[Scrimble]

has anyone on here changed there whole round from every 4/8 weeks to 6 weekly?

i can see the advantages and wish from the start i offered 6 weekly only but i dont think i can change my customer base of nearly 300 custys on various 4 or 8 weekly frequencies over to 6 weekly

or could i 

[Smudger]

Yes looking back i would have done 6 wky,

to late now......................

Darran

[groundhog]

I like offering Monthly/bi monthly cleans and find it works well.. I also allow 3 monthly on very large properties, the trouble with 6 weekly is that if they don't want them done every 6 weeks.. you then have to go to 12 weekly which many will find too long between cleans!!

[Wc Solutions]

only do 4 or 8 weekly - at times that goes into 5 or 10 weeks with the rain or snow etc ...

[petemg]

hi ya  when the reccesion kicked in my custermers asked if they could go from monthly to 8 weekly cleans, i said no and met them halfway 6 weekly, all new work is priced on a 6 weekly basis now,............pete

[Dave Anderson]

Started with 8 weekly in mind and I find this allows a decent time spread between visits, the windows visually look like they need cleaning and enough customer to allow for drops without worrying.

Cheers
Dave.

[Frankybadboy]

every 5/6 weeks when we get there.and we all wfp

[bobby p]

at 4 weekly i often heard "is it that time already,mmm,you sure you arent early "etc so i slid mine to 6 weekly and no moans.  the only downside is if you are later than 7 the windows are hard work

 one woman collared me yesterday,id let her be 12weekly but she is narked that she really wants 3 monthly ,wants me to arrive in the last week of the month, but i couldnt see how to write that in George. so she said, ok make it 11weekly ! 

[Paul Coleman]

I like offering Monthly/bi monthly cleans and find it works well.. I also allow 3 monthly on very large properties, the trouble with 6 weekly is that if they don't want them done every 6 weeks.. you then have to go to 12 weekly which many will find too long between cleans!!

The trick is to charge a lot more for 12 weekly and make sure they are aware of it (+50%?).  Some will go for it, some will stay at 6 weekly, some will cancel.  If you average it out, it's unlikely that you will be worse off.
I went to 6 weekly quite early on.  At the time I had just one customer pestering for 6 weekly as 4 weekly was too frequent for her and she didn't want 8 weekly.  I was struggling to keep up then so thought I would try 6 weekly as I had a lot of 4 weekly and 8 weekly work.  Different frequencies were harder to manage then as it was the days when computers were still very expensive for individual businesses to use.  So - 6 weekly to help me keep up and to put them all on the same frequency.  Much simpler.  A few 8 weeklies grumbled but I only lost two IIRC. The 4 weeklies were fine as they saved a bit of money - though a couple did ask if I could stay with 4 weekly (they were OK about it though when I couldn't).
I will do 12 weekly these days.  Initially it was larger jobs only but I've found that by charging +50% for 12 weekly it can still be viable (thanks for that idea Lee Pryor).  You see, if they cancel over the extra 50%, it doesn't really matter because they were asking for a service that I prefer not to provide anyway.

[Londoner]

Frankly, the windows don't need doing every 4 weeks. All my new houses are £16 (for a semi) and 8 weeks. I don't offer anything else but if they want it I will do 12 weeks for the same price.

Never hear anyone say they would prefer 4 weeks. Knowing that you can't usually get the same price from the customer that often who would want to work twice as hard for the same money?

[Smudger]

Never hear anyone say they would prefer 4 weeks. Knowing that you can't usually get the same price from the customer that often who would want to work twice as hard for the same money?
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Sorry i don't quite follow that ? 
as i said i am too far in to change to 6 wky but the majority of new customers still opt for 4 wky - they are given a price for both services ie..  £10 4w  or £15 8w

Darran

[dazmond]

mainly 4 weekly/8 weekly.i have got some stand alones that are 6 weekly.even had a customer wanting to go from 8 weekly to 6 weekly so her wish was granted!anymore i get in that area will be all on 6 weekly.

the cheap compact estate work is 4 weekly but it often goes to 5 weekly so its more monthly/2 monthly.

6 weekly seems a good balance.cant believe i used to do fortnightly work!not for over 10 years now though!

offering longer frequencies like 8 weekly/12 weekly are priced higher and are always larger properties.

[SB Cleaning]

I do every 5 wks and 10 wks

[SPE]

hi ya  when the reccesion kicked in my custermers asked if they could go from monthly to 8 weekly cleans, i said no and met them halfway 6 weekly, all new work is priced on a 6 weekly basis now,............pete

did same thing, my round was'nt as full then and did'nt up the price for fear of losing some, felt it was a good move though, a compromise thats paid off.
Has also given me space to re-shuffle work about and plan for time off without falling too behind.

[Dave66]

our work was all monthly, kept picking up more and more work until now its all 6-7week

custy defo prefer it that way.

[traps7]

6 weekly for me.

[mark311069]

6 weekly for me anything earlier than this and its moan city. at six weeks there pleased to see me.

[Matthew JN]

every 7 to 8 weeks  is best 

[windymiller]

4 weekly is best    you can keep everything in order. If have 6 and 8 weekly it will throw your work out of sink otherwise you will have gaps in your work which will need filling.  Every tried yearly. Lmao 

[Richard iSparkle]

all of ours are 4 weekly