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Martin Lane

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #40 on: November 18, 2020, 07:09:41 pm »
Hi Darren
Have a word with a more experienced window cleaner in your town and sub it out to him and put £80 on top for yourself, if you don't get the work you have lost nothing, 

zesty

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #41 on: November 18, 2020, 07:14:17 pm »
To be fair, you only gain experience from giving things a go.

If this is a regular job, and looks like it’ll stick for the long term, then I’d invest in the ultimate pole, and go for it.

It’s not easy at that height, but you can only learn on the job.

Perhaps he can practice at lower levels in the meantime.

I love jobs like this, so I’m biased.

NWH

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #42 on: November 18, 2020, 07:25:04 pm »
If it’s 50ft which it is at least means you are gonna need a 60ft pole coz working at that height you need the extra length so you are able to stand back far enough to actually clean the glass,you also want
someone with you when working at that height if there’s obstacles etc.
At first I didn’t realise you were new to this as said it’s not newbie work.

Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #43 on: November 18, 2020, 07:43:09 pm »
He could get a couple of additional sections to his existing pole or even better, borrow a longer pole from another cleaner.
£400 every two months for me.
A couple of sections🙈 you would need a 60’ pole for that building. If I had spent 2 grand on a pole I don’t think I would be loaning it out.......especially to someone who has just started window cleaning.
Not only that, if you'd invested 2K in something as specialist as a high mod carbon 60 footer you'd be cleaning those jobs yourself !

wayne 77

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #44 on: November 18, 2020, 08:21:29 pm »
7 floors at the back  NO THANK YOU  leave it to the commercial guys

NWH

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #45 on: November 19, 2020, 03:48:21 pm »
Disaster waiting to happen if you are new to WFP and you tried cleaning that on your own imo.

Bungle

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #46 on: November 19, 2020, 04:14:09 pm »
Disaster waiting to happen if you are new to WFP and you tried cleaning that on your own imo.

Why do you keep chirping in? Can’t you just say what you’ve got to say in one reply?
We look at them, they look through them.

NWH

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #47 on: November 19, 2020, 04:36:42 pm »
I say I say disaster waiting to happen

Gringo

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Re: Your thoughts on this quote
« Reply #48 on: November 19, 2020, 05:49:46 pm »
Darren I hope we've covered all the bases for you, any thoughts as to your next move, re quotation of said job