Another great video Darren, you get exactly what you pay for we've just done a first clean last week for £150 on a 3 bed semi plus conservatory what had been left to get rough for a few years 👍
I always get the customer who says £10 a month for reach and wash is way to much we pay £7.50 a fortnite (for some nugget on a ladder to push some dirt around our glass for 15 minutes and miss half the windows he can't do) never work out they are paying more but getting less all I say is you get what you pay for soon as more Window cleaners take a leaf from green pro and charge decent prices we will all benifet.
Excellent post. Love your tips. Given me the get up and go to start my own company ( the glass guru - window and external cleaning) and the confidence in delivering that service. Cheers mate.
Spot on mate I’m a decorator at the mo and wanting to get more involved with the exterior cleaning Side and I charge good money for the service I provide , im very good at what I do and offerer a excellent service and basically a lot more than others and I charge for it and people will pay for that kind of service 👍
Spot on Darren you are paid your worth , what you believe you are worth , I always say I offer a service at my price the customer is under no pressure to employ my services and I don't have to work for every potential cheap customer either , I put 110 percent into my work so I deserve a good wage for it , i have been told many times " how much " I just smile and say it's what I charge to make my business work and for the effort that goes into it all , plus people forget you are selling Hours of your life essentially don't sell em cheap. 👍
Top man, your saying what most of us do. It does make me laugh when I quote a new job and they can say my price is a lot more compared to what they where getting charged, and they wonder why the old window cleaner didn’t turn up much or do a professional job , hence I get the call and always happy after first clean. Good luck mate 😜
I’ve got say Darren gives out some good information on every video he puts outs. ....... price wise is spot on first cleans done 3 house this morning first cleans £25 each then £15.00 every 4 weeks. ..... 👍
Question from a cleaner in the states. How many windows do these homes have that you are cleaning for 45 pounds? Our homes in my area have 20 to 40 windows and my prices are 180 dollars to 360 dollars. Can’t imagine cleaning a home for only 45 pounds, which is 60 dollars.
My 2 bedroom house in the uk has 4 window plus front door and rear French door. It's a fairly typical house for the area. Our window cleaner charges £15 for the outside only
Great video as normal Spot on advice I've dropped my £6 houses 😱 Asked new lead gen customers for £10-£15pcm in bank and got it. Just makes sence and better bussinss ... thanks again Darren
I was called out to new job and it was £20 more than the phone estimate. Customer "forgot" to mention some large pane windows at the back of the property. When the price was updated she said that it was too expensive. I wished her good luck and left... No need add toxic clients to my C-base!....
You say toxic - but you did give a 'guesstimate' over the phone - this we avoid like the plague to avoid such situations. If I think a job is worth anything to me I will go and look at it in person before giving a price.
Big mistake never quote over the phone on a job you haven't seen it's a ridiculous decision . But hopefully you have learnt a valuable lesson not to be repeated. Fortunately as I've been window cleaning 30 years awkward people are out there just avoid at all costs and move on they are not worth the bother
100% agreed! Theres always window cleaners out there charging £6-£10 or whatever for a house i charge £16+ for, but guess what? Ive picked up custies from other windies that charge that due to various reasons like poor reliability/efficiency/quality/professionalism...i charge what im worth, i quote my jobs generally £1 per minute, and my custies pay it, they know what they get, reliable friendly professional service...i really dont know how windies can charge 20 year old prices and have a half decent honest living unless its their hobby. Little example of what my reg custie told me: ive had someone canvas around here *shows flyer* me: oh right, not really bothered. Custie: well hes cheaper than you, but i know i get a good service from you so i dont mind payin the extra. I wasnt worried at all, i put my prices up every year, its rare i lose any due to increase. They arent just payin for their windows to be kept clean, theyre investing in u as a person, as long as u have confidence in your own ability and u carry it out its plain sailing. I bet my work gets canvassed all the time, never lose sleep over it, i know my custies will stay loyal to my service
Thank you Georgie, Yes I have done one one sessions in the past however at present still on lockdown in the Philippines so not sure when I will return.
Great video, there’s so much sense behind the rant! I can understand the frustration though... Belief! I started my window cleaning business just 10 weeks ago on the back of these videos, it’s only part time right now but seeing how your business seems to be growing it makes it seem achievable A lot of respect for this content Dan @squeakysolihull
Hi Darren. Love the channel, wherever you are. Just wanted your ideas on something. My friend has cleaned a round for 30 years. (About £4000 a month of work) and wants to pack up. I am considering buying his round but he only charges about £8 for a 3bedroom council house. If I put everything straight up to £12 what percentage of the calls do you think I'll lose? The round will need modernising to no collecting and getting phone numbers for texting the night before.
