[Dan g]

Hi guys,I'm just starting out in this game and am guna canvass hard soon as I belive it is the quickest way to gain work from what I've read on here.
My question is how quick can a round be built 300-400 custies(residential)canvassing 2-3 hours min-fri and 6 hours on a sataday,I know there are many variables to this but trying to hear from you guys that have been there/done it.

Thanks dan.

[geoffreyspecht]

3 months

[capn sparkle]

If there are any 'new build' estates near by hit them hard - again and again - easy to get work there!!

My guess is min 6 mths probably more 'cos you'll pick up a lot of other windies cast offs and messers to start with.

Good luck fella

I only started 2 1/2 years ago and never looked back.

[ascjim]

3 years in any business

[roundbuilder]

If going hard then aim for 20 customers a day/night mon to friday. Any short of 100 the go out sunday and get them.
There you go if you go for it and realy put your mind to it.. Ie 6 hours a day canvassing(2x3 hour sessions per day min) you can have the foundations to a full round in the making within a month however the hard task isto rustle through the crap and messers.
Its easily done though especialy if you have time on your hands.
I recently built a round for my folks in 6 odd weeks doing a few hours here and there which worked out around 2k a month of work.

Best of luck and stay focussed.

[roundbuilder]

Oh just read thread title again..
To build a decent round of decent reguler 4 weekly customers takes at least 2 years, i started my 2nd round just over 2 years ago and im still trying to make it perfect and draining out the crap.

[redstarwindowcleaners]

Took me a year and a half
to reach 3 full days per week on a monthly cycle
plus have a few others on 6 weekly and a small amount of commercial that accounts for another day or so per month
picked up some work sub contracting  to a cleaning company at the moment its another 2 X half days a week although not the  best paid but in the end its'all cash
Things are looking busy at the moment quoting quite a bit

I think it will take me another 6 months to a year to get where i need to be

[Clever Forum Name]

3 months

Start a canvassing firm then!

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

It all depends on 1 factor at the end of the day. YOU.
Anything is possible if you dedicate yourself to it!!
Go for it!

[PoleKing]

You could probably build a half decent round in 6 months or so.
But that's not the end of it.
You'll always be adjusting something.
A good customer can turn into a bad payer so they get dumped. An irregular customer could be persuaded into a regular clean schedule.
IMO a properly decent round is always evolving.
And I've said it before but as soon as you're 'full' the work will fly in.  
I've been full for a while now but the phone/email keeps on coming!
Replacing otherwise ok customers with great ones is a great feeling.
With enough dedication, you'll get there.

[capn sparkle]

If there are any 'new build' estates near by hit them hard - again and again - easy to get work there!!

My guess is min 6 mths probably more 'cos you'll pick up a lot of other windies cast offs and messers to start with.

Good luck fella

I only started 2 1/2 years ago and never looked back.

Although I did work full time for a windy canvassing company in the 12 months before I started on my own..

Knock on lots of doors .. be organised and never get disappointed by the 'I do my own' brigade.

[Johnny B]

I am 2 and a half years into building my new run. The first 2 years were fairly tough here (I am in the south west of Ireland where there is high unemployment etc.) and many of my customers were one-offs or messers. In the last few months I have picked up some good, regular, quality customers, and now that my book is now filling up, the work seems to be flying in without me actively trying.

I reckon on hitting my targets for customers and earnings by the summer, by which time I will be looking at fresh targets and refining.

To the OP, best wishes.

John

[supernova77]

A lot of people think that setting up as a window cleaner is easy... They throw some money at buying a van and kitting it out with a WFP system and think they have a window cleaning business... Buying a van and WFP system is the easy bit!

Building a round full of well paid, regular, reliable customers that you can rely on day in day out takes years... With plenty of ups and downs along the way.

Andy

[ben M]

A lot of people think that setting up as a window cleaner is easy... They throw some money at buying a van and kitting it out with a WFP system and think they have a window cleaning business... Buying a van and WFP system is the easy bit!

Building a round full of well paid, regular, reliable customers that you can rely on day in day out takes years... With plenty of ups and downs along the way.

Andy

totally agree!

[gary999]

3 yrs before i was relatively happy with my customer base

[rosskesava]

Yeah - years.

You may gets loads of customers quickly but that's the easy bit.

Profit is another question entirely.

[robertphil]

one tip i can give is drop a messer straight away, even in the early days when youre desperate for money ,cos they never improve their behaviour always gets worse . hanging onto them will delay your progress as you wont find new quickly until youre rid of them     

 as said above id say  3 yrs for a decent round .

[andyM]

Yes 2-3 years is a more realistic prospect for a decent round.

[Frankybadboy]

I say don't do it, 

[PurefectWindowCleaning]

It all depends on 1 factor at the end of the day. YOU.
Anything is possible if you dedicate yourself to it!!
Go for it!

^^what he said^^