[ants]

Have been asked to price for a builders clean.
Its a Victorian hall that has under gone total restoration,it has 70 Georgian wooden windows measuring about 7ft by 3ft with splashes of paint and cement on a lot of them and all well covered in dust.
Ground level and one storey high.
Access good
Outside only
Work is sub contracted.
Sorry no pics,any advice please on pricing etc...
Thanks

[NWH]

Where is it.

[ants]

Co Durham about 45 mins drive for me.

[Paul Golding]

price it up normally for georgian windows then times the price by 4 . . you'll regret it other wise. find out exactly what's needed . as suggested, have a disclaimer for scratches and get signed off at end of job.

good luck !!!!!!

[NWH]

£350 minimum.

[Lee Pryor]

the only advice i would give on builders cleans is let the builders do it!

[Paul Golding]

£350 minimum.

?? you'll regret that !!!! £840 minimum . . .

ok, for a 7 x 3 normal window you'd charge a minimum of £1, maybe £1.50, but let's say £1

if it's all georgian then it's gonna take you 3 x what it would plain squeegeeing.

so, 70 x 3 = £210

now, think, each little payne you're gonna have to scrape the paint and the concrete off, then clean.

even if it takes 3 times as long, that's £630 !! . . after doing many builders cleans, I'd go for 4 times. = £840 !!

otherwise, you might as well just clean normal windows and earn more !!

[ants]

The price I was thinking is exactly in between these 2 estimates,but was afraid it might be too high.So about £595 then.
Thanks for replies everyone.

[Paul Golding]

if you're classing it as extra work then go for that price. It might take a little longer than you think but you'll still be £595 up
stick to yer guns though. You might get someone price half that. If so, let them do it, they'll regret it !!

hope it goes well for you   

[ants]

Yeah it is classed as extra work, and thanks

[ants]

Just found out ive got the job!
I bottled it on the £595 quote tho and priced at £645. 

[Paul Golding]

nice one !! let us know how it goes and how long it takes

[ants]

Will do,thanks.

[GWCS]

scratch damage waiver is MOST important, I've even gone to lengths of getting resi customers to sign one now if they want me to use a scraper to remove paint.

Ensure all other trades have finished - you should be the last one in!

[Paul Golding]

and make sure you have a completion form for them to sign when you've finished . . then there's no comeback

[Blue Frog Systems]

Get some pictures, before and after 

[Paul Golding]

Ensure all other trades have finished - you should be the last one in!

yeah, like thats gonna happen!!! 

so true !!!! funny cos it's just common sense but it never happens !! you go in wondering why the hell you're doing this cos in 10 mins they're gonna be covered in paint/plaster/mastic/concrete/glue/mud/fingerprints/tape etc 

[ants]

Your making me nervous,stop it.
Seriously though thanks for sound advice.
Im of to Derry Ireland 8.45 tomorrow,playing with my band Ska Boom fri,sat,sun nite will be nice to get away for a while.
Anyone from Derry come and say hello, im the tenor sax player [Ants]