[rich fraser]

I’ve got to quote pressure washing the parking area at the front and patio area at the back of this place. Any ideas on price?

[SB Cleaning]

Hard to give you a estimate from that photo

[timglaze]

Can’t go wrong with £2 per square metre

[Shrek]

Or an address , we’ll take a look and give you a better estimate 

[robbo333]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

[nathankaye]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

[Plankton]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

lol.... yes the karcher will be fine, squirt of fairy liquid here and there will go along way as well.

[Flight 447]

Some very helpful guys on here,, not

its about day work from what i see , so count your cost  to travel . fuel for washer and your hourly rate.
Good luck with it

[Dry Clean]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

Took you 15 years to get your window cleaning prices right. (roll eyes)

[Plankton]

If using a Karcher it would just about be finished now! So bit late in posting.

[p1w1]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

Took you 15 years to get your window cleaning prices right. (roll eyes)

[nathankaye]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

Took you 15 years to get your window cleaning prices right. (roll eyes)

Nope!!   Ive always had good prices, one of the highest in my area. I learnt to have the confidence to out them even higher. Also my other threads about increases of prices is when ive taken over someone elses work and ive done a 50% or 100% price increases!!

But either way you cant beat experience to get your prices right. Esp in pressure washing. If your gonna charge a high price you better have the right equipment (lol not an electric one ie karcher or a cheap petrol one from aldi for example) and  you need to do a good job!!  So if a newbie, go with a price your happy with and get experience because it sounds like in this case, the chap is being paid to basically practice on this persons property!

Also if you aint got a clue how to price then why go out there in business before youve learnt the basics........thats all im saying.

[nathankaye]

Some very helpful guys on here,, not

its about day work from what i see , so count your cost  to travel . fuel for washer and your hourly rate.
Good luck with it

Hows that any more helpful??
Isnt that the basic info that i was talking about that a person should know if going into business??

[Plankton]

Nathans right about these pricing posts. Your quoting for things constantly and folk come on asking what you'd charge for this or that. Chap I had out for a week asked me to price a job he'd been asked to quote and he sent off my price, I'm sure he never got it but I told him before that's the chance he has to take. Quote low all the time and you regret it, quote a fair price and expect not to win them all.

[Dry Clean]

I hate to state the obvious but why don't you visit the property and measure it? You could then check for access issues, tap pressure, location, drainage, run off, potential problems etc etc.

In addition i really hate these types of posts asking for help on pricing. Theres so many variables etc but why go into business without the basic idea of  knowing how to quote a job.... other than just thinking ....let's do a side line business because it looks easy money but i aint got a clue how tho, so please help?
Oh and dont make the next question " is this karcher any good for the job ? 

Took you 15 years to get your window cleaning prices right. (roll eyes)

Nope!!   Ive always had good prices, one of the highest in my area. I learnt to have the confidence to out them even higher. Also my other threads about increases of prices is when ive taken over someone elses work and ive done a 50% or 100% price increases!!

But either way you cant beat experience to get your prices right. Esp in pressure washing. If your gonna charge a high price you better have the right equipment (lol not an electric one ie karcher or a cheap petrol one from aldi for example) and  you need to do a good job!!  So if a newbie, go with a price your happy with and get experience because it sounds like in this case, the chap is being paid to basically practice on this persons property!

Also if you aint got a clue how to price then why go out there in business before youve learnt the basics........thats all im saying.

This must be a different Nathan Kaye then, some people tend to forget where
they have come from.

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=207878.msg1845892#msg1845892

[nathankaye]

Haha, i do forget some of my posts but its good how ive got the keyboard warriors n police checking for me and going to the trouble to find them as well 👍

However i show one bad price as an example and i probably mentioned how i always get good prices for new work and gave existing customers a loyalty discount. However the price gap between them got too big and how i set about increasing those prices.
Which is totally different to what this thread is all about.
But its nice to know i have a keyboard stalker

[Dry Clean]

Haha, i do forget some of my posts but its good how ive got the keyboard warriors n police checking for me and going to the trouble to find them as well 👍

However i show one bad price as an example and i probably mentioned how i always get good prices for new work and gave existing customers a loyalty discount. However the price gap between them got too big and how i set about increasing those prices.
Which is totally different to what this thread is all about.
But its nice to know i have a keyboard stalker

It wasn't one bad price its what you said and I quote, as Iv mentioned time and again Iv had bad prices for some time, you criticised the op for starting up without being able to price when you where exactly the same.
If your going to criticise somebody asking for help at least do it in a way that's not going to come back and bite you.

[Plankton]

In his defence he wasn't asking how to price a job, he had kept a customer on a very low price for far too long. Good advice to any noobs is to use the search bar for these kind of posts, not for the prices but to learn from there mistakes

[Dry Clean]

In his defence he wasn't asking how to price a job, he had kept a customer on a very low price for far too long. Good advice to any noobs is to use the search bar for these kind of posts, not for the prices but to learn from there mistakes

He has no defence, he has constantly posted on here how he was under priced for many years so to then tell an op he has no right to be going after work without knowing how to price it properly is the height of arrogance.
I do agree though that unless you have somebody who knows the area your working in then asking for a price can be a waste of time as it could vary nationwide but that doesn't mean the question shouldn't be asked, at the least there might be the odd helpful tip amongst the answers.

[nathankaye]

In his defence he wasn't asking how to price a job, he had kept a customer on a very low price for far too long. Good advice to any noobs is to use the search bar for these kind of posts, not for the prices but to learn from there mistakes

He has no defence, he has constantly posted on here how he was under priced for many years so to then tell an op he has no right to be going after work without knowing how to price it properly is the height of arrogance.
I do agree though that unless you have somebody who knows the area your working in then asking for a price can be a waste of time as it could vary nationwide but that doesn't mean the question shouldn't be asked, at the least there might be the odd helpful tip amongst the answers.

This thread isnt asking about pricing up windows this is about pricing up pressure washing. Its completely different.  Its not a case of one shiner might charge a fiver whilst another charges a tenner.

My threads about pricing perhaps wrongly so was trying to have a little humility to them by saying i have had some bad prices. Ive never said across board they are all bad prices.....perhaps its how i type it or how it comes accross or even how ones wish to take it!
Think you will also cind that i have said im one of the more expensive shiners in my areas and regardless of what others charge be confident in your prices and charge accordingly.  So No, yet again i dont agree with you Dry Clean but no suprise there.
So it isnt the height of ignorance. Please find a thread on the pressure washing part of CIU where i ask about pricing or say my prices are bad at pressure washing. Or go on the pressure washing forums to find my comments n advice, its not hard to find because i dont hide behind different names like some.