:)Hi Everyone
The 2nd ad that I responded to was a company in Essex who have sent me an info pack
JWT.
I know the above post was placed a long time ago now, but from the description, this company is still going. It was seeing an advert for this got me into thinking about cleaning for a living. I have spent most of this morning, and will probably be most of this afternoon aswell, reading this forum!
Is sent off for the information, received the info pack, was very impressed, as I thought that the money spent on that round could be reclaimed easily within the year. I phoned up for some more info, which was duly given to me. I was told that I would be under no obligation to purchase anything until I was sure that I wanted to proceed, which meant that I could go out on a round and get a taster for the work with an established cleaner, whom would be able to show me the potential for earning. Although I was impressed buy the info, and help offered, there was one major problem in that the rounds that were on offer were about 30 mins drive away at least. This put me off as I know that there is work, virtually on my doorstep.
The rounds, as previously described, were on a sliding scale of £1600 for £100 p/w of work, therefore a £600 p/w round was priced @ £9600
! This round would typically consist of 200-300 houses depending on size obviously. When I actually sat down and thought about it, I realised that if I started up on my own that I could, with a bit of hard graft, build a round that could quite easily surpass that WITHOUT the outlay of 10 grand, therefore ending up better off in the long run!
I haven't started anything yet, but am thinking about still going out with the cleaner to see how it acheived a maybe even learn a few tricks
Unless there is any window cleaners in the Ely, Cambridgeshire area, that could help me out and receive some free labour in return!!
Also does anyone have a rough figure, for a startup cost, I know it can't be that high, but am currently unemployed
so will be borrowing, or at least using the old plastic to get me started. I know what would be great, if anyone has the time, a list of the essentials to own, and any tips on the best products would be great.
I greatly appreciate any help!
Cheers guys!
Simon
