[Bertie Boo]

Hey lads

My window-cleaner (who doesn't do a bad job) made another sporadic appearence today....i've told him to leave me off his list now, he was fine about and i will miss him as he isn't bad BUT i never know when he's coming (i think he only does this round when he's short of money) so as such i've never got everything clear for him to bring his ladders through etc etc etc.....I just want a window cleaner that will come every 4 weeks or at least 6-8 weeks tops.

So, how do i go about finding another window cleaner now....? I asked another guy i saw at a house round the corner, but he said he was booked up (and anyway lol he looked well dodgy)...

Help!

Stephen

[Moderator David@stives]

Yellow Pages

Get free quotes from your most local window cleaners, or better still a reccommendation.

What location are you

[Bertie Boo]

Cheers Dave

Great Barr in North Birmingham. Its a big area though, a lot of the local chaps only seem to want to stick to 'their' roads....

I'll give Yellow Pages a look. How much can i expect to pay for WFP? I have 12 single windows in total (some are butted together to look like a double but they are actually 2 windows), plus two patio doors and a large sliding door....The other guy charged £6 to do it traditional style, took him about 15 minutes. I know i'll have to pay more - and i dont mind that- its just i dunno what it costs 

Stephen

[jeff1]

Yellow Pages

Get free quotes from your most local window cleaners, or better still a reccommendation.

What location are you

I used to live in curbar road in great barr, could never get a window cleaner then.

[Sir Squeaky]

Cheers Dave

Great Barr in North Birmingham. Its a big area though, a lot of the local chaps only seem to want to stick to 'their' roads....

I'll give Yellow Pages a look. How much can i expect to pay for WFP? I have 12 single windows in total (some are butted together to look like a double but they are actually 2 windows), plus two patio doors and a large sliding door....The other guy charged £6 to do it traditional style, took him about 15 minutes. I know i'll have to pay more - and i dont mind that- its just i dunno what it costs 

Stephen

If you ask someone local, I guess about £10.

If you ask a Clean-it-Up tall story porkies merchant, I'd say about £35.
So ignore the crap that's about to be thrown in your direction. :

[Moderator David@stives]

Bertie

If it takes 15 mins trad and is £6.00 that is about right, but a lot of window cleaners are going the £10 min route , so make sure you get added value if that is the case, ie frames cleaned and the doors kept clean.

Dave

[Bertie Boo]

Thanks for all replies so far, yes i'll pay more, i just want one who shows up.

Jeff, i'm oscott school lane, so not far from Curbar Road. Where are you now?

Stephen

[jeff1]

Thanks for all replies so far, yes i'll pay more, i just want one who shows up.

Jeff, i'm oscott school lane, so not far from Curbar Road. Where are you now?

Stephen

Wow I know it 
I'm now were all the brummies go for their holidays,  Somerset, I still have family in the midlands.
I went to perry beeches school and The Beeches used to be my local. I used to go scrambling at the local quarry and No I'm not travelling all the way to Brum to do your windows.

[Bertie Boo]

Hey Jeff

i went to Perry Beeches school too (you should see the estate agents thread in the chit-chat part), i was there 1989-1994...Mr Jefferson was still there (left in 1992) and Mr Longmorre was still there when i departed. Oh the words i could use about that man.....what years were you there?

Stephen

[Majestic]

Why not try the
Spick & Span directory , just put in your post code

[jeff1]

Hey Jeff

i went to Perry Beeches school too (you should see the estate agents thread in the chit-chat part), i was there 1989-1994...Mr Jefferson was still there (left in 1992) and Mr Longmorre was still there when i departed. Oh the words i could use about that man.....what years were you there?

Stephen

Way before your time, I was there 1969-1972, but I do remember Jefferson, he was our RE teacher, Longmores was there but we never had him.
Old man Hedges was the head with baldy caldicott as the deputy (hated that Bloke) I stuck a spud up his exhaust pipe, he went balistic Lol.
Mr Ford was my last year teacher (woodwork) he was a brilliant guy.
I'll take a look in the chit-chat now.

[Bertie Boo]

Cripes i've high-jacked my own thread....oh well....

Jefferson was a pretty cool old bloke when i was at school, but he retired while i was in my second year. Longmoor was an a s s hole. I joined in 1989, about 1/3 of the school was in the process of being rebuilt following a fire at the school. Then in spring 1990 someone set fire to the school AGAIN and burnt down the entire new wing (which hadnt even been opended yet) as well as the bulk of what had remained standing from the last fire. My most vivid memories of school are being taught in portacabin classrooms with walls that shook when you shut the doors and windows. It was very 'Crossroads'.

