Ian_Giles

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Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2007, 06:33:05 am »
Most of my work is domestic with a few small businesses.

Have seen a crew working business.

One washes the other rinses........I can tell you that those boys were fast.

If I wanted your set up I would have 2 to a van.

That sounds like an excellent way of working, bet its well fast too!!!


One washes, one rinses??
I for one never rinse as a separate operation, in fact I very rarely rinse at all, for me it is all done on the glass as part of the cleaning process.

As for the which is most profitable?

Where possible send your staff out by themselves, by and large it is way more efficient than having two work together.
Of course there will always be occasions when on certain jobs or days a 2 man operation may be better, you just have to be flexible.

Ian
Ian. ISM CLEANING SERVICES

Moderator David@stives

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Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2007, 09:25:51 am »
A lot of it depends on vehicle costs.

£3000 a year depreciation and interest costs
£500 tax and insurance
£3000 fuel
£1000 wfp costs per year ?
 Total £7500

thats £150 a week per vehicle per week.

cvdewsbury

Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2007, 11:02:38 am »
keep the overhead factor down one van 2 man team....or 3man team if you can work it right

AuRavelling79

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Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2007, 02:29:10 pm »
... 2 blokes will talk about you as if your Hitler,Himler,belseybub you name it before you know it they`ll be out on there own.


Top advice and brilliantly put!  ;D ;D ;D

(But you forgot Pol Pot, Mugabe and Stalin!)
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Rob.Hall

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Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2007, 04:27:01 pm »
I think you are right Ian to be flexible.

This job contained a lot of pains to a window so one washing followed by the other rinsing
was a good combination.

I can see your point about doing the whole job in one If you had sheet windows etc .

Could not see domestic being viable with 2 unless you are working on big houses.

Just my point of view.

I would be interested to hear comments from anyone who does run 2 too a van.


gary evans

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Re: Which is most profitable?
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2007, 04:54:56 am »
I run 2 to a van allmost all the time, most work fairly big + a lot of travellng.

Find this best most of the time, started sending lone worker on some run around small stuff, that works well also.

Gary