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  Gary RK June 3, 2016 at 9:44pm

  Absolutely.

  The charging rate you use (whether to price a hourly rate job or a fixed price job) should reflect the effort, difficulty and machinery used.

  Recovering your costs are key otherwise for some jobs you'll be too cheap and on others too dear.

  I have a 3 by 3 pricing matrix (happy to discuss more on the BOG) that is my first port of call when quoting.
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    darragh connolly > Gary RK June 3, 2016 at 9:57pm

    Cheers for reply Gary
    
    I'D really appreciate that on the Bog if you didn't mind
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      Richard Gadsby > darragh connolly June 3, 2016 at 10:31pm

      I'd like to see it too please!
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    Elliott M > Gary RK June 5, 2016 at 11:19am

    I'd love to see that too, any help with pricing is much appreciated. 
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  ken stewart June 3, 2016 at 11:35pm

  I look at job no roughly how long its going to take and how much waste ive got to take away. Round here its £30ptonne. Divide that by hours to do job petrol used driving to recyling yard, and come to a price
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  Geoff Norfolk June 4, 2016 at 7:01pm

  I'd guess you're doing everything on an hourly rate............. If it's a one-off that you're never going back to, definitely charge at a significantly higher price giving a price to complete the whole job rather than an hourly rate.............If you're going to be maintaining it in the future, I just keep it at the normal maintenance rate and accept the fact it's going to be a bit hard for the first visit or so.
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  Colin Hunt June 5, 2016 at 12:01am

  Surely with 'one-off clear outs' you have to be fair to your customer (and yourself) by giving them a 'job complete' price before you start. There is nothing worse than completing a job and having the customer query the bill. It may well be a fair price, but it does your reputation no good at all.

  I would never take anyone on at an hourly rate.
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    Ben Jakes > Colin Hunt June 5, 2016 at 4:15pm

    Indeed. Also be wary of customers who say they will employ you for the year on a monthly basis, but they want some extra tidying up done in the first few months...

    I go as far as to have my contracts for 8 months only, and if they want anything done in the winter they can pay extra. Too easy to cancel your services in the winter when they see you don't need to do nearly as much.
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  Daniela McGhie June 7, 2016 at 10:12pm

  I charge more for clear outs. But I try to avoid them if I can.
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  Andrew Michael Palmer June 9, 2016 at 7:43am

  Definately. 

  I have a 1/2 day (2 people) and full day 2 people for these sort of large jobs, even if its a large days work. 

  £320 - £380 - 2 people - 1 day inc refuse 

  £150 - £200 - 2 People - 1/2 day, inc refuse 

  Hope this helps 

  Andrew