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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: GOLDIE on February 25, 2012, 10:54:43 pm
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hi fellows
long shot but can someone give me a guide as to how many houses they do in a day eg1 council houses 1 and a half storey different locations. 2 villas victorian two storeys
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piece of string time again
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i do 15 a day on average but going depend on windows cleaned, terrsaces could be 30 +
but ur normal 3 bed semis 15 - 20 per day roughly
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hi fellows
long shot but can someone give me a guide as to how many houses they do in a day eg1 council houses 1 and a half storey different locations. 2 villas victorian two storeys
look back over this lively topic! you'll see people's different daily amounts here :)
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=147436.0
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40 or 50+ that's with 3 of us 1doing ups with pole and me and wife doing downs
With blade
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We do around 10 shops each van per day and around 20 houses on a good run each van per day. 2 vans 1 man in each..
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I can manage about 15 on a good day. ;D
John
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30 for me, and nearly 50 years old, even including large 4/5 bedrooom houses, doing 4 per hour times by 8 hours = 32 houses, if up that to 5 its 40 houses, and dad used to do 100 terraced a day, all wash leather and scrim, reckon with wfp and trolley could do 150 a day
idealrob
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30 for me, and nearly 50 years old, even including large 4/5 bedrooom houses, doing 4 per hour times by 8 hours = 32 houses, if up that to 5 its 40 houses, and dad used to do 100 terraced a day, all wash leather and scrim, reckon with wfp and trolley could do 150 a day
idealrob
Don't you ever go home mate ???
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30 for me, and nearly 50 years old, even including large 4/5 bedrooom houses, doing 4 per hour times by 8 hours = 32 houses, if up that to 5 its 40 houses, and dad used to do 100 terraced a day, all wash leather and scrim, reckon with wfp and trolley could do 150 a day
idealrob
Don't you ever go home mate ???
150 a day ??? ???
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150 houses a day ?
ye right ! lol
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30 for me, and nearly 50 years old, even including large 4/5 bedrooom houses, doing 4 per hour times by 8 hours = 32 houses, if up that to 5 its 40 houses, and dad used to do 100 terraced a day, all wash leather and scrim, reckon with wfp and trolley could do 150 a day
idealrob
Don't you ever go home mate ???
150 a day ??? ???
100 terraces a day trad whatever ;D
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Realistically 5.5-6 hours a day on the glass for me is consistantally acheivable. Do not think what everyone else can do just do the best u can do.
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100 trad terraced, a day is only 12 an hour, easy, if you know what you are doing, and easy way to earn good money
idealrob
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12 an hour, an easy way to earn good money? Trad as well!
It might be good money but I don't know about easy.
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100 trad terraced, a day is only 12 an hour, easy, if you know what you are doing, and easy way to earn good money
idealrob
100 a day?
Is that all.
My grandad would do that number before breakfast with just his bike, a few leathers and an old bucket with a hole in.
You should have seen what he could do after breakfast.
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100 trad terraced, a day is only 12 an hour, easy, if you know what you are doing, and easy way to earn good money
idealrob
;D
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100 trad terraced, a day is only 12 an hour, easy, if you know what you are doing, and easy way to earn good money
idealrob
100 a day?
Is that all.
My grandad would do that number before breakfast with just his bike, a few leathers and an old bucket with a hole in.
You should have seen what he could do after breakfast.
;D
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ive got 39 jobs to do tomorrow.most of them are 1 bed granny flats(housing association).all right next to each other.i clean approx 11-12 of em in an hour.i get them done 9am-3pm.
on estate work(very compact) usually 20-25 a day.
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Dazmoond nice to see honest posters instead of the BUL5H1T brigade.
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Dazmoond nice to see honest posters instead of the BUL5H1T brigade.
+1. yes there is plenty on here.
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i try to do no more than 10
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I hit my personal best today 47 houses on my own. 8.30 -5.30
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I have a round where you can quite easily do 50 houses in a 8 hour day but they are small and only about £6 each
But generally dont kill myself trying to do personal bests every day
I just have a figure in mind and try hit it as quickly as possible and gear my self and equipment and prices up for hitting it easily as many times a week as i want
Houses come in all shapes / sizes / prices etc so how many a day is a very hard question
I reckon as a rough guess like everyone else has said that on 3 bed semi -4 bed detached type stuff somewhere around 20 give or take a few will be about right
Extremely compact stuff no doubt more , and more spread out stuff less , and prices would usually reflect that to keep days earnings similar
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How can you have a target amount?
Every day or area is different ;D
In some places I do upwards of 15.
