What would you do if your window cleaner put his price up?

Question

What would you do if your window cleaner put his price up?
The old guy was £9 for 10 windows and a big conservatory with about 20 panes of glass. I asked a new window cleaner and he is wanting £35! The old guy sold the round on, so to be nice to the new guy, would be good to keep him on. How do I find out what the going rate is or work out how much the job costs him? How much would you accept the price being put up for? Is it worth looking for another guy?

Suppose inflation is a factor but by how much?

Answer 1

if u like the guys work and he is reliable then u might just as well pay his price.But, to keep him honest, call several other cleaners and find out what they charge.
if he is licensed and insured and with the price of gas and materials going up, he probably has a legitimate raise in price.

Answer 2

I reckon you were onto a good thing with the old boy, I imagine you'd be hard pushed to find anyone to do it for that price now, tho I think £35 is a bit excessive. I'd ask a local shopkeeper who he uses and how much it is, even put a wee note in a window asking prospective window cleaners to give you a call. I don't think you want to be paying much more than £20.

Answer 3

I understand your problem but you can't ask another window cleaner to do your windows. The current one 'owns' your area. He is the only window cleaner, if there are others, they probably work for him. Your solution is to hire a private company to come out and clean your windows - imagine their price - so unfortunately, if you want clean windows it is gonna cost you. I would stick with the current cleaner. You could ask him just to clean the top when they need it, you decide. Do the bottom & conservatory windows yourself. This is what I did when my (same!!) window man double his price overnight. I found out the hard way, pay or do em all yourself!!!

Answer 4

personally i think this new window cleaner just doesn't want to clean all your windows because you have so many.
he will spend so much time at your house he feels he can make more money and faster elsewhere.

therefore he has asked for such a large amount of money so that either way he wins.
if you say ok, he has himself a good earner, if you say no, then so what because he didn't fancy the job anyway.

try the yellow pages, i'm sure you'll get someone from there that will do the job at a reasonable price.
good luck, it's hard to get a good one i know and if your like me and can't physicaly do your own, it's a nessessity.

Answer 5

£9 for 10 windowsis extremely good going! You would expect to pay more but certainly not that much more!
£25 sounds about right to me and some window cleaners may refuse to do your windows if someone already has that 'patch'.
You may not find another firm to do it at all, from personal experience!
I went out and bought one of those telescopic window cleaners for £19.99 and do them myself now!
If you can be bothered that is!

Answer 6

i would have thought if he was going to increase it would be a couple of pounds, thats a big jump! look in your local paper of advertising boards and get quotes off other window cleaners before you pay £35, all else fails, wobble his ladder when he's at the top (only joking though, don't do that) i would defo get quotes to see what the going rate is or there abouts to give you a idea.

Answer 7

I wouldn't pay £35! get a new window cleaner!

Answer 8

Explain to the new firm, what you used to pay.
ask them to justify their prices (hourly rates, equipment charges etc).

Then if you still aren't happy. Shop around, window cleaners are easy to replace

Answer 9

the fee relies upon on the area you reside in. i would not fee below $10. and hour, yet consistent with threat extra if the everybody is unquestionably to do. I additionally relies upon on how nicely you do the interest. you are able to improve your wages in case you do an marvelous interest and your purchasers are extremely joyful.

Answer 10

It depends how long it takes him. try doing it yourself just to see how long it takes and how hard the work is, decide if you think its worth the amount asked. Its got to be worth ten quid an hour if he does a good job.