[deeege]

Well, I agree with the last few years issues were all fine with us.  I thought this war will not matter too much either.  However last week saw a few cancels, this week, loads of cancels, both commercial and domestic  on many locations.  All with the same sort of reasons - I will be doing my own for the time being due to cost of living rising blah blah blah,  We need to make some cuts to budget blah blah blah.   Picked up a few more anyhow, but losing more than gaining over the last 7 days.   

Some may think they are fine, but wait, hell will be coming over the next month with all the news in the media scaring people.  Our cost of living has gone up, and we may have a drop in income too.    I am sure it will soon bounce back anyway, so hold tight. 

I know someone who started out last summer who had closed doors down due to saturation and lack of interest.

You have my sympathies mate. I think if everyone who posts on here told the truth we'd see that we're all losing some customers.

That can be said of any time of the year, not just now. Of course we all lose work from time to time, it’s the nature of the beast. People move house / die / lose their jobs/ etc etc etc.

Aslong as you are taking on more work that you are losing long term then there’s no issue.

[windowswashed]

I'm just grateful I am debt free, mortgage free and collect my early pension in 3 years time, can't come soon enough.

I have a mixture of regular reliable commercial along with high and medium end work along with a small percentage of working class run of the mill so a good mixed bag of work to minimise the risk of losing work.

[NWH]

I'm just grateful I am debt free, mortgage free and collect my early pension in 3 years time, can't come soon enough.

I have a mixture of regular reliable commercial along with high and medium end work along with a small percentage of working class run of the mill so a good mixed bag of work to minimise the risk of losing work.

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[Bungle]

Well, I agree with the last few years issues were all fine with us.  I thought this war will not matter too much either.  However last week saw a few cancels, this week, loads of cancels, both commercial and domestic  on many locations.  All with the same sort of reasons - I will be doing my own for the time being due to cost of living rising blah blah blah,  We need to make some cuts to budget blah blah blah.   Picked up a few more anyhow, but losing more than gaining over the last 7 days.   

Some may think they are fine, but wait, hell will be coming over the next month with all the news in the media scaring people.  Our cost of living has gone up, and we may have a drop in income too.    I am sure it will soon bounce back anyway, so hold tight. 

I know someone who started out last summer who had closed doors down due to saturation and lack of interest.

You have my sympathies mate. I think if everyone who posts on here told the truth we'd see that we're all losing some customers.

That can be said of any time of the year, not just now. Of course we all lose work from time to time, it’s the nature of the beast. People move house / die / lose their jobs/ etc etc etc.

Aslong as you are taking on more work that you are losing long term then there’s no issue.

Very true but Mike Banks is talking about now and his problems he's faced the last week.

[Mark Dee]

Average spend per person in the UK on takeaway food is £451 a year.  34 meals at average £12,34. If money becomes tighter for the majority of customers and they need to make cutbacks I think they would drop the window cleaning before the takeaway.

No one knows what will happen even the "experts" can only manage a guess. I would be thinking about a plan B just in case. They dont need to be worse off to make changes just the thought of being worse off can sometimes be enough.

[dazmond]

Well, I agree with the last few years issues were all fine with us.  I thought this war will not matter too much either.  However last week saw a few cancels, this week, loads of cancels, both commercial and domestic  on many locations.  All with the same sort of reasons - I will be doing my own for the time being due to cost of living rising blah blah blah,  We need to make some cuts to budget blah blah blah.   Picked up a few more anyhow, but losing more than gaining over the last 7 days.   

Some may think they are fine, but wait, hell will be coming over the next month with all the news in the media scaring people.  Our cost of living has gone up, and we may have a drop in income too.    I am sure it will soon bounce back anyway, so hold tight. 

I know someone who started out last summer who had closed doors down due to saturation and lack of interest.

You have my sympathies mate. I think if everyone who posts on here told the truth we'd see that we're all losing some customers.

We all lose customers every year....its the natural ebb and flow of running a window cleaning business....customers die,move or have a drastic change in their finances...I've even known the odd customer to go bankrupt.....

There's always a new enquiry/job just around the corner in my experience....I have walk ups,phone calls and texts virtually every week and I have no website just a sign written van!

Also my regular customers are starting to get their add on jobs booked in for spring/summer....👍

[NWH]

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[NWH]

It depends purely on what type and where you’re working is if you do busy streets or estates of course you’ll get walk ups that’s not necessarily a good example,people that advertise hard on websites and leaflets will give you a more accurate answer.

[NWH]

If i work  down a mile long lane with one house there’s a good chance I won’t get a walk up 😂

[Slacky]

If i work  down a mile long lane with one house there’s a good chance I won’t get a walk up 😂

You surprise me. You of all people.

[Jay Le Huray]

New enquiries are markedly down on every March since the 1990s (except 2020 obvs). Normally we're out the door with enquiries from March onwards.

We've lost 66 customers since 01/02/2022 - around 1/2 of them are due to price increases.

that's a heck of a lot to lose in a couple of months Soupy, I put my prices up and have only lost 1 job since the new year and oddly enough this one was not increased this time around, I think they must be feeling the pinch though.

[NBwcs]

£1.76.9 for diesel here at BP today, Oil prices dropped dramatically yesterday as OPEC announced they had approved extra production from the middle East to meet demand, so prices should drop.... bet they wont!

[NWH]

186.1 I paid yesterday

[Slacky]

[Richard iSparkle]

Literally every year on here there’s some reason people are saying we’re gonna lose work.

Credit crunch, brexit, covid, too many new WCs, cost of living, war in Ukraine now.

I guess we might be right this year, but they’ve been wrong every other year..

[NWH]

Yeah but 1 year they may be right.

[Granny]

Yeah but 1 year they may be right.

Maybe the year WWIII starts but people are not aware of it yet!

[NWH]

It’s already started lol as people have said you’ve just got to get on with things,what’s worrying going to do just try and get more work than you can cope with.
I have always found over the years if I’ve ever lost one from a move or death that very same week I’ve picked 1 back up like someone’s looking down.

[Mike Burd]

New enquiries are markedly down on every March since the 1990s (except 2020 obvs). Normally we're out the door with enquiries from March onwards.

We've lost 66 customers since 01/02/2022 - around 1/2 of them are due to price increases.

that's a heck of a lot to lose in a couple of months Soupy, I put my prices up and have only lost 1 job since the new year and oddly enough this one was not increased this time around, I think they must be feeling the pinch though.

I was expecting to lose around 200 from the price increase so I'm not too bothered about that, I'm more concerned about the lack of new enquiries.

What marketing do you do? Have you got independent leafleters as opposed to a firm?

[NWH]

Lost 200 customers I don’t think I’ve got 200 customers lol.