Even if you were to lose 20% of them with a price increase of 50% from £8 to £12 it would have no impact on the value of the round at all - yes you are going to have to put in some work modernizing but remember to factor that in when deciding the value of a round before you buy.
George Labana here... Well what can I say about this video.. Totally blow away as usual... I'll part with this proverb by Aldo Gucci... "QUALITY IS REMEMBERED LONG AFTER PRICE IS FORGOTTEN!"
Bang on Darren, those going round doing £6 cleans are mugging them selves off... I charge a minimum of £35 on a first clean & I spend 1-2 hours there making sure they get what they paid for, I charge £15 on a monthly even that's about to go up to £20 why because I don't want to die poor... Six pound cleans just drag down the industry, splashing & dashing with no chems omg NOT WORTH IT... Seriously what are they playing at.... PROPER JOBS ARE DONE AT PROPER RATES £35 MINIMUM CHEM CLEAN PURE WATER NO BULLSHIT
£6.... man, the old fella who does my street and most surrounding streets charges £3 per house... he can carry on the soft tart, what is his yearly price increase?? must be like 4p rise every year. fucking baffling. when this old fella packs it in and if they ask me can i take over, i cant wait to see their faces when i say £10 per front, but then again there is another ladder-carrier around our area hahahaha maybe they'll ring him
I was thinking what 6quid cowboys think when they heard "big number" 10£ or 15£ for maintenance clean but this is a whole new level offending other for having normal prices :D I didn't expect that. It's really good to having properly attitude like you have and your price is your price, you can take it or not, simple as that. Good video mate. Keep up with good work.
Hey dude good vid... I started doubling the the price and on a dirty first clean and everyone is fine with it.... We work as a team of 2 and if you aint making 40 to 50 quid an hour whats the point.. You think how much cash we have invested in our gear... A lot of my jobs we use specialist equipment so obviously we are not cleaning for peanuts... Id rather not get the job than work for 10 quid an hour
Darren, did you work for a window cleaning company before you started on your own ? If not did you find it hard to get up to the quality standards you’re at now ? Can someone starting out pick up window cleaning to that professional level you talk about with no experience and charge those prices ?
BrentMaster May wfp window cleaning is simple, if ur starting out it just may mean u use more water and take more time, ur prices shouldnt change, as long as you have the right attitude
Hey so just a quick question I was thinking of charging £5 (just the front) per house like everyone else does around my area do you think I should charge double? And just see if I get customers
I honestly feel that this post is an effort to bait me. If you want to charge a £5 cause 'everyone else does' go right ahead. If you want to earn money, charge properly. Browse my vids, I have covered this before.
Might need a word at some point as we operate in neighbouring areas. Confidence can be an issue for people i agree mostly brought on by the constant undercutting from bucket bobs doing 4beds for a 5ver www.ngclean.co.uk
I advertise my window cleaning company on Facebook with my minimum charge wow what a response even from window cleaners that im a rip-off con man abused just went on and on unbelievable great advice everyone should take notice of what you have said in the video but they won't great content thanks WindowsNeedCleaning.com
Minimum price is a must, should be killing 50 an hour with out an issue, don't entertain the my old cleaner speech, move on to the customers who are willing to pay propper pay, great vids mate
Cheap lads ar cutting us off all the time but 90% of customers are back after a while, sometimes when we estimate and customers are complaining about the price saying that their old window cleaner charged only this and this, their answer to a question "where is he?" is that he stopped coming and not taking their phonecalls anymore, I simply laugh, can't stop myself :) no wonder that he doesn't provide service anymore if he charged starvation rates to people that ripped him off and he couldn't make a living
Charge how much you value your time away from your family working in dogshit conditions no good having a 1000 £5 jobs a month when you could be doing 400 £15 jobs
Another fantastic video Darren
Exactly spot-on Darren do you think a Michelin star restaurant is worried about McDonald's?
Love the dialog. Keep them coming....👍
Another great video Darren, you get exactly what you pay for we've just done a first clean last week for £150 on a 3 bed semi plus conservatory what had been left to get rough for a few years 👍
You are 100% right Daz love your vids really good advice they've help me
Darren been on windows 30 years I’m earning considerably more past year or so since I discovered you top bloke thanks
I always get the customer who says £10 a month for reach and wash is way to much we pay £7.50 a fortnite (for some nugget on a ladder to push some dirt around our glass for 15 minutes and miss half the windows he can't do) never work out they are paying more but getting less all I say is you get what you pay for soon as more Window cleaners take a leaf from green pro and charge decent prices we will all benifet.
You are so right. How I work my building business. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! Quality work and service !! That's it!
