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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Danny Guest on September 02, 2012, 09:36:20 pm
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How many 3 bed semis can you clean trad as a one man band in a day?
Regards Danny
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Five, possibly six.
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although you will probably have some on here saying all houses are different and it depends on window size and bla bla bla , but i presume you mean the standard run of the mill 6/7 windows plus 2 doors reasonably close to each other, i can do about 12-14 but im not the quickest with trad.
Seamus
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How many 3 bed semis can you clean trad as a one man band in a day?
Regards Danny
Not many. I was soon panting into my mouth organ and the cymbals on my knees used to catch on the ladder.
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How many 3 bed semis can you clean trad as a one man band in a day?
Regards Danny
Not many. I was soon panting into my mouth organ and the cymbals on my knees used to catch on the ladder.
;D
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25 a day
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I done 27 the other week in 8 hrs but have 1 upstairs flat and 2 ground floor flats in the run too, although the run is a bit spead out nu ;D
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20-25 in a day BUT thats mainly WFP working from 9am-4pm (ish)on very compact estate work with some with connys and side/kitchen extensions.
regards
dazmond
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I am a tortoise in the window cleaning world, so I am happy if I can manage 12.
John
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Day in day out pace I could do 15 to 18 max if it was a Friday then prob low 20's and recover over weekend ... At 44 I have to take it a little easier than I did at 34
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He did say 'trad'.
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Five, possibly six.
WHAT?!?!
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25-30 a day then I have had enough
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Did 25 yes terday in 8hrs average ten windows doors per house, did another 10 today in 3 hours, I have found that I get faster around the 3 hour mark seem to get into a rythem ;D had a couple of walk ups two 8)
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Around 20 without killing myself so long as its compact.
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When I was 100% trad, 30 was a normal day, 40 was hard work and 50 was pushing it a bit.
I had a mate once who could do 60 in 8 hours and I heard a rumour of someone who did 70 in 8 hours.
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[quote autho >:(r=rosskesava link=topic=157638.msg1309515#msg1309515 date=1347225722]
When I was 100% trad, 30 was a normal day, 40 was hard work and 50 was pushing it a bit.
I had a mate once who could do 60 in 8 hours and I heard a rumour of someone who did 70 in 8 hours.
50, 60, 70 how is this possible on 3 bed semis?
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[quote autho >:(r=rosskesava link=topic=157638.msg1309515#msg1309515 date=1347225722]
When I was 100% trad, 30 was a normal day, 40 was hard work and 50 was pushing it a bit.
I had a mate once who could do 60 in 8 hours and I heard a rumour of someone who did 70 in 8 hours.
50, 60, 70 how is this possible on 3 bed semis?
In the same way that with wfp, I can do upwards of a hundred houses a day. Once I get up to speed, I'm sure I will be able to do more. ::)
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[quote autho >:(r=rosskesava link=topic=157638.msg1309515#msg1309515 date=1347225722]
When I was 100% trad, 30 was a normal day, 40 was hard work and 50 was pushing it a bit.
I had a mate once who could do 60 in 8 hours and I heard a rumour of someone who did 70 in 8 hours.
50, 60, 70 how is this possible on 3 bed semis?
In the same way that with wfp, I can do upwards of a hundred houses a day. Once I get up to speed, I'm sure I will be able to do more. ::)
And anybody who does any less is degrading the industry >:(.
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I'm not taking the p Ross I just want to know how? What techniques etc etc, I want to do the same.
Let's say you have 9 hours on glass (which is a lot I know) that's 540 mins.
100 houses means 5.4 mins per house and that includes collecting talking to custie if they are in etc.
How do you do it?
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I'm not taking the p Ross I just want to know how? What techniques etc etc, I want to do the same.
Let's say you have 9 hours on glass (which is a lot I know) that's 540 mins.
100 houses means 5.4 mins per house and that includes collecting talking to custie if they are in etc.
How do you do it?
He was joking, I think, DG.
