sorry for this groundhog but i think you our full of crap...
you seem to be ripping people of...if you tell the truth about your prices.
maybe you do them every 8 weeks or more..and thats why you charge so much.
you dont wear uniform... your probably not insured..god knows what your vans like..
you use a harris pole....you put clips on u tube...again you dont look very profesional or value for money..
if your telling the truth...you will feel the pressure over the next few years.
but i dont think you would come this forum a tell us you were losing customers because people would jump on you back..... may be you just like leading people up the garden path...
Craig,
This post was out of order, you just cannot come on here and tell someone he is full of crap, choose your words with a little more consideration, pull someone's post apart by all means, but try not to be inflammatory whilst you do so.
Groundhog:
I still maiintain that you should aim for a £1.00 per minute worked, and at a tenner for a semi, or 12 quid for one with a conservatory the size of the one Matt described it would take me no more than 10 minutes personally...I have worked hard at being very efficient at what I do....but I don't necessarily expect everyone else to be the same as me!
Matt may well take 30 minutes on that account, but that being said, ten or 12 quid is a good price in most area's of the country, and would certainly allow for a price per minute worked of £1.00.
And for any that haven't heard me witter on about '£1.00 per minute worked' that doesn't mean you are going to go along earning £60 an hour, 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week!!!
To achieve something along the lines of and annual income between 20-25k you have to be turning over something along the lines of £32,000 per year, to do that your price per minute worked needs to be somewhere around a £1.00 per minute worked....
What is your annual tax bill...mm?
If it is only a few hundred quid then you are earning pennies, if it is upwards of a couple of grand then you are starting to earn decent money, you only pay tax on your profit, and your profit is your income...it isn't your turnover!
So, so many window cleaners think their turnover is their wage, or they see themselves knocking out a really good turnover for a few hours and think that they are earning mega money, but you can only really work out what you are truly earning by looking back over the last 12 months...and it is your tax return that will tell you that at the end of the day...
Ian