How much would you pay...

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Our next door neighbours teenage son (13/14ish) will be washing/hoovering our car later today. How much would you pay him? I asked him what he charges and I think he was too embarrassed to come up with a figure. DH suggested £10, is that enough?

I would think a tenner but would ask him first if that is ok.

I paid two local boys £5 recently to wash mine (though I did beat them down from £7!). With 15 minutes extra to hoover £10 seems about right, or even slightly generous.

£10 is what it costs me at the local hand car wash so it sounds about right to me.

£10 is totally fine!

I thought 10 seemed generous. I'd sooner pay that though and have someone do it thean do it myself.

I pay 15 to have mine done at a Garden Centre - this is inside cleaned, hoovered, outside washed, dried, light polish and includes wheels cleaned & 'blacked' and all glass inside and outside.

10 seems a lot to pay a child to do it.

I pay £22 for a proper valet clean, a tenner seems reasonable for a kid providing he's doing a half decent job of it.

Oh a tenner is fine. Latte 15 is big enough to do as good a job as an adult...not QUITE a child in one way as many 15 year olds have jobs and work well.

OP if he's good, recommend him to your neighbours bless him....at least he's trying to be innovative! I wish a local kid would offer to weed my path!

you pay £10 for a professional mini valet down my way and £5 for a wash and hoover.

I'd pay him £5, £10 is too much.

I would pay a fiver, maybe a tenner if they did a brilliant job.

Paid him £12 in the end, bless him, he took nearly 3 hours and did a fantastic job! He seemed pretty chuffed with his pay packet too. My mum even thought we'd had it professionally done. Will be recommending him to all the neighbours :)

I think £12 for 3 hours work is very reasonable. I bet he was chuffed!

Bugger me !!

I just paid $200 to have my car "detailed" before I sold it to Ds1. Thought I was getting a good deal too

5£

£10