than a day, it would be a very nice job to add to your workload.

Once you get to the point of earning 400 a day you can quote 400

Some of you guys on here who are obviously earning a lot of money seem to forget where you came from or maybe you had it handed to you on a plate?

Everyone has to do what they have to do, if thats quoting a paultry sum of 150-200 quid for a days work when theyve been used to earning minimum wage then thats what they have to do.

stupid thread, i youre currrent level dictates you quote a grand or 200 quid then thats what you do and if you get beaten to the job by a cheaper price well then thats just how the game works, more money you demand less work you get.

talking about 50 quid houses like theyre ten a penny, yeh ill just pop out and clean a few easy 50 quidders instead. Im in yorkshire, there guys round here still cleaning 3 bed semis for a fiver.

I would be proud to add this house to my workload at 150-200 for a days work, why because ive come along way from where i was and to me thats  a lot of money at the moment.

[dazmond]

strewth!good old CIU eh?

id want £300 for that job and i would fully expect to clean it to a good standard in a day.thats not being greedy IMO or too cheap either.its defo a cream job and i would fully expect the owners to except my price on a 3 monthly basis.

[dave f]

well said adam  I am in a small town in west yorks  you would have to travel a good few miles to find a property  less than half the size  north/ south devid and all that,  I would like to know who cleans harewood house in leeds and what they charge .to put it in perspective you've got the one man band .then company  brigade. one man band imo is gonna be cheaper.end of the day who cares .ill stick to my 10 quid semi

[SeanK]

If I'd had got there and £150 was mentioned for cleaning that place I would have said I'm not interested as some have said I would rather go off and clean 3 easy houses for that with far less neck and back ache,sometimes it ain't worth the aggro. All I can say is I wouldn't do it for that those who would congratulations on driving the prices down for all of us.

thats assuming you have 3 easy houses, some window cleaners dont have 3 easy £50 houses.

I dont have any £50 houses. I dont think theres any £50 houses in my city to clean.

Not everyone can start out from the get go earning £400 per day, theres a process and a level that people have to go through to get there.

First off you earn enough to survive, then you go for 100 a day, then 150 and push to the maximum you can in your area.

Now if your day rate is 150 and this job would take less than a day, it would be a very nice job to add to your workload.

Once you get to the point of earning 400 a day you can quote 400

Some of you guys on here who are obviously earning a lot of money seem to forget where you came from or maybe you had it handed to you on a plate?

Everyone has to do what they have to do, if thats quoting a paultry sum of 150-200 quid for a days work when theyve been used to earning minimum wage then thats what they have to do.

stupid thread, i youre currrent level dictates you quote a grand or 200 quid then thats what you do and if you get beaten to the job by a cheaper price well then thats just how the game works, more money you demand less work you get.

talking about 50 quid houses like theyre ten a penny, yeh ill just pop out and clean a few easy 50 quidders instead. Im in yorkshire, there guys round here still cleaning 3 bed semis for a fiver.

I would be proud to add this house to my workload at 150-200 for a days work, why because ive come along way from where i was and to me thats  a lot of money at the moment.

Adam take the pricing you get on this forum with a pinch of salt, in any profession you will always get the big shot high
earners or penniless millionaires to be more accurate.
If your any age your bound to have come across a few of them, bragging about their big earnings one week and having their
car repossessed the next.

[cgh window cleaning]

It's not about knowing where you came from at all.
It's about knowing the value of something.

Depending on where that is in the country that house up north could be 2.5 million put it down south and it could be £20 mill.
So down south we need to charge more the cost of living is higher.
I encourage people to go out and get the best prices they can  it benefits us all as an industry if the bar is raised higher.

It's not about willy waiving or I'm better than you.if your new you price low because of inexperience not because of your humble beginnings  and I don't need to earn that much.

If you clean that for £150 and it takes you a day minus tax,ni,and then your running costs fuel ,tools(a 50ft pole will cost £700 it needs to be earning it's money)insurance,admin costs,sick pay and that £150 is not what your getting in your pocket.

[andyM]

Some of these big jobs are not always the holy grail to big earnings.
People with lots of money can be some of the tightest to give it away.
I don't know if this was the case but it wouldn't surprise me if the property owners were looking for a cheaper price to what they are already paying or maybe just fishing to confirm the price they are paying is "cheap".

[sunshine windows]

£500 for the 1st clean.

£250 if monthly, which big jobs like that never are!

I'd increase the costs by 25% for every extra month between cleans.

[Dave Willis]

Properties like this are often managed by someone other than the owners. It's in their interests to keep the prices within budget - their job is on the line too.
Larger companies should be able to get their costs down because they could well be paying very low wages to their workers. One man bands can easily work around £200 a day and consider it a decent wage. I'm not sure where the £450 a day boys come in or why they demand such high prices - it's only glass cleaning. No great skills, either the glass is clean or it isn't.
Where I live there are several properties like this - I avoid them.

[chris turner]

Some of these big jobs are not always the holy grail to big earnings.
People with lots of money can be some of the tightest to give it away.
I don't know if this was the case but it wouldn't surprise me if the property owners were looking for a cheaper price to what they are already paying or maybe just fishing to confirm the price they are paying is "cheap".

Exactly.
Some rich people are rich because they are very good at getting the best deals for their money.
They don't want to be ripped off so will look for the best value for their hard earned money.
What's funny is some of the guys quoting big bucks for this job believe they will do a better, more professional job then the ones quoting half the price. The reality is the 'bigger' companies have alot higher overheads and pass this on to the customer, the 'little' guys with smaller overheads can do exactly the same job at a much better price.
Anyone with sense knows this which is why it's always better to shop around, no matter how rich you are.