Clean It Up
UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: clifford on January 09, 2006, 06:46:42 pm
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hows everybody getting on this year so far then??? i have to admit i still havent got in the work mode again!still in holiday period ::)
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hiya
i'm tryin to get back into work mode, i have been putting off my leaflet distribution because its too cold (i'm a wimp),
gotta do them tomorrow, 650ish of them, i have enlisted some teenage helpin the form of my lookalike cousin :) should be fun. starting at 9am
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9am bloody hell thats mid morning!!! what u doing before that then????have u got a sample leaflet u can send me??? :P
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HI THERE,
we are busy, totally the opposite to last january, so i looked at the diary in december, and with a bit of forward planning, booked two weeks solid,
and now we have got this flood job, and another one which we need to go and look at.
its great
regards
martin
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Window cleaning is going well, powerwashing very slow at the moment.
Drain unblocking averaging 3 to 4 a day, just did one tonight.
I was supposed to have done another at an Indian restaurant, but when i arrived the impatient B*******, had called somebody else in.
But thats life, you can never estimate how much time a blockage is going to take.
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sound like im being a bit of a lazy git ::)
havent even sorted any advertising for this year yet!!!lets hope i get a bit from word of mouth.
im not in any rush im happy at mo! 8) went to lanzarote
for xmas wish i was still there :P
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Work for me is slow but this is welcome as I am kiting out and wracking the van.
Gary what is your minimum charge for drains? round me if local £65 fixed charge going up to £120 (max distance)
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clifford,
this is what working for yourself and running your own business is all about. you decide when and how much work you either need to do or want to do.
we are just really taking advantage of the market, and promoting whenever and whereever we can.
It looks as though January will be a record month for us, but we will wait and see.
regards
martin
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I charge £45 call out charge and £45 per half hour there in, but I use a bit of discretion.
But if they they need a camera survey I call someone in.
But if a collapsed drain is the problem then we are talking money.
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preston are u after a camera theres a firm that went bust here just before xmas do u want me to ask him if he still has his camera to sell???
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Its the busiest ive ever been, but you have to take the rough with the smooth...next month it could be deadsville :-X
chris
www.scsf.co.uk
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Cheers gary. I prefer the Idea of call out plus labour at half hourly rate and this is how i charge pest control, however all the competion use fixed prices for drains.
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Up here the norm is £95 plus £45 ish per half hour.
Hi Clifford I dont think that I could fit one in the van as I have 3 washers, one water bowser various hoses, drain hoses lances brushes, wfp trolley and water fed poles.
I either need a bigger van, a second van or a unit.
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Been busy over December fully booked until mid-January. 3 weekly fleet washes until April then they go to Monthly, need to uprate my gear as using Karcher 551 or 5 something or other, need a holiday 8) oh the bliss of self employment never been in the holiday mode yet, considering employing someone to help but nobody want's to work the hours I require i.e 24/7 call out. But never been happier since leaving the forces.
Malky
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Its amazing how many cleaners, powerwashers, window cleaners are ex forces.
Looks like we were all primed for this type of work, long hours, attention to detail, cleaning everything and exchanged our gatts for a lance, hoover, or wfp.
You cant beat being your own boss, I love it.
My mates take mick a bit and call me one job.
Because I stand on the front door step every morning at 7 am and wave them off to work, I always shout, go on make someone rich.
They always reply at least I get paid every week.
Then I reply your wage is one job.
Hence the name.