Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: roundbuilder on June 13, 2012, 09:55:26 pm
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hi just seeing if anyone has a round soley of top end houses. Only reason im asking is i have 2 bread and butter rounds with normal prices for my area and in middle of canvassing a third round. i have the hump with cleaning myself now so want to have an elite round so to speak for myself that would be a joy to work, ie doing 5 £40 houses a day. the problem is getting them as most houses this size and level have window cleaners and no one would be mad and sell this type of work on but i am determined to give it a go if feedback is good. anybody done this and how does it work for you?
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This is an interesting thread. I have found a few areas by me with massive detached houses but they all have locked electric gates with massive drives. I would love to learn how to pick these jobs up unless you just hang over the gate throwing leaflets until one goes through the letterbox.
Seriously though I'd love to know how to pick these jobs up.
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matt bateman average gaff 115 ;)
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lol, my leafletter couldnt get in to a gated road so as ironic as it is , wedged a leaflet in the gates ,
same night it happened phone rung:
customer: i have had one of your leaflets wedged in our electic gates today ,can i please get a quote on our residence.
me: see u tonight m8.
= massive first clean , 8 bed house , 2 connys and gutter hoover.££££££
now a regular at 8 weeks at £40
and im betting i get all the others in due course as they were all out looking at the new windie with all this equipment.
previous windie was trad only and couldnt do conny roofs gutters etc
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matt bateman average gaff 115 ;)
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If I knock to enquire they're never below £40. Cant see the point in getting out the van for anything less.. Its all a challenge.
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I have houses from £22.50-£195. My average at a guess is £65-70. I have only ever gone for the huge houses but it has taken a time to do this. Now i am slowly getting rid of the lower priced house and replacing with higher prices.
I have chosen the most expensive area in UK to market and so it has been easier for me.
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matt bateman average gaff 115 ;)
;D
If I knock to enquire they're never below £40. Cant see the point in getting out the van for anything less.. Its all a challenge.
My minimum charge is £45.00 ;)
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I have houses from £22.50-£195. My average at a guess is £65-70. I have only ever gone for the huge houses but it has taken a time to do this. Now i am slowly getting rid of the lower priced house and replacing with higher prices.
I have chosen the most expensive area in UK to market and so it has been easier for me.
what area is this then??? spill spill spill
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This is an interesting thread. I have found a few areas by me with massive detached houses but they all have locked electric gates with massive drives. I would love to learn how to pick these jobs up unless you just hang over the gate throwing leaflets until one goes through the letterbox.
Seriously though I'd love to know how to pick these jobs up.
I'm a busy fool running around cleaning average priced terraced fronts and semi's, like many of us but its got me thinking too.
here are some ideas ?
leave your details with higher end property estate agents,
lookout for houses in affluent areas with recently sold signs and knock/canvass/leaflet
get some light builders clean jobs with property developers
see if you can get some commercial work cleaning trendy coffee shops or deli's in posh suburbs, gets you established in an area and noticed
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I have plenty of massive properties near me, they are nice to work on but I find they are bad for business. If one cancels then it could be half a days wages up the shoot.
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This is an interesting thread. I have found a few areas by me with massive detached houses but they all have locked electric gates with massive drives. I would love to learn how to pick these jobs up unless you just hang over the gate throwing leaflets until one goes through the letterbox.
Seriously though I'd love to know how to pick these jobs up.
I'm a busy fool running around cleaning average priced terraced fronts and semi's, like many of us but its got me thinking too.
here are some ideas ?
leave your details with higher end property estate agents,
lookout for houses in affluent areas with recently sold signs and knock/canvass/leaflet
get some light builders clean jobs with property developers
see if you can get some commercial work cleaning trendy coffee shops or deli's in posh suburbs, gets you established in an area and noticed
I already do the sold board idea. it gets me my verey best customers as no one buys a house and doesnt want a window cleaner. maybe this would work for soley £40+ houses quite well. could be onto the answere here. i like it. ;D
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matt bateman average gaff 115 ;)
;D
If I knock to enquire they're never below £40. Cant see the point in getting out the van for anything less.. Its all a challenge.
My minimum charge is £45.00 ;)
Pence!
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This is an interesting thread. I have found a few areas by me with massive detached houses but they all have locked electric gates with massive drives. I would love to learn how to pick these jobs up unless you just hang over the gate throwing leaflets until one goes through the letterbox.
Seriously though I'd love to know how to pick these jobs up.
I'm a busy fool running around cleaning average priced terraced fronts and semi's, like many of us but its got me thinking too.
here are some ideas ?
leave your details with higher end property estate agents,
lookout for houses in affluent areas with recently sold signs and knock/canvass/leaflet
get some light builders clean jobs with property developers
see if you can get some commercial work cleaning trendy coffee shops or deli's in posh suburbs, gets you established in an area and noticed
I already do the sold board idea. it gets me my verey best customers as no one buys a house and doesnt want a window cleaner. maybe this would work for soley £40+ houses quite well. could be onto the answere here. i like it. ;D
How do you monitor the sold boards?
