Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mark mann on August 25, 2010, 09:21:59 pm
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Hi Guys
I got quite few roads in my neigbourhood that have bungelows i have got a few bungelows but the success rate when canvassing low, coz many claim they do themselves.
when building your rounds in the early days did you just canvass all houses and bungelows or focus on the houses to get the get the strike rate up.
would you all canvass the bungelows just the same and can here some feedback on typical charges for trad and wfp on them if you could bearing in mind to flag what area your from.
this must be a common thought for newbies and could be useful to new and old perhaps
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I never canvass bungalows, too much work for too little reward.
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I never canvass bungalows, too much work for too little reward.
then charge more ;)
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cANVASS THEM ALL, ONE OF MY BEST ROUNDS IS BUNGALOWS, DO THEM ALL TRAD TAKES HALF A DAY EVERY 4 WEEKS £120.00 IN ESSEX THEYRE ALL 2 BED SEMIS £8.50 OR £10.00 WITH A CONNY ON THE BACK ALL RETIRED ALL IN AND PAY ON THE DAY, ITS ONE OF MY DAYS THAT ILOOK FORWARD TO!! GET TEA AND BICCYS AS WEL!!
Sorry didnt know the caps lock was on!!
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bungalows are the very best, often they have old folk in them who cant lift their arms high enough to clean.Very loyal type of customers too are the bungalows
i price them the same as if it is a house and Always look forward to these easyer jobs
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Bungalows are always a days work when its windy, tend to be elderly so more loyal...drawbacks a lower price,get caught yapping but most annoying of all is their custard creams/sports biscuits are well past the sell date. :D
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richard would you charge more if you were doing them wfp?
im from essex to mate by the way
all sounds good - and agree they are nice change from houses with tricky windows set back on the house over an extension at an awkward angle for example.
i get 8-10 without conny - 12-14 with
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I never canvass bungalows, too much work for too little reward.
then charge more ;)
All I'm saying is there's much more productive ways to spend my time. Anyone can clean a bungalow, including the people that live in them.
I'd much rather spend my time canvassing 3 storey town houses. ;)
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I never canvass bungalows, too much work for too little reward.
then charge more ;)
All I'm saying is there's much more productive ways to spend my time. Anyone can clean a bungalow, including the people that live in them.
I'd much rather spend my time canvassing 3 storey town houses. ;)
Got you, I just mean they are good money for easy work but I hardly canvass any more and if I was I see your point, but as someone else said a lot have elderly in them who can't or wont do them if they can pay someone
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richard would you charge more if you were doing them wfp?
im from essex to mate by the way
all sounds good - and agree they are nice change from houses with tricky windows set back on the house over an extension at an awkward angle for example.
i get 8-10 without conny - 12-14 with
To be honest Mark you couldnt do them quicker wfp ive been trad for years and now use wfp as well but i can wip round a bungalow with a small points ladder a lot quicker than dragging a hose round even my trolley would be slower, sometimes trad is better :) whereabouts are you based?
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They are good earners, canvass em
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hi richard
(To be honest Mark you couldnt do them quicker wfp ive been trad for years and now use wfp as well but i can wip round a bungalow with a small points ladder a lot quicker than dragging a hose round even my trolley would be slower, sometimes trad is better whereabouts are you based? )
im based in manningtree - do manningtree / clacton and a few in colchester
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I grew up in Dovercourt and now live at West Mersea, know your area well do you do any on Lawford Dale? scarey hills round there!
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hi richard
a few - i live in lawford so no dubt the whole round round here will grow in time.
the concentrated areas are well serviced by wc but i still pick up usually 2-3 each road just got build them from there.
i do try to do ones i know i can get my van off the road to avoid trailing hose accross public footpaths incase of mr or mrs claim it.
u been around mate lol did you do wc work in all those areas?
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Hello Mark,
Ive only been wc since i moved to Mersea about 6 years ago, i timed it just right as 2 windys had given up a few months before i started so picked quite a few up, got to meet one of them and is now a mate which helped, i started part time until i had enough to take it seriously and love it now!
How long you been going? you full time?
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nice 2c we got a few more essex boys on here ;) i love bungerlows, more please ;D
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canvassing bungalows worthwhile?
If they have windows then yes! ;)
Andy
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nice 2c we got a few more essex boys on here ;) i love bungerlows, more please ;D
Whereabouts are you then mate?
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im in halstead, near colchester ;D
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i do canvass bungs so i sell the health and safety to the hilt so they use your services like the specific height reg and the right ladder reg and the slippery surface reg and all that get what i mean mates 8) shockin isnt it
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im in halstead, near colchester ;D
my ex used to work in earls colne a lot of the staff were from Halstead
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its not a bad place, been 2 worse i guess. :-\
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sounds like youve been to mersea then ;D
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sounds like youve been to mersea then ;D
hahaha yer once LOL. that was enough 4 me LMFAO ;D ;D ;D
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hi richard
going knocking on 4 months started building up weekends while in ft work then gave that up a month ago - taken partime job 20hours and continuing to build round - i forget how many customers got now but i reckon by end of year be full time.
have to say loving it - apart from my everyday pole at the mo - as fixing it weekly at the clamp sleeve which keeps coming unglued (use that epoxy stuff from pure freedom)
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Coming back to the OP bungalows are top earners and always canvass for bungalows although the sucess rate is low.
Standard charge for a bungalow £10, time to do it 10 minutes. Go figure.
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Coming back to the OP bungalows are top earners and always canvass for bungalows although the sucess rate is low.
Standard charge for a bungalow £10, time to do it 10 minutes. Go figure.
I agree Vince, one estate i work on i started with one customer but over the last 18 months i have picked up another 10 all close by, the oldies like to watch you behind their curtains for a while to make sure youre doing a good job before they ask you to do theirs!
Mark, get to b &q and get a Harris pole i swear by them £15 and youre sorted! look on you tube to see how to convert one theyre very good
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hi richard
in reply too ...Mark, get to b &q and get a Harris pole i swear by them £15 and youre sorted! look on you tube to see how to convert one theyre very good
i got one but going to convert it as they are quite light and rigid - its 5 mtr and has plastic screw up clamps - think it was bnq 15quid
thanks mate - will look up re converting it.