Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: markpowell on August 11, 2011, 08:20:12 am
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Is it just me or is everyone absolutely flat out, fully booked until 25 th august running 4 / 5 jobs pre day most around the £120 mark.
Good job i have my full time assistant, hows everyone else doing.
Normally the summer school holidays it goes quiet for me and its just steady away.
To say we are in a recession this year has been by far the best for us, maybe its people making do with what they have and not replacing stuff.
Long may it continue.
Mark
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I'm taking a break, starting by cleaning my own sofas, carpets and oven. :-\
August is usually busy for me, but this year is definitely the busiest.... :)
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Lousy last two months for me :( .June was bursting at the seems with work , even turning work down due to wanting it to be done yesterday . July had more cancellations than all year and this month, which is normally busy has been dribs and drabs :(. Hopefully something will come up to turn it all around for me :D
Dave
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You getting plenty of Asians calling Mark?
It is there fasting thing now and they are
all wanting stuff done yesterday.
John
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Been busy for last 6 weeks but this week the phones stopped ringing,only 5 jobs for next week upto now.
Can see the wife having me decorating next week as weve finally ordered a new lounge carpet. :-[
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Hi guys, It has picked up from mid july, I am doing on average of 3 jobs a day, mostly residential and e o ts. just stash the cash for the slow days weeks.
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I'm b.u.g.g.e.r.e.d if I can put my finger on how this game works.
12 years in the game and normally school holiday time is reasonably quiet, but this year has been manic.
January whilst you lot were clocking up the miles I was clocking up the shoe leather with leaflet drops because little else was happening.
On the other hand, another area we advertise in (70 miles away) has been vertually dead now for over a month.
But then sometimes everything you touch turns to gold like today with confirmation of a hotel upholstery clean up we got, even though we weren't the cheapest :D So there's a few days work to be booked into September on that one.
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Hi Guys
It's good to see many busy, as a Mod I can tell how busy people are by how much time they spend on here and a lot are quiet meaning they are busy cleaning carpets.
Keep working at the fundamentals and your business will become busy almost all the time, sometimes too much so ;)
Cheers
Doug
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Depends how you look at it Doug, You'll notice i spend alot of time flicking on and off during the day, but i am manic at the moment!!!!!! Hows that i here you ask?????? I'll tell you ;D
My family run a contract cleaning company and we employ around a 100 staff, so i'm mainly office based these days buti do all the carpets because i genuinly enjoy it, theres nothing better than walking into a complete mess of a carpet and seeing the customers face after you've finished!
I wish i had more time to push the carpet and upholstery side of things and go out just doing that, but there just never seems the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
Oh well you never know what the future holds, and i've got 14 complete schools so far to do before the kids go back!
Regards
Billy
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3 jobs tomorrow doug, whats the betting i can still look like i'm on here all day. ;D
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Very busyn week for me too this week.
4 more schools to clean to so the buffer will be earning its corn ;D
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Quote from Doug:
Keep working at the fundamentals and your business will become busy
Basic fundemantal being: Answer the phone! and if you have to use an answering machine, have the common decency to return people's calls.
Simon
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this year has been very good so far july was poor but picking up a bit now. putting new venture into motion as well so its been handy having the odd bit of spare time.
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The secret is to market while your busy.
But keep it to yourself!
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Doug's forgetting that lots of people have iPhones and really posh people like me have ipad2's so can be on the forum whilst out and about on the job. Plus, lots of people have dual personalities on here, so can be in when they are out and out and when they are in. :o
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Correct simon ;)
~Posted from my iPhone
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Watched a programme about lemmings and population crashes last night ::). This comes about because they multiply so fast and loads die in the chaos or something. Was thinking this is whats happening to new and maybe some established carpet cleaners.