Excellent post. Love your tips. Given me the get up and go to start my own company ( the glass guru - window and external cleaning) and the confidence in delivering that service. Cheers mate.
Your spot on mate seen most of your vids keep it up
Spot on sell what you can offer and never fall into the " My old cleaner used to charge " category 😁 Should do more vids
Spot on mate I’m a decorator at the mo and wanting to get more involved with the exterior cleaning Side and I charge good money for the service I provide , im very good at what I do and offerer a excellent service and basically a lot more than others and I charge for it and people will pay for that kind of service 👍
Spot on Darren you are paid your worth , what you believe you are worth , I always say I offer a service at my price the customer is under no pressure to employ my services and I don't have to work for every potential cheap customer either , I put 110 percent into my work so I deserve a good wage for it , i have been told many times " how much " I just smile and say it's what I charge to make my business work and for the effort that goes into it all , plus people forget you are selling Hours of your life essentially don't sell em cheap. 👍
Exactly
Top man, your saying what most of us do. It does make me laugh when I quote a new job and they can say my price is a lot more compared to what they where getting charged, and they wonder why the old window cleaner didn’t turn up much or do a professional job , hence I get the call and always happy after first clean.
Good luck mate 😜
Great advice as usual. Great to see you back. 👍
spot on
Welcome back. Wondered where you'd been. Hope your well mate
I’ve got say Darren gives out some good information on every video he puts outs. ....... price wise is spot on first cleans done 3 house this morning first cleans £25 each then £15.00 every 4 weeks. ..... 👍
You should make more videos, even do a ‘man behind the pole’ Q&A video.
Love it. 👍
Question from a cleaner in the states. How many windows do these homes have that you are cleaning for 45 pounds? Our homes in my area have 20 to 40 windows and my prices are 180 dollars to 360 dollars. Can’t imagine cleaning a home for only 45 pounds, which is 60 dollars.
alan bane our suburban homes are about 3,000 square ft with 20 plus windows.
My 2 bedroom house in the uk has 4 window plus front door and rear French door. It's a fairly typical house for the area. Our window cleaner charges £15 for the outside only
Great Video👍
Great video as normal
Spot on advice I've dropped my £6 houses 😱
Asked new lead gen customers for £10-£15pcm in bank and got it.
Just makes sence and better bussinss ... thanks again Darren
Amatures numbers, £150 1st clean on a 3 bed semi last week... to be fair though it was hanging
I would love to have a cuppa and talk about window cleaning
I was called out to new job and it was £20 more than the phone estimate. Customer "forgot" to mention some large pane windows at the back of the property. When the price was updated she said that it was too expensive. I wished her good luck and left... No need add toxic clients to my C-base!....
You say toxic - but you did give a 'guesstimate' over the phone - this we avoid like the plague to avoid such situations. If I think a job is worth anything to me I will go and look at it in person before giving a price.
@@Darren-Green lesson learnt :)
Big mistake never quote over the phone on a job you haven't seen it's a ridiculous decision .
But hopefully you have learnt a valuable lesson not to be repeated. Fortunately as I've been window cleaning 30 years awkward people are out there just avoid at all costs and move on they are not worth the bother
@@TerryDanielsGB then my work here is done! 🤣🤣
100% agreed! Theres always window cleaners out there charging £6-£10 or whatever for a house i charge £16+ for, but guess what? Ive picked up custies from other windies that charge that due to various reasons like poor reliability/efficiency/quality/professionalism...i charge what im worth, i quote my jobs generally £1 per minute, and my custies pay it, they know what they get, reliable friendly professional service...i really dont know how windies can charge 20 year old prices and have a half decent honest living unless its their hobby. Little example of what my reg custie told me: ive had someone canvas around here *shows flyer* me: oh right, not really bothered. Custie: well hes cheaper than you, but i know i get a good service from you so i dont mind payin the extra. I wasnt worried at all, i put my prices up every year, its rare i lose any due to increase. They arent just payin for their windows to be kept clean, theyre investing in u as a person, as long as u have confidence in your own ability and u carry it out its plain sailing. I bet my work gets canvassed all the time, never lose sleep over it, i know my custies will stay loyal to my service
Love this! Do you do 1 to 1 sessions?
Thank you Georgie, Yes I have done one one sessions in the past however at present still on lockdown in the Philippines so not sure when I will return.
Great video, there’s so much sense behind the rant! I can understand the frustration though...
Belief!
I started my window cleaning business just 10 weeks ago on the back of these videos, it’s only part time right now but seeing how your business seems to be growing it makes it seem achievable
A lot of respect for this content
Dan
@squeakysolihull
Hi Darren. Love the channel, wherever you are. Just wanted your ideas on something. My friend has cleaned a round for 30 years. (About £4000 a month of work) and wants to pack up. I am considering buying his round but he only charges about £8 for a 3bedroom council house. If I put everything straight up to £12 what percentage of the calls do you think I'll lose? The round will need modernising to no collecting and getting phone numbers for texting the night before.
