[davids3511]

I see a lot of posts saying window cleaners start up then disappear .....but do they really ? how would you know ?

Because a common conversation still starts with "we had a bloke for a while but he just stopped coming".

Vin

Had two of those just today, in different areas too.

[supernova77]

I think the market is becoming more and more saturated.

I live in a fairly affluent area and I see a lot of window cleaners from other areas working here because the money is good... Fair play to them but I have no interest in “competing” anymore.

I’ve been in this game for 15 years. I’ve tried expanding by employing / looked into franchising - but it’s not for me.

At the moment I’m working on the glass 3 - 4 days a week and I have a guy doing 5 days a week.

I’m in the process of staring a new business away from window cleaning.. The plan is to work on the glass 2 - 3 days a week and on the new business on the other days.

I still like being outside working window cleaning so it will be a nice balance.

I don’t actively look for new work anymore but any new work I take on is used to refine the business.

Good luck to everyone - oldies and newbies 👍😊

[Perfect Windows]

I see a lot of posts saying window cleaners start up then disappear .....but do they really ? how would you know ?

Because a common conversation still starts with "we had a bloke for a while but he just stopped coming".

Vin

What that generally means is " We had a bloke for a while but kept messing him around and paying late so we got dumped"

A common statement but not true in my experience at all.

Vin

[AuRavelling79]

I think the market is becoming more and more saturated.

I live in a fairly affluent area and I see a lot of window cleaners from other areas working here because the money is good... Fair play to them but I have no interest in “competing” anymore.

I’ve been in this game for 15 years. I’ve tried expanding by employing / looked into franchising - but it’s not for me.

At the moment I’m working on the glass 3 - 4 days a week and I have a guy doing 5 days a week.

I’m in the process of staring a new business away from window cleaning.. The plan is to work on the glass 2 - 3 days a week and on the new business on the other days.

I still like being outside working window cleaning so it will be a nice balance.

I don’t actively look for new work anymore but any new work I take on is used to refine the business.

Good luck to everyone - oldies and newbies 👍😊

Is your 5 day a week man employed by you with a van etc? How did you get him?

[KS Cleaning]

It’s hardly surprising the market is getting saturated, with all the willy waving, I earn this, I earn that, I charge double what the last guy charged etc, that gets spouted on here.....you’d be as well shouting from the rooftops ....WINDOW CLEANERS REQUIRED IN ALL AREAS, MINIMUM £50 PER HOUR, THEN AFTER YOU GET RID OF THE MESSERS AND EDUCATE YOUR CUSTOMERS, THE SKY’S THE LIMIT, ROLL UP, ROLL UP!

[robbo333]

I see lots of new vans around...
...but I also get lots of calls saying my last window cleaner was crap!

Personally, I couldn't give a monkeys about anyone else, I just focus on what I do, the service I offer...and how can I earn more money.

[nathankaye]

I still feel there's plenty of work still out there, regardless of how many new ones are entering the market. However, it is easier to find work once you have it!  I certainly wouldn't like to be starting from scratch again in the current climate. (that's one reason why I'm slowing the option of moving to Scotland).

Even new ones may realise how hard it is to find sustainable work and sadly many resort to lowering the prices in order to get the work, which is false reasoning and damaging to the industry. Rather than thinking outside the box and putting hard effort in.
However, for ones who are established, gaining the odd one here and there on a regular basis might be quite common. This would be due to their experience and proven reliability, quality work and  word of mouth.

[Dave Willis]

For the last two years I’ve had no landline number, this year I’m doing away with my website. If I change the van I’ll not bother with the signwriting either. I’m at full capacity