I wonder......if the question was asked "who is the best window cleaner?" If everyone was on the same footing, what the answers would be........im guessing we would all put ourselves forward. Were all so proud of the fact that we own our own business and that dispite what anyone else does,,,,,,
"one" does it better still and to make sure that "one" believes that,,,,,well one has to out others down for ones own sake; "They must be charging crap prices"
"Quality must suffer"
"Had to be splash n dash"
"They must be in guiness book of records"
"How can you be soooo fit not to tire out"
One thing for sure, this thread has kept peoples interests..........for better or worse
Personally I take most things I read on here with a pinch of salt, most of my opinions come from my own experiences on the
glass and what others are up to in my neck of the woods.
Put it this way, none of the splash and dash guys in my area (and there are a few ) have any sort of reputation for quality
and tend to keep custom by offering a half decent clean at a cheaper price.
Why should I believe that any of the splash and dash guys on here would be any different ?
Some people are very good at getting the work, but cr@p at doing it.
If I think back through the whole of this last year, I can only remember 1 complaint due to workmanship, and even that I don't believe was my fault ( I know, it never is ). That was because the poxy gardener turned up just as i finished cleaning the windows and started blowing leaves everywhere, including onto the still wet windows.
I just don't get complaints, I do the job properly.
I have an impeccable reputation for quality which is why I haven't advertised for years. Most jobs I pick up are through recommendations, including nearly all my commercial.
My fondest memory of this job is when I won a contract for a large healthcare centre, probably my best job. Windows in and out every 5 weeks, gutters 4 times a year, fascia cleaning once a year, all well priced.
They got rid of the last company because they were 'splash an dash'. The windows always looked spottier then my chin at the height of puberty. Top Sills were green, half the insides were always missed.
My price was higher then theirs even though they were vat reg and I'm not, but I got the job.
Within 10 weeks of getting the contract I'd cleared the gutters, cleaned fascias/soffits and cleaned the windows twice. It looked like a new building.
On my third visit to clean the windows I was doing the insides when one of the lady admin girls showed me an email sent to all staff from the boss.
In short it read, ' I hope everyone has noticed what a fantastic job our new window cleaner has done in transforming the look of our building. Please accommodate him in any way you can so we can keep the building looking it's best and well maintained at all times'.
When you read stuff like that it's a good feeling and you know your doing the job properly.
I only got that job because one of my customers works there and put my name forward for the tendering process. Iv since picked up around a dozen new customers from the centre, as well as 2 new centres.
