[S.W. Window Cleaning]

Been asked a few times to do insides. Up until now I have said no. This is for domestic customers. I wfp the outsides but if you clean the insides does it pay or take too long?

Cheers,
Steve

[Window Lickers]

Pain in the arse. Avoid at all costs.

[SB Cleaning]

Pain in the arse. Avoid at all costs.

What a load of rubbish! !

They are worth doing just price a lot higher than the outside and get them to move everything off the cills.

[PoleKing]

Pain in the arse. Avoid at all costs.

What a load of rubbish! !

They are worth doing just price a lot higher than the outside and get them to move everything off the cills.

Bateman is being ironic.

+1 on insides though, priced accurately they are good work.
We work to earn money.
And in nicer homes you're warm, dry and usually have a brew and a biccie.
Learn to blade in your own house though, you don't wanna be slopping water everywhere.

[SeanK]

Yes they can be a pain especially on a hot day, yes we all want to earn money but I
want it to be as handy as possible and outside work is a lot handier than insides.
Cons....
You risk dirtying the customers décor or breaking ornaments even if they are not sitting on the sills.
Being accused of stealing if something gets misplaced in the property.
There will nearly always be something in front of a window like a bed or dresser which will be a pain to move.
Blinds, some of these can be a nightmare I had some in a property a while back where they just wouldn't stay up.
Annoying kids who follow you around touching the glass you have just cleaned.
And worst of all cleaning the glass of a property where the person smokes.
Pros..
If you have an important customer its a good way of keeping them happy, that's the one and only reason
why I clean interiors.

  

[S.W. Window Cleaning]

Cheers Sean. That's pretty much what I thought. What about using a karcher. Would that be an easier way

[SeanK]

Cheers Sean. That's pretty much what I thought. What about using a karcher. Would that be an easier way

To be honest if your going to clean insides a mop and squeegee are the best tools,the Karcher is a good
tool for conny roofs but its slow on normal windows and does tend to leave fine lines on the glass if
examined carefully.
Its good for drying waste water of the sills, saves on microfibers or scrims.

[Tom White]

I send Wor Lass in to do the insides while I do the exterior. 

Works for me.

[gary999]

Only do them if the customer is willing to pay three times the
normal outside price.

I dont do many

[Window Lickers]

Bateman is being ironic.

 


Im not actually, they are a pain in the butt. You'll not likely be able to earn what you do on outsides as you on insides. We do price higher doesn't mean they're not a pain in the butt. For ease of purpose I'd rather just crack on with outsides and not have to bother with the added hassle of poncing about inside someone house.

Smokers? Dont even bother trying to justify that one.

Odd-Bod does the insides usually when we're asked. He was off one day this week, had a big insides to do, I would rather have boiled myself alive in a pan of Tosh's urine than do that. Paid well, but a pain in the butt-tocks.

[C o z y]

Pain in the arse. Avoid at all costs.

What a load of rubbish! !

They are worth doing just price a lot higher than the outside and get them to move everything off the sills.

Agreed.

>SW    Kärcher?? lol !

[Ian101]

I have one old dear who I charge treble to do the insides ....... she had or has cancer so she don't have the strength to do it herself anymore ........ nice bonus 3 times a year .

When she 1st asked me to do it I said no and when she asked why I didn't offer insides I told her that customers wouldn't pay it .......... she was offended by this and demanded a price and said as the customer she would be the judge of whether it was too expensive or not ............ that was me told !! 

[Ian101]

I send Wor Lass in to do the insides while I do the exterior. 

Works for me.

good system !

[koopmaster]

i do a few but now add extra as its more of a pain.

[bobplum]

Been asked a few times to do insides. Up until now I have said no. This is for domestic customers. I wfp the outsides but if you clean the insides does it pay or take too long?

Cheers,
Steve

depends if you need the work, personally now avoid them

[mufcglen]

i try to avoid them too, having to take your shoes off theres nothing worse than foot odour!!!

[PoleKing]

i try to avoid them too, having to take your shoes off theres nothing worse than foot odour!!!

Wear 'overshoes' £10 for 100.
Looks a bit more professional too imo

[Tom White]

i try to avoid them too, having to take your shoes off theres nothing worse than foot odour!!!

Wear 'overshoes' £10 for 100.
Looks a bit more professional too imo

Or try washing your feet and changing your socks more regularly.

Stinky!

[mufcglen]

Lol I was only joking, my feet don't really stink but my beer farts do!
It's the being carefull and not getting dirty water anywhere, hot houses and sometimes having to work around customers belongings that I can't be doing with.
I get them to shift everything from window sills when I have to do them but I really do try to avoid them unless it's like a job I got a few weeks so 60 windows on a mansion £160 I charged in and out

[jimiwindows]

If you dont clean insides who cleans them ?

[8weekly]

I generally avoid them, but I have a very large house that I do 16 weekly and charge £105 outsides only. Then last time they asked me to do the insides as well. I charged £275 and they were so pleased that they have gone to 8 weekly in and out every time. I have dropped the price though to £225. Goes from £300 a year to £1,300. After the

[C o z y]

A window cleaner. Not an "Outsides only" bloke

[gary999]

Its a window cleaner who enjoys an easy life,you moaning old
scouse git!

Saying that ive got one tomorrow dont like it but it pays well

[C o z y]

Lightweight 

















 

[Keith Elmer]

It's ok if the weather is bad or you have nothing better to do. Takes longer. I was asked if I would clean the inside of a care home I do. Told tem it would be about £2,500 and I would have to have a member of staff with me. Job forgotten 

[gary999]

Lightweight 

















 

 













 

[*Hector*]

Lightweight 

















 

really?? have you seen Gary's photo??

