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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: PurefectWindowCleaning on December 19, 2012, 07:41:31 pm
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Is he/this company like the largest out there that sub a load of work out or summing?
Dont want any sarcastic answers, im just curious.
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i'm sure his secretary gav will be able to answer you this ;D
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Here's the secretary 's say !!!
Approved are a small family owned business
Based in Bristol
Who are one of the busiest national
company's around who pay on time
Always gain more work , much more than
We can handle , and to cap it off
John Nolan is a very nice guy
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tell john nolan to pass some work my way then gav coz im a nice guy too
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so is there a certain criteria of companies they use?
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I see. Thanks for clearing that up Gav.
How many nationals are there then?
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tell john nolan to pass some work my way then gav coz im a nice guy too
Nothing going in Liverpool ways yet
Could be a bit of work in
Strangeways though rich
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Don't forget me gav I'm the man fowork
Of such size :-)
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On it Ron
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Good man gav
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is there a certain criteria of companies they use
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
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That's me ruled out then. :-[
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
Feck that's me out then Gav ;D
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
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Oh well our loss
Don't worry we'll survive with out ya
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Oh well our loss
Don't worry we'll survive with out ya
Don't be like that Gav mi old mucker lol
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
yer i sent it off tonight to him after seeing that one about kettering on here, cheers
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
I'd watch that RC bloke dodgy looking fella ;D ;D
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
I'd watch that RC bloke dodgy looking fella ;D ;D
lol thanks for that!! lol only coz im stalking you from place to place! lol
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I'm gonna change my identity ;D ;D
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
I'd watch that RC bloke dodgy looking fella ;D ;D
lol thanks for that!! lol only coz im stalking you from place to place! lol
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
well that counts me in then! lol
I'm gonna change my identity ;D ;D
I hold a City & Guilds level 1 & 2 in window cleaning
water fed pole trained
ladder trained
CRB checked
Public Liability of £5 million
and fully insured, inculding building damage!
Johns had email off you today rich
I believe !!
I'd watch that RC bloke dodgy looking fella ;D ;D
lol thanks for that!! lol only coz im stalking you from place to place! lol
lol i'll still find you! lol
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Shame you are to far away...i'd invite you in for crimbo drink LOL ;D
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Shame you are to far away...i'd invite you in for crimbo drink LOL ;D
you asking me on a date??? lol ;D
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only if you dress up in window cleaning kit :o :o ;D ;D
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only if you dress up in window cleaning kit :o :o ;D ;D
lol im not sure what to say to that! lol
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best not go there eh!! :P :P
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ive know big fat john out side of window cleaning for about 10 years and i can say that the bloke is as staight as they come.i 1st got to know him todo with boys local football club,where we help one and other though running are own boys teams.
i can say that his company just keeps growing and he took the chance with the nationals and jump on the boat which you lot missed,probarly why a few are ped off with losing your shops.if it wasnt him then it would have been someone else,he took the gamble and it paid off.
when i see his boys out and about on my patch they still say hello and will chat about there fat boss,also if i have any problems and i need advice i know that hes always on the end of the phone.
and i say again fat john doesnt give me anywork,so i have no ties to him. :P :P
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best not go there eh!! :P :P
no dont think so!
dont want a window cleaners version of the YMCA! lol
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best not go there eh!! :P :P
no dont think so!
dont want a window cleaners version of the YMCA! lol
can i join :-*
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best not go there eh!! :P :P
no dont think so!
dont want a window cleaners version of the YMCA! lol
well that would be 3 out of the 5 then! just need 2 more! lol
can i join :-*
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Send john an email stating which
Postcodes you can cover !!
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Send john an email stating which
Postcodes you can cover !!
was that to me?
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Yes
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Yes
OK will get it emailed over to him, use the enquiries@approvedwindowcleaning.co.uk email I take it
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That's the hotline
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That's the hotline
Nice one cheers,
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
Prepared to work for peanuts.
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
Prepared to work for peanuts.
But it's a big bag when you get a few together.
The first on e or two would be a "loss leader"
I dont do any for any national because I am full with domestics.
And for you Gavlar, earning £600 a day, all day everyday even in the rain ;-)
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
Prepared to work for peanuts.