I think quite a lot more will be jumping off cliffs soon blindly following each others wacky ideas. ;D
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Agreed, 'Mike' ;)
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Agreed, 'Mike' ;)
Whatever Simon, heard it all before. ::)
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I'm not bothered one way or the other, Mike, it's just that Doud Holloway seems to take exception to people posting under false names, just warning you! Second thoughts, maybe Hector Mildew is Doug's alter ego ;D
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nope...
me is a one off ;D
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1 down 2 to go.
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besides....................
I have recently started to agree with you on some things................
Doug would hardly be likely to do that :o
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True, Hector, very true. ;D
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;D
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2 down 1 to go. big one though so i may be gone some time. ;D
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I'm on because I'm finished for the having just got in from a little upholstery clean. Having given up one of my phone numbers I've effectively cut off a lot of regular customers as I can't get through the workload anymore.
Thought I was going to have to quit entirely but looks like I might have a year or so left.
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I'm on a commercial at the moment, but I can clean and type at the same time because I'm that good ;D
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I'm on a commercial at the moment, but I can clean and type at the same time because I'm that good ;D
and shaun thought he was good cos he could wave and wand. ;D
all done.
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I'm on a commercial at the moment, but I can clean and type at the same time because I'm that good ;D
Ok ok, Harry Potter, Theres no need to show off!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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Actually, I can clean, write a post and drink a cup of tea all at the same time, but I didn't want to mention it in case anyone thought I was bragging ;D
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Thought I was going to have to quit entirely but looks like I might have a year or so left.
Think we all will have to keep on going what with the financial crisis and the markets. If you enjoy carpet cleaning though its no biggy and it will keep you sharper a fitter than pensioners who veg out.
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Actually, I can clean, write a post and drink a cup of tea all at the same time, but I didn't want to mention it in case anyone thought I was bragging ;D
Big head!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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My Mrs has an ipad 2, iphone 4 and an mac book but when I try and contact her I can never get hold unless she wants something!
Shaun
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This is what my 'ipad' looks like!
Shaun
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Noticed the phone died during the week with the euro and US doom on the news.
Mark
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So if you are all busy, you wont need to go cap in hand to Groupon then? ;D Who needs 'em when you're overloaded with work? ;)
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Love that picture. >:(
And the excuse when they end up in court is "I was just watching wasn't I."
Must be really cool these days to wear gloves and other cold weather gear on in the middle of August, or maybe I'm missing something like he doesn't want to leave finger prints or be recognised.
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This is what my 'ipad' looks like!
Shaun
Same as mine.....must be a popular version ;D
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Actually, I can clean, write a post and drink a cup of tea all at the same time, but I didn't want to mention it in case anyone thought I was bragging ;D
Must be a girlie....as only we can multitask ;D
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Helen,
Yeah, but talking, nagging and mythering are something a woman can do in the same breath so can't be classed as multitasking ;D
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my next door neighbour is an apache indian, his wife is called "3 horses"
i asked him one day why she's called 3 horses
his reply
"nag nag nag" ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Helen,
Yeah, but talking, nagging and mythering are something a woman can do in the same breath so can't be classed as multitasking ;D
No, but it's what we are doing with our hands at the same time that counts :o
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Helen,
Washing up, perhaps? ;D
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Helen,
Washing up, perhaps? ;D
That's with one hand, whilst with the other the ironing gets done.
Blow all this equality stuff, give me good old fashioned housework any day ;D
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We wont argue with that one helen ;D
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We wont argue with that one helen ;D
Good, I've done my time working, I'd just like to be a kept women now ;D ;D ;D
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We wont argue with that one helen ;D
yeah but billy might argue about the ironing, he's got a campaign to make it a mans job. ;D
he's working "flat" out on it. ;D
with "pressing" engagements. ;D
come on, my jokes have you in "creases" ;D
i'll get me coat, newly ironed of course. ;D
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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooo hhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooo
Hee Hee mans on a roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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Ha
Bet billys just out at the mo letting off "steam" ;D
Maybe hes just" board" ;D
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Probably got more pressing matters to attend to ;D
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yeah but that billy is a smooth operator.
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You guys crease me up sometimes.