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paul alan

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Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« on: April 07, 2017, 09:11:35 pm »
Always wanted all work to be 4 weekly since the start, I like to have things a certain way.

Have dropped people in the past for going 8wk on me.

Now I insist on another 20-30% for the 8wk its great! I dont mind at all if they go that route cos to be honest it doesnt realy take much longer to clean but I can justify the high price.

Always stay open to the new, what next?

Smurf

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2017, 09:15:51 pm »
Always wanted all work to be 4 weekly since the start, I like to have things a certain way.

Have dropped people in the past for going 8wk on me.

Now I insist on another 20-30% for the 8wk its great! I dont mind at all if they go that route cos to be honest it doesnt realy take much longer to clean but I can justify the high price.

Always stay open to the new, what next?

Even more dosh for 3 monthly cleans as not everyone wants 8 weekly.
One-off's is where the real money can be made. lol

paul alan

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2017, 09:23:44 pm »
I know ,I gave someone a silly price for a 1 off cos i didnt realy want it. and they accepted!

Funny how I changed my mind about not wanting it.

Thing is though i struggle to see the point in having windows cleaned every 3 months, they may only stay clean for a week or two then 10 more weeks of dirty windows?

Doesnt seem economical


Smurf

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2017, 09:27:56 pm »
I know ,I gave someone a silly price for a 1 off cos i didnt realy want it. and they accepted!

Funny how I changed my mind about not wanting it.

Thing is though i struggle to see the point in having windows cleaned every 3 months, they may only stay clean for a week or two then 10 more weeks of dirty windows?

Doesnt seem economical

3 monthly contracts are quite common on blocks of flats etc.

paul alan

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2017, 09:31:06 pm »
Suppose its just to be able to say" we get the windows cleaned"

Smurf

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 10:31:15 pm »
Larger property owner tend to go less frequent cleans too.

nathankaye

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 11:11:52 pm »
I still cant get my head round offering 8wkly work. I can understand from a clients point of view, especially if talking a high payout per clean. But your average house from a business point of view? Im struggling to see the forest for the trees 😕

For instance i have a customer 4wkly at 20 in 8wks that would be 2 cleans at 40.
So i charge 30 for 8wks instead, yes im a clean down but also a tenner down for sake of 10/15minute work. Could argue that it allows me to get extra work, which i do get that point. As in, 2 jobs at £30 a pop would give me £60 at 8wks and so a bonus of £20.  But on that basis if i have say 300 clients and they all go 8wkly, i would need to find say another 300 clients which seems like alot of effort, canvassing, leafleting or buying rounds etc etc
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paul alan

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2017, 07:57:39 am »
Larger property owner tend to go less frequent cleans too.
i am 100% finding that

Perfect Windows

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2017, 11:21:50 am »
I still cant get my head round offering 8wkly work. I can understand from a clients point of view, especially if talking a high payout per clean. But your average house from a business point of view? Im struggling to see the forest for the trees 😕

For instance i have a customer 4wkly at 20 in 8wks that would be 2 cleans at 40.
So i charge 30 for 8wks instead, yes im a clean down but also a tenner down for sake of 10/15minute work. Could argue that it allows me to get extra work, which i do get that point. As in, 2 jobs at £30 a pop would give me £60 at 8wks and so a bonus of £20.  But on that basis if i have say 300 clients and they all go 8wkly, i would need to find say another 300 clients which seems like alot of effort, canvassing, leafleting or buying rounds etc etc

Because if you're full and your four weekly customer asks to go 8 weekly at £30, you say "yes".  Then another new customer (you don't have to turn them down, as you have space in the round) books 8-weekly at £30.  Now, in the time you were earning £40, you are earning £60.  50% pay rise for little extra work.

If you're doing it across your entire round from the start (which is what we did) then, yes, you need more customers.  Nothing in life is free.

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jk999

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2017, 02:25:23 pm »
Can't see point in any longer than 4 weeks like someone said earlier windows are only clean for a couple of weeks so why pay for windows doing for them to be clean for a couple of weeks

Smurf

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2017, 02:44:03 pm »
Can't see point in any longer than 4 weeks like someone said earlier windows are only clean for a couple of weeks so why pay for windows doing for them to be clean for a couple of weeks

The point is you can get away with charging more for doing less work.  Even most 3 monthly cleans from experience take no longer to do than a 4 weekly clean.

jk999

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2017, 04:30:42 pm »
Not really people I tell it's more say don't bother then

8weekly

Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2017, 04:55:05 pm »
8weekly's what?

robbo333

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2017, 04:55:31 pm »
8 weekly works for me. I have a few 12 weeks and a few 4 weeks and they just get in the way to be honest.  ;D
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Perfect Windows

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2017, 06:37:13 pm »
Can't see point in any longer than 4 weeks like someone said earlier windows are only clean for a couple of weeks so why pay for windows doing for them to be clean for a couple of weeks

Customers love 12-weekly cleans.  Our franchisees earn more for the same amount of work.  Who loses?

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tlwcs

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2017, 07:00:55 pm »
The point to me is either the customer wants me to keep them clean, i.e monthly or they like me to make a difference as they get more mucky by choosing 8 weekly. It's all about what they want

Smurf

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2017, 07:08:53 pm »

dazmond

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2017, 06:26:15 pm »
virtually all my new work is 8 weekly.i charge more and i have less time available to fit them into my workload.works perfectly well.

i have lots of work on a 4 weekly schedule though and quite a lot of these were 2 weekly 15 years ago! ;D

i must admit a do make a bit more money when all the 8 weekly work is due and its happening more and more as ive been taking on 8 weekly work for over 7 years now.happy days.
price higher/work harder!

Tony dunmall

Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2017, 09:44:29 pm »
with mine its 6 weekly 12 weekly
half 12 weekly are done over the first 6 weeeklg schedule
The other half is done over next 6 weeks

I find there better prices my average 12 weekly price is about £45 so they addd a good return on each 6 weekly round

I find so many now just want window cleaned with yearly price in mind just like car insurance, many my 12 weekly houses are people second homes


NWH

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Re: Taking a shine to the 8 weekly's
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2017, 10:25:56 pm »
Jobs every 3 months are not worth bothering with if they are 30-40£ if they are 4-5x that they are,the latter are harder to come by so they are worth suffering the extra 4-5 weeks to come round.