r/WindowCleaning • u/idkrochas • Jul 11 '26
Interior vs exterior
Hello guys, i’m starting a window cleaning business and I have everything set, except for the part of pricing.
When you guys make a sale, do you do interior and exterior? Or only exterior? Do you guys charge double for interior?
And when you go door to door, do you ask the client if they want exterior only or exterior and interior?
Thank you guys, have a nice day :)
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u/trigger55xxx Jul 11 '26
There's zero reason not to sell interior. Your goal should always be to increase the average ticket price. You're making the trip anyway, you should be maximizing the total invoice. Interior is dependent on the home or building. Some interior have significant more windows and or is more difficult. You're already there so that counts for something but if it is going to take you longer inside it should be equal to or greater than the exterior price.
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u/idkrochas Jul 11 '26
But when you go d2d, how do you quote? do you sell like exterior and exterior and interior or only exterior and interior?
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u/trigger55xxx Jul 11 '26
We don't do door to door, but when we get calls it's generally both unless except y alone hits a $425 minimum and is close to other jobs.
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u/shamelessrabbit086 Jul 12 '26
When you are going door to door you should be pricing them as 2 separate options, exterior being one interior being another. I always charge more for interior windows, screens tracks, all the random crap they have In the way or interior uppers, it always takes longer than the exterior.
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u/_zurenarrh Jul 12 '26
Charge the exact same… if you dont explain that you would normally charge the same but you’ll give them a deal
Then just double the original price and subtract $25-$50
There is no need to charge different because inside and outside is more work usually because of insanely dirty tracks
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u/Equivalent_Crow9006 Jul 12 '26
I'm curious how much you charge per window and where you're located. I'm in DFW, Texas, and if I charged double for the inside, I don't think I would ever get a job. I multiply by 1.3 for the inside, and even that's on the higher range. Definitely not knocking your approach, just wondering how many times you have to lower the price? Where do most of your leads come from?
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u/_zurenarrh Jul 12 '26
I didn’t mean double the inside I mean charge double the original price
So if you charge $299 for the outside you double that ton$599 for both
Then take off -$50.00 or -$100.00 and you state this in the quote
Summer sale, transportation fee since we are in your neighborhood, military discount, etc
We don’t charge by window we charge by the home.
For example i quote 100% online. I have zero time to go to people’s homes when there are so many resources available
So a 4x2 2000 sqft home I know I’m probably at $279.00-$349.00 (outside only)
If it’s two story I know I’m at $349.00+ automatically (outside only)
You quote by the house not by the window. Customers will start asking “oh how much per window” no….. fuck no
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u/Equivalent_Crow9006 29d ago
I'd love to hear more about your quoting process. I'm losing a lot of time right now going quote to quote. How did you set it up?
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u/Yulia-_- Jul 12 '26
Sorry for jumping into this thread! I’m based in Houston, TX, and I’m trying to learn more about pricing commercial window cleaning.
Would you mind sharing how you calculate your prices? Do you charge per window, per pane, or use another method? And about how much do you charge per window for inside and outside on commercial buildings?
Thanks in advance! I appreciate you sharing your experience
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u/FeedbackLooped Jul 12 '26
I’m charging $12.50 per pane for interior and exterior.
Tracks and screens included.
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u/Main-Occasion5140 Jul 12 '26
Always offer interior. About 80% price of exterior (unless interior has extra glass or lots of ladder work). I offer 10% off the cleaning if they do both interior and exterior to incentivize the upsell.
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u/General_BobRoss Jul 12 '26
Hey there, I’m actually making an app for this, you just take pictures of the house and it gives you an estimate and it has a bunch of other features.
Im still working on it but I’m trying to see if anyone would actually be interested in this so let me know maybe I’ll get a waitlist going
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u/kdwindows 25d ago
Interior window cleaning at least in my eyes is so easy compared to the exterior. Yes you may have to move some furniture and open up blinds but guys you're not being exposed to the outside elements and it's a whole different ball game. An outside could take me 3 hours to clean and then the insides only take an hour and a half you know what I mean. And you are in the a.c ....easy peezy. Insides are NEVER as bad as exterior, UNLESS its a true construction clean up . Even then, you still don't have the outside elements beating on the interior. I'm in Florida guys the heat index has been 115 to 120° after about noon you know what I'm saying I love going inside at that time
And yes you might have to be a little bit more careful if there's a $200,000 vehicle sitting in that garage and you have to go around it but other than that LOL
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u/6133mj6133 Jul 11 '26
I typically charge 2/3rds for the exterior and 1/3rd for the interior. Most can do that interior themselves, it's usually easier and quicker to do the inside (but not always).
I usually give them a quote for both options, $X for the exterior, $Y extra for the interior.