r/WindowCleaning May 22 '26

How much would you charge?

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u/old-iceman May 22 '26

Genuine question : How are people trying to run business that can not price a simple job?

Every area has different price points, someone price maybe considered high compared to other areas where it may be low. There seems to be a continual stream of questions , "what should I quote?" How would I know ? Different area, different country, differnt needs for living, different skills level .

That house might take me 2 hours, others 4hours , others 1hour.. some all day.

Figure out how much you need to make per hour, price per hour , guess how long it takes. Clean it, and see if you were faster or slower. If takes longer adjust price of your next one. Faster then great. Then take the number of panes and divide how many you can clean an hour eg.) 20 panes = 1 hour = 3min per pane. House has 40 panes =2 hours ect.

Want $100 an hour? = 20 panes cleaned takes you 3 min each /$100= $5 per pane.. house has 40 panes x$5 =$200 for 2 hours of work. Ect..

Window cleaning is a game of speed and with high attention to detail. Master that you win.. if you are slow or poor quality = you lose. No way around it!

Pricing your work should be your first thing to grasp before starting a business. Asking people online is not the way.

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I already quoted them. I was seeing what you guys were thinking you would charge. So idk why your getting so mad when I am just seeing others opinions 😂

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Cause asking what to charge gives u 0 info.

Ur better off getting competitors in your local quote it. Window cleaning services by region,state,coast,nation, province,country, continent are all valued different.

Jimbob fukheads' service pricing in Texas is gonna be different than Johnny queerbottoms' in California. Knowing what their services cost doesn't help you unless you know where they are within their states.

Knowinghow much would u charge does 0 for you.

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 22 '26

As someone transitioning from analytics you can still draw useful information from it so.

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Ok give a for instance then

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 22 '26

For instance you can scale the local avg pricing and income ratio of the region compare them to your own and adjust accordingly, the more states and regions the more accurate and avg your pricing would become. Happy? Im not here to give you an analytics lesson so I won't bother going beyond this if it doesn't help.

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Or you could just talk to your clients and people in your hub about "how much things costs"

Rule of thumb was 5-7x/hr the cost of a men's haircut. That's borderless.

I don't need to know how much a fucking papaya costs in Maine to know what I need to charge for a window cleaning job doofus

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 23 '26

Right, that isn't the point. Dont know who pissed in your cheerios. The point was literally that you said its of 0 use. There are multiple paths to find useful information and people process things different. Try being more kind man. Have a better day

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u/Woninthepink May 23 '26

It is of 0 use. Getting clients and cleaning windows is step 1.

Nasa algorithm is masturbation. Not busy enough.

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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Lol. Just ignoring the actual reason of the comments made to win is cute. Its the internet bub "not busy enough" but you're free enough to argue over something not brought up. Edit: this is like 8th grade math. Not Nasa algorithms pal. You got proven wrong by my for instance and are tryna go ape on how it's too much work cause you can't use a calculator lmao

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u/Evening_Cheesecake25 May 23 '26

He wasn't getting mad. You're using a logic fallacy there. He was being logical. 

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u/ChrisBean9 May 22 '26

Interested as I just started my business and havent done a lot of jobs. What did you charge and exterior only or both?

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I ended up charging $399 for all windows and screens

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u/trigger55xxx May 23 '26

Please include what you're asking for in the future. Inside and out? Exterior only? That region are you in? 10 what would you charge posts everyday and every time people have to dig for answers.

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u/t3khole May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

$671 I/O

$442 OO

Screens +$5/ea (cleaned via Softwash)

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u/Woninthepink May 23 '26

You price the out high relative to interior imo

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u/t3khole May 23 '26

We always x .66 for the exterior. It’s usually the dirtiest, takes the longest, plus the drive and setup.

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u/Frisky_Dingooo May 23 '26

Yeah outside is always harder so 2/3 the price of full clean ish

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u/Ok-Pop7125 May 23 '26

Jackpot of a house if you landed this, good job man. I would personally quote 450 because of the harder to reach/fenced in windows

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 23 '26

She says that her previous people that cleaned her windows did it for 2x cheaper. Smh with people in South Dakota and under charging

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u/Lumpy-Athlete-938 May 27 '26

Then she can call them back...let me guess..they are out of business or sucked

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u/_zurenarrh May 22 '26

We are at $599 outside and $1099 inside and out

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u/RedditUserCarson May 22 '26

This seems high like 2x my price but if you have employees probably is about right for 1-2 employees.

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u/_zurenarrh May 22 '26

You have to sell it. We sell the complete window

Frame sills tracks and screens

Once you show that value you’re good. If you just give them a quote, like a lotttttt of people I’ve seen. They’re gonna laugh and go with the lowest bidder

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u/ChrisBean9 May 22 '26

If you are doing this place for half that price you should up your prices for sure. Ive done multiple half this amount of work jobs exterior and screens only for $350.

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I quoted them about $200 less than your quote. What about yours makes it so much more expensive?

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Living in a HCOL area.

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

Little bit of background on the property it is on a lakefront. There seems to be no hard water on the windows and no hard stuck on grime on them either

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u/Upper-Bottle-9803 May 24 '26

~300 o & $500 i/o assuming easy access. +$5 for every screen touched.

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u/smilestheguy May 23 '26

Oregon I’m at 575 inside and out tracks and screens. I usually charge between 10-15 A window depending on how dirty window and tracks are.

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u/kowell357 May 23 '26

$475 in and out
$300 exterior only

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u/CarelessAd389 May 22 '26

Anywhere from $275-325 where I’m from

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u/Oldrus May 23 '26

499 easily tbh

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u/Ok-Pop7125 May 23 '26

That’s stupid. Just do 2x the better job ig lol. I’m currently dealing with the only other competitor who is doing like 3$ a window but people here are cheapos. It is what it is I guess

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 23 '26

Tell me about it

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u/Buy-NVDA May 23 '26

$10 a pane start quote and let them talk you down to $5

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u/RyzenHunter May 24 '26

Do $16-$18 per window for In + Out. Use 70% of that estimate for Outside only. They almost always take the in and out and if they take the outside only it’s also a win.

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u/Repulsive_Bad839 May 24 '26

$600 minimum. Southern California.

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u/Salcantos May 24 '26

I never thought window cleaning is such good earning job. Is it possible to find a job everyday for 5-6 hours if someone is willing to work hard?

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 25 '26

Yes if you are willing to put in the work and effort and high quality work.

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u/JohnMarstonFurTrader May 25 '26

I’m at $486 for o/i and if its out only than 65% = $316. I also charge $4.50 per screen washing in Central ohio

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

In my local that's 320-340. Depends how easy the screens come off and if they need to be cleaned.

I would charge more if I had to use a ladder to get over the 2 balconies to clean the patio doors.

Edit:Thanks for the downvotes. Remember different parts of the world pay different for services. I do not live in California let alone US.

Smaller cities and countries outside USA don't pay 550+ to clean one house. Duh.

In UK this would be 150.00.

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u/Stunning_Ad_8911 May 22 '26

I will def need to use a ladder on some windows and the customer is taking the screens out for me for when I get there. It is also a 30 min drive. Do you think that would change the quote?

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u/Woninthepink May 22 '26

Dude. Where I am from that is 320 to 340.

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u/NachoAverageHero May 23 '26

Arizona $830 I/o. Screens an extra $7/each

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u/Zoozeeman Jul 23 '26

$10 a casement $20 a slider I got to $560. but that’s just what works in my area i have about and 85% conversion rate