[combat1]

No! my computer posted before I had finished!
The reason I have to be careful is that I read what others earn then go mad trying to equal it... result complaints.
I've only ever had two complaints but both came after I was trying to reach a higher daily figure.
Theres a lot to be said for steady quality work.

[andyM]

Can any of the moderators add on some kind of willy waving Emoticon?

In future we can reply just with that, to kill these topics.

here have this one before the mods remove it.... 

 

[jd services]

£300 a day. x 5 days a week x 48 weeks = £72,000 per annum. Well done those of you who actually earn this much. And the original question was 'is it enough?'

Really?

[Smudger]

H2o - thx

Personally interested in success stories, loved the Lee prior threads on leafleting, and stu castles picture shows, but alas intead of embracing them and posting great cleans of their own, they were labeled show offs and willy wavers 


Anyway, my posts do go astray on occasions 

Darran

[SeanK]

£300 a day. x 5 days a week x 48 weeks = £72,000 per annum. Well done those of you who actually earn this much. And the original question was 'is it enough?'

Really?

Well you wouldn't get 48 weeks for a start and when you take in the expenses involved in WFP that £72,000 would
look more like £15,000.

[Tom-01]

£300 a day. x 5 days a week x 48 weeks = £72,000 per annum. Well done those of you who actually earn this much. And the original question was 'is it enough?'

Really?

Well you wouldn't get 48 weeks for a start and when you take in the expenses involved in WFP that £72,000 would
look more like £15,000.

Why wouldn't you get 48 weeks?

[supernova77]

Well you wouldn't get 48 weeks for a start and when you take in the expenses involved in WFP that £72,000 would
look more like £15,000.

I do 54 weeks a year.

Anyone who doesn't believe me is just jealous.

[ChumBucket]

I really don't get all this "expense" with WFP? It's only as expensive as you make it.

[Tom-01]

Well you wouldn't get 48 weeks for a start and when you take in the expenses involved in WFP that £72,000 would
look more like £15,000.

I do 54 weeks a year.

Anyone who doesn't believe me is just jealous.

Or ignorant.

Or both.

[Frankybadboy]

i have a life 

[Window Lickers]

Domestic is more profitable than commercial I find. I never have any competition on domestic, but tendered work often brings in people who are paying peanuts to staff who do a crap job. You have to be cheap to get tendered work in general.

That's what I find...

This morning I went to look at a large private hospital to quote for window cleaning and gutter cleaning - I know for a fact that I won't be the cheapest as I will do some of the work myself if we get the contract... There would be 3 of us on site for approx 3 or 4 days.

i did the best to sell myself to them - But at the end of the day it will probably come down to cost... I'll submit my quote and see what happens.

Andy

Andy its not always about price. Sell yourself well - there are times when it makes a difference.

[Window Lickers]

H2o - thx

Personally interested in success stories, loved the Lee prior threads on leafleting, and stu castles picture shows, but alas intead of embracing them and posting great cleans of their own, they were labeled show offs and willy wavers 

This has been said before.

[SeanK]

H2o - thx

Personally interested in success stories, loved the Lee prior threads on leafleting, and stu castles picture shows, but alas intead of embracing them and posting great cleans of their own, they were labeled show offs and willy wavers 


Anyway, my posts do go astray on occasions 

Darran

By who ? certainly not by any genuine window cleaners.
There's nothing as good as a genuine success story by somebody doing the same as yourself, that's totally different
to a boaster coming on here and telling people that to make money in this game you need to charge a fortune and be splash and dash.
They must think that we are all as stupid as their so called customers.

[SeanK]

£300 a day. x 5 days a week x 48 weeks = £72,000 per annum. Well done those of you who actually earn this much. And the original question was 'is it enough?'

Really?

Well you wouldn't get 48 weeks for a start and when you take in the expenses involved in WFP that £72,000 would
look more like £15,000.

Why wouldn't you get 48 weeks?

Well for a start if I was earning £72,000 a year I would be spending at least 5 weeks a year in a 5 star hotel.

[Perfect Windows]

Because that kind of money would need to be very good commercial work. Very good commercial work cannot be tendered, secured and carried out by a one man band.

Roughly turning over £8000 per month for one man is ridiculous, no matter what part of the country.

Really?

A couple of years ago we were asked to quote a commercial job.  Our competitors came in at 25% of our price.  Not 25% less, 25% of our price.  Our price was intended to keep the hourly rate to what we earn on domestics.  Commercial deosn't necessarily earn more than domestic.

Vin

[PoleKing]

My highest earning day (singular) is a commercial job.
On average though, I make my money on residential.

The lads saying £x CANT be done a day/year should probably change the text slightly to I CANT do £x a year.
I'd imagine the lads making the most money reading this thread haven't posted on it.

[SeanK]

My highest earning day (singular) is a commercial job.
On average though, I make my money on residential.

The lads saying £x CANT be done a day/year should probably change the text slightly to I CANT do £x a year.
I'd imagine the lads making the most money reading this thread haven't posted on it.

Wrong, they have.

[SeanK]

Right I'm off, there's a new show starting on SKY 1 at eight staring Mick Kent
its called The Flash.

[PoleKing]

My highest earning day (singular) is a commercial job.
On average though, I make my money on residential.

The lads saying £x CANT be done a day/year should probably change the text slightly to I CANT do £x a year.
I'd imagine the lads making the most money reading this thread haven't posted on it.

Wrong, they have.


This is good advice: rather than criticise the lads who earn more than you (whether you believe them or not) try and learn from them.
That's what the forum is for (well part of it)
Since I've learned from some of the bigger boys on here I've made decisions that I wouldn't even have dreamed of before.
All to the benefit of my business.

[SeanK]

My highest earning day (singular) is a commercial job.
On average though, I make my money on residential.

The lads saying £x CANT be done a day/year should probably change the text slightly to I CANT do £x a year.
I'd imagine the lads making the most money reading this thread haven't posted on it.

Wrong, they have.


This is good advice: rather than criticise the lads who earn more than you (whether you believe them or not) try and learn from them.
That's what the forum is for (well part of it)
Since I've learned from some of the bigger boys on here I've made decisions that I wouldn't even have dreamed of before.
All to the benefit of my business.

This is better advice: instead of listening to the guys that have that little self worth that they need to justify themselves
by boasting about money, why not listen to the guys who go out there every day and build successful businesses by
doing things like employing, dealing with competition and the many other things that come up when running any
business.
Its the guys who cant get £20 for ten minutes work but have built successful businesses that I want to listen to
and learn from.