laverda down under

Just wanted to say hi to everyone, been a while since i logged on, how is everyone doing and getting on over here in Oz?
had few ups and downs, car motorbike kids and now jobless but hey least the weather is nice

Wendy

Hi

Welcome to the madhouse part of BE. I live in the Uk still, got all the "fun" to come.



Wendy

Hutch

Hi. Sorry to hear about your job - hope things improve in 06

CasG

Welcome to BE

It's mad, and informative and addictive

Cas

laverda down under

well they cant get much worse lol...
not to stressed about job, werent impressed there anyway, trying to start my own lil business up in redlandshire now...even thats looking a disaster hahaha
maybe i should go swimming with the sharks hmmm theres a thought lol.

its enought to drive ya to ..still it could be worse..i could be in the uk...

ABCDiamond

Tell us what the business is then ?

Who knows, you may have future customers reading

laverda down under

starting off with window cleaning in &/or out, blinds and gutters, if when that takes off i will broaden more.

bit of a difference from a print machinist lol ...

Wendy

Well good luck with it.

laverda down under

well thank you very much wendy...

Vanessa

That should give you some reasonable money. They charge $200 for mine inside and out - 2 of them and takes about 1 hour and they say that they do about 7 a day. Not bad for little outlay!

laverda down under

geee how much!!! im not charging that much ... depending on size of property depends on charge but the highest is a large highset, and windows inside and out is only $80 then if its a senior citizen its $10 cheaper, i have a friend in brisbane wanted her gutters cleared, they wanted to charge $175, i done it for $80 huge difference, im not here to be greedy just as long as i can pay my bills and have a little fun im happy, i work alone unless big job then the wife comes, normally a good 2 hours, im a fussy bugger so like it to be as id like to see mine done if i was topay for it. but saying that, i also done a large lowset, windows, in & out and blinds took me 4 hours, $125 thought that was reasonable.

NickyP

Goo dluck with it , it is a shame that you aren't here in Victoria as I would happily pay that sort of money as I HATE cleaning windows.
Oh well can't afford to pay travelling as well
Nicky

laverda down under

Thank you very much.
If im ever coming down that way in the future ill bring me tools and do them for you

gedge

Sounds steep. Why does it take 2 hours for 2 windows? or do you mean 2 window cleaners?
Mate has just been quoted $160 for 3 bed house with 2 large sets of paio windows, inside and out. Reckon on about 2 hours for 1 person.
I used to be a window cleaner many years ago, so I've some idea how to price a job.

Would you believe we were once asked to quote for this place...


It's the insurance that is the biggest outlay.

laverda down under

still think $160 is steep, the way i look at it people dont want to lay out a third of their weekly wage to get the windows cleaned, hence why i charge a max of $80, it may take 30 mins, it may take 2 or 3 hours depending on the windows. dont see the point in charging per hour either..
the thing i struggled with was finding out the going rates, after having people round and quoting i then sat down and thought, gee thats alot of money, and they all worked to "it will cost a minimum of..." and every wuote i thought was outrageous. now ive pretty much laid out all my costs, ive now got to get the customers....which is the hardest part.

ideally just to get a few pennies in each week i need a few shops, but they are all contracted, though i prefer houses as they can be done during the day instead of early hours of the morning lol...