Whereas other days I'll do two or three...
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How can you have a target amount?
Every day or area is different ;D
In some places I do upwards of 15.
Whereas other days I'll do two or three...
I always wonder that. The amount I do varies so much. Tomorrow I'm doing just one house then on Weds, I've 13 planned.
I cannot believe that anyone can average 6 or more houses an hour at 12 minutes or less, and actually clean the windows, unless all the houses are right next door to each other and the customers couldn't careless whether the windows look clean or not.
The 'I do 50+ houses a day brigade', is that 50+ houses everyday?
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How can you have a target amount?
Every day or area is different ;D
In some places I do upwards of 15.
Whereas other days I'll do two or three...
Target amount of houses or ££
Its very easy to have a target ££
Not so with houses unless you clean just one type
ROSSKESEVA
I dont know if you are referring to my 50 houses comment but i said i "could"
on one round , which is only one day a month , doesnt mean i DO though
i highly doubt the claims that someone is doing 50 semis day in day out properly alone though
100 terraced is pretty dodgy too , unless it s just the 2 front windows
I find terraced are a right royal pita once you get round the backs
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ROSSKESAVA
I dont know if you are referring to my 50 houses comment but i said i "could"
on one round , which is only one day a month , doesnt mean i DO though
i highly doubt the claims that someone is doing 50 semis day in day out properly alone though
100 terraced is pretty dodgy too , unless it s just the 2 front windows
I find terraced are a right royal pita once you get round the backs
Sean - nope. That wasn't aimed at you at all.
It was aimed at the BS brigade. There does seem to quite a large number on here. Anyone who has been window cleaning for a quite a while and has been, or still is, trad as well as wfp knows what's what and how it all works.
With some who post, just the basic logistics means it's BS.
The best I've ever done in one day was 19 houses. 11 of those were contract detached houses on a private estate with straight forwards access all round. The others were spread out on the same estate. When I got home I was knackered and fit for nothing other thans a few cans and putting my feet up.
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100 trad terraced, a day is only 12 an hour, easy, if you know what you are doing, and easy way to earn good money
idealrob
went for it today all 3 bed semis 9am -3pm managed 85 houses trad,i usually only do 15-20 dont no what i been messing about for its easy,£12 per house,earnt that much going wfp next week should clear £1500 a day then
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No BS, if you know Middlesbrough, thousands and thousands of small terraced houses, 2 windows 1.2m x 1m wide, and small fanlight above the door. I was being conservative with a hundred a day, but thats how some make a living and others a fortune and end up millionares, some can talk the talk & walk the walk
idealrob
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How can you have a target amount?
Every day or area is different ;D
In some places I do upwards of 15.
Whereas other days I'll do two or three...
I always wonder that. The amount I do varies so much. Tomorrow I'm doing just one house then on Weds, I've 13 planned.
I cannot believe that anyone can average 6 or more houses an hour at 12 minutes or less, and actually clean the windows, unless all the houses are right next door to each other and the customers couldn't careless whether the windows look clean or not.
The 'I do 50+ houses a day brigade', is that 50+ houses everyday?
Exactly.
My first house took two hours today.
Would be impressed if they did 50 of them. Unless they do 100 hour days... ;D
Must be doing piddly little houses. I'm gradually concentrating on the bigger stuff now.
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This type of house is what about 75% of my round consists of , i get about 18 of these done a day , the rest is commercial and those odd ones you hate but just dont have the heart to cull !
Out of interest , what would you lot charge for this house , conny is all the way round at that height .
Rich
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a tenner, and could do about 32 a day easy, if on same estate, or not too much traveling, front 5 mins, back the same, and 5 mins for conservatory
idealrob
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i would charge £15 (8 weekly).it would take me no longer than 20 mins after the first clean(WFP).
if it was a stand alone job then £20.if i had a few the same in a street then £15 a pop would be ok.i have a few cul de sacs with houses like this.i earn around £40-£45 an hour on these jobs!!!good little earners!! :D :D :D :D :D
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i would charge £15 (8 weekly).it would take me no longer than 20 mins after the first clean(WFP).
if it was a stand alone job then £20.if i had a few the same in a street then £15 a pop would be ok.i have a few cul de sacs with houses like this.i earn around £40-£45 an hour on these jobs!!!good little earners!! :D :D :D :D :D
Agree with Daz!
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Tosh and Daz , how many of them would you get done per hour ?
Not that i doubt Robs claims , but i find them hard to comprehend without the use of a wfp tardis !
