Have several adverts on the free sites and yell .com but the kind of people tend to be the sort i don't want, you know - come back after christmas! I ask "are you after a one off clean?" their reply is "depends how good you are, if your good we might use you again!" Most of them start the conversation with "we used to have a window cleaner but he doesn't come any more" Another one was "can you clean my bungalow? - thirty mile round trip for one :
Got one today - "half past ten on Saturday morning please!"
It goes on. :
haha yeah ive had a few of those, my window cleaner doesn't come anymore..
Then say my window cleaner used to charge this when i give them a quote.. (that would be why they are not doing it anymore then!) I leave them with a written quote and a letter advising them why window cleaners come and go - such as not charging enough in the first place, not professional outfits with a proven track record and a willingness to return if any problems or un happy with the clean or even late paying customers.. it opens their eyes! Also makes me look a bit jumped up, but if they are after a monkey then i am not the window cleaner for them..
Ive taken on many a new customer who is happy to pay a bit more, for a professional service and not take on some monkey who charges peanuts, not to be seen till next summer..