[Cleaningcaddy]

I originally Started my Window Cleaning Business in 2008 and sold it all in 2016 After a break of a couple of years and trying different jobs and ventures i have decided to step back into window cleaning. Looking forward to the journey of building the business again.
Anyone else done this?
Mark

[Smudger]

good luck with your return to cleaning

Darran

[dazmond]

I originally Started my Window Cleaning Business in 2008 and sold it all in 2016 After a break of a couple of years and trying different jobs and ventures i have decided to step back into window cleaning. Looking forward to the journey of building the business again.
Anyone else done this?
Mark

No......but I've nearly jacked it in a few times in my trad days....so glad I didn't.....BUT!!!!!

At least now u can build a business with less mistakes(underpricing,etc).....GOOD LUCK!

[Smudger]

Thought you were on hols Daz ?

[dazmond]

Thought you were on hols Daz ?

I am.....the  internet still works in lanzarote mate!

[Phil J]

Come on Daz, switch off and enjoy yourself!!!

[dazmond]

Come on Daz, switch off and enjoy yourself!!!

Spend half the time waiting around for my missus to get ready!

[elite mike]

Thought you were on hols Daz ?

I am.....the  internet still works in lanzarote mate!

Just got back from Lanzarote    .
where are you staying ?

[Phil J]

I know the feeling Daz

[DM.]

I originally Started my Window Cleaning Business in 2008 and sold it all in 2016 After a break of a couple of years and trying different jobs and ventures i have decided to step back into window cleaning. Looking forward to the journey of building the business again.
Anyone else done this?
Mark

Stick with it, youll go far.
I did a similar thing , family circumstances the main reason.

back in the same town after a few years away, i started up again, didnt through morals contact old customers, but gained a whole new customer base, better priced, better frequency.

do a decent job, youll soon get the customers.

all the best to you

DM.
 

[Johnny B]

I sold my window cleaning run in the UK in July 2011, moved to Ireland on 31st July 2011 and started up from scratch again a week later.

7 years later I'm stacked out with work.

John

[Marc Stock]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

[dazmond]

Thought you were on hols Daz ?

I am.....the  internet still works in lanzarote mate!

Just got back from Lanzarote    .
where are you staying ?

Timanfaya palace hotel Playa Blanca mike.....this place is so chilled out....having a great time....

[John Mart]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

My town is overwhelmed with windowcleaners now. I probably see a new one every other week and whenever there’s a Facebook post it’s names being recommended I’ve never heard of.

[Frankybadboy]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

My town is overwhelmed with windowcleaners now. I probably see a new one every other week and whenever there’s a Facebook post it’s names being recommended I’ve never heard of.

is that tall lanky dirty sod with the beaten up van still going ?

[John Mart]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

My town is overwhelmed with windowcleaners now. I probably see a new one every other week and whenever there’s a Facebook post it’s names being recommended I’ve never heard of.

is that tall lanky dirty sod with the beaten up van still going ?

BFG? Yes.

[elite mike]

Thought you were on hols Daz ?

I am.....the  internet still works in lanzarote mate!

Just got back from Lanzarote    .
where are you staying ?

Timanfaya palace hotel Playa Blanca mike.....this place is so chilled out....having a great time....

Nice one , last time we stayed at playa blanca we stayed at the sandos resort , that was pretty cool 
We stayed in costa teguise this time , cheap and cheerful but very nice 

[Marc Stock]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

My town is overwhelmed with windowcleaners now. I probably see a new one every other week and whenever there’s a Facebook post it’s names being recommended I’ve never heard of.

I got a load of recommendations recently from FaceFarce.

Every single one of them, looking for the cheapest price, with the most work done. I now ask if they got my recommendation from social media, if they did, i refuse to quote as its such a waste of time.

I view Facebook enquirers as the dreggs of the dreggs.

One of my customers has fallen victim to the social media frenzy of cheap window cleaning, he cancelled me and they have someone to clean the windows, upvc, conserv roof, and valet and wash the cars all in one day. Yeah like that's a business model I want to push! His neighbour next door (whom i still clean, as with most of the road) said they looked like a load of pikeys.

 

[Johnny B]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

My town is overwhelmed with windowcleaners now. I probably see a new one every other week and whenever there’s a Facebook post it’s names being recommended I’ve never heard of.

I got a load of recommendations recently from FaceFarce.

Every single one of them, looking for the cheapest price, with the most work done. I now ask if they got my recommendation from social media, if they did, i refuse to quote as its such a waste of time.

I view Facebook enquirers as the dreggs of the dreggs.

One of my customers has fallen victim to the social media frenzy of cheap window cleaning, he cancelled me and they have someone to clean the windows, upvc, conserv roof, and valet and wash the cars all in one day. Yeah like that's a business model I want to push! His neighbour next door (whom i still clean, as with most of the road) said they looked like a load of pikeys.

 

I have lots of customers that I picked up via our local 'Do You Know' facebook page. I have had no problems with any of them and some have recommended me to others on the page. It has a local membership of 14000+, so my advertising costs nothing and I can just keep plodding away whilst picking new customers up with no effort or input at all.

John

[Smudger]

Its not as easy as it was.

Much more competitive, seems like every other van i see is a window cleaner.

Not much other options out there now with the cost of living the way it is and lack of decent career prospects now with most  jobs.

I don’t agree - people were saying this 9 years ago when I started out , and nearly every year since - there maybe more visible signs of other windy’s but lots don’t last and it’s easy to set up, get a van, drive about. The key is getting work and most wont door knock thinking the work will come to them - so actively canvass and it will work and grow

Darran