[jay moley]

Has anyone added other services to their offering beyond the usual add ons like gutter cleaning?

Things like carpet cleaning, oven cleaning, garden maintenance?

Any success? Failures?

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

The only thing I don't take on is oven cleaning and carpet cleaning. I will give a bit of advice, don't take on too much, I did and one can be all over the place. Take on something you like doing e.g say you like cutting hedges then add that to your list. My money spinner seems to be renting out my scaffold but what happens when someone nicks it. Pressure Washing was another money spinner but only seasonal and I find it too messy now so I have gave it a miss and only do it for very loyal customers.
Grass cutting is a nice simple earner if you buy a good cutter like a Honda. Tree trimming is another good earner but you need a professional chipper or you end up with more branches than the police force.
Roof spraying in the summer and scraping the moss off can be a good earner but very hard work I have found.
In the end it all comes down to what you like doing and its not really work, that's what I have found out. I like repairing roofs even in the winter because I have all the gear. I used to like building fences but it has lost its appeal but have a 30 metre one to do in the summer because its round the corner from me. I like to do work near where I stay  and find it saves me a ton of time.
It will be good to hear how you get on.

[Perfect Windows]

Has anyone added other services to their offering beyond the usual add ons like gutter cleaning?

Things like carpet cleaning, oven cleaning, garden maintenance?

Any success? Failures?

If you're a one man band then all that matters is your hourly rate.

There are about 1,600 working hours in a year. So the single thing you can affect is how much you earn for every one of those hours. The thing that seems to be best for us is cleaning the vertical glass on houses so we stick to that. We try not to do Conny roofs or gutters; they're jobs we do to keep customers rather than to earn.

I'm astounded how little gardeners charge for their time given how much demand there is for their services. There's a guy I meet often who's at £15 and hour and is turning down work all the time.

As for carpet cleaning, the people I meet seem to be on close to minimum wage.

And watching someone work for 90 minutes on cleaning an oven at friend's house for £40 was painful.

Vin

[Bungle]

Has anyone added other services to their offering beyond the usual add ons like gutter cleaning?

Things like carpet cleaning, oven cleaning, garden maintenance?

Any success? Failures?

If you're a one man band then all that matters is your hourly rate.

There are about 1,600 working hours in a year. So the single thing you can affect is how much you earn for every one of those hours. The thing that seems to be best for us is cleaning the vertical glass on houses so we stick to that. We try not to do Conny roofs or gutters; they're jobs we do to keep customers rather than to earn.

I'm astounded how little gardeners charge for their time given how much demand there is for their services. There's a guy I meet often who's at £15 and hour and is turning down work all the time.

As for carpet cleaning, the people I meet seem to be on close to minimum wage.

And watching someone work for 90 minutes on cleaning an oven at friend's house for £40 was painful.

Vin

It seems to be the norm with gardeners charging £15 an hour. Why bother? I had a carpet cleaner in, he charged me £210 for 3 rooms and a staircase. Same with oven cleaning, £70+ and they dip most of the oven in a vat in the back of a van. Try booking one in, they're all well busy.

[james peters]

Has anyone added other services to their offering beyond the usual add ons like gutter cleaning?

Things like carpet cleaning, oven cleaning, garden maintenance?

Any success? Failures?

yes... My son worked with me for a year, before he went to university.    so  I  did more add ons
The ones I enjoyed the most was render cleaning.
good money, very satisfying.
All you will need is a back pack / or trolley, and fan spray jets, and of course the chemical

He is now in uni, and so I am super busy , but I still do render cleaning....

[deeege]

At the risk of sounding like Dazmond, I really don’t understand the need to offer extra services. From a swapping time for money standpoint, cleaning windows is rarely beaten on money earned.

Concentrate on building a good local round, with a good mixture of houses and small commercial properties and you’ll never have to worry about adding extra services.

Unless cleaning windows really bores you to tears, then mixing it up could be beneficial.

[dazmond]

Maximising what you can earn with existing equipment is beneficial because your not shelling out on more equipment and a larger van which is both expensive and less practical for parking and ongoing running costs.

Just concentrate on windows,UPVC cleans,conny roofs,solar panels and softwashing if you don't mind splashing sodium chloride around which all can be done with WFP.

You ll end up running around like a headless chicken if you start offering carpet cleaning services and other add ons like gardening unless you plan on employing even then it'll be a nightmare to manage your workload day today and the constant advertising.

It's usually better to concentrate on your core service rather than jack of all trades for peace of mind,regular,reliable work and it's generally less stressful.