It annoys me a little bit when people say "there is tons of windies now"
Not starting an argument but windows cleaners have been going since long before any of us, and there has been many recessions since then, when people have lost their jobs and started on the windows.
There will always be new vans and new business's You see, but the chances are they have bought some work ( either some man retiring or someone going back to old jobs)
There is a lot of people who start windows cleaning then quit aswell.
The truth is i am still picking up work as fast as when i first started.
More houses getting built, more jobs for us:
am taking that as a dig at my post.
I get what your saying but with window cleaning being around for years and years and theres been oher recessions and so on. But there are a lot of people out there that would never clean windows due to using ladders and didnt want to go up a ladder for fear of falling or other reasons.
Now there's another options to use with the water fed pole at first it was expensive ish to start but now its really really quite cheap.
Am not saying your not picking up work but there is a huge amount more window cleaners around over the last 4//5 years. In my post i didnt even say anything about recession basically blaming it on the water fed pole system and dont forget when some newbie goes to the likes of brodex for a system test which anyone looking to buy a machine can do.. or they willl come to you and there going to sell the job as you can earn £££ with this system for little work etc.
All someone has to do these days is type starting a window cleaning business into google and theres everyone saying i earn 50 quid a hour etc lol doing 3 bed semi's in 5 mins for £££ nonsense... so the internet doesn't help for that matter either since its got so big.
but whats going to happen in another 10 years when there is even more window cleaners on the street's? we may be fine.. but we may not be who knows.. but there DEFIANTLY is more window cleaners.