Really it seems like we all go round and around yet never get anywhere
Some of these fantastic prices are what they would charge, but never can because they can't get that job.
Charging £60 per hour is fine but you are not going to get much regular work that way, sure you will get one off's but what happens when one week you don't get any.
Stop playing for the quick buck and start building up a good fair priced regular portfolio.
Me? we would do that job for £50 + vat and none of this 8 week faffing about it would be £50 a month every month for years. That adds up to a lot more than a one off high price
One person one van two hours and w/c makes £20 we make £20 with a tenner for costs. Now we have enough work at present for 2.5 w/c forty hours a week, that's every week so without leaving the office it is a pretty decent wage. We have many clients that have been with us for over five years, work out that "hourly rate"
Stop looking for a quick killing and build a solid client base at fair prices, regular work either fortnightly or monthly forget the 8 week thing charge less but more often.
Offer excellent service with a fair price and no-one will take it away from you and then build in gutter cleaning, power washing, office cleaning carpet cleaning, supply them with cleaning products and disposables too.
Unless you just want to pop up as a w/c for a short while make a bundle and then do something else do it slowly.
C'mon now stop physically working hard and use your minds to work smarter
If we all stop blowing our trumpets and competing with each other we could share all the good ideas and all of us would benefit. My business plan is to join up with other w/c across the country and take on the big nationals at their own game. We could offer quality, experience and best practice. Can you imagine Tesco's choosing between us or Mitie wow we would wipe the floor with them. But only if we stop pushing and shoving each other.
cheers
Gordon