[dazmond]

My missus just got one of these leaflets delivered from UK window cleaning yesterday.their all over the country by the looks of it!

[Marc Stock]

Wouldnt surprise me if we see a bbc watchdog about them.

[Mick Kent]

Uk window clean have 22 domestic vans out around the UK and 10 vans out on Commercial! All domestic rounds average £250 a day, i didnt talk about commercial with him. I subbed some commercial gutter cleaning work to them in the past and did a great job considering the guys Get paid min wage plus bonus for work completed and minimal time off!. The owner lives in Gibraltar and runs everything from there via a few managers. Has done verey well for himself becoming a millionaire all from window cleaning.
I dont get you guys saying doing the first clean free is bad business when you have mugs that pay x3 for canvassed work. A high percent of homeowners want a window cleaner to be reliable and regular and not some as and when he feels like turning up type of guy! I have minimal customers who sack it after 1clean when you do a decent thorough job admittedly i dont do first cleans for free but if i did id make sure its on owned houses and not council or housing association style places etc.

[Stoots]

Mick do UK window clean employ and franchise as well?

I know a lot seem to think they are a franchise operation but I know for a fact they employ so maybe they do a bit of both?

I live about 15 mins from their base in Leeds and back in around 2012 I think it was I once had a job interview with them when I was working as a delivery driver. It was before I had even considered window cleaning and just fancied a change of job at the time.

I got offered the job but never went through with it as they wanted me to do a one month unpaid trial! They had a scheme going with the local Job centre and it was designed for those on benefits. They would do a month free trial whilst still recieving benefits. So yes they do employ and do so on minimum wages.

[JandS]

A house I clean just round the corner from me....her son works for them commercial only though.
He can't even clean his mother's windows.

[Robert2k]

Does anyone know how much they charge for window cleaning? say a typical 4 bed detached.

[Arnold Palmer]

A house I clean just round the corner from me....her son works for them commercial only though.
He can't even clean his mother's windows.

Do you mean he's incapable or not allowed?

[deeege]

Owning  a company that files/banks in Gibraltar certainly looks like it has some benefits.

[Stoots]

A house I clean just round the corner from me....her son works for them commercial only though.
He can't even clean his mother's windows.

Why would he be able to clean his mother's windows? Assuming if he's employed and his mother is a non paying customer he would be in trouble for wasting time and water/fuel etc cleaning his mother's for free.

[Stoots]

Does anyone know how much they charge for window cleaning? say a typical 4 bed detached.

I think there prices vary quite a lot depending much they want the job.

Living close to where they started out I've come across them quite a lot.

They were charging 20 quid for a 3/4 bed semi with a conny. But I've seen them underprice jobs as well.

Considering they are up north the prices they charge are generally good for my area. I'm not sure if they charge more when they are working areas further down south.

[John Mart]

I’m not convinced that first clean free would bring in that much more than any other leaflet. It’s still about them needing a window cleaner at the time the leaflet lands and not already having one. I would like to think that if you do a decent job at an acceptable price a customer wouldn’t switch for one free clean.

It might make a difference if you canvass it though as someone could probe a bit more and persuade them to give it a go after all what have they got to lose.

[nathankaye]

The free clean is a bonus, it would depend how much the cleans would cost afterwards.
(some on here feel that if ones charge cheap then customers wont complain as much if do a bad job, because these ones feel you cant do a good job fast.)
So if the potential customer likes the free clean quality and then likes the price its a done deal and this would be the case, regardless of any campaigns you wish to do
 

[Slash]

We offer the first clean free if they have one of our add on services with it. Gutters, fascia, con roof ect.

Other than that yes I think its a bad idea to offer the first clean free on its own.

This makes sense as the windows are going to get dirty anyway.