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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: 4S Cleaning on September 28, 2012, 08:29:16 pm
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What times do you start on the glass in the morning.
I'm used to 7:30 starts in the factory I work in, but was wondering what start times windys had on residential work, & have you asked custys if it's ok to start at early o'clock ?
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1st house would be 8am,and commercial anytime before that
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9am normally on domestic, commercial much earlier
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830am- 9am on domestic usually
8am sometimes on commercial.
in winter i can get a little lazy and start at 10am!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You soon work out the customers who go out early, so can do there houses first.
I like to start as early as possible, if I don't get a good start to the day it doesn't seem to ever get going.
If I didn't start until 10am I would barely have the enthusiasm left in me to do a days work.
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We start at 8am on houses.
As our days stay the same them customers have no probs with the time. In saying that there are others that we know not to even bother turning up till later in the day!
For example we may call a customer and say "Hi, Andy the window cleaner here, can we get to you early tomorrow as we has a few issues yesterday and dint get to you" We've then had the usual excuses asking to leave later in the day or "Yes thats no problem you can get to us any time after 9am"
9am!!! Thats not early in my book!
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I'm a bit more sedate in that I aim to be out 9.30 - 10am and done by 4.30pm or sometimes earlier. I also do a few on a Sat and Sun but not anything too strenuous. If it rains, I have the day or days off.
I used to do Mon - Fri and be out at 8am and work like a madman untill 5pm and not work at all at the weekend.
My sedate way of working earns me about the same amount of money but I'm less knackered and there's none of the stress of always trying to get to the next job as fast as possible.
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we start off at 8am everyday without fail. on domestics.
On commercials we leave at 7am.
saturday morning we leave at 8am for booked in jobs "fascias , connys etc" and always done for 12.
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Try and be on 1st job for 9am but will be dropping notes off to customers when clocks change informing them of our winter start time of 8am and if they're not up for us being there at that time to let me know.
Most people who work are out by 8 ish anyway esp if dropping kids off etc.
Prob finish by 4pm or earlier in the middle of winter when its gloomy by 3.30
May even stay at the 8am start come spring and summer. ??
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8-8.30am start any later and you get caught in all the traffic
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6 every morn for com the 9am for doms
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Ask every single customer you get if they are happy for an 8am start. Then you'll know and can fill your day from the outset.
Vin
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Leave for 5.45am for Commercial and for Domestic start between 7.30am -8am with no moaners. :-)
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Here in the emerald isle 9:00 is too early for most of my customers, so I tend to start at around 10:00.
John
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We are starting at 7.30am tomorrow morning on a school in telford. We love it and cannot wait.
Dean.
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We are starting at 7.30am tomorrow morning on a school in telford. We love it and cannot wait.
Dean.
Do you have a love/hate relationship with windows Dean. ;D
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Get to my first job at 9am most days. If I can get away with it I will turn up earlier. Starting on a farm tomorrow at 8am. Commercial 7am or 8am.
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My god, all these early starts, thats one of the reasons why i went self employed so i could start when i wanted, which is About 10 ish in the summer and 9 ish in the winter, have started earlier, but used to get some grumpy looks,
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I'm a lazy git,.. I might be up at 7am, but I get the little uns fed & my oldest girl ready for school,.. have a cuppa & a look on the forums while my mrs does the school run, and head out about 9:30 - 10am,....
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Whenever I get out me pit !
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I would like to add I'm part time so enjoy bein lazy on days off. And like to finish by 3.