Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: GB Window Cleaning on September 26, 2012, 05:44:20 pm
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how many on here have moved to another town and started up fresh? and what are your thoughts on doing this? thanks
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I'm not a window licker,but have done it with carpet munching...
It is bloody hard work, and you keep thinking about the custom and the money you earned before, but you have to just get your head down and start from scratch.
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I'm not a window licker,but have done it with carpet munching...
It is bloody hard work, and you keep thinking about the custom and the money you earned before, but you have to just get your head down and start from scratch.
yeah, no doubt it will be hard work but i think i need to do it! ive lived here in lincoln all my life and i just feel now im about to turn 34 i need a fresh start away from here you know!?
thanks for your reply mate!
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any idea where you may be headed?
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We've you been big fella :-*
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Ive done it twice... what do you want to know ?
Considering doing it again though is just a thought at the moment
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I would have no hesitation what so ever in doing this.
Summit me and the missus have talked about as currently got house on market and fancy a move to the coast which is about an hour from here so plan would be to build a bit at new area and sell a bit in old area and rekon in 12 months would totally be in new area.
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I'd love to do it mate - id go down to Cornwall (love holidaying there)
The wife has looked at Tenerife too!
What with the way the housing market is, it's not financially viable :(
I know it's not the same George, but a lot of my work is various days out of my local town - the furthest days work is nearly 100 mile round trip, so the variety makes a nice change
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any idea where you may be headed?
not decided yet
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We've you been big fella :-*
me? oh im always lerking about ;)
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Ive done it twice... what do you want to know ?
Considering doing it again though is just a thought at the moment
hey, thanks for the reply. more than anything i was just wondering how long its possible to get a full round from scratch if you really door/phone canvass hard! anyhting else i should know? thanks
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I would have no hesitation what so ever in doing this.
Summit me and the missus have talked about as currently got house on market and fancy a move to the coast which is about an hour from here so plan would be to build a bit at new area and sell a bit in old area and rekon in 12 months would totally be in new area.
yeah, ive been thinking along those lines of canvassing work in new area when im not working here and somehow gradually move to the new location you know!? thanks
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as long as you are within an hours drive just travel while you build up. Think totally starting from scractch prob be hard work as everybodys a windie nowdays. Wouldnt fancy it
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I'd love to do it mate - id go down to Cornwall (love holidaying there)
The wife has looked at Tenerife too!
What with the way the housing market is, it's not financially viable :(
I know it's not the same George, but a lot of my work is various days out of my local town - the furthest days work is nearly 100 mile round trip, so the variety makes a nice change
thanks for the response, you sound like my dad... he's always on about moving to carnwall :) he's never done it though! im 34 in about 3 weeks. ive resenclty broke up with my girlfriend after being together for 5 years and planning a life together. i just feel so bloody stagnant here, seeing the same old faces from school and that you know! im just a fed up of this old town and need to start fresh far away!
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as long as you are within an hours drive just travel while you build up. Think totally starting from scractch prob be hard work as everybodys a windie nowdays. Wouldnt fancy it
yeah thats probably the best way to do it isnt it! it will be more like 2 hours drive from where i live i recon but still doiable hey!?
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i moved a few weeks ago and some days now have to drive 20/25 miles.
If thats how you feel go for it i wish id done its years ago lovely having a fresh start and will pick up new work in time but with out worring.
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LAst time i sold up and moved 40 miles away. Lived on the money from my old round while i was canvassing the new work. Get the timing right and you can be back up and running in 6-9 months depending on how hard you push yourself.
When i moved i found that i had learnt alot from the first round and took that knowledge onto the second round. Im earning the same as my first round, but around 80 less customers per month. Im more confident in my pricing too (which went up from my first round).
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i moved a few weeks ago and some days now have to drive 20/25 miles.
If thats how you feel go for it i wish id done its years ago lovely having a fresh start and will pick up new work in time but with out worring.
you moved 25 miles away from your old location? if so you could still do your old work no?
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LAst time i sold up and moved 40 miles away. Lived on the money from my old round while i was canvassing the new work. Get the timing right and you can be back up and running in 6-9 months depending on how hard you push yourself.
When i moved i found that i had learnt alot from the first round and took that knowledge onto the second round. Im earning the same as my first round, but around 80 less customers per month. Im more confident in my pricing too (which went up from my first round).
yeah i have the same thoughts about the knowledge ive gained from starting this business. i made mistakes in the beginning like underpricing etc, that i would not make when started a 2nd round in the new location. thanks
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im traveling to all my work but as i pick up new work nearer my new house will have a bit cull and get rid of the crap etc. cant lose really.
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im traveling to all my work but as i pick up new work nearer my new house will have a bit cull and get rid of the crap etc. cant lose really.
yeah good point, cull the rubbish old work first and keep the cream and only take on good paying jobs at the new location!
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I'd love to do it mate - id go down to Cornwall (love holidaying there)
The wife has looked at Tenerife too!
What with the way the housing market is, it's not financially viable :(
I know it's not the same George, but a lot of my work is various days out of my local town - the furthest days work is nearly 100 mile round trip, so the variety makes a nice change
thanks for the response, you sound like my dad... he's always on about moving to carnwall :) he's never done it though! im 34 in about 3 weeks. ive resenclty broke up with my girlfriend after being together for 5 years and planning a life together. i just feel so bloody stagnant here, seeing the same old faces from school and that you know! im just a fed up of this old town and need to start fresh far away!
