......... a bloke in my area before who charges 120+ to clean facias with a water fed pole and it takes him a couple of hours and i don't believe his customers get value for money.
The issue of value for money is very subjective, mainly because what represents value to one person may be too expensive or too cheap to another ( you can miss work because you are too cheap, they will percieve your service as somehow substandard). My initial thought on this competitor is that if he is doing 2 hours work for £120 and, when he's finished the job, it is to the standard as promised to the customer, then he's got it right.
In my opinion, on this type of work ( and for arguments sake say a window cleaner is earning £30 an hour) thinking in window cleaning rate terms is not the way to go,
ie well I'm normally on £30 Ill do it for £40 - £80 for 2 hours work.
What you charge has to be related to what the customer recieves for their money. Adding value to what you do ( in this instance putting a protective finish on cleaned PVCu) is worth more as a job and ultimately your hourly rate, than simply getting it clean.
This also, in my opinion, applies to existing customers. Its not window cleaning its a premium service. But you have to deliver what you promise to deliver.
so davo are you talking about pvcu restoration or cleaning?
Both, although, without sounding too nit pickey, they are the same thing. The customer has an option. It depends what they can afford, what their expectations are ( And very importantly the state of the PVCu - if the PVCu has failed ( gone yellow or pink) then you can restore that back to white, but not by cleaning or applying polishes etc. It has to be recoated with specialist paints( time consuming and a pain in the neck)
davo what is the process you go through to clean the conservatory roof im not asking for names of products but what you actually do when cleaning.
Traffic film remover as a presoaker, waterfed pole, Specialist Cleaner Paste for spot cleaning stubborn spots. Specialist Cleaning Solvent for really stubborn marks. Its then as clean as you are gonna get it.
Mark