[CC Windows]

One of my customers has asked me to give them a price to clean the gutters and fascia on their property!

There is probably around 40ft in total, its not the cleanest so isnt a case of a quick 'wipe'

What is the going rate? or do people just charge a day rate? my only concern is if it takes longer than anticipated, but I dont want to go in with too high a price, and not get the job and also with them being current customers

[geefree]

i would decide on how much i wanted per hour, and roughly work out how long it would take to clean..... then add a little bit more in case of any difficulties...

did one yesterday, took longer than i thought, so , glad i priced it up that way...

[michael papworth]

My price is £3 per metre for really grubby and £2 for less grubby.

You'll probably find that the north facing side  (if there is one) is considerably grubbier. (Something to do with algae not liking sunlight, I think.)

Check it first and point it out to the customer (if it is as I said) and point out the difference in price. They'll think you're a genius.

[Rob.Hall]

I tend to look at the condition of the gutters and facia.

Are they painted or plastic?

Am I going to use pole or clean off a ladder.

How is the access.

I charge from £1:00 to £2:00 a foot normally.

Hope this helps.

[CC Windows]

They are all plastic!

Access at the back is straight forward, at the front not so straight forward due to a sloped block paved drive! could park the van at the bottom of the ladders to make it safer!

[Ian Rochester]

£3.00 per linear metre as a standard, minimum £40.00.

[d s windowcleaning]

i charge £40 per side each side around 22 ft and this is cheap compared to some i know , this dos inclued soffit boards aswell but you havent said soffits so maybe £30 per side .

[L.J.Thorpe]

same here with £3 a mtr at the moment but i amstarting to think that is too cheap now days

[ftp]

Blimey, did a semi today front and back soffits, windows the lot and the detatched garage for £40 took an hour and a half - am i cheap?

[L.J.Thorpe]

reason i think it might be too cheap
a few months ago i got talking to some blokes fitting upvc fascia
they were based in nottingham (40 odd mile away),they said that they also did cleaning as well
i asked how much for the house they were working on
i told em i would charge £25 fr upstairs or £40 for whole house
they fell about laughing :
150 quid for that mate 
they said they get plenty of work at those prices
fair play to em

[ftp]

I know i'm cheap compared to some in my area, but i figured it a reasonable price for the time taken. I'm hoping to push the prices as the work builds. I find it hard to price too high because i don't dig the gutters out - only wash the outsides.

[L.J.Thorpe]

maybe they are specialists but if iam 40 quid and they are 150
then ishould at least be splitting the difference
n'est pas 

[L.J.Thorpe]

as far as digging gutters out goes
the gutter scrper tool fits on the  screw of a 5m harris pole
amazing how quick you can scrape out  a 3 bed detatched

[ftp]

Trouble is my arms are only about three feet long, my legs are about four foot long and the gutter is at least twenty feet high. 

[L.J.Thorpe]

i mean from the ladder 
extend harris
drag crap
empty
move ladder
light weight of harris helps
ftp
are you djw?

[ftp]

I was and still am. I'm also ladderless. 

[L.J.Thorpe]

ah
hello mate
personally ithink you need a ladder to empty guttersbut you can do a good job of cleaning em  from ground
cheers and goodnight
have a good day tomorrow mate
better than press minding 
what ho!

[mr merson]

seems like a small house ?

[mr merson]

£100

[DaveG]

ive been charging £30 per side .......