Steven me olde china you have defo
Fallen for the misconception haven't
You that Approved work is cheap
Granted Greggs stores are cheap
But I do loads all close to other work
I do on behalf on Approved, maybe in
Newbury there was only a few jobs
But where I cover I easily do many other
Approved work which is very well paid
I do wish I could go into detail
But I'm not one to say how much etc
But I will say this iv worked on many
Contractors behalf , and believe you me
There av been many and John at Approved
As proven himself time and again
but as much as I'd love to chat I'm busy
busy busy , sometimes if you look
at the bigger picture it all comes
clearer , carry on worrying about yr own
affairs we'll carry on doing what we do best!
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly
Prepared to work for peanuts.
But it's a big bag when you get a few together.
The first on e or two would be a "loss leader"
I dont do any for any national because I am full with domestics.
And for you Gavlar, earning £600 a day, all day everyday even in the rain ;-)
Who says I earn 600 a day
I wish
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
its more that some are only offered greggs their always going to be lover and haters in everything , its what makes is different :)
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
its more that some are only offered greggs their always going to be lover and haters in everything , its what makes is different :)
you dont except to be handed a top roll in a company staight away do you ian,you work your way up the ladder in most cases,reliable,trustworthy,good workmanship. gets you working towards the top in any job
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
You have just described me Gav ;D ;D. unfortunately i dont think he has any work available in my area or anywhere with 10 mile radius . Mike
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
its more that some are only offered greggs their always going to be lover and haters in everything , its what makes is different :)
you dont except to be handed a top roll in a company staight away do you ian,you work your way up the ladder in most cases,reliable,trustworthy,good workmanship. gets you working towards the top in any job
It's subby contract work and most that I have seen is far from good workmanship it is worked around because of price. I know this, anyone doing it on any scale if honest knows it too
thing is I have nothing against this type of work and would take it on and do it to my standard, the town where I live has very few national chains apart from charity shops ( which I get called to clean directly sometimes ) if approved has work in st. Neots, and surrounding areas to 20 miles I would like to speak to him or anyone I just can't take on one greggs only. i can see clearly the bigger picture. But it has to be right
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
its more that some are only offered greggs their always going to be lover and haters in everything , its what makes is different :)
you dont except to be handed a top roll in a company staight away do you ian,you work your way up the ladder in most cases,reliable,trustworthy,good workmanship. gets you working towards the top in any job
It's subby contract work and most that I have seen is far from good workmanship it is worked around because of price. I know this, anyone doing it on any scale if honest knows it too
thing is I have nothing against this type of work and would take it on and do it to my standard, the town where I live has very few national chains apart from charity shops ( which I get called to clean directly sometimes ) if approved has work in st. Neots, and surrounding areas to 20 miles I would like to speak to him or anyone I just can't take on one greggs only. i can see clearly the bigger picture. But it has to be right
I'm sure most see the bigger picture, but like you it would cost me more to park/stop the van to earn from just one Greggs. I don't think I would get a good hourly rate from 5 or 6 local Greggs if I got them, with travelling time.
But then Dean seems to make a good living travelling the country doing national work.
I think its just horses for courses.
Joe
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly manner helps!!!
Also fully insured
You have just described me Gav ;D ;D. unfortunately i dont think he has any work available in my area or anywhere with 10 mile radius . Mike
Mike drop john an email he'll surprise
You where he as work
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so is there a certain criteria of companies they use?
It helps if you answer yr phone lad!!
I believe john rang you and you cut
Him off!!!
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so is there a certain criteria of companies they use?
It helps if you answer yr phone lad!!
I believe john rang you and you cut
Him off!!!
Oh right was just getting van, and didn't have hands free on, plus trying to strap daughter in car seat! Lol
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gav dont waste your breath mate,they cant see beyond greggs. ;) ;)
Or Debenhams?
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In your opinion Ste but
As I clean the stores either side
Of mine local one il gladly do it
Buckets outside it anyway ;D
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In your opinion Ste but
As I clean the stores either side
Of mine local one il gladly do it
Buckets outside it anyway ;D
That's the thing. If you have a few it may be worth it. Myself, I prefer to charge a good price for domestics and do them when I please. It may be worth it for some though to clean a department store for £7 in the dark.
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Just been laughing to myself at frankies big fat John bit, tbh he's not a bad bloke like frankie said but I wish he would buy he's own fairy liquid plus not wake me up at 2 pm when I'm having a siesta :D
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Ability to clean windows
And conduct your self in a cheery
Friendly
Prepared to work for peanuts.
But it's a big bag when you get a few together.
