[simon knight]

...did a new customer today...4 bed terraced house in and out.

Nothing tricky and took just over an hour. Charged £25 and she's delighted...Great!

We got chatting and she said her last w/c took 10 minutes...

I challenge her on this and she assured me that "yes he literally took 10 minutes"

Is this for in and out I ask...no just the out she replies.

Even so, the out took me roughly 1/2 hr and I'm not the slowest worker on Gods Earth.

And no: He wasn't wfp.

[Sir Squeaky]

I just didn't want the job any more...

[simon knight]

 

[d s windowcleaning]

he must be on whizz

[groundhog]

We have a cleaner around here who is easily that quick, but the results are crap. He is known to his customers as port holes because that is what it is like when you look out of a window that he has cleaned!

[rosskesava]

I often see a window cleaner around where I live who is like grease lightning. He just mops the window and squeegies it. Sometimes you can see all the runs down the glass from quiet a distance.

There again, he does only charge £4 for a 2 bedroom semi. I charge £12.

Also, his ladder is so worn at the bottom that the 1st rung is only about 6" from the ground. How it doesn't slide is a mystery.

[groundhog]

Surely it should be £25 for the outside and at least another £25 for the inside?

[rosskesava]

Surely it should be £25 for the outside and at least another £25 for the inside?

 

[Russell Macdonald]

Surely it should be £25 for the outside and at least another £25 for the inside?

So your rate is £50 per hour  :

[rosskesava]

Oh..... right.

I still don't get it.

I'm getting old.

[Russell Macdonald]

Oh..... right.

I still don't get it.

I'm getting old.

48 is not old, it's past it 

[windowwashers]

...did a new customer today...4 bed terraced house in and out.

Nothing tricky and took just over an hour. Charged £25 and she's delighted...Great!

We got chatting and she said her last w/c took 10 minutes...

I challenge her on this and she assured me that "yes he literally took 10 minutes"

Is this for in and out I ask...no just the out she replies.

Even so, the out took me roughly 1/2 hr and I'm not the slowest worker on Gods Earth.

And no: He wasn't wfp.

we always charge double min (if real bad inside triple) the out side cost 4 bed about £12.50 (without looking) in and out min £37.50 (bad would be £50 if it took an hour and charged by the hour at £50 min, we get this day in day out wihout complain higher sometimes.
I am not getting into doing inside and out for the same price ever (done that once), you damage there carpet they want it replaced (get danger money) we do  only take one customer to say you did this, you either pay it yourself say £200 or you claim on insurance and your rate goes up, logic tells you to charge more.

[mark dew]

I avoid insides like the plague.
I found that telling people i charge double the outside cost soon cools interest.

[windowwashers]

I avoid insides like the plague.
I found that telling people i charge double the outside cost soon cools interest.

found that aswell, I do not like them at all but 2 or three times our normal hourly rate SUITS ME SIR.........

[Russell Macdonald]

I have a few regulars for insides but i avoid smokers.

[windowwashers]

I have a few regulars for insides but i avoid smokers.

dont avoid them, just charge more (YOUR IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY)

[Russell Macdonald]

I have a few regulars for insides but i avoid smokers.

dont avoid them, just charge more (YOUR IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY)

I know what your saying but i suppose i'm lucky that i can pick & choose. I never burn my bridges as you never know whats round the corner.

[groundhog]

Surely it should be £25 for the outside and at least another £25 for the inside?

So your rate is £50 per hour  :

Yes!! 

[Adam Boss]

    Pigs and flying come to mind   

[groundhog]

  Pigs and flying come to mind   

So Mr Asbo are you calling me a liar?? because I take offence at that!! I was trying to advise Simon that he should be charging more in my opinion, I don't like to talk about money usually but a good window cleaners best work should be approaching £50 an hour at least! I won't tell you how much an hour my very best work is, if you don't believe £50 an hour you certainly won't believe what I take on my best work!!