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Moderator David@stives

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Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2010, 02:05:19 pm »
If it were in Cornwall, I seriously would look at it.

As for gutters we regularly charge £100 plus, it's all down to how you Market yourself

Daniel12

Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #21 on: December 29, 2010, 05:44:05 pm »
whats it like cleaning in in cornwall is there much work or would i better of going commercial in plymouth as this is were i want to move your comments will be much appreciated

Moderator David@stives

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Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #22 on: December 29, 2010, 06:24:29 pm »
There is loads of competition in Cornwall and Plymouth, there is high unemployment and low wages which leads to low window cleaning prices. If it weren't for my 12 years worth of contacts and national work, I think we would struggle,

Just in the last 2 years I have seen more than a dozen people move to Cornwall and start up window cleaning, one or 2 have done very well, some not so good.

A few guys on here have recently moved to cornwall, Boldy,blue monkey, Gavin Bradley, Lawrencewc, maybe they are in a better position to advise you

Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2010, 07:26:40 pm »
i am based in midcornwall,  and to be honest there is a lot of comp,  be it summer brigade working for beer money around newquay,  established wc who are cheap as there out goings are cheap,  i lost work to a wc who charges £5 per 3 bed house,  he then lost these to 2 trad guy charging £4,  the one thing i notice more in cornwall than any where is wc working out if there cars

i make a living at it, but i treat it like a part time job, as i dont need that much to live on now,  i dont know what plymouth is like, but from the work i have done there, there seems to be loads of wc

the last 2 rounds i seen for sale in cornwall was  1500 went for 3000  and 150 went for 200,  there is not great prics for the work down here,  more of a numbers game down here


Daniel12

Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #24 on: December 29, 2010, 07:37:00 pm »
How long did it take for you to build up where you are is there anywhere within an hours drive out of cornwall tahe you think will be less saturated

Re: how can i sell a window cleaning round
« Reply #25 on: December 29, 2010, 09:15:05 pm »
to be honest about 18 months,  but have only knocked about 8-10 times,  when first started picked up 40 in first month,  then if i get bored moght spend a day knocking  last time i knocked got 37 in 2 nights,  there is lots of work here, just not very good prices

an example i got quoted 3.50 to do my house i have 7 windows and 2 doors

the wc who lives a few doors up from me drives to bodmin every day to work,  had a mate start in st austell and every where he went there was wc working