Rich
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A tenner max where I am
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I would have said £20 and I'll do the garage door at the same time and if the car's parked there, I'd give the windows of that a once over as well plus I'd go over the sofit around the front door and garage each time.
Extra few minutes doing a few extra's = extra money.
If they said no, then I'd say also £15 for just the windows.
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rich 3 an hour mate of them type of houses.i have a few cul sacs with quite a few in a row.very compact.these are in affluent areas in cheshire. ;) ;D ;D ;D
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Im feeling that my recent cull,sell,give away move was the way to go , i appear to have a round that pays now !
My price is £14 for that , and i have no problem with spending 20 mins at least there , panes and frames done every time !
Rich
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Daz could you do 32 of them in a day ?
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I only did 8 houses today :)
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Idealrob, What hours do you work in a day? By your calculations it takes you 15 mins to do each house. 32 houses takes 8hrs let's say it takes 3 mins per house to collect, and move onto next house that's another 96 mins, taking you to 9 hrs 36 mins without a break or travelling time to work.
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rich i could clean 3 an hour for up to 6 hours.so 18 in a day.working 9am-4pm(an hour for brews,chatting to customers,lunch and general faffing about).
i personally think ideal rob does NOT clean his customers windows to a good standard if he says he can clean lots more houses a day unless he s working 10 hour days.
ive been cleaning windows for many years and its not good to try and hammer your work every day as youll be knackered and burn yourself out.make mistakes,more chance of accidents and you will lose customers if your too quick.
a steady brisk pace with 5 min break here and there and half hour for lunch works best for me.
its a fine balance between cleaning briskly with a good standard of work achieved and taking the pee.IMO ideal rob IS taking the pee and being too greedy if he cleans many more of these types of houses a day.
regards
dazmond
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DG CLEANING i think rob means between 2 of them!!unless of course he s prone to exaggeration!!thats never been known on this forum before has it? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
i tell it like it is.no BS!!i dont see a need to!!
best wishes
dazmond
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rich i could clean 3 an hour for up to 6 hours.so 18 in a day.working 9am-4pm(an hour for brews,chatting to customers,lunch and general faffing about).
i personally think richard speech does NOT clean his customers windows to a good standard if he says he can clean lots more houses a day unless he s working 10 hour days.
ive been cleaning windows for many years and its not good to try and hammer your work every day as youll be knackered and burn yourself out.make mistakes,more chance of accidents and you will lose customers if your too quick.
a steady brisk pace with 5 min break here and there and half hour for lunch works best for me.
its a fine balance between cleaning briskly with a good standard of work achieved and taking the pee.IMO richard speech IS taking the pee and being too greedy if he cleans many more of these types of houses a day.
regards
dazmond
hi dazmond,
nice for you to mention me in this topic when i've not commented????
of course the thing is, is you have never seen our work so you're just speculating.
all i can say is that we clean our clients homes to the standard that THEY are happy with. our clients pay us every 4 weeks for our cleans and are so happy with the quality that they use standing orders to pay us.
the prices we charge are amongst the highest in our area, and there are plenty of WCs in our area.
also we have an office that is staffed 8-4 mon-fri so it is very easy for clients of ours to get in touch with us and complain if they wanted.
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sorry richard ive just amended my post!i got you mixed up with ideal rob!!are you sure your not the same person? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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sorry richard ive just amended my post!i got you mixed up with ideal rob!!are you sure your not the same person? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
hey,
you're forgiven!
;)
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We clean to a good standard, and i still think 15 mins is steady pace, we have been cleaning some of the houses for 27 years, and get no complaints, maybe an odd window , eg bird hit it etc, yes we have a mid morning and afternoon cuppa, and 40 min lunch, yes ans start at 8 and finish at 5 pm, and most have money or cheque ready, so no time wasted or payonline, but even at a tenner and doing 20 a day , its a grand a week
idealrob
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It sounds so easy saying 20 a day @£10 , 15 min each 4 a hour only 5 hours a day a grand a week
Rarely the case though
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A terrace house for the front would take 5 mins maximum with a good flow on wfp. Say 10 a hour with 10 minutes for a break or moving the house ect. 3 hours 150 houses would be easy in my eyes without flogging your guts out. I still think for an average size 3 bedrooms semi take 10-15 minutes there is 4 a hour and hour break is still 24 houses say travel time 20 for day is easy to do working 9-4
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first comment and from the same place as rob
strange that
;D
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Idealrob, So it is more like 20 a day not 32
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It sounds so easy saying 20 a day @£10 , 15 min each 4 a hour only 5 hours a day a grand a week
Rarely the case though
Not the case for those who make a living, but it is for those of us who are VAT registered and can still earn a fortune
idealrob
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first comment and from the same place as rob
strange that
;D
How is this strange didnt know you could have only one window cleaner in a area. Is it strange that that Liverpool and everton play in Liverpool no
Still think £1,000 a week is not hard to achieve after a year of two Mz
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In our area we get £12 4 weekly clean a can clean 3 per hour you would struggle to do 4 every hour every day
Unless of course you believe you own BS ::)
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Ideal rob , you changed from i to we , does this mean you have 2 of you doing the 32 then ?
