[jo5hm4n]

Right this may just sound a little bit Dellboy, but humour me please.

Up north you can earn £200-£300 tops for a good days work WFP domestic.  I hear all the time people down south earning £400-£500 a day in certain areas on domestics.  First of all i have no idea if this is true or just complete wallop.  However just for now lets assume these figures are possible.

So how about this for an idea.  Up north if you did a 5 day week you could bring in around £1000-£1500 total.

Down south you could bring in £2000-£2500 total.

What about the idea of once a month travelling down south to do say a full weeks work in an affluent area where you can get these prices.  You could stay in a hotel and use spotless water filling station for £15 a fill up.

You would be bringing in atleast another £1000 of turnover if not more.  The added costs would be -return trip north to south maybe £100 max fuel.  Hotel for 5 nights cheap hotel @ £50 = £250.  Spotless water £15 x 4 days = £60.  Food £10 a day x 5 = £50.  Total Added costs would be = £460.  So you could still potentially profit another £500 without doing any more physical work as such.

You could either buy a round or get a canvasser to get the work for you, and do cash on the day or online only to avoid the problem of collecting etc.

Just a wild idea, and in no way do i want to do this!!!!  However i just wondered if anyone else does this.

Reason why i am saying this is for the following reason:

Back in my other business in 2013 i could earn double or more working in London than i could working in North Wales, so would often book a ton of work in and spend 3-4 days in London every couple of months.  It was very tiring but naturally very rewarding.  I am wondering whether this same method could be applied to window cleaning for a domestic regular round.


Thoughts???

 

[Ooooooog]

Hotels can be pricey.

[nathankaye]

Going back some years, i had a friend who would go and stay at a mates house in london and do a couple of days work (his own round) and then travel back home. This is before wfp was an option or the very early days of it, as he was trad.

[Crystal-clear]

Yeah I'm sure people do this. But it's not as easy as that down south you've got a lot more messers then up north I had a round up north many years ago when I first started!

Youll have to first establish the work be messed around and in the very long run and for all that rigmarole and an extra £500 if you're already earning £1500 alone its likely that you're already at the 50k profit region so it doesnt seem quite worth it.

50k a year up north is really good money in the south it hardly gets you into a one bed flat
You'll be able to afford a three bedroom semi-detached house with a garage with ease by yourself then your partners money (if you have one) and you're laughing you'll be better off (house wise) than someone in London earning £100,000 per year and I'm not exaggerating

[zesty]

Take it from me in Essex, no window cleaner is earning £400-500 a day on domestic.

The odd day, maybe, but it’s rare.

If £400 a day was the norm, we’d all be driving M4’s, with a Range Rover for the wife.

London, perhaps, but not for the majority of the ‘south’.

You’ve only gotta look at the average wage of window cleaners, where they live, the cars they drive to realise they’re not earning £4-500 a day...

[Stoots]

Right this may just sound a little bit Dellboy, but humour me please.

Up north you can earn £200-£300 tops for a good days work WFP domestic.  I hear all the time people down south earning £400-£500 a day in certain areas on domestics.  First of all i have no idea if this is true or just complete wallop.  However just for now lets assume these figures are possible.

So how about this for an idea.  Up north if you did a 5 day week you could bring in around £1000-£1500 total.

Down south you could bring in £2000-£2500 total.

What about the idea of once a month travelling down south to do say a full weeks work in an affluent area where you can get these prices.  You could stay in a hotel and use spotless water filling station for £15 a fill up.

You would be bringing in atleast another £1000 of turnover if not more.  The added costs would be -return trip north to south maybe £100 max fuel.  Hotel for 5 nights cheap hotel @ £50 = £250.  Spotless water £15 x 4 days = £60.  Food £10 a day x 5 = £50.  Total Added costs would be = £460.  So you could still potentially profit another £500 without doing any more physical work as such.

You could either buy a round or get a canvasser to get the work for you, and do cash on the day or online only to avoid the problem of collecting etc.

Just a wild idea, and in no way do i want to do this!!!!  However i just wondered if anyone else does this.

Reason why i am saying this is for the following reason:

Back in my other business in 2013 i could earn double or more working in London than i could working in North Wales, so would often book a ton of work in and spend 3-4 days in London every couple of months.  It was very tiring but naturally very rewarding.  I am wondering whether this same method could be applied to window cleaning for a domestic regular round.


