[Slacky]

To be honest Dazmond there's no way Id get £40k a year for 25 to 30 hours a week cleaning windows

Why not thats only £28 an hour with 6 weeks holiday.

25 hours work a week. If you cant do that then you're a light-weight fair-weather cleaner. Thats part-time.

No it's not.....

It's £35 an hour at 25 hours a week,working 46 weeks a year to hit 40k.....

You're right.
Don't know what happened there.

Anyway, £35.00 an hour is easily achievable in this day and age. It was £30 an hour 5 years ago on here.

If you still prefer to keep it at £28 an hour just be sure you do 30 hours a week. Which as an average is equally easy to achieve.

[H2GoKent]

One word - autonomy - I do what I want.

When employed I always worked very hard, never off sick. I still work hard I work 10-11 hours days every day but I don't do Fridays.
I think being self-employed is great as long as you treat it like a job/business.
 And always, and I mean always put a bit by. The guys I've known who made amazing money but spent all of it and are now scratching around as they are too old or too ill to make that kind of money now.

Being your own boss should be just that, keep on top of yourself don't just float along or you WILL regret it. I'm 46 and in great health but that will not last forever, I've got 15 years maybe working at this rate before I may have to cut back.
The future will come whether you prepare for it or not. Rant over 

[dazmond]

One word - autonomy - I do what I want.

When employed I always worked very hard, never off sick. I still work hard I work 10-11 hours days every day but I don't do Fridays.
I think being self-employed is great as long as you treat it like a job/business.
 And always, and I mean always put a bit by. The guys I've known who made amazing money but spent all of it and are now scratching around as they are too old or too ill to make that kind of money now.

Being your own boss should be just that, keep on top of yourself don't just float along or you WILL regret it. I'm 46 and in great health but that will not last forever, I've got 15 years maybe working at this rate before I may have to cut back.
The future will come whether you prepare for it or not. Rant over 

I agree with you mate apart from the 10-11 hour days....I'm the same age as you too......

[Shrek]

One word - autonomy - I do what I want.

When employed I always worked very hard, never off sick. I still work hard I work 10-11 hours days every day but I don't do Fridays.
I think being self-employed is great as long as you treat it like a job/business.
 And always, and I mean always put a bit by. The guys I've known who made amazing money but spent all of it and are now scratching around as they are too old or too ill to make that kind of money now.

Being your own boss should be just that, keep on top of yourself don't just float along or you WILL regret it. I'm 46 and in great health but that will not last forever, I've got 15 years maybe working at this rate before I may have to cut back.
The future will come whether you prepare for it or not. Rant over 

I agree with you mate apart from the 10-11 hour days....I'm the same age as you too......

Same here , I wouldn’t want to work that many hours a day window cleaning . I prefer short bursts but over more days otherwise I get bored