If this is the case me and a hoppo could do 36 , correct ?
Rich ;D
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Ideal rob , you changed from i to we , does this mean you have 2 of you doing the 32 then ?
If this is the case me and a hoppo could do 36 , correct ?
Rich ;D
no mean me, singular,
idealrob
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Hey Dazmond, Thought he meant on his own lol ;D Think my maths prooves its flawed
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Ideal rob , you changed from i to we , does this mean you have 2 of you doing the 32 then ?
If this is the case me and a hoppo could do 36 , correct ?
Rich ;D
no mean me, singular,
idealrob
Why you on the tools with such a great vat registered round?
Ps.. i never said its impossible to do 20 a day etc , just stating it isnt the exerience of the average windy to knock out 20 a day every day taking 1k a week ... if your vat registered you need to be doing much much more than that
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We have 3 couple of vans, just stating the 20 -32 is one person, as for the VAT registered, we still clean thousannds, and yes mean thousands of window on the large chemical sites on Teesside, former ICI world head quaters, with internal & external, over 10,000 windows, as well as other jobs on the site, as for the 11,000 window job been cleaning it as well for over 37 years, aswell as office cleaning on the site, with one large job, with 3 full time cleaners 5 days a week, been doing this for 31 years, see no bS, i talk the talk, and can walk the walk,no BS
idealrob
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You mean your dad did and you inherited it
You have had those jobs since 31-37 years ago , and you said yourself you are below 50 so you didnt win them at 12 did you?
Well done though , but having big contracts doesnt mean you can do 32 houses in a day on your own
Whenever anyone questions your claims you fall back on how your dad was a window cleaning millionaire and you have big jobs on chemical sites
For all anyone knows you are still doing them for the same price as 30 odd years ago
No wonder you have to go out and clean 100 terraceds a day
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This will be my last post before 6 pm, got to get on with today, as for inheriting, its half true, as dad would have been 87 this month, I have looked after for 21 years now, and no the prices are not the same as 37 years ago, some jobs even go back over 50 years, and was £18 then, and nearly a grand now, but enough said, we don't clean more than a dozen terraced houses now, but that's where the money was, then teesside chemical sites, still think today more money can be made on small 3,bed semis and know how to do them, whatever I say Sean, you only half believe, I will stick to my way, earning my money, driving an e class merc, that cost 41 grand new, its now 4 years old now, but I honestly belive, and I mean honestly, when go after contract work, and pull up in that, most know I am a succesful business man, and it pays its way, its the first time I have, mentioned the merc on here, as did not want to sound cocky, I know you will have an answer for this Sean, and no it did not come from dad, before you ask, now let me start working, thanks, as for the record i have never hid behind what my mam and dad did ; or the making a,million from window cleaning, and I don't know how many have done this, but was never born with a silver spoon, and work 6 days a week, and on the toosl, not all day in an office, and are very proud of dad, and that's why I have told his story on here a few times, and just goes to prove, hard working people like them from the worst areas of boro to be brought up in, can make it, and 90%,goes to my mam who is still going strong at 86 next month, and still does the accounts for us every week, she was the driving force, cause behind every good man, there's a woman, and dad would be the first to admit it was Mams determination, and will talk about her now.LOL
Idealrob
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Tanks fellows for answering my question for the answers i got i cam pretty much work out an average.........is it not just braw to hear of someone good honest and hardworking make it be it £100.00 or a million remember there is no hip pocket on a shroud
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On a point, as of wednesday, i replied to a post on my smart phone, and its suprising how much time you can loose, answering text or emails, or post on this forum.Window cleaning round for sale, all cleaned by WFP.
the details below
New estate in Sedgefield, takes 2 men 2 days to complete.
Average price of houses is £8.50.
Takes £765 every 4 weeks
There is a round for sale on the forum, not far from us, the details below
i know people might say it can be done in xxxx many days to sell the round, but this works out at over 22 houses per man per day
idealrob