How would you guys quote the front of this house? I have a lady that’s going to send me photos of it all the way around and I need some instruction on how to bid it. Could you walk me through your thoughts on it?
I’d be probably be around 60.00 I/O including the sills. That’s if they are standard single/double hung windows. Also includes the door. We charge 10.00 per window, that includes top and bottom. We also clean the sill too. @Luke has some videos on bidding, check them out.
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I’ve seen them.
Did you count the two windows at the bottom left of the house? Do you charge for removing screens or anything like that? Do you adjust your pricing if you have climb ladders, do you adjust your price if the window is unusually small or large?
Yes, count those two windows, they are small but charge for them. We don’t charg to remove and put back screens, just to clean them. We charge 2.00 to brush or 4.00 to wash in screen washer. I would charge 1.00 or so more for each window I had to ladder up on second story. Do WFP more now, so I don’t charge that. Those seem to be standard size. Yes, you can charge more if their bigger, harder to get to for one reason or another. If inside ladder work, maybe picture window, you need to charge more then 10.00. It might be double the cost depending on what you have to do to get to that window. It takes time to set up a ladder inside a house. You want to be careful not to hit walls, furniture or possessions. It at times takes more time for us to set up ladder then to clean the window itself.
$76.00
$8.00 per double hung including the smaller ones bottom left. Interior & exterior window cleaning.
$2.00 per sill & $2.00 per screen
$4.00 for the window above the door interior & exterior
I’d round to $75.00.
@Luke, thanks a freaking ton for the detailed walk through. That’s exactly what I wanted. Do you not raise the price on the windows you would have to climb a ladder for?
I didn’t add the screen cleaning, between 10-16.00 depending on brush or wash for the screens.
So 70-76.00 for everything front.
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Funny how all of us thought 75-ish. I said 75-80 bucks.
I wouldn’t. Either do the whole house or not at all. Our minimums for residential is at $150 for the exterior of bungalows.
This is not a storefront, unless they want it done every month or something, I wouldn’t even touch it.
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@DanTheWindowMan, I’m not just doing the front of the house, but that’s all I could get on Google. I’m just using this to get a general idea of how you quote a house. I’m going to take it no matter what because it’s the first house I will have done and I’m anxious to get into it and besides that I’m not doing anything else but sitting at home on the computer talking to you fine people.
I believe @Stoneface was asking the price for the front, he will be getting more pictures when the customer sends them. He was wanting some input on what he has at the moment, pricing wise. Yes, we all have minimum, that’s a good point too. You don’t want to drive all over the place for a couple of windows. Ours is 125.00 locally.
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Alright cool!
If you are this new, you should not be quoting jobs off of Google. Period. Get off your a$$ and take a look at the house.
Google map/street view quotes are for veterans that have experience.
Put in your time, it will be worth it.
I’m not quoting it off of Google, bossman. I got the address this morning, but had to do a job. Finished the job and drove the forty-five minutes to the property, but it was at dusk when I got there and my camera wouldn’t take photos of the property in the dark and the owner wasn’t there. She was at the voting booth. Rescheduled for this weekend.
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Same . $125.00 residential minimum.
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We are in Canada, $150 minimum seems fair?
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I think you might benefit from flat rate pricing. I really have.
What’s flat-rate pricing?
@Luke Do you want to answer this, or should I? I am heading to bed… But I could tomorrow.
I’m actually headed that way too.
@Stoneface a flat rate is a structure that charges a single fixed fee for a service, regardless of usage.
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Holy cow, man. You guys are killing me. I know what a freaking flat rate is. I want to know what do you charge a flat rate on. Is it a flat rate per window, a flat rate per house, a flat rate per what?
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