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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: S on March 18, 2011, 08:47:23 pm

Title: Overpriced round
Post by: S on March 18, 2011, 08:47:23 pm: Just see this on ebay. Window cleaning round for sale. £1020 a month. 177 cussies. Wanting nearly 10 grand for it. 9.5 times the monthly clean. Any takers.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WINDOW-CLEANING-ROUND-177-CUSTOMERS-ESTABLISHED-20YRS-/300538012233?pt=UK_B_I_Business_for_Sale_CV&hash=item45f9762249

I think it is wishful thinking on his part.
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: Ian101 on March 18, 2011, 08:51:44 pm: sounds a lot of houses for little income.
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: C.C.S. on March 18, 2011, 08:57:46 pm: Quote from: S on March 18, 2011, 08:47:23 pm
Just see this on ebay. Window cleaning round for sale. £1020 a month. 177 cussies. Wanting nearly 10 grand for it. 9.5 times the monthly clean. Any takers.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WINDOW-CLEANING-ROUND-177-CUSTOMERS-ESTABLISHED-20YRS-/300538012233?pt=UK_B_I_Business_for_Sale_CV&hash=item45f9762249

I think it is wishful thinking on his part.
i'm not far away from the area.by the sound of it he has very small houses (or bad prices),probably most of them terraced houses with bad access.i work in the area and there are a lot of them.i wouldn't want this kind of work especially for that price
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: Jackal on March 18, 2011, 09:08:24 pm: he surely doesnt use a barrow to carry his equipment around,how can you carry a ladder and push a barrow at same time ???
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: Jackal on March 18, 2011, 09:19:30 pm: Quote from: Stan. on March 18, 2011, 09:11:09 pm
Quote from: Jackal on March 18, 2011, 09:08:24 pm
he surely doesnt use a barrow to carry his equipment around,how can you carry a ladder and push a barrow at same time ???
put it on the barrow ;)

how? length ways you wouldnt have anywhere put your legs/body to push barrow

width way it wouldnt fit through a gate way or drive ;D
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: S on March 18, 2011, 09:21:42 pm: I reckon its a top of the range barrow. Complete with bell and go fast strips.

Window cleaners still clean, with barrows? Its been a long time since I have seen one. The ladder must hang on the side. One of them wooden ladders-).

Having the round for 20 odd years. He has not put the prices up much.
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: C.C.S. on March 18, 2011, 09:23:05 pm: he also didn't said two of the most important things ,how long the round has been established for and how long it takes to complete the work
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: Jackal on March 18, 2011, 09:30:35 pm: Quote from: C.C.S. on March 18, 2011, 09:23:05 pm
he also didn't said two of the most important things ,how long the round has been established for and how long it takes to complete the work

established 20 years proberly takes 2 weeks complete as he said he sold other half of round and its mostly monthly
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: bobby p on March 18, 2011, 09:35:21 pm: from what i know of Brightlingsea its a god forsaken place . as if time stood still . is the shipyard still open ?
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: S on March 18, 2011, 09:39:19 pm: I emailed him. He sold the first half last year for 10000.
He looked on the internet and saw two rounds for sale with the same customer numbers has his, and sold on the same price has them rounds. But not on monthly value of them rounds, but on the customer numbers he has..

All somes backwards to me-).
Title: Re: Overpriced round
Post by: windiewasher on March 18, 2011, 09:47:58 pm: takes him 3 days!
Quote from: Jackal on March 18, 2011, 09:30:35 pm
Quote from: C.C.S. on March 18, 2011, 09:23:05 pm
he also didn't said two of the most important things ,how long the round has been established for and how long it takes to complete the work

established 20 years proberly takes 2 weeks complete as he said he sold other half of round and its mostly monthly