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Title: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: cockney rebel on February 13, 2010, 09:37:21 pm
Mine is £170 domestic work. Hard work but compact and mostly all bungalows.
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Post by: paul rulton on February 13, 2010, 09:47:05 pm
£237 i was hangin out my arse by the time i got in :o, all done as trad. now im
wfp its so easy ;D
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: paul rulton on February 13, 2010, 10:05:43 pm
You have just created a new load of window cleaners.
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Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on February 13, 2010, 10:06:07 pm
mine was £500.000.000 achap wanted winds doin he won the lottery then i woke up !!! :)
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Post by: Window Washers on February 13, 2010, 11:11:37 pm
I think window cleaning is a mugs job. I want a proper job  :-X
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Post by: Steve CM on February 13, 2010, 11:19:39 pm
i don't earn anything and have to sign on each week
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Post by: Mo on February 13, 2010, 11:29:05 pm
 :-X ??? :-X ???
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 13, 2010, 11:30:57 pm
I have done on purely domestics trad one summers day a few year back £250
but that took about 9 hours

on gutters last year and windows combined with a friend did £900 in 4 hours paid him £150

not a bad day was in pub at 11.30am :)

but averages are no where near that unfortuantely

i dont think theres any reason to feel you cant share your best days etc

but i know that very few are averaging such figures daily / weekly


if you are well done


i work with a helper now and exceed my best day trad regular however i have nowhere near enough work to keep it up 5 days a week

and have lost a lot of work this week out of the blue

need to get canvassing now to catch up again
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: paul rulton on February 13, 2010, 11:37:15 pm
sorry 2 hear that sean, good luck wiv ur canvassing. im sure u will get it back
 with even more on top ;)
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: idealrob on February 13, 2010, 11:58:33 pm
£1400

idealrob
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Post by: paul rulton on February 14, 2010, 12:02:55 am
thats more than ideal....rob, thats great. hope u liked my little joke ::) ;)
its as good as they get, so think i will stick wiv da windys ;D
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Ste M on February 14, 2010, 12:05:01 am
I have done on purely domestics trad one summers day a few year back £250
but that took about 9 hours

on gutters last year and windows combined with a friend did £900 in 4 hours paid him £150

not a bad day was in pub at 11.30am :)

but averages are no where near that unfortuantely

i dont think theres any reason to feel you cant share your best days etc

but i know that very few are averaging such figures daily / weekly


if you are well done


i work with a helper now and exceed my best day trad regular however i have nowhere near enough work to keep it up 5 days a week

and have lost a lot of work this week out of the blue

need to get canvassing now to catch up again

sean, i was speaking to someone the other day who says there are loads of houses up for grabs on the new builds by you, apparantly there are nearly 2 thousand houses being built and nowhere near enough cleaners
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Post by: gewindows on February 14, 2010, 12:10:05 am
3.5
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Post by: paul rulton on February 14, 2010, 12:13:29 am
way 2 go matt...... giz a job :P
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Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on February 14, 2010, 07:59:12 am
the springs here mate sorry to here that get canvassing you will get more custies
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Post by: Frankybadboy on February 14, 2010, 08:07:27 am
£10 and me dole money.
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Post by: Clive McDonald on February 14, 2010, 08:17:30 am
Well put Tosh.
Newer forum members often see at it as harmless but it does lead to negative consequences.Not least certain tabloids would love to make us the new "plumbers are on a thousand pounds a week" of this decade.You can be  be tracked down from this site.

Don't say you weren't warned.
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Frankybadboy on February 14, 2010, 08:26:58 am
We generally try to discourage posting earnings on this forum for a number of good reasons, namely it just ends up getting silly.  ;D
well tosh i earned what wayne rooney gets. :P :P :P
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: dazmond on February 14, 2010, 09:57:13 am
i think itgives an inaccurate picture of earnings in general to newbies on this site who think"wow!£150/£200 a day!5 days a week great im gonna be a window cleaner!

truth is its harder than that!it takes years to build a good round at good prices.then most will not work 5 days a week esp in winter with bad weather etc.

then theres accountant to pay/tax/ni,equipment not forgetting no sick/holiday pay.

all in all window cleaning is hard work! its the freedom/flexibility and being out of the rat race thats appeals to me!of course the moneys ok!but your never gonna be really rich doing this job.

im doing ok but i notice some of you really are struggling to make ends meet after the bad weather.
ITS NOT ALL GLAMOUR THIS GAME YOU KNOW!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Tim82 on February 14, 2010, 12:14:59 pm
You could probably do 200 a day depending how good the work is and if you're willing to work hard
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Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on February 14, 2010, 01:14:18 pm
six quid per hour is a realistic amount to aim for. 8)
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Post by: mick hay on February 14, 2010, 02:28:13 pm
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Why O Why, do ppl still put in an open public forum earnings???

