Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: steven ainger on May 26, 2011, 07:50:05 am
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Ive just changed all my 4 wkly jobs, on george, to 6 wkly.
Ive found that most people dont want their windows cleaned that often.
Most of my new work is 8 wkly, at a slightly better price, which i prefer tbh.
Is everyone else finding this, or are your custies happy with a 4 wk clean ??
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I'm 4 weekly and get complaints if I'm late,find 4 weeks works best for me
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Change them back quick! You've just devalued your round by nearly a third and made more work for yourself. ???
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i was always late anyway ;D
are you guys wfp or trad, as i find the windows arent that dirty anyway even after 6 wks.
also are you in a town/city which gets alot of traffic residue, as im semi rural, all the widows get is dust and bird poo
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think that is a bad move tbh,i would of just said to each custy would you like you windows cleaned every 4wk or 8wks but 8wk is a little extra (whatever you think is fair, i go with 40% extra)
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This what i wanted to do,
I hate going every 4 wks, its so boring going to the same houses all the time.
I havnt been doing 4 wkly for along time, only just changed them all on george.
Putting the jobs 6 wkly allows me to fit in all new work easily
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This what i wanted to do,
I hate going every 4 wks, its so boring going to the same houses all the time.
I havnt been doing 4 wkly for along time, only just changed them all on george.
Putting the jobs 6 wkly allows me to fit in all new work easily
If you find it boring going to the same houses all the time then maybe you should think of a change in job!!
A window cleaning round is about going to the same houses all the time if we never we would not make much money ;D ;D
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I run a business to make a healthy profit, not keep myself amused or worrry about wether the windows are dirty enough. ;)
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Steve nothing wrong with going from 4 to 6 weekly....for me 8 weekly is the ticket...I agree that 4 weekly can be 'boring' but like someone has said just think about how much work you have robbed from yourself..perhaps you have already and are ok with the change.
I doubt there is very much difference between 4 and 6 weekly effort wise.
Cheers and good luck.
Dave.
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Every-four-weeks is fine if you're charging £5 or £6 pound, but once you start charging proper money and you're turning up every-four-weeks, some customers start saying stuff like 'Is it that time already?'.
I prefer to charge a bit extra with a longer cleaning frequency. All my larger stuff is on every-other-month, and every-other-month I have two weeks of really quite well paid work.
The only downside is, it takes longer to build up this way.
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75% of my work is 8 weekly its the way the domestic market is turning, maybe not as fast in some areas.
be interested to see the response to this question in say 3 years time
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Mostly monthly with mine with roughly 10% on bi monthly. If I was starting from scratch today then I would only offer 6 weekly. Next month going to start turning mine over to bi monthly as getting loads of new work. Any new customers these days are given a monthly and a higher bi monthly price - 25% still go for the monthly option though. The current ones I'm offering bi monthly to from June will be left a slip asking if they want to stay monthly or for xxx amount more swap to bi monthly. XXX amount will either be 33% or 50% extra - doing it gradually over 4 months so will see how it goes. Absolutely hissing it down here in Chester so very bored in me van may forget it today as had a good month and deserve a day off - however spotted a car showroom that defo needs a windie so will go and see them if it don't stop raining.
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Every-four-weeks is fine if you're charging £5 or £6 pound, but once you start charging proper money and you're turning up every-four-weeks, some customers start saying stuff like 'Is it that time already?'.
I prefer to charge a bit extra with a longer cleaning frequency. All my larger stuff is on every-other-month, and every-other-month I have two weeks of really quite well paid work.
The only downside is, it takes longer to build up this way.
Excellent reply tosh
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For me about 6 weekly is about right. Usually the windows are pretty clean after a month. Although on saying this, if my customers stood for it, I'd be quite happy doing them monthly.
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Ive just changed all my 4 wkly jobs, on george, to 6 wkly.
Ive found that most people dont want their windows cleaned that often.
Most of my new work is 8 wkly, at a slightly better price, which i prefer tbh.
Is everyone else finding this, or are your custies happy with a 4 wk clean ??
I'm with you, plus there's less resistance to price increases, the customers are paying less over the year, and you can have a bigger round.
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I'm with Tosh on this one. I was 4 weeks to the day when I started 20 years ago. I tried 6 weekly but that didn't work well. Now most of my work is monthly to the date and new work is every 2 months or even on a call when you are ready basis. These customers pay a premium but I price all work up now like it is a one-off anyway.
Charge more go less and they will appreciate you more.