Have you thought that if you sell your work you could then buy some elsewhere? Or is the area you are thinking of going a bit sparse with work for sale?
If you don't care where you go mate I reckon you could be a bit spoilt for choice
Happy birthday in 3 wks - I'm 39 on the 24th oct ;D
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a coastal town is always a good bet,full of retirees who need their windows doing regular ,nice view as you clean etc
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I sold my run in England, relocated to Ireland 14 months ago and started up again from scratch.
It has been quite a challenge, as a few well meaning friends here reckoned I wouldn't be able to build a domestic window cleaning big enough to survive on, especially as the economic pickle this country is in means that many people (14% are unemployed here) are struggling to survive themselves.
I currently have 313 customers, and am picking up new customers at the rate of 3 or 4 a week. I am looking to build a customer base of 500, by which time I will feel that I have 'made it'.
John
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I'd love to do it mate - id go down to Cornwall (love holidaying there)
The wife has looked at Tenerife too!
What with the way the housing market is, it's not financially viable :(
I know it's not the same George, but a lot of my work is various days out of my local town - the furthest days work is nearly 100 mile round trip, so the variety makes a nice change
thanks for the response, you sound like my dad... he's always on about moving to carnwall :) he's never done it though! im 34 in about 3 weeks. ive resenclty broke up with my girlfriend after being together for 5 years and planning a life together. i just feel so bloody stagnant here, seeing the same old faces from school and that you know! im just a fed up of this old town and need to start fresh far away!
Have you thought that if you sell your work you could then buy some elsewhere? Or is the area you are thinking of going a bit sparse with work for sale?
If you don't care where you go mate I reckon you could be a bit spoilt for choice
Happy birthday in 3 wks - I'm 39 on the 24th oct ;D
yeah im not 100% on the new location yet but ive a pretty good idea though. thanks for the happy bday.
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I sold my run in England, relocated to Ireland 14 months ago and started up again from scratch.
It has been quite a challenge, as a few well meaning friends here reckoned I wouldn't be able to build a domestic window cleaning big enough to survive on, especially as the economic pickle this country is in means that many people (14% are unemployed here) are struggling to survive themselves.
I currently have 313 customers, and am picking up new customers at the rate of 3 or 4 a week. I am looking to build a customer base of 500, by which time I will feel that I have 'made it'.
John
hey jonny,
ive actually been thinking about you and your relocating to ireland threads alot recently. people love to tell other people they cant do things dont they lol. wow 313 custys!!! :o last time a read one of your threads you only had 100 custys!
well done mate you are my biggest inspiration on this forum at the minute! do you do commercial/industrial too mate?
thanks for the reply
george
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Ive done it twice... what do you want to know ?
Considering doing it again though is just a thought at the moment
hey, thanks for the reply. more than anything i was just wondering how long its possible to get a full round from scratch if you really door/phone canvass hard! anyhting else i should know? thanks
I built a round starting last feb and had 300 customers in about 4 months. I had 30000 leaflets put out in that time and that pulled the work in.
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Ive done it twice... what do you want to know ?
Considering doing it again though is just a thought at the moment
hey, thanks for the reply. more than anything i was just wondering how long its possible to get a full round from scratch if you really door/phone canvass hard! anyhting else i should know? thanks
I built a round starting last feb and had 300 customers in about 4 months. I had 30000 leaflets put out in that time and that pulled the work in.
300 custys in 8 months! :o very very good! stories like this give me hope! thanks
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I sold my run in England, relocated to Ireland 14 months ago and started up again from scratch.
It has been quite a challenge, as a few well meaning friends here reckoned I wouldn't be able to build a domestic window cleaning big enough to survive on, especially as the economic pickle this country is in means that many people (14% are unemployed here) are struggling to survive themselves.
I currently have 313 customers, and am picking up new customers at the rate of 3 or 4 a week. I am looking to build a customer base of 500, by which time I will feel that I have 'made it'.
John
hey jonny,
ive actually been thinking about you and your relocating to ireland threads alot recently. people love to tell other people they cant do things dont they lol. wow 313 custys!!! :o last time a read one of your threads you only had 100 custys!
well done mate you are my biggest inspiration on this forum at the minute! do you do commercial/industrial too mate?
thanks for the reply
george
Hi George, thanks for your kind words. I am 99% domestic. The only commercial jobs I have are a small chemist's shop in the town centre and a general store just outside the town. The shops are pretty well sewn up here, but when I relocated I had been told that few windy's do domestic as there was allegedly insufficient demand. I thought I would/should have little competition in this area then, and as I did mainly domestic in England I would do the same here.
It has been tough at times, mainly with being messed around with 'not todays', which is a daily thing and goes with the territory here. I have learned to be more patient and adapted by being more flexible to the needs of the customer. This has helped me to retain almost everyone I picked up, because I tailor their needs and frequencies to suit them as far as I reasonably can.
Relocating can appear daunting at first, but if you think about it, it is similar to when you start up for the first time. The difference is that you have the experience of having already done it once, so you know you can make it work, and perhaps avoid some of the mistakes made first time round.
If you decide to go ahead, I'd be very interested to know how you get on.
All the best,
John
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@ Jonny B...
...thanks mate, ill keep you updated on what i decide and how i get on! thanks to everyone for all your time and input i really appreciate your help!
GB