I'm one of those who fell on this forum when not a window cleaner, and saw what ppl say they were earning and, yep you guessed it, i started up, cos of these kind of posts!!

If you still want to earn well, keep it too ya self... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: cockney rebel on February 14, 2010, 02:38:06 pm
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Why O Why, do ppl still put in an open public forum earnings???

I'm one of those who fell on this forum when not a window cleaner, and saw what ppl say they were earning and, yep you guessed it, i started up, cos of these kind of posts!!

If you still want to earn well, keep it too ya self... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Why does it bother you? You can't blame anyone else  Mick Hay apart from yourself. If i said to you wait there until the train runs you over, would you?
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: mick hay on February 14, 2010, 02:49:38 pm
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Why O Why, do ppl still put in an open public forum earnings???

I'm one of those who fell on this forum when not a window cleaner, and saw what ppl say they were earning and, yep you guessed it, i started up, cos of these kind of posts!!

If you still want to earn well, keep it too ya self... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Why does it bother you? You can't blame anyone else  Mick Hay apart from yourself. If i said to you wait there until the train runs you over, would you?    ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Sean Dyer on February 14, 2010, 03:20:22 pm
iys highest ever

not every day

my average is just that

average

otherwise i wouldnt still be sat here would i :)

id be spending me millions somewhere

if you believe that windys earn that just look at your local set up and what they drive where they live etc

very few make a mint most just survive

but it can be for the astute business man whose not afraid of hard work - quite lucrative

and hopefully those one off days get a bit more regular
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: martinsadie on February 14, 2010, 06:25:43 pm
£38.64 and it was hard work
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Post by: [GQC] Tim on February 14, 2010, 07:31:32 pm
Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity.

As that is different for every window cleaner, I wouldn't take these threads too seriously.
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: s.w.c on February 14, 2010, 08:13:39 pm
I'm normally happy with a cup of tea and some biscuits
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Post by: wizard on February 14, 2010, 08:22:49 pm
Hear hear !!!!!Tim very good post.so true.
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Post by: ccmids on February 14, 2010, 08:24:47 pm
tax man might be reading this .
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Post by: mlscontractcleaner on February 14, 2010, 08:29:55 pm
We love our jobs so much we often end up paying the client a few quid just to let us clean their windows; we're bloody made up if they let us loose on their conservatories; and a gutter clean is better than sex ( according to the wife :o ).

We don't make a lot of money but boy we're happy in our jobs ;D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on February 14, 2010, 08:39:42 pm
I'm normally happy with a cup of tea and some biscuits
you are to cheap smithy lad :P :P
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Post by: s.w.c on February 14, 2010, 08:43:24 pm
i thought that was the average days wage for us.
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Post by: Frankybadboy on February 14, 2010, 08:47:46 pm
got to be a whole packet of choc biscuits,and not the cheap ones. :P
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Post by: s.w.c on February 14, 2010, 08:50:34 pm
foxy's, ;D
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Post by: Frankybadboy on February 14, 2010, 09:01:57 pm
o yes  :P :P :P
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Post by: dazmond on February 15, 2010, 12:22:02 am
i seem to remember mick hay bragging about charging £90-£120 for conservatories and doing 4 or 5 a day a few months back and has the cheek to use the custys outside tap!!!on fridays!!

do you think we all forgot mick? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: mick hay on February 15, 2010, 07:21:09 am
ooooh, anything we can get our teeth into eh!!

my apologies for giving advice etc in previous posts, but as from now i will refrain from doing so!

But for those who came out with me for a day, glad to see your still going strong  ;) ;) ;)

C ya everyone
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Tim82 on February 15, 2010, 10:01:02 am
six quid per hour is a realistic amount to aim for. 8)