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in the area Blackheath where i mainly target i have a book i use. i have marked all the for sale houses, i drive round them once a week to see if a sold sign appears, when it does i mark it in the book as sold. then i just wait untill the sold sign has gone and BANG. hit the new owners. it near on always works. i simply say to the customer "hi i noticed you have just moved in, im a local window cleaner and do most on this road, seeing if you want to be part of the round". it works a treat. just time consuming, not quite as good as canvassing but some weekends i can get 4 or 5 new owners on the books which are always good customers so i cant complain. going to do this with big £40+ houses and see the outcome. i can tell ill be doing a lot of driving each weekend waiting for the sold sign to go up in this climate though on the big houses.
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This is an interesting thread. I have found a few areas by me with massive detached houses but they all have locked electric gates with massive drives. I would love to learn how to pick these jobs up unless you just hang over the gate throwing leaflets until one goes through the letterbox.
Seriously though I'd love to know how to pick these jobs up.
I'm a busy fool running around cleaning average priced terraced fronts and semi's, like many of us but its got me thinking too.
here are some ideas ?
leave your details with higher end property estate agents,
lookout for houses in affluent areas with recently sold signs and knock/canvass/leaflet
get some light builders clean jobs with property developers
see if you can get some commercial work cleaning trendy coffee shops or deli's in posh suburbs, gets you established in an area and noticed
I already do the sold board idea. it gets me my verey best customers as no one buys a house and doesnt want a window cleaner. maybe this would work for soley £40+ houses quite well. could be onto the answere here. i like it. ;D
How do you monitor the sold boards?
hows about bookmarking some high end estate agent websites with properties in areas you would want to target, keep a close eye on those for sale / driveby them regularly and also look out for any in the area with scaffold on or extensions being built ?
jeez am I stupid or what why hav'nt I been doing this for the last 6 years ? ::) thats meant to be a rolly eye and not a smiley >:(
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try the chew valley area of bristol
i hear they are desperate to paY 40 QUID OR MORE ;D ;D ;D
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i have some runs of larger domestic properties.the problem with them sometimes is they usually have villas in spain or a holiday home in south of france etc and they can disappear for months on end,late paying through BACS/SAE and they can be a pain if they have electronic gates(changing codes or gates not working!).
good to have but not day after day IMO as cashflow is usually not as good as cheaper run of the mill work.i like a mixture of compact cheaper domestic,larger properties and a few commercial.i still have room for very large £100+ properties and when i get a longer pole ill be targeting a few!! ;) ;D ;D
regards
dazmond
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try the chew valley area of bristol
i hear they are desperate to paY 40 QUID OR MORE ;D ;D ;D
you stay of my patch,nothing under £50 in that area.
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I have a couple of large properties on my books, but am not too bothered about having anymore.
I find I can earn as much if not more on good compact estate work, it also keeps the cashflow alot more reliable.
As also stated, loosing one large one can be half a day or more work gone, loose a £12 house and it isn't noticed in a full round.
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matt bateman average gaff 115 ;)
;D
If I knock to enquire they're never below £40. Cant see the point in getting out the van for anything less.. Its all a challenge.
My minimum charge is £45.00 ;)
Pence!
Stay in your van and stay off my patch ;D
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How to get into gated communities.Hang around when the missus goes out to collect the kids from school and slip in before the gates close and if anyone asks how you got in just say the lady at no5 let you in.You will be cleaning her window soon.The other way is ring the service bell and say you are a metre reader. OR ELSA throw something metal tied to a a cord and drag it over the metal detector
built into the drive way just 10 foot before the gate on the inside. ;D ;D ;D
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3of us Went canvassing tonight and targeted big properties but didn't secure any surprise surprise...So did a quick hour in dartford and got 9 front onlys so all good still.
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on a more affluent part of my work a few have moved out and not been replaced and i have lost £200 a month through it and its hard to replace as they are behind locked gates and not easy to get at etc
Also , you arent the only cleaners to think , lets target the big houses , they get hammered by leaflets and canvassers , its good as has been said to target this stuff as a nice part of your work , but like commercial etc i find its just another string to the bow and dont get to caught up trying to get rid of all lower priced work as hourly rate is all the same ....
I find the bigger stuff needs more managing too , ringing ahead , not today etc etc and you end up putting up with it because its £60 a month or whatever
unless you live on top of this kind of work , its not the answer to all your problems
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If you do not get your pricing spot on with these types of houses then you can find they are not actually as profitable as a good compact round of £ 15-20 houses.
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Get some nice letter headed paper with company logo ect telling them about all your services prices ect go on royal mail to get the address get some cheap stamps off ebay the put the letter in the post for the post man to deliver
Paul
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Ebay ... Cheap stamps ? Really ?