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Title: Overseas opportunities
Post by: Matt - aquatec on April 16, 2012, 09:07:00 pm

Hi all,

Just chatting with a custy today who is off to his villa in the canaries... We were discussing the opportunity for a window cleaning opperation.... He did nt know of any???

Has anyone looked into this as an opportunity????

Cheers

Matt

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: mgba_78 on April 17, 2012, 09:48:37 am

Probably would be call for it, just i dont think other than us Brits many countries/places have monthly window cleaning.
I bet holiday places would be on on a quarterly clean, need a lot more customers if so but still possible.

Andy

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: john stracey on April 17, 2012, 09:50:08 am

would be pretty tough working in that heat as well

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: john stracey on April 17, 2012, 09:54:02 am

also notice how clean windows stay when it does nt rain, hardly ever rains in the canarys

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: GDwindowcleaning on April 17, 2012, 09:55:57 am

But its very very dusty....

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: andyM on April 17, 2012, 09:59:01 am

Not sure if my van would last the trip.................................?  ;D 

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: john stracey on April 17, 2012, 10:06:18 am

G D why are,nt you out canvassing ;)

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: GDwindowcleaning on April 17, 2012, 10:10:13 am

Because I never start till 2pm at the earliest....

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: Alistair@AWC on April 17, 2012, 10:18:36 am

I would have thought there would be an opportunity for mostly one-off cleans similar to the US where you would clean the shutters and internal & external windows, offering jet washing of patio and pool areas would probably be a good add-on maybe even pool cleaning.

You could probably build a small scheduled round of ex-pats and commercial

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: dazmond on April 17, 2012, 10:34:14 am

i prefer my work in a smaller area(within 10 miles)travelling time to the canaries would eat into my day too much!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: bumper on April 17, 2012, 02:55:56 pm

i thought about it to hot and the cleaners clean the windows in the hotels

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on April 17, 2012, 05:01:30 pm

Thing is... how many customers in England would be happy to have a foriegn window cleaner?? Im sure the majority would prefere an Englishman/woman.

In my opinion... you stand NO chance. Keep dreaming.

(id love to have a window round in Spain or somewhere mind lol)_

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: king marko on April 17, 2012, 05:36:59 pm

Don't forget - most residentials have bars at the windows on the outside - and they open inwards for easy cleaning
Having said that, I did see an English bloke cleaning shops trad in Los Christianos recently when I was on me hols!  :)

Title: Re: Overseas opportunities
Post by: Johnny B on April 17, 2012, 05:48:10 pm

I reckon that anyone who may be considering setting up abroad would need to take a trip to their intended location, and spend some time 'canvassing' as if they were actually starting up, to gauge whether there is a demand for window cleaning.

I relocated to Ireland last year due to family circumstances. I left behind a very steady and well established window cleaning business and started again from scratch.

I am 9 months into building my business here, and have found the attitude towards window cleaning completely different here.

In Britain, most people were very pleased to see me every month. Here, although I do have some good regular customers, I have others who may only want their windows cleaned once a year!

John