Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: PAIN IN THE GLASS on March 09, 2011, 08:49:16 am
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Hi Guys, We know you have to pay a fee for a licence, is it a standard fee or is it a different price depending on the area you live?
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glad im not a window cleaner in scotland!you scottish lads have my respect!!
most lousy weather in the whole of the british isles.
usually cheaper prices for work.
have to pay a stupid licence fee sometimes two or three if you work in other areas!
couple that with tight buggers not paying up it must be harder for you legit window cleaners to make a living than in other parts of the country.
regards
dazmond
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depends on area pain in the glass, mine £180 for 3 years neighbouring councils vary and some do a yearly option, and my council insist on 5 mil public liability
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south lanarkshire have seemingly split their council area up so you require a few licences to operate in the one council area
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Thanks for your reply's lads, This seams unfair. I would have thought that it would be one flat licence fee not diff prics for different areas.
So how does the application go then? is it just through your councils.
DAZMOND i wouldnt say that they are all tight over the border its just those Aberdonians who have padlocks on there wallets ;D
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you fill out a form and send a cheque for the required amount, they send the form to the police to do a background check, if all is well you get your license, if you are not deemed fit to hold the license it is refused and you are down £180 bucks for the privilage
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See here:
http://www.slwcn.org/area.htm
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Stu mac are you in edinburgh if so im in edinburgh and i only had 1 million cover and i got my licence no probs ;D
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Stu mac are you in edinburgh if so im in edinburgh and i only had 1 million cover and i got my licence no probs ;D
no mate I left Edinburgh years ago, Falkirk council insist on 5 mil
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I think its a good idea, it means you have no doleys? and prices stay reasonable if licence came out in england maybe the north would be priced a bit more?
out of interest Whats the fine if you are caught cleaning with no licence? and how who catches you;?
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I think its a good idea, it means you have no doleys? and prices stay reasonable if licence came out in england maybe the north would be priced a bit more?
out of interest Whats the fine if you are caught cleaning with no licence? and how who catches you;?
;D ;D
some of the lowest prices in the uk are in scotland
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glad im not a window cleaner in scotland!you scottish lads have my respect!!
most lousy weather in the whole of the british isles.
usually cheaper prices for work.
have to pay a stupid licence fee sometimes two or three if you work in other areas!
couple that with tight buggers not paying up it must be harder for you legit window cleaners to make a living than in other parts of the country.
regards
dazmond
Scotland is a very big place Dazmond. It has three coasts & the weather is different for all of them!
Many parts of Scotland suffer no worse than Manchester, mad for it! ;D
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Hmm , dont you think it would be cheaper if it was like england , IE no licence required ? oh by the way i heard Edinburgh centre is quote well priced.
take a look at my 2nd question too, wonder how they enforce it?
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they don't on the whole, although the slwcn are pushing hard on councils and police to do their jobs, there is one council enforcement officer in my area and he is also checking taxis and street traders etc. that is an area with approx 60'000 houses
they do hits now and again with the police, 7 were charged in fife last week, and 2 from a national in stirling
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Yea and carerul you dont fill the form in wrong.
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Dazmond have a look at the weather....There's snow in Inverness but nothing in Glasgow. Cheers for the info guys. It just show you how easy we have it over the border. How many of the windy's down here would pass the police check ah HMMMMMMM I wonder.
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pain in the glass the weather terrible again in manchester!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
good job im straight up with work!im gonna leave it now until tuesday or wednesday next week then ill be ready for the next onslaught of work!!! ;)
my vans booked in on monday morning for an MOT so itll be tuesday at the earliest.
regards
dazmond
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So am I right in saying that the Highland council for inverness charge £206 for 3 years
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So am I right in saying that the Highland council for inverness charge £206 for 3 years
See here:
http://www.slwcn.org/area.htm
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So am I right in saying that the Highland council for inverness charge £206 for 3 years
Highland Council
Website
Phone: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross - 01955 607790
Ross, Skye and Lochaber - 01478 613826
Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch & Strathspey - 01463 724244
Application
Fees: £206 for 3 years
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Aye it is then..bloody nora. How many months on average would you say you work then if the weather is meant to be that bad up there? I bet theres not much of a diff from down here tho
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Thats sounds cheap!! Atleast you guys dont have to pay a hydrant licence....South lanarkshire - £500 a year.
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Cheers Soapy
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It not that bad for crying out loud, it's not the bloomin arctic !!!!
Forecast snow here and its mighty chilly but we are out!
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Thats sounds cheap!! Atleast you guys dont have to pay a hydrant licence....South lanarkshire - £500 a year.
What on earth do you need a hydrant licence for?
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So what would you scotish guys prefer a licence system or not?
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So what would you scotish guys prefer a licence system or not?
I'm all for it.
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Thats sounds cheap!! Atleast you guys dont have to pay a hydrant licence....South lanarkshire - £500 a year.
What on earth do you need a hydrant licence for?
For commercial jobs when i need to use a hydrant to refill my tank. (Pressure Washing)
Bit off topic but......
Souter,
how do you find those land rovers? im thinking of buying one as a bit of a fixer upper and a toy. probably one a little older than your lot.
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Souter,
how do you find those land rovers? im thinking of buying one as a bit of a fixer upper and a toy. probably one a little older than your lot.
I <3 Land Rover.
I hate Land Rover.
In equal measure.
Great in the snow etc. Hard as nails (had mine 8 yrs would have been written off 3 times over if it were a van)
What you getting? Half mine are Series 3 (1980)
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Thinking of getting a SWB series 2, just to stick in the garage and tinker with. Apparently they are like tonka trucks when it comes to maintenance, easy peasy. would you agree? plus they look tough i reckon.
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So when the police get hold of your form, and do a check is it the usual ten year record they look at or do they go further back
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So when the police get hold of your form, and do a check is it the usual ten year record they look at or do they go further back
5 years here.
Thinking of getting a SWB series 2, just to stick in the garage and tinker with. Apparently they are like tonka trucks when it comes to maintenance, easy peasy. would you agree? plus they look tough i reckon.
Series 2
Pros- No Tax, easy to work on, excellent off road. Looks tough.
Cons- Very basic, Slow even if you fit a V8 you will tear the gearbox to shreads, upgrade the gearbox and you will need new diffs, upgrade those and its new brakes if you don't want to kill yourself.
P.S apologies for thread hijack.
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cheers, bit of food for thought.
apologies also for the hijack.
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Does the licence include a SWB series 2 then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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im in if it does ;D
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Also note that there may be a 28 DAY waiting period before you are allowed to operate as a window cleaner.
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you thinking of moving pain in the glass?
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the window cleaner could be licenced for all areas in scotland these liecences ar a pure money making scam for the councils the person that runs slwcf should be campaining for this not helping the councils rip us off we get nothing in return for the money bring back william wallace
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Stu Mac.my missus is a glaswegian and my farther is scotish and mother english, We are in the process of moving if everything goes well. And nothing falls through we will going up to the highlands. If evrything is ok in the nxt 8wks-12wks chap.
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be prepared to be earning at lower rates than ye get down south mate
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I be working twice as hard chap.
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Remember 28 DAYS for a licence apply before you move!
Good luck.....
.......so long as you aint near Aberdeen!
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Not near Aberdeen mate further up than that. So ya safe for now lol.
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Downloaded the form, Filled it in. send it of with cheque nxt week