[dazmond]

mines a childrens home.......£90 for 60 mins work......cleaned it today............ive also got a few houses where i can earn £80 an hour but they are few and far between....still nice when they come around though......

[deeege]

I have one ridiculously priced job, £230  monthly and I’m not there longer than 2 hours. Could be done within the hour easily but I drag it out a bit.

Keep thinking that one day they’ll pull the plug but I’ve had this job for over 7 years.

[zesty]

Posh block of flats 4 hours work, £519. 3 monthly.

Children’s nursery, 2 hours, £300, bi-monthly.

[Ste M]

Been a while since we had a willy waving post. 

[Splash & dash]

Buckingham palace daily, 1 million takes less than an hour 😂😂😂😂

[swanson]

 £185 OFFICE BLOCK 8 WEEKLY

[Tristan R Clean]

I did a one off job the other day.
The customer was desperate to have her converted Chapel windows cleaned as she was having photos taken of the place.
When I turned up to clean no one about so text her , called her. No response!
So thought she wanted them doing so got gear out to make a start.
Then she appeared - over the moon I turned up.
So she said crack on.
So spent some time doing thorough job.
When I finished, knocked on door for payment.
Bloke appears ( possibly husband)
He says - Yes?
So I asked for payment- £50.
He just about blew his top.
He said is that your hourly rate? ( I had been there an 1hr 15mins.
I said most tradesmen charge that now.
He angrily assured me - no tradesmen he used charge that.
I started foolishly trying to justify the cost.
He was having none of it.
Thought about throwing money back in his face.
I just calmly walked away.
😊

[dazmond]

I did a one off job the other day.
The customer was desperate to have her converted Chapel windows cleaned as she was having photos taken of the place.
When I turned up to clean no one about so text her , called her. No response!
So thought she wanted them doing so got gear out to make a start.
Then she appeared - over the moon I turned up.
So she said crack on.
So spent some time doing thorough job.
When I finished, knocked on door for payment.
Bloke appears ( possibly husband)
He says - Yes?
So I asked for payment- £50.
He just about blew his top.
He said is that your hourly rate? ( I had been there an 1hr 15mins.
I said most tradesmen charge that now.
He angrily assured me - no tradesmen he used charge that.
I started foolishly trying to justify the cost.
He was having none of it.
Thought about throwing money back in his face.
I just calmly walked away.
😊

SOME PEOPLE HAVENT GOT A CLUE....esp if they ve never run their own business before......they dont understand expenses/tax/no holiday/sick pay,etc,etc.......all they see is you ve only been there an hour or so for £50!

[Ched]

SOME PEOPLE HAVENT GOT A CLUE....esp if they ve never run their own business before......they dont understand expenses/tax/no holiday/sick pay,etc,etc.......all they see is you ve only been there an hour or so for £50!

So true.
When working for a big company my charge out rate was in excess of 4 x my hourly rate. So £40 an hour would equate to £10 and hour pay, the rest was profit, holiday/sick pay and overheads.

The way I saw the post was that he was doing her a favour for a 1 off clean at short notice £50 seems very good value.

[Tristan R Clean]

I said to him a work most of the week on my regular customers that I have loyally served for over 20yrs for a similar hourly rate.
He spouted off about owning a multi million pound company and he understands business.
I thought of asking him what his hourly rate is?
😁

[Stoots]

I have one small estate of new builds, 7 houses where i can reach them all without moving the truck

Its about £80s worth and if im in the mood i can spank them off in an hour.

Sadly thats the only really compact work i have, generally im about £45ph.

[dazmond]

I said to him a work most of the week on my regular customers that I have loyally served for over 20yrs for a similar hourly rate.
He spouted off about owning a multi million pound company and he understands business.
I thought of asking him what his hourly rate is?
😁

remember your "just a window cleaner"...... .......some people(ex customers by the way)dont think you should earn enough from this job to drive around in nice cars/vans and go on a few luxury holidays abroad every year......

[Stoots]

I saw a post the other day on fb, a woman was asking how much tradesmen charge to do various jobs, there was a plasterer who charges 150 a day and a joiner 180 a day.

I darent say some window cleaners can spank that off in a good morning. 😁

Its why sometimes i wish all these forums and fb window cleaning groups didnt exist, what we can earn is ridiculous for splashing some water about, it needs to be kept a better secret than encouraging everyone on the internet to start up.

[Dave Willis]

Too late now, it’s all Dazmond talks about!

[Innocence & Experience]

I saw a post the other day on fb, a woman was asking how much tradesmen charge to do various jobs, there was a plasterer who charges 150 a day and a joiner 180 a day.

I darent say some window cleaners can spank that off in a good morning. 😁

Its why sometimes i wish all these forums and fb window cleaning groups didnt exist, what we can earn is ridiculous for splashing some water about, it needs to be kept a better secret than encouraging everyone on the internet to start up.

Then stop contributing to it 

[dazmond]

Too late now, it’s all Dazmond talks about!

The truth is Dave most newbies wont be earning much money for a few years unless they spend a few quid on buying rounds,advertising and canvassers........and lots of refining and hard work...

[dazmond]

I saw a post the other day on fb, a woman was asking how much tradesmen charge to do various jobs, there was a plasterer who charges 150 a day and a joiner 180 a day.

I darent say some window cleaners can spank that off in a good morning. 😁

Its why sometimes i wish all these forums and fb window cleaning groups didnt exist, what we can earn is ridiculous for splashing some water about, it needs to be kept a better secret than encouraging everyone on the internet to start up.

My dad was always trying to get me to train as a plasterer,plumber or some other proper trade years ago.....

No thanks.......I said I prefer the Mickey mouse trade of window cleaning.....🤣👍

[zesty]

Mate of mine is a plasterer, he earns serious dosh.  £300 a day is pretty ‘easy’ for him. Not weather dependent either. There aren’t many window cleaners doing £300 every day. That’s for certain!

But who wants to be doing that all day.

Sparky is a good trade, clean, dry and well paid if self employed...

[NBwcs]

Too late now, it’s all Dazmond talks about!

The truth is Dave most newbies wont be earning much money for a few years unless they spend a few quid on buying rounds,advertising and canvassers........and lots of refining and hard work...

The truth is Daz, that the vast majority of experienced window cleaners don't earn anything near some of the rates boasted about on here. It gives newbies, and nosy parkers a very wrong impression of our trade as a whole.

[Richard Groves]

My best hourly rates are not so much one job, but runs of terraced house fronts at a tenner each. Have enough of these per street in a row and it's easy to see hourly rates exceeding £80-£100. It's hard to keep that pace up constantly though or even be motivated to. I can't be bothered to do that anymore.