Stephen

[jeff1]

Cripes i've high-jacked my own thread....oh well....

Jefferson was a pretty cool old bloke when i was at school, but he retired while i was in my second year. Longmoor was an a s s hole. I joined in 1989, about 1/3 of the school was in the process of being rebuilt following a fire at the school. Then in spring 1990 someone set fire to the school AGAIN and burnt down the entire new wing (which hadnt even been opended yet) as well as the bulk of what had remained standing from the last fire. My most vivid memories of school are being taught in portacabin classrooms with walls that shook when you shut the doors and windows. It was very 'Crossroads'.

Stephen

I wasn't there when the fires started??? Honest One or twice, when I was there I thought how nice if the school to burnt down, The whole buildings including the bottom class rooms were made of timber.

Hey did you ever hear of spook and jerrys cafe in the school, it was an Unauthorised cafe that was started by me (Jerry) and my mate spook, caused a big rumpus in the school that one did. and no we never set fire to the school.

[xxmattyxx]

Im confused, maybe I have the wrong end of the stick here, but can't you do themself?

You are a window-cleaner, right?

Matt

[Bertie Boo]

Hi Matt

No, i am a domestic cleaner. Amongst other cleaning jobs I occasionally do other peoples windows on the ground floor (indeed i sometimes do my own) but i prefer to have a window cleaner (for what it costs) to do mine, and i dont have ladders to do, nor do i fancy doing, my upstairs windows.

Cheers

Stephen

[matt]

Cheers Dave

Great Barr in North Birmingham. Its a big area though, a lot of the local chaps only seem to want to stick to 'their' roads....

I'll give Yellow Pages a look. How much can i expect to pay for WFP? I have 12 single windows in total (some are butted together to look like a double but they are actually 2 windows), plus two patio doors and a large sliding door....The other guy charged £6 to do it traditional style, took him about 15 minutes. I know i'll have to pay more - and i dont mind that- its just i dunno what it costs 

Stephen

If you ask someone local, I guess about £10.

If you ask a Clean-it-Up tall story porkies merchant, I'd say about £35.
So ignore the crap that's about to be thrown in your direction. :

well squeaky has answered your question

though to be honest, i would want 50 quid to do them, any less and i would be robbing myself

[Majestic]

+ vat

[Bertie Boo]

Cheers Dave

Great Barr in North Birmingham. Its a big area though, a lot of the local chaps only seem to want to stick to 'their' roads....

I'll give Yellow Pages a look. How much can i expect to pay for WFP? I have 12 single windows in total (some are butted together to look like a double but they are actually 2 windows), plus two patio doors and a large sliding door....The other guy charged £6 to do it traditional style, took him about 15 minutes. I know i'll have to pay more - and i dont mind that- its just i dunno what it costs 

Stephen

If you ask someone local, I guess about £10.

If you ask a Clean-it-Up tall story porkies merchant, I'd say about £35.
So ignore the crap that's about to be thrown in your direction. :

well squeaky has answered your question

though to be honest, i would want 50 quid to do them, any less and i would be robbing myself

Ah well then, in that case i'll forget all about a 4-week visit, i couldnt afford £50 every 4 weeks for window cleaning 

Stephen

[Paul Coleman]

Cheers Dave

Great Barr in North Birmingham. Its a big area though, a lot of the local chaps only seem to want to stick to 'their' roads....

I'll give Yellow Pages a look. How much can i expect to pay for WFP? I have 12 single windows in total (some are butted together to look like a double but they are actually 2 windows), plus two patio doors and a large sliding door....The other guy charged £6 to do it traditional style, took him about 15 minutes. I know i'll have to pay more - and i dont mind that- its just i dunno what it costs 

Stephen

If you ask someone local, I guess about £10.

If you ask a Clean-it-Up tall story porkies merchant, I'd say about £35.
So ignore the crap that's about to be thrown in your direction. :

Well let's see now.  I live in Sussex so a 300 mile round trip, bed & breakfast thrown in, plus a days sightseeing, there might be some change from £300.  On the other hand, it might be better to get someone local   
Seriously though, if you have 12 windows, don't be surprised to pay around £12.  I know there is regional variation in rates so you might get it for less.  I'm wondering if you might have made a mistake in parting company with him.  OK so he was a bit irregular but £6 sounds like a bargain to me.  However, regularly cleaned windows sound important to you so expect to pay more than you have been.

[Moderator David@stives]

sounds like he has 12 panes of glass