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dazmond

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2013, 05:56:36 pm »
mick i also clean some front only estate work at £3 A POP!!(3 windows!)they will be going up 50p in april though! ;D

i have a lot of varied work lads!!been going 20 years now.3 and a half years WFP.
price higher/work harder!

roundbuilder

Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2013, 05:58:31 pm »
Was only messin daz, fair play to you.

andyM

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2013, 06:21:45 pm »
A "Rich Tax".........I like it Daz.  :D
Do you lure these rich customers in with the promise that you will use a Super-Lite Xtreme pole to clean their windows complete with Aquadapter and Xtreme Medium Mixed Bristle Brush?  ;D
Lucky buggers........
One of the Plebs

dazmond

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2013, 06:22:10 pm »
i wash all frames,sills,doors as well as glass,garage doors,velux windows(i have to get the extreme 47 out of the van for em).yes £50 an hour is good but i earn £60 an hour on some other work closer to home!!(commercial).

i havent got loads of this type of work!(im trying to get more though).

i spent years with a large underpriced round when 100% trad and earned next to nothing and just about scraped a living together for many years!i also had debts.thankfully i worked hard and paid em off.(took me over 5 years though!)

the last 4 years have been different though with a fresh positive attitude and of course WFP.

MY ROUND HAS JUST GOT BETTER AND BETTER OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS but plenty of room for improvement still.


very best wishes to you all


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

windowswashed

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2013, 07:23:18 pm »
Too busy to give a poop what the weathers' doing up until Xmas. Rain tomorrow... just got to put me waterproofs on as I'm determined to catch myself up by next Friday.....I can do it if I work regardless of weather and customers will expect it this time of year if they want their windows cleaned for Xmas :)

Archer

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #25 on: December 12, 2013, 07:58:51 pm »

Dazmond,

dont worry about being undercut on those type of houses, from experience they wont change, they are happy to pay that and wouldnt run the risk of hassle from someone else, they dont really need to save money just want it done right first time.

I have never had one cancel on me, and we do some fairly big priced houses  ;)

Dave Willis

Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #26 on: December 12, 2013, 08:12:18 pm »
Dazmond - what poles have you got?

PoleKing

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #27 on: December 12, 2013, 08:12:54 pm »
Dazmond - what poles have you got?

All Harris poles & gaffer tape.
www.LanesWindowCleaning.com

It's just the internet. Try not to worry.

Tony Edwards

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2013, 09:00:13 pm »


Fair play daz


I have lots like this and charge around £55-60. Can only manage 5 max a day though ! :P

8weekly

Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2013, 09:04:36 pm »
Those ones that Ian101 posted are 1/2 hour jobs at most assuming no conservatory.

Tony Edwards

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #30 on: December 12, 2013, 09:09:35 pm »


Not if you do them properly ! ::)roll

8weekly

Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #31 on: December 12, 2013, 09:21:40 pm »


Not if you do them properly ! ::)roll
Are you on ladders?

On an 8 weekly frequency on a fairly quiet road that is a 30/35 minute job on a high flowrate from pulling up to pulling away. I am guessing about 20 windows including two patio doors. On a first clean/one off I would say an hour tops. I have a cul de sac with three like that. It is 90 minutes tops and I charge £30 each. I have had two of them for three years and one for a year. No complaints.

Tony Edwards

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2013, 09:23:49 pm »


Not if you do them properly ! ::)roll
Are you on ladders?

On an 8 weekly frequency on a fairly quiet road that is a 30/35 minute job on a high flowrate from pulling up to pulling away. I am guessing about 20 windows including two patio doors. On a first clean/one off I would say an hour tops. I have a cul de sac with three like that. It is 90 minutes tops and I charge £30 each. I have had two of them for three years and one for a year. No complaints.

No i am fussy , take pride in my work and clean customers houses perfectly

8weekly

Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #33 on: December 12, 2013, 09:30:10 pm »


Not if you do them properly ! ::)roll
Are you on ladders?

On an 8 weekly frequency on a fairly quiet road that is a 30/35 minute job on a high flowrate from pulling up to pulling away. I am guessing about 20 windows including two patio doors. On a first clean/one off I would say an hour tops. I have a cul de sac with three like that. It is 90 minutes tops and I charge £30 each. I have had two of them for three years and one for a year. No complaints.

No i am fussy , take pride in my work and clean customers houses perfectly
Being "fussy" is not doing a job "properly". I doubt I achieve perfection often and I doubt you do, but I leave clean windows and frames. That job would only take me an hour if I scrubbed and rinsed beyond that needed to do the job properly.

Tony Edwards

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #34 on: December 12, 2013, 09:53:01 pm »


Not if you do them properly ! ::)roll
Are you on ladders?

On an 8 weekly frequency on a fairly quiet road that is a 30/35 minute job on a high flowrate from pulling up to pulling away. I am guessing about 20 windows including two patio doors. On a first clean/one off I would say an hour tops. I have a cul de sac with three like that. It is 90 minutes tops and I charge £30 each. I have had two of them for three years and one for a year. No complaints.

No i am fussy , take pride in my work and clean customers houses perfectly
Being "fussy" is not doing a job "properly". I doubt I achieve perfection often and I doubt you do, but I leave clean windows and frames. That job would only take me an hour if I scrubbed and rinsed beyond that needed to do the job properly.

Bully for you

paul ette

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #35 on: December 12, 2013, 09:56:25 pm »
Half hour job, 45 with a big conny, or am I doing a rubbish job ::)roll

dazmond

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2013, 09:58:40 pm »
i did say they have large conservatories and some with velux windows that i need my 47 footer to reach plus garage doors washed down every time.
price higher/work harder!

paul ette

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #37 on: December 12, 2013, 10:00:43 pm »
To be fair garage doors take a bit if time, i never really offer that in my service, maybe I should

gary999

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2013, 10:40:43 pm »
by daz description i would take close to a hour if the customer
was around, at £50 a hour why shoot myself in the foot at those rates
trying to get away as soon as poss.

Tony Edwards

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Re: £50 houses cleaned in heavy rain
« Reply #39 on: December 12, 2013, 10:49:31 pm »
by daz description i would take close to a hour if the customer
was around, at £50 a hour why shoot myself in the foot at those rates
trying to get away as soon as poss.

Well said Gary my thoughts exactly