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Pricing
How to price a window cleaning round
Three things decide most of the price: how big the property is, how often it's cleaned, and how hard it is to get at. Get those three right and the rest is local market feel.
Rough price calculator
A starting point, not a quote — adjust for what your local market actually pays. Figures are based on common UK window cleaning pricing discussed on trade forums, not a fixed rate MyRound sets or takes a cut of.
Why it's a range, not one number
Two identical semi-detached houses on different streets can still take a different price, because local competition, how far it is from your other jobs, and how fussy the customer's expectations are all move the number slightly. The calculator above gives a sensible starting range — where you land inside it is local knowledge no calculator has.
What actually moves the price
| Factor | Effect |
|---|---|
| Property size | More glass, more time — the biggest single factor |
| Frequency | Longer gaps mean more build-up per visit, so eight-weekly costs slightly more per clean than four-weekly |
| Access | Ladder work, gated access or a conservatory roof all add time before a single window's touched |
| Extras | Conservatory roofs, Velux windows and gutters are usually priced on top, not folded into the base price |
| First clean | An initial clean on a property that hasn't been done in a while almost always costs more than the ongoing rate — the build-up is worse and it takes longer |
Worked examples
Semi-detached, four-weekly, easy access: sits at the base rate — around £16, per the calculator above. This is the most common combination on a typical round.
Detached, eight-weekly, moderate access: the larger base rate (£22) with both the frequency and access multipliers applied — noticeably more than the semi-detached example, for real reasons: more glass and more build-up per visit.
Terraced house, one-off first clean, difficult access: even the smallest property size can come out expensive as a one-off, because the first-clean and access multipliers stack. This is the combination new window cleaners most often underprice.
Pricing new work at the door
Quoting on the spot only works if the maths is quick enough to do standing on the path. That's the whole point of pricing by a small number of factors instead of a bespoke calculation every time — tap the elevations, apply the same three factors, and the price is ready before you've knocked.
- Should I charge more for the first clean?
- Usually yes — a property that hasn't been cleaned recently takes longer than the same property on an established four-weekly cycle. Most window cleaners price the first clean separately from the ongoing rate.
- Do these numbers apply everywhere in the UK?
- No — they're a sensible UK-wide starting point, not a fixed rate. Prices in London and the South East typically run higher than this; more rural areas can run lower. Adjust for what your area actually supports.
- What about gutters, conservatories or Velux windows?
- These are usually quoted separately rather than folded into the base window price, since they vary a lot by property and aren't part of every clean.
Quote it once, and let the round remember
MyRound saves the price against the customer, so you're never re-quoting the same job twice.
Part of running the whole round
- Window cleaning round management — how pricing fits with scheduling, routing and invoicing
- Scheduling — where the frequency you quote gets set up
- Invoicing — where the price you quote turns into money collected