Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: woody1 on May 24, 2010, 04:13:56 pm
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Today had a great day sun shinning lots of work to get done, didnt try to work fast today started at 9am finished 3.30 pm grand total of 12 custy's for £149.50 could not belive i done that much,
did you guys have a good day
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D one for luck :D
I think sun has gone to my head ha ha
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i dont mean to sound rude but that isnt a amazing amount to me.
dont get me wrong you wouldnt earn that working in a shop,office or factory but for window cleaning thats about average.
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well i dont care i could have done a lot more if i was working quickly also i am traditional i didnt say it was my best day
there is always one donut ready to put others down :o
bloody humbug
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just saying how it is - £150 a day window cleaning houses is about a rough average tad or wfp!
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£150 a day average for trad? Whats a good day trad then?
Rather you than me in this.
If thats average on a day like this Id love to see you go when its agreeable window cleaning weather.
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I've had a disastrous day, first clean was OK turned up to do the second job and was asked to squeege the window off after by a customer who I've had for 5 years always done the tops of her chalet bungalow WFP but I only switched the bottoms over last month, as she has a sheltered rear patio I'd kept it trad,
anyhow her reason was it looked like it had been raining when I asked if the clean was OK she replied yes, I reluctantly agreed to do it mainly because she's an old biddy and I like her.
I moved on to next door picked that one up about 6 months ago and she asked me to do the same and I refused, she then told me her windows dried spotty and her husband had to go over them with a squeegee ::) and she paid more than next door, which is quite true as I hadn't put the price up in 5 years, So I told her they shouldn't be spotty after I'd cleaned and I'd check my TDS and rearrange her clean TDS meter was at home and guess what it was 10 ppm ??? oops all my fault I guess,
Oh and I calculated the under priced job that's £8 2 monthly should be £16, If I cut my losses with both of them I'll loose a whole £9.50 a month Oh no ;D ;D ;D
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I had a good day, I went into B+Q and one of the dunderheads that worked there knew the answer to my question. Which is the first time that has ever happened.
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I will always remember my record trad earnings for one day as it was the shortest day of the year 21st December 1988, this was my first spell in window cleaning
I done the exact same amount £149.50
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Ignore him Woody
jealousy and envy are awful afflications to have to carry
Well done on your good day and anyone who scoffs at anothers success.............................................................................................needs a good kick up the a@$e
£150 quid a day equals a whole lot of money
I say good on you
Gordon
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I've had a disastrous day, first clean was OK turned up to do the second job and was asked to squeege the window off after by a customer who I've had for 5 years always done the tops of her chalet bungalow WFP but I only switched the bottoms over last month, as she has a sheltered rear patio I'd kept it trad,
anyhow her reason was it looked like it had been raining when I asked if the clean was OK she replied yes, I reluctantly agreed to do it mainly because she's an old biddy and I like her.
I moved on to next door picked that one up about 6 months ago and she asked me to do the same and I refused, she then told me her windows dried spotty and her husband had to go over them with a squeegee ::) and she paid more than next door, which is quite true as I hadn't put the price up in 5 years, So I told her they shouldn't be spotty after I'd cleaned and I'd check my TDS and rearrange her clean TDS meter was at home and guess what it was 10 ppm ??? oops all my fault I guess,
Oh and I calculated the under priced job that's £8 2 monthly should be £16, If I cut my losses with both of them I'll loose a whole £9.50 a month Oh no ;D ;D ;D
i would not have , in this weather they would be dry in no time , don't let the customer dictate how you do the windows.
daz
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i done 5 hours £123.50p
6 hours yesterday £200 driveway clean
5 hours saturday driveway clean £130 ;D
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as i said gordon there is always some one trying to put others down :(
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some people talk a load of crap
WOODY1 you have done great there keep it up
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thats right m8
well done woody keep up the good work pal.
some people talk a load of crap
WOODY1 you have done great there keep it up
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Yes I know Daz usually a rule for me as well I was taken off guard today though, somehow I knew next door would say the same they'd obviously been chatting, at the moment I'm thinking about giving the second one her money back for the supposedly spotted last clean then dump both of them.
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Today had a great day sun shinning lots of work to get done, didnt try to work fast today started at 9am finished 3.30 pm grand total of 12 custy's for £149.50 could not belive i done that much,
did you guys have a good day
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D one for luck :D
I think sun has gone to my head ha ha
well done m8 ;) nothing wrong with that ;) 5days aweek.... thank u very much ;D ;D
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Gordon Bennet, read the post again lads. Woody said he didn't go flat out, took it easy and worked about 5.5 to 6 hours and earned more than he expected to at that pace. I don't think he meant it was a great earning day.
we all have good and not so good days. He had a good one. It's not meant to brag. Maybe I've misunderstood you Woody, I didn't think so.
