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Pressure washing and window cleaning invoices, done before the next job

Exterior cleaning businesses price work in a few ways: per square foot for driveways, decks and siding, per window or per pane for window cleaning, or a flat price per job, often with a minimum charge. Add-ons such as gutter cleaning, screens or sealing go on top, and regular customers come back every few months. Tell Clodou what you did and at what price, and it writes the quote and the invoice, reminds you of the next clean and keeps track of who has paid.

Sound familiar?

  • Square footage measured on site and turned into a price on the back of a receipt
  • Gutters, screens or sealing added on the day and left off the invoice
  • Customers due for their next clean in three or six months, with no reminder
  • Commercial customers on 30-day terms, and nobody checking who is late

How Clodou helps

Quotes by square foot, window or job

"Quote the Parkers: driveway, 900 sq ft at $0.25, house wash at $350 and gutter cleaning at $150" writes the quote with three lines, $725 before tax. Clodou uses the measurements and prices you give and never measures or prices a job for you.

The next clean as a dated task

After a job, add a task for the customer's next clean with its date, such as window cleaning for the Parkers on March 2. It shows as their next step and in your morning plan on the day.

Commercial accounts and late payers

Ask "which invoices are overdue?" and Clodou lists them with what is still owed, and prepares a reminder for you to approve. On Team, automatic reminders can go out for you once you turn them on.

How pressure washing & window cleaning bill, and how Clodou handles it

Per square foot, per window or per job

Driveways, patios, decks and siding are often priced per square foot, windows per window or per pane, with inside and outside at different rates, and smaller jobs at a flat price with a minimum charge. Clodou takes any quantity and unit price: 900 square feet at $0.25 is one line of $225, and 32 windows at $9 is $288. If a job falls under your minimum, give the minimum as the price; Clodou never applies one by itself.

Add-ons, sealing and supplies

Gutter cleaning, screen cleaning, hard-water stain removal, sealing or a soft wash of the roof are often priced on their own, and each becomes its own line at the price you give. Log cleaning solution, sealer, fuel and equipment repairs as expenses, from a sentence or a receipt photo you confirm, and ask how last month went to see what you invoiced, collected and spent.

Repeat customers and storefront routes

Homes often come back every three, six or twelve months, and storefronts every week or two. For a storefront at a fixed monthly price, set up a retainer: Clodou prepares one draft invoice a month for you to check. For a home cleaned every few months, add a dated task for the next clean after each one; repeating tasks run weekly or monthly. Whether sales tax applies to your services depends on where you work; Clodou applies the rate you set.

A house wash quote and a storefront on a monthly plan

  1. Step 1

    Quote the Parker family: driveway, 900 square feet at $0.25, house wash at $350 and gutter cleaning at $150

    Adds the Parker family as a client and creates quote DEV-0052 with three lines: driveway cleaning, 900 sq ft at $0.25, $225; house wash, $350; gutter cleaning, $150. No tax is set on this workspace, so the total is $725.

  2. Step 2

    The Parkers said yes and we did the job, plus sealing the back patio at $180. Turn DEV-0052 into an invoice and add the sealing. Then add a task to offer them window cleaning on March 2.

    Creates draft invoice INV-0090 from DEV-0052, with the note "Based on quote DEV-0052.", and adds patio sealing, $180, so the total is $905. Adds the task "Offer window cleaning to the Parkers", due March 2 and linked to them.

  3. Step 3

    Set up a $280 monthly retainer for Main Street Bakery from November 1: storefront windows, inside and out, every two weeks. Then prepare this month's retainer invoices.

    Finds Main Street Bakery and sets up the retainer: $280 a month with the line "Storefront windows, inside and out, every two weeks", starting November 1. Then creates draft invoice INV-0091 for the bakery with that line, $280.00.

  4. Step 4

    I sent INV-0090 and INV-0091. The Parkers paid the $905; the bakery pays on 30-day terms.

    Marks both invoices as sent and shows an approval card to record $905.00 on INV-0090. Once you approve it, INV-0090 is marked paid, and INV-0091 stays open with $280.00 owed.

Just ask

Quote the Parker family: driveway, 900 sq ft at $0.25, house wash at $350 and gutter cleaning at $150

Set up a $280 monthly retainer for Main Street Bakery from November 1: storefront windows every two weeks

Add a task to offer the Parkers window cleaning on March 2

Questions

How do I write a pressure washing invoice?
Tell Clodou the customer, what you cleaned and your price: driveway, 900 square feet at $0.25, and house wash at $350. It finds or adds the customer and writes the invoice with your logo, your business details, an invoice number in your sequence, a line per service and your payment terms. There is no pressure washing invoice template to fill in, and if a price is missing, Clodou asks instead of guessing.
Can I price per square foot or per window?
Yes. Give the square footage or the number of windows as the quantity and your rate as the unit price, and Clodou works out each line and the total. It does not measure a property or suggest a rate, so the numbers come from you.
How do I remember when customers are due for their next clean?
Add a task with the date of the next clean, linked to the customer: it shows as their next step and in your morning plan on the day. For a weekly or monthly visit, a repeating task works; for every three or six months, add the next date after each clean.
Does Clodou schedule jobs or plan routes?
No. Clodou has no job scheduling, route planning, crew dispatch, GPS tracking, before-and-after photos or online booking, and it does not take card payments. It handles the business side: customers, quotes, invoices, payments, expenses and tasks. On Solo and Team, your own payment link prints on invoices.
Can Clodou chase late commercial invoices?
Yes. Ask Clodou to draft a polite reminder for an overdue invoice, or to email one; emailing waits for the approval of an owner or admin. On Team, automatic reminders can send them for you once you turn them on in Settings.
What does it cost?
Free covers up to 5 clients and 20 AI actions a month, with no separate cap on quotes and invoices (making them in the chat uses AI actions). Solo, with your payment link on invoices, is $29 a month per workspace. Team, with 5 seats and automatic reminders, is $79 a month. Prices are in USD, and the first 14 days are a free Team trial.

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