The first on e or two would be a "loss leader"
I dont do any for any national because I am full with domestics.
And for you Gavlar, earning £600 a day, all day everyday even in the rain ;-)
Who says I earn 600 a day
I wish
600 a day gav....you told me it was 700 :-*
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Well I do work on behalf of Approved/ John Nolan and one job near home looks after my fuel for my vehicle.
And the rest is profit but I am also with another company doing shops, plus doing my domestic houses etc.
Whatever brings in the money to pay the bills.
Very happy with the work that I do. ;D ;D
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In my experience John is easy to get on with & quick to pay - what more could you ask for. :)
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Just been laughing to myself at frankies big fat John bit, tbh he's not a bad bloke like frankie said but I wish he would buy he's own fairy liquid plus not wake me up at 2 pm when I'm having a siesta :D
has he not brought you a bottle yet r kid.just go down that shop of his and help yourself, ;D ;D ;D ;D
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
Would you? I don't do shops, but if I had a row of teraaces priced properly and someone came out of one I didn't have and offered me theirs at a fiver I would politely decline. Why would I want to drive down prices?
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
Would you? I don't do shops, but if I had a row of teraaces priced properly and someone came out of one I didn't have and offered me theirs at a fiver I would politely decline. Why would I want to drive down prices?
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Well you guys obviously know where the money is better than me, I bow down to your superior earning power.
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Well you guys obviously know where the money is better than me, I bow down to your superior earning power.
Touchy. We all make different decisions David. I can understand that you are driven to keeping your vans and people fully utilised as you are paying for them anyway, but the decisions for a sole trader working domestics will be different.
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
I would in fact i do and its easy work pull out up side do one bay window and the door then off i go for 5 mins work i get £5.
Im going to start on commercial next year the problem with commercial work is you have to start some where taking on one one shop at a time till you have a few shops all together.
I haven't decided if im going to go down the normal highstreet commercial route, try to get into bluewater or both
Paul
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erith approved have some work
going in blue water ;)
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erith approved have some work
going in blue water ;)
If you need me to cover it my email is paul@erithwc.co.uk
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
I would in fact i do and its easy work pull out up side do one bay window and the door then off i go for 5 mins work i get £5.
Im going to start on commercial next year the problem with commercial work is you have to start some where taking on one one shop at a time till you have a few shops all together.
I haven't decided if im going to go down the normal highstreet commercial route, try to get into bluewater or both
Paul
Greggs have their insides done; it's often a pain with signage and stuff in the way; you have to get their early before they load up the windows with pasties for the fat masses.
They were done twice a week also.
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erith approved have some work
going in blue water ;)
If you need me to cover it my email is paul@erithwc.co.uk
not sure what the work is and im sure john is away for xmas
he was telling me bout blue water yesterday though ;)
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We do domestics and commercial.
So I think I am qualified to comment, funny how people assume I clean retail to keep my guys busy
I do it for profit if it doesn't add up we don't do it. It's all windows
In one town we have about 50 shops of varying prices, all clean by lunchtime, just one guy, cheapest job is a chain spoke about here
Gav
I know what the job is I think I found someone for him
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
I would in fact i do and its easy work pull out up side do one bay window and the door then off i go for 5 mins work i get £5.
Im going to start on commercial next year the problem with commercial work is you have to start some where taking on one one shop at a time till you have a few shops all together.
I haven't decided if im going to go down the normal highstreet commercial route, try to get into bluewater or both
Paul
It isnt 5 mins work for £5 though. If you was asked to do a shop in dartford for £5 it would take you 20 mins to get there add that to setting up time, doing the job and packing away and the time it takes to get to your next job could lead upto 40mins to an hour all for £5.?
No thanks.
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We do domestics and commercial.
So I think I am qualified to comment, funny how people assume I clean retail to keep my guys busy
I do it for profit if it doesn't add up we don't do it. It's all windows
In one town we have about 50 shops of varying prices, all clean by lunchtime, just one guy, cheapest job is a chain spoke about here
Gav
I know what the job is I think I found someone for him
I'm sure i could learn loads from you and others on here but we all have to start some where mate the amount of times i have lost out on commercial because i don't go near the high street enough if your already their working you've got a better chance of getting the job.
Plus on the residential side most of my work was one house on its own now i have loads more on the same streets
Paul
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We do domestics and commercial.
