[jay moley]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

[AuRavelling79]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

If access is good then a 1930's semi with a pair of bay windows but as you describe then £20.00 if it is close to others I do.
If it's a 4 bed semi or a 1970's 4 bed detached then £25.00

But stuff I have had for a while - like a load of 1970's semi's with no bays in a close probably only average £18.00 - the newer ones at £20, the older ones at £16.00.

[KS Cleaning]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

[NWH]

South of what

[AuRavelling79]

South of what

The Mason-Dixon line? 

Probably the standard "South" measure - an imaginary line from the Severn Estuary to The Wash.

[AuRavelling79]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

That's the beauty of a forum. You can benefit from the experience of others.

[dd]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

So assuming you can do 20 in a day that works out at £500 for a days work?

[NWH]

Yeah and a hard days work at that.

[jay moley]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

Thanks so much. Anything else I shouldn't ask about on here? Don't want to upset you.

[jay moley]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

So assuming you can do 20 in a day that works out at £500 for a days work?

Thats why you shouldn't assume. My work is varied in value per house as Im sure most are.

[KS Cleaning]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

That's the beauty of a forum. You can benefit from the experience of others.

But Jay is experienced, he also employs, so I would have thought he’d have his pricing exactly where he needs it to be. Does it really take years to work out what to charge for a simple semi detached house?

[KS Cleaning]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

Thanks so much. Anything else I shouldn't ask about on here? Don't want to upset you.

I’m not upset, more surprised,  that after all those years you are questioning whether you have priced semi detached houses correctly.

[Dry Clean]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

Thanks so much. Anything else I shouldn't ask about on here? Don't want to upset you.

Co-vid vaccines, Masks, Brexit, BLM, food shortages, why cant NWH get a window clean, is NWH a real person, window cleaners becoming carers, hot water, vision, the list is endless.

[Arnold Palmer]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

Thanks so much. Anything else I shouldn't ask about on here? Don't want to upset you.

Co-vid vaccines, Masks, Brexit, BLM, food shortages, why cant NWH get a window clean, is NWH a real person, window cleaners becoming carers, hot water, vision, the list is endless.

DO NOT call dry clean an idiot.

You will be banned for three months.

[Stoots]

If you are charging £25 for a 3/4 bed and work 8 hours a day i cant fathom why you need to 5 days a week to survive. If my houses were £25 rather than 12 i would  hit the vat threhsold in about 3 days.

 

[Smudger]

This is where you can’t compare prices - first you need an example house for everyone to quote on. as it stands someone charging £25 for a house may take 45 minutes to clean someone else 15 minutes - frequency is also a factor a £15 semi 4 weekly would be £19 8 weekly

I agree with ks as this really is basic to you running a biz - if your not in profit then put prices up if you are then it’s happy days ( stop listening to the wind up lol brigade ) focus on your own biz not the carp some constantly spout on here - they are only trying to bolster their own fragile ego’s

Darran

[jay moley]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

That's the beauty of a forum. You can benefit from the experience of others.

But Jay is experienced, he also employs, so I would have thought he’d have his pricing exactly where he needs it to be. Does it really take years to work out what to charge for a simple semi detached house?

Im not as experienced as others on here. Still need to grow my business. I think my price is about right but just curious as to what others are doing.

[jay moley]

If you are charging £25 for a 3/4 bed and work 8 hours a day i cant fathom why you need to 5 days a week to survive. If my houses were £25 rather than 12 i would  hit the vat threhsold in about 3 days.

Not all my houses are £25. I have some underpriced work.

[jay moley]

This is where you can’t compare prices - first you need an example house for everyone to quote on. as it stands someone charging £25 for a house may take 45 minutes to clean someone else 15 minutes - frequency is also a factor a £15 semi 4 weekly would be £19 8 weekly

I agree with ks as this really is basic to you running a biz - if your not in profit then put prices up if you are then it’s happy days ( stop listening to the wind up lol brigade ) focus on your own biz not the carp some constantly spout on here - they are only trying to bolster their own fragile ego’s

Darran

To be honest I nearly didn't post it as I thought I would get some of the unhelpful replies that I have got.

I am still trying to grow my business so I always think its best to ask and reach out to people that know more than me and are doing better than me.

I do seem to have a mental block on pricing higher that £25/£35. Having said that most of the houses in my area are in that ballpark, not many above that.

I have just put my prices up by 10% which has helped. I have had two people unhappy with it but everyone has stayed on. I hadn't ever put my prices up and some are still underpriced (not terribly) but I cant afford to just bin those off yet.

I have been going 8 years but I was ill and not working for 5 years (my dad took over the business and it just survived, no growth) so im still young in the proper growing stage of the business. I've got 157 new customers this year, mostly through canvassing, 1 hour a day, 3 days a week but Ive lost 55, mainly through getting rid of dross.

[Slacky]

What do you charge for 8 weekly?

No extension or loft or conservatory.

Just trying to see whether im in the right place.

I charge £25.

Why bother what others charge? After years of experience you should know if you’re in the right place or not.

Thanks so much. Anything else I shouldn't ask about on here? Don't want to upset you.

I’m not upset, more surprised,  that after all those years you are questioning whether you have priced semi detached houses correctly.

Sometimes it’s just nice to run stuff past other people. It’s a good thing. I wouldn’t read too much in to it.