[SeanK]

TBH I hope rounds like these don't sell , then the custys have no choice but to go elsewhere and chances are to someone else who's charging a few bob more

The 35 a day guys will be fighting over it, that and buying a couple of year old CLX18's for £200 a pop on Ebay and they will think Christmas has come early. lol.

Do you not believe them? I do, but I reckon it would only happen with cheap work - £5-8 a house. If that's what I charged I'd do that many but the quality would suffer. At that price though, who's going to complain?

I wouldn't say that I don't believe them other than maybe a down play on property size, most of my replies on the subject have been similar to what you have just posted so totally agree.

What do you mean by a down play on property size Sean? I said that the houses I mentioned were modern detached, so Persimmons, Taylor Wimpey etc, as far as I know these houses are built to the same specification throughout the country.

90% of the properties I clean are modern detached, even though some are next to each other it still takes a van move and hose
reel out and in for each of them, a number of factors will determine how quickly I get to washing the glass but at a guess
you would be talking to an average total of around 10mins each of non on the glass time.
So obviously the detached properties your talking about aren't the ones I'm thinking of.

[Steven Biggs]

Can't you reel out once and do 2 or 3 at a time , then leave your pole in the  next garden .move the van near the next properties . I can go a few full mornings without reeling back in . But obviously the reel is fastened in the van .

[SeanK]

Can't you reel out once and do 2 or 3 at a time , then leave your pole in the  next garden .move the van near the next properties . I can go a few full mornings without reeling back in . But obviously the reel is fastened in the van .

Not really, the detached properties I clean tend to be on decent sized plots with private drives, fences, hedges and so on, its better to pull onto their drives, clean, pack up and move next door, dragging the hose behind wouldn't be an option.
Have a few semi's on open plan plots where I can get 2 or 3 at a time so understand what your saying.

[Steven Biggs]

Right . That's the only way i do them as well . Thought you meant the open plan type gardens .

[nathankaye]

So what were saying is,,,,,each person adapts to his or her rounds and maximizes the best/quickest and convienient way of cleaning them..........interesting

 

[KS Cleaning]

Right . That's the only way i do them as well . Thought you meant the open plan type gardens .

Ah, that's the one, open plan type gardens. This is the type of work I was referring to when I was shot down by people who think they know my round better than I do.

[Steven Biggs]

Yeh I'm with you on this one . I can park up do the upstairs fronts on 6 or 7 of these type houses , drop the pole do all the bottoms . Probably 15 minutes .

[Smurf]

Now we are upto 24 - 28 (fronts only) an hour now. Can anyone beat that? 

[KS Cleaning]

TBH I hope rounds like these don't sell , then the custys have no choice but to go elsewhere and chances are to someone else who's charging a few bob more

The 35 a day guys will be fighting over it, that and buying a couple of year old CLX18's for £200 a pop on Ebay and they will think Christmas has come early. lol.

Do you not believe them? I do, but I reckon it would only happen with cheap work - £5-8 a house. If that's what I charged I'd do that many but the quality would suffer. At that price though, who's going to complain?

I wouldn't say that I don't believe them other than maybe a down play on property size, most of my replies on the subject have been similar to what you have just posted so totally agree.

What do you mean by a down play on property size Sean? I said that the houses I mentioned were modern detached, so Persimmons, Taylor Wimpey etc, as far as I know these houses are built to the same specification throughout the country.

90% of the properties I clean are modern detached, even though some are next to each other it still takes a van move and hose
reel out and in for each of them, a number of factors will determine how quickly I get to washing the glass but at a guess
you would be talking to an average total of around 10mins each of non on the glass time.
So obviously the detached properties your talking about aren't the ones I'm thinking of.

And there lies the problem, you have chosen to ridicule the amount of houses I clean based purely on what you  experience with your own round. Like many others on here for some reason you seem to think you know a round better than the person who actually works it. If you really want to ( I know you do ) why don't you google Priorwood Drive Dunfermline and tell me how much down time you think you would have if you had a full day in this street, and how many houses you could clean.

[KS Cleaning]

Bump for Sean K ^^^^^^^

[SeanK]

Bump for Sean K ^^^^^^^

Sorry mate its no longer the fact you clean 45 of those properties per day ( yeah right )but that you charge £7 to £8 for the
privilege, I will never complain about the pricing in my area again.

[SeanK]

TBH I hope rounds like these don't sell , then the custys have no choice but to go elsewhere and chances are to someone else who's charging a few bob more

The 35 a day guys will be fighting over it, that and buying a couple of year old CLX18's for £200 a pop on Ebay and they will think Christmas has come early. lol.

Do you not believe them? I do, but I reckon it would only happen with cheap work - £5-8 a house. If that's what I charged I'd do that many but the quality would suffer. At that price though, who's going to complain?

I wouldn't say that I don't believe them other than maybe a down play on property size, most of my replies on the subject have been similar to what you have just posted so totally agree.

What do you mean by a down play on property size Sean? I said that the houses I mentioned were modern detached, so Persimmons, Taylor Wimpey etc, as far as I know these houses are built to the same specification throughout the country.

90% of the properties I clean are modern detached, even though some are next to each other it still takes a van move and hose
reel out and in for each of them, a number of factors will determine how quickly I get to washing the glass but at a guess
you would be talking to an average total of around 10mins each of non on the glass time.
So obviously the detached properties your talking about aren't the ones I'm thinking of.

And there lies the problem, you have chosen to ridicule the amount of houses I clean based purely on what you  experience with your own round. Like many others on here for some reason you seem to think you know a round better than the person who actually works it. If you really want to ( I know you do ) why don't you google Priorwood Drive Dunfermline and tell me how much down time you think you would have if you had a full day in this street, and how many houses you could clean.

Probably about 15 but Iv never been that quick am 8 weekly plus i also clean the doors, so would say most would hit around the 20 mark  as an average.

[KS Cleaning]

Bump for Sean K ^^^^^^^

Sorry mate its no longer the fact you clean 45 of those properties per day ( yeah right )but that you charge £7 to £8 for the
privilege, I will never complain about the pricing in my area again.

What's with the ( yeah right ) ? I know for a fact that's what I cleaned on that day. As for pricing, each to their own but I'm sure most would be quite happy with what I earned for just over 6 hours work.

[Smurf]

Yeah right...Whatevvvvvvvvvver innit 

[jonboywalton75]

All on same estate
I'd do 25 a day
I'd want more than £7 or £8 though
Obviously I don't live in Scotland

[JandS]

Love those sort of houses, single pane windows no top hangers.