[pdhanson]

Hi Silly
Please explain
If you lived in the south of England, were quite fast and priced your work properly,

Yes that is a bit vague isnt it!

South of England - in my experience there is a clear north/south divide in the area of pricing. (See "Southerners charge too much") This obviously goes hand-in-hand with cost of living being more in the south.  I would have been fortunate to get up to £100 in the north, whereas now(Bristol) my daily target (on my own) is £175.  This is just my experience, if you think I'm wrong about this, then of course your experience is just as valid as mine.

Quite Fast
I mean, not a completely new starter, but not Terry Burrows either.  Capable of at least three 3-bed-semis in an hour.

priced your work properly
I mean, when we start out, most of us make the mistake of pricing too cheap.  (well I did anyway).  When I say that work is "properly" priced, I mean not where you're kicking yourself for starting too cheap.

Silly

[Majestic]

Hi Silly
I think that every window cleaner is guilty of under selling themself, there is nothing worse than going to a job knowing that you should of priced it higher . Now I have a look at the job decide a price then add £1 for good luck

[simonb]

So no-one will tell you what they are earning - no surprise there.
Its all down to how much work you want to put in.
You could earn £350 in a day but you would be so knackered you couldn't get up the next day!
Simon

[matt]

Well im just outside Bath, and 2 of us work, i do downstairs (im 6ft 3 and can reach windows without a pair of steps or pointer) and my mate does upstairs,

we earn about 100 quid a day, now on our own, we would be earning roughly 80 quid a day

its faster if there are 2 of you, you try and beat the other guy, and 1 has to carry the ladder, and the other the bucket and ladder stop

mainy will say, but the person downstairs has to wait for the guy upstairs, true, BUT i put the "we have cleaned your window" ticket and do the paperwork and take the money if they are home, thus i catch him up then

it works well, im happy with 100 quid a day, 300 for a 3 days week

[adge]

£100 a day between you and your mate.......how many properties do you do to attain this?

[matt]

thats each  

average home is about 8 quid

[T_W_CONTRACTS]

hey do all u guys do houses : any of you work for firms

im a sub contractor self employed ive worked for the same co for 9 years i do 6 marks&spencers food halls
everyday  + other contract jobs no houses eccept on
fridays i do sheltered housing for local council a few blocks of flats restaurants . i suppose theres more
opportunity down here in london . but honestly guys get liability insurance & nfmw&gc registration and apply for contract work and you will go from strentgh to strentgh

[STEVE71163]

Hi TW
       I do quite a bit of commercial work but money is money so why turn away either

Steve

[T_W_CONTRACTS]

i dont turn work down i just dont have time to do it.
i  was just seeing if anyone worked as subby
im not knocking anybody:of course sometimes when
on a job i sometimes get asked to do peoples houses
sometimes i do it sometimes i dont.my work is not cash in hand i have to bill my employer fortnightly

[g_griffin]

Matt,
   Your mate does upstairs and you do down? I suppose you make up for this by putting the ticket through and collecting the money  :
  I wonder who carries the ladder and who carries the bucket and ladder stop ?
    He sounds like a good mate  

     Gerry.

[matt]

i am afraid to say, i carry the bucket and ladder stop  

its a hard job, but some1 has to do it

though saying that, sometimes i only carry the bucket