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Lads coming to clean car - how much to pay them?

18 replies

Mischance · 07/04/2022 14:05

Two 13 year old lads are coming to clean my (very dirty) car. How much do you think I should pay them? I had expected one lad initially.

I have slipped a disc and cannot do it myself.

OP posts:
Member278307 · 07/04/2022 14:09

20 pounds each

Jmaho · 07/04/2022 14:18

@Member278307

20 pounds each
Seriously? £40??? I've paid less than that for a full valet with a professional company!
MrsDThaskala · 07/04/2022 14:21

£10 each.

RaRathebravemouse · 07/04/2022 14:23

Interior or exterior or both?

I got a valet at a nearby hand car wash inside and out for £10

Scout500 · 07/04/2022 14:24

£10 each would be enough surely. £40 is ridiculously high!

MoonbeamSprinkles · 07/04/2022 14:24

I pay £20 for the professional cleaning company to come and do mine. He does the outside but not the inside.

I would say £10 each and I’d expect them to Hoover inside.

JackieCollinshasnoauthority · 07/04/2022 14:26

£5 each.

Mischance · 07/04/2022 14:28

Thanks for the thoughts.

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axolotlfloof · 07/04/2022 14:39

£5 each. Or £10 for the job.
It should take them much less than an hour.

bananaboats · 07/04/2022 16:30

£5 each is enough i would say, any more and you could get it done professionally

justasoul · 07/04/2022 16:34

Depends how big your car is as well. I pay the people at Tesco car park £6, so I’d say £5 each is ok - £10 if they do the inside too, but I have a small car. A bit more if your car is big.

WhereHasSpringSprungTo · 07/04/2022 16:36

5 each as id pay 10 for the job done professionally inc hoover.

Whatalovelydaffodil · 07/04/2022 16:37

@JackieCollinshasnoauthority

£5 each.
This
Comedycook · 07/04/2022 16:37

£10 each

IAmSantaOhYesIAm · 07/04/2022 16:41

I pay my 15 year old £5 for a car clean - he did once try and charge me £10 as he said it was exceptionally dirty but I negotiated it down to £7.50!!
I think £10 between them is fair enough.

IcedOatLatte · 07/04/2022 16:53

@Member278307

20 pounds each
Whaaaat [shocked]

You can't be serious I can get a professional valet for less than that. Where on earth do you live @Member278307that a car wash by a couple of teens costs that much?

Undertheoldlindentree · 07/04/2022 17:03

Maybe £7 each. They are coming to you and good to make it worth their while. But unless you know they're experienced in washing cars, I'd write a checklist of exactly what you want them to do. Give it to them and review it with them as a quality check at the end.

MinesATriple · 07/04/2022 17:06

£5 each and up it a bit if it's brilliant

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