Even if you were to lose 20% of them with a price increase of 50% from £8 to £12 it would have no impact on the value of the round at all - yes you are going to have to put in some work modernizing but remember to factor that in when deciding the value of a round before you buy.
George Labana here...
Well what can I say about this video..
Totally blow away as usual...
I'll part with this proverb by Aldo Gucci...
"QUALITY IS REMEMBERED LONG AFTER PRICE IS FORGOTTEN!"
Bang on Darren, those going round doing £6 cleans are mugging them selves off... I charge a minimum of £35 on a first clean & I spend 1-2 hours there making sure they get what they paid for, I charge £15 on a monthly even that's about to go up to £20 why because I don't want to die poor... Six pound cleans just drag down the industry, splashing & dashing with no chems omg NOT WORTH IT... Seriously what are they playing at.... PROPER JOBS ARE DONE AT PROPER RATES £35 MINIMUM CHEM CLEAN PURE WATER NO BULLSHIT
£6.... man, the old fella who does my street and most surrounding streets charges £3 per house... he can carry on the soft tart, what is his yearly price increase?? must be like 4p rise every year. fucking baffling. when this old fella packs it in and if they ask me can i take over, i cant wait to see their faces when i say £10 per front, but then again there is another ladder-carrier around our area hahahaha maybe they'll ring him
Why would you need chemicals for window cleaning? That's why you are crap
What car you driving Darren
Land Rover Discovery
I was thinking what 6quid cowboys think when they heard "big number" 10£ or 15£ for maintenance clean but this is a whole new level offending other for having normal prices :D I didn't expect that.
It's really good to having properly attitude like you have and your price is your price, you can take it or not, simple as that.
Good video mate. Keep up with good work.
£50 a hour is spot on
Hey dude good vid... I started doubling the the price and on a dirty first clean and everyone is fine with it.... We work as a team of 2 and if you aint making 40 to 50 quid an hour whats the point.. You think how much cash we have invested in our gear... A lot of my jobs we use specialist equipment so obviously we are not cleaning for peanuts... Id rather not get the job than work for 10 quid an hour
If theres two of you id strive to achieve around £80 - £100 per hour. How else do you get to work 2-3 days a week 😎
@@timinator83 i agree you just need to be organised, driven and have right work....
Darren, did you work for a window cleaning company before you started on your own ? If not did you find it hard to get up to the quality standards you’re at now ? Can someone starting out pick up window cleaning to that professional level you talk about with no experience and charge those prices ?
BrentMaster May wfp window cleaning is simple, if ur starting out it just may mean u use more water and take more time, ur prices shouldnt change, as long as you have the right attitude
I did work for a firm but if I worked to their standard I would have
no customers. Anyone can learn with a little patience and practice
If you don’t ask you don’t get !.
Hey so just a quick question I was thinking of charging £5 (just the front) per house like everyone else does around my area do you think I should charge double? And just see if I get customers
I honestly feel that this post is an effort to bait me. If you want to charge a £5 cause 'everyone else does' go right ahead. If you want to earn money, charge properly. Browse my vids, I have covered this before.
Might need a word at some point as we operate in neighbouring areas. Confidence can be an issue for people i agree mostly brought on by the constant undercutting from bucket bobs doing 4beds for a 5ver
www.ngclean.co.uk
I advertise my window cleaning company on Facebook with my minimum charge wow what a response even from window cleaners that im a rip-off con man abused just went on and on unbelievable great advice everyone should take notice of what you have said in the video but they won't great content thanks WindowsNeedCleaning.com
Minimum price is a must, should be killing 50 an hour with out an issue, don't entertain the my old cleaner speech, move on to the customers who are willing to pay propper pay, great vids mate
I love all your videos , keep it up :) can I get a shoutout
Cheap lads ar cutting us off all the time but 90% of customers are back after a while, sometimes when we estimate and customers are complaining about the price saying that their old window cleaner charged only this and this, their answer to a question "where is he?" is that he stopped coming and not taking their phonecalls anymore, I simply laugh, can't stop myself :) no wonder that he doesn't provide service anymore if he charged starvation rates to people that ripped him off and he couldn't make a living
Spot on mate
Done 3 first time cleans in the last week and it
2 at £40
1 at £35
Customers were happy with the price and been paid already for them
Charge how much you value your time away from your family working in dogshit conditions no good having a 1000 £5 jobs a month when you could be doing 400 £15 jobs
Also you’ll NEVER get 2&half thousand subscribers....