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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: colley614 on October 28, 2011, 08:47:43 pm

Title: this should be interesting.!
Post by: colley614 on October 28, 2011, 08:47:43 pm
How far is your furthest job from your home or company address?

how far are you willing to travel for domestic and how far for commercial?
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Post by: Mike_G on October 28, 2011, 08:52:33 pm
My biggest domestic is about 45 minutes drive from my house, similar for commercial
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Post by: Pope vader on October 28, 2011, 08:55:59 pm
i got 6 which are 30 mins drive  but am dumping these as it is too far
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Post by: steven ainger on October 28, 2011, 09:00:01 pm
15 min drive, about 5 miles away
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Post by: TomCrowther on October 28, 2011, 09:00:21 pm
Furthest commercial is 30 minutes, furthest domestic a little less {but it's a biggie}.
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 28, 2011, 09:08:00 pm
12 miles - 20 minutes.
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Post by: stuart mc on October 28, 2011, 09:12:59 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is
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Post by: Mike_G on October 28, 2011, 09:22:46 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is

But interesting enough for you to put a reply
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Post by: colley614 on October 28, 2011, 09:30:57 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is

Intersting for me anyway finding out how far people travel before its not profitable. Obviously things have to be taken into consideration. i.e. if they live in a built up area or out in the country
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Post by: stuart mc on October 28, 2011, 09:33:25 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is

But interesting enough for you to put a reply


Yes, I was being sarcastic and that is a fault of mine at times, and has led to many sore faces ;D


ok I will join in 3 miles domestic 5 miles commercial would go as far as the moon if it paid enough.

there was that interesting? ;D
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Post by: stuart mc on October 28, 2011, 09:37:04 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is

Intersting for me anyway finding out how far people travel before its not profitable. Obviously things have to be taken into consideration. i.e. if they live in a built up area or out in the country

yeah you are right ignore me, sorry
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Post by: Rob_Mac on October 28, 2011, 09:39:06 pm
I am working on a store in Penrith on Sunday and then driving to kent for Monday morning!!!!

Rob ;D
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Post by: Mike_G on October 28, 2011, 09:40:52 pm
this should be interesting.!

not really I have seen this question a few times and it varies as you would expect and generally fizzes out as it is pretty uninteresting and doesn't prove anything useful whatsoever.

sorry just the way it is

But interesting enough for you to put a reply


Yes, I was being sarcastic and that is a fault of mine at times, and has led to many sore faces ;D


ok I will join in 3 miles domestic 5 miles commercial would go as far as the moon if it paid enough.

there was that interesting? ;D

Much better  :D
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Post by: Rob_Mac on October 28, 2011, 09:45:57 pm
Mines going to be 479 miles and 7 hours and 20 minutes of driving, on top of driving two hours and 20 minutes to Penrith that morning.

There will be nothing enjoyable about Sunday!!!!!

Rob ;D
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Post by: Mist A Bit on October 28, 2011, 09:52:44 pm
Domestics about 30 mins drive and all over europe  for my events contract.
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Post by: windiewasher on October 28, 2011, 10:00:34 pm
sell them m8!
i got 6 which are 30 mins drive  but am dumping these as it is too far
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Post by: sunshine windows on October 28, 2011, 11:49:27 pm
45 miles commercial which pays peanuts in comparison to domestics which are approx 13.5miles away.

In reality though, the on glass cleaning pays more per hour in the commercial.
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Post by: Llaaww on October 29, 2011, 09:59:38 am
i got 6 which are 30 mins drive  but am dumping these as it is too far

vader where are these, I saw you are in cornwall, they may be near me.
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Post by: Sean Dyer on October 29, 2011, 10:03:44 am
i have some shops 3 times a week about 30 mile away , but i have domestics 8-10 mile from them
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Post by: steveo22 on October 29, 2011, 11:19:55 pm
If you pick up some work, say 15 miles away or further, how do you go about pricing up the job?
I wouldn't want to be travelling 30 mins plus just to give a quote?
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Post by: rosskesava on October 30, 2011, 12:03:57 am
In Whitechapel in London's East End, last week, I had a job to do about 2 miles away in the city. It took almost 2 hours to get there.

There'd been a few serious accidents and so on plus all the money being thrown at tarting the roads up for the Olympics and all the roadworks, etc. and new traffic schemes designed to hold up all the traffic designed by idiot council twats, etc and so on.

Then another 90 odd minutes to get to the next job about 1 mile away. I had 6 jobs that day and done 2.



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Post by: stuart mc on October 30, 2011, 12:05:49 am
so was I right was this topic uninteresting?
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Post by: rosskesava on October 30, 2011, 01:16:39 am
Yes.
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Post by: Darranvps on October 31, 2011, 09:25:10 am
Distance is no object!
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Post by: Total shine cleaning services on October 31, 2011, 09:56:09 am
I travel a 35 mile radius,once I have taken 1 customer in a new area I stay and canvass heavily sometimes taking a loss that day but slowly developing the area over the next few visits
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Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on October 31, 2011, 06:47:49 pm
mainly keep local to us did that a few yrs ago darting around to much i was mate.