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Yep I'd be happy at that and I'm WFP had better days and also had days where I've had enough before I've done that much.
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What do you expect posting your earnings on here.
They should be between you and your accountant.
Does anyone go in the pub and shout out and brag of their earnings, dear oh dear ::)
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No John, that's the point, it wasn't about earnings.
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i done 5 hours £123.50p
6 hours yesterday £200 driveway clean
5 hours saturday driveway clean £130 ;D
hope you tell the tax man ;)
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Let me fix that for you:
What do you expect posting your earnings on here.
They should be between you and your accountant God ;D.
Does anyone go in the pub and shout out and brag of their earnings, dear oh dear ::)
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thats very good considering we're in a recession hope your doing the same next year
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can't understand why any one would want to post earnings on here, it encourages more and more in the trade, and will lower prices,i know a lot will say "plenty of windows to go round",but this trade could become over saturated.
daz
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No it doesnt.
Gordon Bennett, how is 0.1% of the window cleaning population posting on a forum going to affect others income?
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No it doesnt.
Gordon Bennett, how is 0.1% of the window cleaning population posting on a forum going to affect others income?
it does , round my way every day there are loads more staring up , i was doing a long street today and 4 different canvassers turned up, all armed with a rough idea of prices , gives them an oppurtunity to under cut , but if you think posting earnings, and bragging of very high earnings has no impact , then carry on , i will keep my earnings to myself thanks.
daz
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Isn't it nice when things go your way for once as you plan your day doing a steady days work in this heat and getting yourself a nice and tidy sum at the end of it... you should be please in yourself and just sit back and crack open your favourite tipple keeping that moment of the day as for tomorrow might not be so good!!
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No John, that's the point, it wasn't about earnings.
Sorry cozy but as soon as he added
started at 9am finished 3.30 pm grand total of 12 custy's for £149.50
It was about earnings.
I agree with dmlservices too.....
Loads of new starters my way too, might be even more when the interest rates start climbing anytime soon :(
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I've had a disastrous day, first clean was OK turned up to do the second job and was asked to squeege the window off after by a customer who I've had for 5 years always done the tops of her chalet bungalow WFP but I only switched the bottoms over last month, as she has a sheltered rear patio I'd kept it trad,
anyhow her reason was it looked like it had been raining when I asked if the clean was OK she replied yes, I reluctantly agreed to do it mainly because she's an old biddy and I like her.
I moved on to next door picked that one up about 6 months ago and she asked me to do the same and I refused, she then told me her windows dried spotty and her husband had to go over them with a squeegee ::) and she paid more than next door, which is quite true as I hadn't put the price up in 5 years, So I told her they shouldn't be spotty after I'd cleaned and I'd check my TDS and rearrange her clean TDS meter was at home and guess what it was 10 ppm ??? oops all my fault I guess,
Oh and I calculated the under priced job that's £8 2 monthly should be £16, If I cut my losses with both of them I'll loose a whole £9.50 a month Oh no ;D ;D ;D
Sounds like they had been talking to each other.
I did about the same as Woody BTW with WFP - although a fair chunk of the day was on a largish inside clean (they have air con) ;D
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I've had a disastrous day, first clean was OK turned up to do the second job and was asked to squeege the window off after by a customer who I've had for 5 years always done the tops of her chalet bungalow WFP but I only switched the bottoms over last month, as she has a sheltered rear patio I'd kept it trad,
anyhow her reason was it looked like it had been raining when I asked if the clean was OK she replied yes, I reluctantly agreed to do it mainly because she's an old biddy and I like her.
I moved on to next door picked that one up about 6 months ago and she asked me to do the same and I refused, she then told me her windows dried spotty and her husband had to go over them with a squeegee ::) and she paid more than next door, which is quite true as I hadn't put the price up in 5 years, So I told her they shouldn't be spotty after I'd cleaned and I'd check my TDS and rearrange her clean TDS meter was at home and guess what it was 10 ppm ??? oops all my fault I guess,
Oh and I calculated the under priced job that's £8 2 monthly should be £16, If I cut my losses with both of them I'll loose a whole £9.50 a month Oh no ;D ;D ;D
i would not have , in this weather they would be dry in no time , don't let the customer dictate how you do the windows.
daz
Same here. I would have refused on a job that size - even if it meant not getting paid and losing the customer. On a larger job I might have relented for the one clean (in order to get paid) and attempted to replace the customer before the next visit.
The window cleaner HAS to be the one who chooses the method.
When I first started (trad), I even had someone ask me if I used vinegar and newspaper. I got her laughing though. I told her that I run a window cleaning business - not a chip shop.
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i did about £90 yesturday free tan also pick up one garden clear up job.two gutter cleaning jobs .