So I think I am qualified to comment, funny how people assume I clean retail to keep my guys busy
I do it for profit if it doesn't add up we don't do it. It's all windows
In one town we have about 50 shops of varying prices, all clean by lunchtime, just one guy, cheapest job is a chain spoke about here
Gav
I know what the job is I think I found someone for him
I dont touch retail. Much more money in doing an office block for £200 sheets etc.
I gave up on shops ages ago as couldnt get enough to warrant it vs houses or larger commercial jobs.
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Hi Mick
Its not just the Shops we clean in these towns, they are just a small part of what we do, wouldnt be without them though.
If its glass we clean it,
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yep i agree with mick here.nice domestics and medium office blocks,blocks of housing association flats etc rather than shops.you can charge a good price and earn well out of them.cant see me earning £60 an hour on shops!!!
plus shops normally have to be cleaned at ridiculously early times in the morning!!i certainly dont wanna get up at 5am in the morning to go and clean a few shops.
regards
dazmond
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I get up at 4am some days,man up!!!!
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I get up at 4am some days,man up!!!!
Thats what im after get 2-3 hrs done on commercial before i start on the houses ;)
Paul
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
Even if i had work either side i wouldnt. I work for myself,not to make others more money.
Just my opinion,some will some wont. I wont.
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I get up at 4am some days,man up!!!!
So do I every now & then, usually when I'm suffering from diarrhea & sickness or something!!
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No one would take on a Greggs with nothing else near it, the same as you wouldnt drive to a street to clean a terraced front.
But if you were already on the High St you would take it.
I would in fact i do and its easy work pull out up side do one bay window and the door then off i go for 5 mins work i get £5.
Im going to start on commercial next year the problem with commercial work is you have to start some where taking on one one shop at a time till you have a few shops all together.
I haven't decided if im going to go down the normal highstreet commercial route, try to get into bluewater or both
Paul
It isnt 5 mins work for £5 though. If you was asked to do a shop in dartford for £5 it would take you 20 mins to get there add that to setting up time, doing the job and packing away and the time it takes to get to your next job could lead upto 40mins to an hour all for £5.?
No thanks.
It is if you are there anyway. That's the point people are making. My view is that if you started doing houses for cheap just because you are there, pretty soon prices would fall. It seems odd that this either doesn't apply to shops or people think it doesn't apply.
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It's not my cup of tea granted but it's up to every individual how you make your money.
It would seem you need to be right in there with plenty of shops etc close together to make it pay & the bonus of all weather cleaning (if you're that way enclined).
Personally, I wouldn't want a large percentage of my income reliant on someone else's contracts. I can only comment on work I have been offered & compared to what I get for domestic & private commercial it was literally peanuts! However, if there was enough of it in close proximity to each other then it would pay BUT.... it wouldn't come as easy as my current work.
You have to weigh up the effort & commitment required for the return offered, for me it has never even come close to tempting me but for others it obviously does.
I do think though, that there is a misconception at times that commercial work is good no matter what & I strongly disagree with that.
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a big part of shop work is the area you live in,bristol city center must have over a 1000 shops whitin a 5miles radius,add that lot up plus the windows of offices above the shops and you have a nice days work,3days later your cleaning the same shops.
i do a friday/thursday morning doing shops,yes your right not a great pay i could earn the same doing houses,but i like the different workand i dont start before 7am doing them and cause its a friday i finsh at 2/3pm,but these shops get done no matter what the weather and all pay on the day.
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a big part of shop work is the area you live in,bristol city center must have over a 1000 shops whitin a 5miles radius,add that lot up plus the windows of offices above the shops and you have a nice days work,3days later your cleaning the same shops.
i do a friday/thursday morning doing shops,yes your right not a great pay i could earn the same doing houses,but i like the different workand i dont start before 7am doing them and cause its a friday i finsh at 2/3pm,but these shops get done no matter what the weather and all pay on the day.
There's a lot to be said for all weather income that pays on the day, I'd do more shops if I could get them!
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The only small commercials i like doing are the pubs coz most of the time i get a free pint and since the smoking ban insides are a doddle to clean. All of my pubs i do are 2-4 weekly and get £40-100 a pop. No early starts on these either. I used to do all the local coral bookmakers near me at £20 a pop before they went national which also wasnt early starts between 8.30 till 12 to get 8 done shops done.
The only early starts i do are if its an office block or doing industrial cladding cleaning on a price. Wouldnt get out before 6 to do anything other than well priced work. Not that desperate.