 

[gary999]

Lightweight 

















 

really?? have you seen Gary's photo??

 

Oih i have feelings you know












 

[PoleKing]

Lightweight  

















 

really?? have you seen Gary's photo??

 

Oih i have feelings you know












 

...mainly hunger 

[gary999]

Lightweight  

















 

really?? have you seen Gary's photo??

 

Oih i have feelings you know












 

...mainly hunger 

You can feck off aswell

[stuart mc]

calm down chunky, you can't help being big boned

[*Hector*]

 

[C o z y]

calm down chunky, you can't help being big boned

Big boned. The big boned women nearly always have a huge "Ar$e" bone 

[Don Kee]

calm down chunky, you can't help being big boned

Big boned. The big boned women nearly always have a huge "Ar$e" bone 

Wo wo wooo cozy...dont say ar5e and bone in the same sentence, uncle albert will be beside himself...

[C o z y]

 

[gary999]

calm down chunky, you can't help being big boned

Thats rich big ears

[gary999]

calm down chunky, you can't help being big boned

Big boned. The big boned women nearly always have a huge "Ar$e" bone 

Cozy using the words arse and bone in the same sentence

it sends shivers

[dazmond]

i refuse unless its a big posh house who pay a good rate as you have to book them in advance.i do one or two but generally i dont bother.like matt its easier(and less hassle)to just crack on with outside work.

i have a few old dears on estate work that ill clean their inside kitchen window if their in!i usually get a cup of coffee and a biccie for my troubles!

[G Griffin]

i try to avoid them too, having to take your shoes off theres nothing worse than foot odour!!!

Wear 'overshoes' £10 for 100.

Are you a centipede? 

[supernova77]

I'm a firm believer in customer satisfaction... So if a customer asks for an inside clean then I'll say yes, but charge at least double the outside price now... If you say no then they might find someone else to do it and then dump you.

As an example we cleaned the outside windows for a customer last Thursday... It's £65 every 7 / 8 weeks and doesn't take us long to do - so it's a really good regular customer... She asked if we can do insides, we didn't have time last Thursday so booked it in for tomorrow morning... All the windows are a bit of a pain, new Georgian type windows but it's an extra £130 and it keeps the customer happy... We clean the insides approx every 6 months for her so it's an extra £260 per year... If I said no I would be in danger of loosing a really good regular customer.

We do a lot of insides throughout a year, it's good additional income.

Andy  

[Mist A Bit]

A window cleaners job is to clean glass weather its inside, outside, a glass roof etc, by not doing one of these your business isn't offering a full service.
I remember my mate taking a car to the garage and they refused to work on it as it was small and French so difficult access , I thought how unprofessional, a garage can't fix a car.
A business must provide a comprehensive service or its a half ar sed job

[SeanK]

A window cleaners job is to clean glass weather its inside, outside, a glass roof etc, by not doing one of these your business isn't offering a full service.
I remember my mate taking a car to the garage and they refused to work on it as it was small and French so difficult access , I thought how unprofessional, a garage can't fix a car.
A business must provide a comprehensive service or its a half ar sed job

Your wrong, as a business owner your can choose to do whatever work that suits you, and as long as the business is
making money then that's all that counts.
The same goes for the garage owner who takes on handier jobs and lets other less successful businesses do the
undesirable work.
Would call a garage that only works on prestige cars unprofessional I wouldn't.

[dazmond]

A window cleaners job is to clean glass weather its inside, outside, a glass roof etc, by not doing one of these your business isn't offering a full service.
I remember my mate taking a car to the garage and they refused to work on it as it was small and French so difficult access , I thought how unprofessional, a garage can't fix a car.
A business must provide a comprehensive service or its a half ar sed job

you can pick and choose what work you take on when your well established.i often refuse conny roofs if their flat with hardly any fall on them or anything too awkward.most of my customers dont even ask me anymore for inside window cleaning as i normally make an excuse as i cant be bothered!!

i am professional on work i do clean though which is mostly outside window cleaning and the add ons(f/s/g,conny roofs and solar panels)

[gary999]

[quote auth :)849]
A window cleaners job is to clean glass weather its inside, outside, a glass roof etc, by not doing one of these your business isn't offering a full service.
I remember my mate taking a car to the garage and they refused to work on it as it was small and French so difficult access , I thought how unprofessional, a garage can't fix a car.
A business must provide a comprehensive service or its a half ar sed job
[/quote]

I know plenty by me who wont touch con cleans gutter or fascia,i clean all
of these but they clean insides, generally i dont we are all happy doing
what we are doing so whats the problem

[Sean Dyer]

I send Wor Lass in to do the insides while I do the exterior. 

Works for me.

same

only my wife not yours

i ifind if you do them regular the same price as outside is fine if they are easy (ie no ladder needed and easy access sills cleared already ) i have a few i do every time and look forward to them

if theyre awkward or one off i double the outside price

Never found them a problem though

in winter theyre great as you can work after dark

[Mist A Bit]

I personally think Connie roofs and faisier cleans are much harder then insides. But I still do those as well. If the price is right I take the good bad and the ugly.

[gary999]

I personally think Connie roofs and faisier cleans are much harder then insides. But I still do those as well. If the price is right I take the good bad and the ugly.

You may have a point but i get far more requests for con,fascia etc and
i make far more on these per job than inside cleaning and i enjoy this
work and dont enjoy inside cleaning.

At present im cleaning one fascia con etc per day and i have cleaned
one inside over the last 28 days which was yesterday and was a ballache
but they paid 3 times what the outside clean was, infact this is the only
inside job i do all year.

So in reality for me personally there is no money in it generally to
spend my time doing a job that i dislike and im defo not going to
become a slave to the job when i am perfectly content making a
living the way i do now.