Scrimmy, where's your gif from? It's driving me crazy trying to figure it out.
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: *kentmich@hotmail.co.uk on February 15, 2010, 04:35:25 pm
i reguly clean £100 a day wfp. only been wfp 2 months but am going good. on ladder with sponge i was cleaning £60 and i work 6 hour days so not bad .
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: Tim82 on February 15, 2010, 04:59:38 pm
i reguly clean £100 a day wfp. only been wfp 2 months but am going good. on ladder with sponge i was cleaning £60 and i work 6 hour days so not bad .
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you used a sponge?
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: LQQK on June 04, 2010, 10:47:22 pm
I like to earn a couple of bob most days, the 'orse dont like it, cos he ends up with a pile of dung under 'im havin' to stand still for so long.  :(
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Post by: Spencer Priory on June 04, 2010, 10:52:30 pm
$1400
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Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 04, 2010, 10:59:30 pm
400k a day m8 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: windowcleaninginessex.co.uk on June 04, 2010, 11:02:47 pm
Just enough to pay the bills ,
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Post by: [GQC] Tim on June 04, 2010, 11:22:34 pm
Broke my personal daily turnover record today by £93. Was out 11,5 hours, total break time was 45min or so. £496. Really shattered. Just residential properties ranging from £10 to £129. Usual relatively busy day is around £250 I guess. But don't have full books. Couldn't work Monday (personal) and Tuesday was terrible weather. So really should be much less on average, obviously.

( Ignore my previous post  ;D )
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Post by: Steven Shoreditch on June 05, 2010, 12:49:08 pm
 ;)
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Post by: paul rulton on June 05, 2010, 12:53:45 pm
£45 last wed  :-[ chuffin back  >:( >:( >:(
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Post by: Sean Dyer on June 05, 2010, 01:46:48 pm
Broke my personal daily turnover record today by £93. Was out 11,5 hours, total break time was 45min or so. £496. Really shattered. Just residential properties ranging from £10 to £129. Usual relatively busy day is around £250 I guess. But don't have full books. Couldn't work Monday (personal) and Tuesday was terrible weather. So really should be much less on average, obviously.

( Ignore my previous post  ;D )

Nice going

thats for one man right?
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Post by: Llaaww on June 05, 2010, 02:13:14 pm
I can get as much as £35 on a good day, but after a gruelling 50 mins of sweat and toil I need to have a cuppa and a lie down.
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Post by: Mike_G on June 05, 2010, 06:52:35 pm
About £26 is the most I have managed, it was a hard day but worth the effort
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Post by: Moderator David@stives on June 05, 2010, 07:36:43 pm
I can get as much as £35 on a good day, but after a gruelling 50 mins of sweat and toil I need to have a cuppa and a lie down.

To many Costa Coffees
Title: Re: Highest earnings for a days work?
Post by: [GQC] Tim on June 05, 2010, 09:09:32 pm
Broke my personal daily turnover record today by £93. Was out 11,5 hours, total break time was 45min or so. £496. Really shattered. Just residential properties ranging from £10 to £129. Usual relatively busy day is around £250 I guess. But don't have full books. Couldn't work Monday (personal) and Tuesday was terrible weather. So really should be much less on average, obviously.

( Ignore my previous post  ;D )

Nice going

thats for one man right?

Yes that's just me. I think this sort of day only happens once or twice a year really. :)
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Post by: LQQK on June 05, 2010, 09:23:57 pm
I think I managed it 3 times one day. She needed a lie down after.  :o
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Post by: bridger windows on June 06, 2010, 10:20:21 pm
Averaging pretty similar to my trad earnings but only second time round after changing over to wfp, 2 man team bit depressing as i now have massive debt to pay, any tips on speeding up?
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Post by: Joe Lauzon on June 06, 2010, 10:46:12 pm
Yeah, just keep at it Bridger.  You will naturally speed up.  Keep a time on each job, don't rule out trad if your quick.  I do pretty much 50/50. 

Just reading an old thread, how did you get on with the Ionics battery issue?  Never forget the demo they gave me, I have never seen such a mess.  Runs like I've never seen before or since.  I'm sure it was the operator rather than the system for what its worth.
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Post by: John Walker on June 06, 2010, 11:39:39 pm


Does the Inland Revenue read threads on this forum - just a thought  ;D
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Post by: Paul Coleman on June 07, 2010, 05:54:38 am


Does the Inland Revenue read threads on this forum - just a thought  ;D

 ;D  I think it doesn't really matter John.  I've always run a straight business and assume that everyone else on here does too.
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on June 07, 2010, 06:59:13 pm
£38
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Post by: LQQK on June 07, 2010, 07:27:52 pm
2s 6d
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Post by: Sean Dyer on June 07, 2010, 07:52:30 pm
even if you werent running a straight business its not like the inland revenue are gonna work much out from a highest days earning post is it??

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Post by: Dave Willis on June 07, 2010, 08:02:12 pm
I did my highest earnings today - fifty feet!