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50 then?
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Dunno.
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I'm not taking the p Ross I just want to know how? What techniques etc etc, I want to do the same.
Let's say you have 9 hours on glass (which is a lot I know) that's 540 mins.
100 houses means 5.4 mins per house and that includes collecting talking to custie if they are in etc.
How do you do it?
Sorry DG, I was taking the mickey but not out of you.
As anyone who has cleaned window trad style knows full well, some of the claims made on CIU about the number of houses cleaned is just a pile of ...........
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I managed 82 yesterday , thats with a photo break too ;D ;D ;D
Rich
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I managed 82 yesterday , thats with a photo break too ;D ;D ;D
Rich
lol, nice pic by the way! ;D
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Cheers Ben ;)
Rich
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I've just done four 3 bedroom semi's in between having a shower and cleaning my teeth and sitting down in my chair.
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DG - it's not how many you clean, it's how much money you make. For me when trad, between £60 - £90 I thought was ok but there again, all the kids were grown up and gone and I had no mortgage.
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;D ;D I know Ross but a few on here are deadly serious about those figures just wanted to get to the bottom of it cos they are full of bs
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One man on their own then no bs figutes are circa 15 to 18 a day for most on here I rekon that's a steady day in day out sustainable pace
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i have some very compact estate work that takes 8-9 days to clean and its virtually every house on both estates.this work has been built up over 18 years.
they are pretty cheap prices but i can rattle them off in pretty good time on maintenance cleans.i also pick up conny roof cleans and fascia cleans from them.
i dont work gung ho! anymore!i prefer a brisk steady pace with the odd cup of coffee and 5 min chat with customers here and there so 20-25 is realistic for me.i usually finish before 430pm as well.starting at 9am-10am.
likes been said its not the amount of work but the prices of the work being cleaned.
i have lots of other work that i clean that makes me a fair bit more money in a day and i clean say 8-10 properties and sometimes finish at 3pm!!
swings and roundabouts! ;) ;D ;D ;D
best wishes to you all
dazmond
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I can assure anyone on this board that I'm not talking bull, and that when I state number of houses cleaned I am being 100%honest I wouldn't like to have to work like a madman all the time but I'm restricted to weekend cleaning till Christmas then I'll be free of my weekday job
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Thanks for the replys.
Im downsizing so will have two lads working on their own and looking for some ways of gauging the work.
Thanks again
Danny
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4S don't think anyone thinks you're talking bull, I could easily do that many in 8 hours if I knocked about a bit. I usually only work for 7 hours trad after that I get a bit fed up. If I hammer it too much puts me off wc for a bit so I try to keep a brisk pace I can easily maintain. :)
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Cheers DG, I am finding it! Tough going, on my own again this weekend but it's my round after this clean 39 to clean but they are easier to clean than last weekends ;D
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any where between 15-20 but its all down to pound notes for me ;D
it doesnt matter if I only do 1 property a day as long as I hit my daily target.
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i dont do trad to often anymore except for a few places where its simpler
so not as quick as i was , yesterday going pretty leisurely i did 10 3 bed semis , with big bays up and down a bedroom window above front door , and most have porches on front door , 3-4 bathroom /kitchen side windows and 2 bedroom windows , lounge and kitchen at back , did 10 in about 3.5 hours
they are underpriced though so earnings not great , id say around 20 - 25 is a good number to aim for but it depends what your charging and what you want to earn
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hi danny not sure how many i could do , but one bit of advice i can give is be carefull who you employ , for instance the lad ive got working with me ,well where do i start , he leaves streaks on the windows , whenever he reels the hose in he gets it tangled , he,s abrupt with the customers and to top it all off on the worksheet yesterday instead of the old ladys name he simply refered to her as PAIN IN THE ARSE , now thats not very profesional is it all she wanted was a price for her conny roof poor dear :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Bloody hell Paul it sounds like you have employed the lad I got rid of the other month haha.
