[dazmond]

If you’re gonna put them up, put them up properly. £15 to £16 is hardly worth bothering.

I put up quite alot of jobs by £2-£3, but i cant lie theres also quite a number that i just did £1 increase aswell as i put their prices up just before covid in 2020 on some of them.

Maybe i should of done more!

No need to be greedy mate....

Just joking around mate.  Honestly though greed doesn't come into it.  From the price rises i'm doing all the extra money is going straight to my staff pay increases, and rising business costs.  Ill be lucky if  there's much left over for me to take at all.....

What's the point in employing then?I'm usually left with £35-£38k profit after expenses,taxes,etc every year these days which I can easily live on(low outgoings)...

[johnny bravo]

letters are now being sent out with your new DD energy bills.     mine is £32 a month extra on Gas   The Lecy has not arrived yet.   Any other price rises leaves a sour taste in there mouths atm.      I am quite happy with my work load and most customers .    and hourly rate.      i seen an advert advertising for an electrician on a jobsite  paying £20 per hr.        God knows what they would think if they knew how much Hourly wage well established window cleaners get.     They would not believe it.

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

[KS Cleaning]

letters are now being sent out with your new DD energy bills.     mine is £32 a month extra on Gas   The Lecy has not arrived yet.   Any other price rises leaves a sour taste in there mouths atm.      I am quite happy with my work load and most customers .    and hourly rate.      i seen an advert advertising for an electrician on a jobsite  paying £20 per hr.        God knows what they would think if they knew how much Hourly wage well established window cleaners get.     They would not believe it.

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

No thanks.

[NWH]

Grow yourself out of problems and up sell certainly got to put prices up but obviously not a silly amount,they would have to be stupid to go round undercutting every other window cleaner some people if it’s dirt cheap raises eyebrows the same with any other trade.
If I had a bricklayer come in 80-100 a day cheaper than my other quote I wouldn’t go with him coz only fools work for peanuts,I’d rather sit at home.

[deeege]

I never put prices up every year...its too often IMO....every 2 or 3 years...or even 5 years for larger jobs....

If you put prices up every year that's every 7th clean for a 2 monthly job....crazy...

Is there anything that you are paying the same for today that you were paying two years ago?

Car and van insurance. Considerably cheaper now than 2 years ago.

[dazmond]

I never put prices up every year...its too often IMO....every 2 or 3 years...or even 5 years for larger jobs....

If you put prices up every year that's every 7th clean for a 2 monthly job....crazy...

Is there anything that you are paying the same for today that you were paying two years ago?

Car and van insurance. Considerably cheaper now than 2 years ago.

True....also cleaner planner is cheaper too than a few years ago(£15 a month now compared to £18 a month)...

[dazmond]

letters are now being sent out with your new DD energy bills.     mine is £32 a month extra on Gas   The Lecy has not arrived yet.   Any other price rises leaves a sour taste in there mouths atm.      I am quite happy with my work load and most customers .    and hourly rate.      i seen an advert advertising for an electrician on a jobsite  paying £20 per hr.        God knows what they would think if they knew how much Hourly wage well established window cleaners get.     They would not believe it.

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

It's never a good time to be the cheapest window cleaner in town....I was one of the cheapest a long time ago when trad and I only just about scratched a living together working a lot more hours than I do today.....

[jo5hm4n]

If you’re gonna put them up, put them up properly. £15 to £16 is hardly worth bothering.

I put up quite alot of jobs by £2-£3, but i cant lie theres also quite a number that i just did £1 increase aswell as i put their prices up just before covid in 2020 on some of them.

Maybe i should of done more!

No need to be greedy mate....

Just joking around mate.  Honestly though greed doesn't come into it.  From the price rises i'm doing all the extra money is going straight to my staff pay increases, and rising business costs.  Ill be lucky if  there's much left over for me to take at all.....

What's the point in employing then?I'm usually left with £35-£38k profit after expenses,taxes,etc every year these days which I can easily live on(low outgoings)...

I employ because of health problems i can't clean windows anymore.  I spent years building the business though so now im basically getting like a double pension or more and just let staff do all the cleaning.

[Perfect Windows]

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

We've never competed on price. Started during the recession last time round at higher prices than all our competitors. Now have seven vans on the road.  Offer good service and the price is largely irrelevant.

I'll believe price is the deciding factor in people's purchasing decisions when everyone in the UK drives a Dacia Sandero, the cheapest car currently on sale.

[Richard iSparkle]

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

We've never competed on price. Started during the recession last time round at higher prices than all our competitors. Now have seven vans on the road.  Offer good service and the price is largely irrelevant.

I'll believe price is the deciding factor in people's purchasing decisions when everyone in the UK drives a Dacia Sandero, the cheapest car currently on sale.

👏👏👏

[NWH]

Once you take a job on it could be yours for a long time so you better make sure you are always getting what you want for doing it,it used to drive me mad years ago thinking I could be getting another X for cleaning this or the bloke up the road is getting almost half as much again for the same property.
One thing I’ve learnt is that my price is my price I don’t care what Bert down the road does a house for,more fool him.

[High-Tower]

This is now a good time to build a round up  offering lower prices to your competitor.     Its an open market out there now.    all looking to save £s   anywhere

We've never competed on price. Started during the recession last time round at higher prices than all our competitors. Now have seven vans on the road.  Offer good service and the price is largely irrelevant.

I'll believe price is the deciding factor in people's purchasing decisions when everyone in the UK drives a Dacia Sandero, the cheapest car currently on sale.

How accurate is your price guide?
 I notice you charge £20 for 2/3/4 bed semis, which around here is a great price for a 2 bed, a decent price for a 3 bed and probably average for a 4 bed. Do you find you mostly get 3/4beds?

[Perfect Windows]

How accurate is your price guide?
 I notice you charge £20 for 2/3/4 bed semis, which around here is a great price for a 2 bed, a decent price for a 3 bed and probably average for a 4 bed. Do you find you mostly get 3/4beds?

It's not a price guide - those are our prices.  Most semis are 3 bedroom in my experience. Some are bigger, some are smaller and it all balances out. If someone wants to pay less we don't clean them.

If a house is much larger than we'd expect we might bung on a few quid and 99% of the time the customer is fine - they know if their house is atypical.