Thoughts???

 

Not quite as drastic as this but I have started to build work about 30 miles from where I live in a more affluent area. The prices I can get there are definitely better however there travel time and cost to consider and also the work isn't as compact.

[Spruce]

I know of at least 2 windies who drive down from the North East (Middlesbrough area) to Cambridge and work there for a week or so doing their residential round and I know stay with relatives. A 3rd does a lot of commercial work in the Cambridge area with his son but not sure of his living arrangements whilst there.

[KS Cleaning]

Or you could make the same money up north as those down south simply by using the splash and dash technique😉

[Slacky]

Lucky to do £80 a day cash down here, dont waste your time.

[deeege]

The only problem with the south, though, is it’s full of southerners.

I’ll pass, thanks.

[Pete Thompson]

I’ve known people who’ve done this, and what happened is that the additional costs of travelling, accommodation, eating out etc used up more than any additional profit due to the north/south divide.

In the end it is better to raise prices and become more efficient in the place where you live.

[G Griffin]

The only problem with the south, though, is it’s full of southerners.

I’ll pass, thanks.

And the ale's rubbish.

[nathankaye]

The only problem with the south, though, is it’s full of southerners.

I’ll pass, thanks.

And the ale's rubbish.

Nah, arent they cider lovers lol

[Dave Willis]

I used to have a laugh with Google Earth.
Just search the homes of the biggest braggers, usually a council house! 🙄

[nathankaye]

I used to have a laugh with Google Earth.
Just search the homes of the biggest braggers, usually a council house! 🙄

Cause they are the smart ones lol.  Buy council homes cheap and do insides up.  Let people judge you from the outward appearance if they want to be so shallow 😁  cheap mortgage and hence make a killing and boast all youbwant and even get a 5k water heater lol cause they can......lol spend wisely lol    let people think your a porper hahah

[TomCrowther]

The only problem with the south, though, is it’s full of southerners.

I’ll pass, thanks.

And the ale's rubbish.

Except for Camden Pale Ale. Lovely stuff

[windowswashed]

Good luck trying to find a hotel for £50 around here

[AuRavelling79]

I know a windy or two in Bristol that are sole operators like me who 'down the pub' talk about £300/400 a day and 60k a year.

They run as limited companies and have their wives as Company secretary.

When I look on line their companies both seem to show turn over of about 40k.

Hot air inflates balloons and turnover figures.

[CleanClear]

That was a long post !! You're in North Wales right ? You sureley know of the guy who lives in York and comes and cleans St.Davids (A55, Northop)   ?

Right this may just sound a little bit Dellboy, but humour me please.

Up north you can earn £200-£300 tops for a good days work WFP domestic.  I hear all the time people down south earning £400-£500 a day in certain areas on domestics.  First of all i have no idea if this is true or just complete wallop.  However just for now lets assume these figures are possible.

So how about this for an idea.  Up north if you did a 5 day week you could bring in around £1000-£1500 total.

Down south you could bring in £2000-£2500 total.

What about the idea of once a month travelling down south to do say a full weeks work in an affluent area where you can get these prices.  You could stay in a hotel and use spotless water filling station for £15 a fill up.

You would be bringing in atleast another £1000 of turnover if not more.  The added costs would be -return trip north to south maybe £100 max fuel.  Hotel for 5 nights cheap hotel @ £50 = £250.  Spotless water £15 x 4 days = £60.  Food £10 a day x 5 = £50.  Total Added costs would be = £460.  So you could still potentially profit another £500 without doing any more physical work as such.

You could either buy a round or get a canvasser to get the work for you, and do cash on the day or online only to avoid the problem of collecting etc.

Just a wild idea, and in no way do i want to do this!!!!  However i just wondered if anyone else does this.

Reason why i am saying this is for the following reason:

Back in my other business in 2013 i could earn double or more working in London than i could working in North Wales, so would often book a ton of work in and spend 3-4 days in London every couple of months.  It was very tiring but naturally very rewarding.  I am wondering whether this same method could be applied to window cleaning for a domestic regular round.


Thoughts???

 

[G Griffin]

The only problem with the south, though, is it’s full of southerners.

I’ll pass, thanks.

And the ale's rubbish.

Except for Camden Pale Ale. Lovely stuff

I'll keep an eye out for that.
Cheers.