Danny I would of bought your work but just spent my pennies on something else so I'm running low on extra funds at the moment
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Getting faster and fitter. Did 32 today 5 left for tomorrow, catill I can get round the lot in 8 hours, is this asking too much?
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Getting faster and fitter. Did 32 today 5 left for tomorrow, catill I can get round the lot in 8 hours, is this asking too much?
Did you know the word 'gullible' has been removed from the Oxford English dictionary?
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Getting faster and fitter. Did 32 today 5 left for tomorrow, catill I can get round the lot in 8 hours, is this asking too much?
Did you know the word 'gullible' has been removed from the Oxford English dictionary?
are you familiar with the phrase wined neck in ?
Bit of a troll Ross ::)
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Getting faster and fitter. Did 32 today 5 left for tomorrow, catill I can get round the lot in 8 hours, is this asking too much?
Did you know the word 'gullible' has been removed from the Oxford English dictionary?
ross you under estimate the scottish window cleaner, and the fact we clean council house's where it is entirely possible to do that many in a day ;) one up two downs at the front and two up two down at the back, and we don't muck around scrubbing frames ;D ;)
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No, I don't know the phrase wined neck in and I thought we were talking about 3 bedroom semi's. ???
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Stu, if they are that small what do they pay?
For a newish starter to say 32 done is unbelievable on the face of it, but then if they only £3. To £5. You would need to do 30 to 40 a day to make it worthwhile.
You guys need a large client base.
Art
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I am a new starter & they are mostly £3.50 , in the 32 I did yesterday I had 3 flats the rest were upstairs downstairs with two only getting the fronts done, I'm sorry if my working ethic is much better than some doubters on here , but why would I make it up ffs, went out today did the rest plus a walk up so six in total mind you three were flats & two were ground floor but one house had a conny did them in 1hr 30mins.
Scots make better workers ;)
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to be fair to the doubters, the general new starter has very spread out work, but you have taken over a established run,
Art most of my stuff is a £5 upwards and I don't do 32 a day because my work is mixed with say half a day on compact then better priced stuff spread around.
But I fully believe 4S as it is pretty much the norm round my way
trad firm round my way with half a dozen vans each lad gets a list of 40 odd to be done daily priced at the £3.50 £5 mark
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Yes Stuart, the runs I have are compact, and have been well established for years buy my cousin who has been guiding me over the past few months his help has been invaluable in me starting, they way to pick speed up is not just in cleaning the glass but ladder position, vehicle position, thinking the round before you go out.
Feck me Stuart imagine the cash we could make down south, but would we get lazy?
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a lot of the houses down south are more awkward mate, I lived all over the south but yes we would make a mint
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£3-50 -£5-00 per 3 bed semi seems VERY cheap even for my area(the north west)??even my very compact runs of work i do are priced £6-£10!! :o :o :o.
it must be a slog every day to make even £100 a day?? :( :( :(
best wishes to you all
dazmond
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Yes Stuart, the runs I have are compact, and have been well established for years buy my cousin who has been guiding me over the past few months his help has been invaluable in me starting, they way to pick speed up is not just in cleaning the glass but ladder position, vehicle position, thinking the round before you go out.
Feck me Stuart imagine the cash we could make down south, but would we get lazy?
I don't know why you'd get lazy working down south or why down here you'd make more money than any one else. It's not like it's a bed of roses of all these huge £50 houses that take minutes and that because your in Scotland that somehow makes a difference. I still get home some days on my knees and when I was trad I had some days when I sometimes struggled to get the ladders on the roof rack at the end of the day.
£3 - £5 though, that is cheap but if it's just a few windows and no frames and close together and all easy access then I guess it's horses for courses but as Dazmond points out, it still must be a slog.
If you'd have said when you wrote 32 houses in 8 hours just what was involved, then I would not have posted about the word gullible. The previous postings were about the standard CIU 3 bedroom semi so it's natural to assume that is what you were referring to.