[Ian101]

The following advert has just appeared on http://www.windowcleaningroundforsale.co.uk

NEW ROUND FOR SALE

Region : South East England
Area : Buckinghamshire
Type : Domestic
Price : £100,000
Monthly average : £7,500
Established : 10 years
Comments : Excellent work with good prices. Massive room for expansion. Comes with 4 yr old Nissan Primastar, 650 ltr purified water system ,ladders and all equipment. Ready made lucrative business!

Please go to our website for more details


Think I need the euromillions tonight to buy this 

[Steven Shoreditch]

Laugh, having a.

[ronnie paton]

and if it gets it who will be laughing???

[LWC]

£100k...come off it.

Im seriously thinking of selling up with these evaluations, i could have next couple of years off and some

[ronnie paton]

there was a round of simalar value that was staff run theat went for a simalar amount about two years ago up north.

too just right off such amounts is ridiculous without looking at the company properly.

[telboy]

Thats 13 times the takings

[the bfg]

and if it gets it who will be laughing???

theres more chance of knitting fog

[Paul Coleman]

The following advert has just appeared on http://www.windowcleaningroundforsale.co.uk

NEW ROUND FOR SALE

Region : South East England
Area : Buckinghamshire
Type : Domestic
Price : £100,000
Monthly average : £7,500
Established : 10 years
Comments : Excellent work with good prices. Massive room for expansion. Comes with 4 yr old Nissan Primastar, 650 ltr purified water system ,ladders and all equipment. Ready made lucrative business!

Please go to our website for more details


Think I need the euromillions tonight to buy this 

Well let's be really generous and price the van + system + other kit at £15k.
That's £85k of work.  That's about 11¹/₂x monthly turnover for a well established round.
Presumably that would be two guys flat out if the work is well priced with perhaps a bit of "spare" work (or perhaps not if all the work is very well priced).
I suppose if someone already has money behind them and puts two good guys in the van it could be done but it does sound a bit on the high side.
I'm a person who believes that well established, decent priced rounds are worth a lot more than the current 2 - 4x monthly turnover they often fetch.  Although a quality round may be worth nearly a year's turnover in extreme cases, I reckon they will have trouble getting it.
Hard to say really.  If an non cleaning (or minimal cleaning) entrepeneur bought it he could run the business as it stands for £75k a year maybe so could break even after four years.  That would be two fairly decent cleaners' wages, van + insurances, equipment renewals, plus someone seeking new work part-time.
Of course I've never done this so am only having a stab at the numbers but I bet I'm not out by a million miles.  It would probably be advisable for the entrepeneur to have a small van handy for certain occasions which would entail more outlay.
It's the sort of thing I might have a pop at if I had a spare £100k (though I would try to negotiate some way on price).  Perhaps a downward negotiation on price could cover the purchase of a part-time van that is used for private use the rest of the time.

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

If I had 100k to invest, NO FRIGGIN' WAY would it be in window cleaning!

Much, much safer returns out there!

[Clive McDonald]

Can't find many faults with what you ssy paul.This is my take on the same figures

Turnover 80k wages `(one man) 25k  exes motor 7k (invluding depreciation) exes other 4k.VAT 8K


Assuming you work yourself wages 25k, the net annual profit is 11k before tax.

[Paul Coleman]

Can't find many faults with what you ssy paul.This id my take on he same figures

Turnover 80k wages `(one man) 25k  exes motor 7k (invluding depreciation) exes other 4k


Assuming you work yourself wages 25k, the net annual profit is 19k before tax

Just looked again and realise I got some sums wrong there.  I was thinking £100k turnover.  Even at £90k turnover it could work though because I was being intentionally generous with the expenses.

[LWC]

Im sorry, its just not worth £100k of anyones money. Fair does if he gets it...when pigs fly

[Darranvps]

What if..........

The work can be done by 2 men in a week or 2, it might be worth it then? If it takes 2 men 7 days a week for a month it aint worth it.

Its really like buying a lada and a rolls royce, both get you from A-B, one costs a hell of a lot more and gets you there in style and comfort, the other one may or may not get you there and you will have a sore Arse! a bad back (from pushing)

If 1 man can earn 100 pounds a day - then the business isn't worth as much as one that takes 1 man 1 day to earn a grand.

Quite simple really.

[Ian101]

When I buy it I will let you all know how long it takes me to clean it 

[LWC]

Would be nice, but £7500 in 2 weeks?

[Frankybadboy]

Im sorry, its just not worth £100k of anyones money. Fair does if he gets it...when pigs fly

i bet you like to be in the same pistion with your round if you come to sell,

cant blame him,

[Clive McDonald]

Whats up with you people, i just demonstrated the profit is 11k.

[ronnie paton]

many doubters many un realistic and single minded people, but if i had a 100k to through about i rekon you ould get with the right work 30k profit out of this has it stands.!

Maybe your 55 and wanting to make your money work for you after say 3 years making 30k profit a year for do little(hopefully0 make sense to me

[R.M. Window Cleaning]

When i was employed 2 people were doing £2000 in 4 days and yes i no thats £500 a day we worked 10hr days and used 1000lt wfp's.

we did that 51weeks a year so it is possable 

[Clive McDonald]

Ronnie, i can see a wage of 36k, I can't see any profit.

Rm that agrees with the figure 2k a week by two men, that was the assumption.BUT  you do have to take the two mens wages off, plus motor, plus other exes, plus vat before you arrive at a profit.

I bet the two men you mention were on a good wage.