[steve k]

got to first house at:


customer has alarmed windows so I have to book in with her...she is great though.
Quick check of water before starting...001


then onto house


There seems loads of windows but I don`t do any on roof or over the flat roof to the right of picture...it`s actually very straightforward for me.


Finish pretty quickly and nip next door to a bungalow where I stand in the foulest smelling dog dirt...I put her up a £1.00...she was fine


round corner into a great road where, unfortunately I have just the one customer.


round the back


Finish these 3 houses at 11am...good going.

Half a mile to a lovely house.


round the back


done and dusted, up same road to a bungalow...they are out so it is front only.


5 minutes and into an adjacent road where the customer did not want ladders on her new pebbledashing!! WFP then...front only


I`ll finish off the last hour or so of my round today, a bit later on as I have to go now...son`s football training!!

BACK NOW...

off to do 2 ex. army houses. The first is £10.00


The second pays an extra £5.00 to have the sills cleaned...this is an extra brush with the WFP...she loves it!!


same house at back


nipped about a mile and did this catch up house from last week...he changed from every month to every other month so I have to fit him in as best as I can.



then a quick 5 minute bungalow on the same estate


onto last one of the day...a B+B about a mile away. I had ran out of water by now so this was done trad.


the view of the back


I finished at 1.50pm and was home for 2.10pm to be met with the delivery of my 2 water butts which I am setting up in conjunction with my van RO system. I am taking this out of my van and locating in my shed so I can make and transfer water as and when needed



A good day tomorrow for trolley enthusiasts...trust me, I could knock an hour off the day with a trolley

[steve k]

back now...diary updated

[matt]

Steve, you said you ran out of water  how much does your van hold ??

[steve k]

about 400 litres but I went out with half a tank today...I used half a tank yesterday and thought I could make do for todays run of houses...my prediction on water usage was only 1 house out 

Van is filling up in the alleyway as I type...I need the water tomorrow

[stuart howes]

HI   NOW MUCH WERE THE BUTTS AND ARE THEY 375LTRS?
ALSO IS IT OK TO DO WFP ONE MONTH THENTRAD THE NEXT  DONT YOU GET ALL THE SOAP IN THE FRAMES AGAIN?

[windolene]

Hi, Steve,

The posts are great. Was showing my wife again tonight, last night she said "hey we used to have the same sofa as him". I am traditional & was explaining to her how much safer & easier it is with a pole system.

Kevin Windolene.

[P @ F]

Kevin , what was her reaction to the hint about wfp ?
If your set on getting it , but are having trouble on selling it to the wife , show her this reply ...... Dear Mrs Kevin , I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO LAY OUT , BUT TAKE IT FROM ME IT IS THE BEST INVESTMENT I HAVE EVER MADE , MY DAILY WAGE HAS GONE UP BY A THIRD  IF NOT IT HAS DOUBLED ON CERTAIN DAYS .

 Go on LET IM AV IT , YOU WONT REGRET IT

  Rich   P @ F   

[steve k]

Stuart, makes no difference whatsoever...what people are talking about on the first couple of cleans are years of trad soap/dirt build up in seals on glass.
The odd one clean with soap makes no difference at all...it really is not rocket science...do not get hung up with complications...put the water on the glass, agitate with brush lightly and then rinse...job done

[Morph]

I'm not bored with your diary yet Steve.  In fact a lot can be learned from pictures.  Thanks for your enthusiasm.

Pj

[Chris Cottrell]

Steve

how do you upload pics from your phone to the web

Ive got pics of problem cleans i think others could help me with

Chris

[JohnL]

great diary 

although this must be a lot of work preparing the pics etc its well worth reading and are the pics taken with a mobile phone or a camera?

JohnL

[steve k]

I use a digital camera and it takes 5 minutes to upload onto photobucket and then type into the forum...its my intention to do the full round...well, maybe a couple of more days...see this week out...lots of people are reading the post so it is hopefully inspiring and informative...any questions, please ask.

[Fast 1 *]

fair play to ya!i must admit,that wfp looks well handy.definitely got to get into it soon..

[colinyates]

Hi Steve

sorry to be forward, but how much did you earn yesterday?

poop question as I could be from the inland

[steve k]

yes you could be...but I would only be suspicious if I had something to hide...
I DON`T

still not telling you though...

[stuart webster]

Great idea Steve. Upload pictures of all your work with prices, i'm sure no-one will try to under-cut you.

Be careful pal.

The Bear

[steve k]

I wasn`t aware I had put prices the houses just 2 ...I think I could manage with the loss
There is always the odd one but I can assure you that not one of the customers shown would drop me for a couple of quid.

EVERY customer I have, I have charged on average twice what their previous cleaner charged.

Also, in Liverpool, generally among window cleaners, it is good natured with no undercutting at all taking place anywhere.
I can also say that there are not many about who are looking for work...when I started, every customer who rang me told me they could not find a window cleaner for love or money...they were all fully booked up and couldn`t take on any more customers.

Also, if someone wants to really bother driving around South Liverpool searching for the individual properties shown in the photographs, then knock on the customers doors and say" I know Steve is charging you £10, I`ll do it for £5" I can guarantee they will get nothing from my customers. Then I would obtain their details from my customers and publicly humiliate them on here, there and everywhere.

[steve k]

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