[mick partington]

when your selling a window cleaning round how do you decide what its worth
a/ monthly takings x 5 or 10 or 20
b/ just pick a number and double it
c/  work out how much it earns per hr
do differant areas have differant ways of pricing rounds very confusing to me any advice please
 thanks mick
 ps iv looked on wforsale and theres no set pattern to what people are chargeing

[jonnyald]

the ones who charge 10 x   are  the greedy-  just thinkabout it, you will be working(hard) for 10 long months before you start earning anything . in those ten months you could have door knocked a Million houses and built your round from scratch easily and earnt as you worked too

[mick partington]

traditional round all close together 4-5 days to clean taking £500 a month he,s asking £8000  what you think of that

[jonnyald]

8 grand !       if i was you i would draw 80 quid a day out of your bank account and give it to yourself after youve spent each day door knocking .     i bet after 100 days of door knocking you will have a proper round far far bigger than the tiddler that guys selling  AND STILL HAVE YOUR 8 GRAND TOO !!

[Alistair@AWC]

Not a chance, x16 the price on poorly priced work!

[rl]

To me most rounds that I see for sale seems very cheap when you compare them to buying another type of business, the two extremes I've seen are the guy on dragons den the other day that sold a £6000 a month round for £16000 and then theres a round for sale online, £9000 a month, asking price £100,000.

To me your buying/selling a business, not just a round, and all your hard work. Obviously your round/business is only worth what someone will pay.

[mick partington]

i seid id pay 6x monthly ie £3000 just to get going [estabilished] in this game and seid thats top doller the way i see it he seid no it my business i,ll decide the price and reckens he could get 20 x so im out

[martinsadie]

traditional round all close together 4-5 days to clean taking £500 a month he,s asking £8000  what you think of that

expensive

[Alistair@AWC]

You can ask top dollar when its top priced work!

[mick partington]

i know about good will when you sell a business but there must be a benchmark iv seen another round selling for £8000 that was taking more than 3x his and included van and equipment [not my area] but you see my point ?

[Clive McDonald]

You are not going to get what you want mick. Old boys packing up will be underpriced, compact good priced work will be clung onto, small outlying chunks may be dumped for top dollar.

You need to get lucky, but the chances are that you won't, and will just be seen as a mark.

Buying someones business would be safest providing everything stacks up.

[stephen s]

To me most rounds that I see for sale seems very cheap when you compare them to buying another type of business, the two extremes I've seen are the guy on dragons den the other day that sold a £6000 a month round for £16000 and then theres a round for sale online, £9000 a month, asking price £100,000.

To me your buying/selling a business, not just a round, and all your hard work. Obviously your round/business is only worth what someone will pay.

no your not       your buying good will and thats it nothing else,  someone can come along and undercut you on every job and bang your a gonner.

there is no contract to say those customers belong to you and you only and they can drop you in an instant and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it.

good will thats all it is

[Paul_Rolfe]

x3 seems fair.

[aiminvestor]

traditional round all close together 4-5 days to clean taking £500 a month he,s asking £8000  what you think of that

Far too expensive IMO.

[Rob.Hall]

Toooo much doe matty..........

Hes havin a laugh!!!

[mick partington]

yep over priced im out need to get cards/leaflets sorted get my own work!

[aiminvestor]

yep over priced im out need to get cards/leaflets sorted get my own work!

Just what I did today, should be printed within a week.

Doing itself sounds best, IMO

[Helen]

the ones who charge 10 x   are  the greedy-  just thinkabout it, you will be working(hard) for 10 long months before you start earning anything . in those ten months you could have door knocked a Million houses and built your round from scratch easily and earnt as you worked too

Very shortsighted opinion. You could be buying the perfect business....who knows. In tens months you may have doorknocked and got nothing and earnt nothing.

[tony talbot]

try building your own before buying its a lot more satisfying

[mick partington]

Very shortsighted opinion. You could be buying the perfect business....who knows. In tens months you may have doorknocked and got nothing and earnt nothing.

you are entitled to your opinion but do seem to be on your own in that opinion [its to expensive at 16 times the monthly takings and low paying round]