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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Terry_Burrows on February 10, 2006, 08:46:52 am

Title: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Terry_Burrows on February 10, 2006, 08:46:52 am
I am Interested to know from you where ever you are based,is the carpet cleaning
gone dead,does it start picking up soon?
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: John_Flynn on February 10, 2006, 09:17:55 am
Stopped advertising last September and the work is still pouring in.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: John Kelly on February 10, 2006, 09:18:17 am
Terry it is up here, usually starts to pick up end of Feb. March is a good time to start sending letters out to previous customers and also leaflets. Add some blurb about spring cleaning etc.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: nick p on February 10, 2006, 09:28:41 am
hi

ive had the busiest january for a very long time and feb is looking good £900 booked in for next week
i just kept leafleting and a linage add in local paper working very well

cheers nick p
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: John Kelly on February 10, 2006, 09:33:16 am
No sooner had I posted that and I booked 3 jobs in.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: BRSL on February 10, 2006, 11:22:18 am
Cornwalls been C*** since end of nov so I moved to Devon and it's looking good  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Terry_Burrows on February 10, 2006, 07:41:13 pm
I think its a new year thing we have got adds BT book just come out,and yellow pages next month, :D
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Mike Roper on February 10, 2006, 09:26:49 pm
Fortunately for me Jan, Feb, March are one of my busiest times. Being a touristy place holiday cottages  ,pubs , hotels etc need to get work done now before the season starts. Having said that domestic work is steady away. My quiet time if any is July & August ,but I dont mind that !
Mike (Whitby)
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: tonys145 on February 10, 2006, 09:54:15 pm
Apart from the first week in January, have been quite steady up unitll last week when it has started to take off again. But my flyers have been going out every day.

Roll on the end of month payday!!  8)

Tony
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Glynn on February 10, 2006, 09:55:15 pm
Absolutly flat out here..
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: simonc on February 11, 2006, 11:10:28 am
Not terribly busy here trickling in but only steady...
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Karl Wildey on February 11, 2006, 11:58:00 am
quiet in Norfolk, just geeting by. Few enquires but mostly commercial work. Half term next week so will be even quieter.
Don't mind cos I'm a lazy sod ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: ABLECLEAN on February 11, 2006, 12:07:31 pm
Last two weeks have been dead quiet but in 2 hours on Thursday I booked 3 suites and two carpets!!!!!!. It will pick up very soon (after half term)
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Dave_Lee on February 11, 2006, 02:40:55 pm
Busiest January by miles and Feb looking good too!
Dave.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Terry_Burrows on February 11, 2006, 02:44:28 pm
 ;) any one find yellow pages works for them ???
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Doug Holloway on February 11, 2006, 03:35:51 pm
Hi Guys,

The last two weeks in Jan were a bit slow but last 2 weeks have been good.

As for YP I only have a quarter column which has brought in 2 jobs so far this year so nothing very exiting there.

Cheers

Doug
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: gmccleaning on February 11, 2006, 04:28:35 pm
This has been my best start to the year (im not run of my feet but steady) and thanks for the help with the waste tank smell,machine spot on now  :D :D :D 8)
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: solar on February 13, 2006, 08:26:35 am
exceptionly busy here, even trying to give work away to my local colleuges but even they are to busy to cover

Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Stephen SWC Cleaning on February 13, 2006, 08:37:08 am
January was very busy for me, this month is a little slower though.....
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Mark Stanley on February 13, 2006, 08:39:36 am
Yes - I have to agree with most of you work is steady, mainly domestic - steady as she goes.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Buster Ingram on February 13, 2006, 08:57:28 am
Great thread but it would of made more sense if I knew where you all were.
To get an overall picture of the current trend in cleaning up and down the country it would have been better if your areas had been included with the posts.
I myself am in the Wolverhampton area where Jan tends to be a bit slow, I have always put it down to folks paying off their credit cards after the Christmas big spends. Though there are the weather watchers I have to consider too who talk about snow and leaving their carpets till after the bad weather has gone. What bad weather I think to myself, what they really mean is I'm skint after Xmas but I carn't say that.

Regards
Dave
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Post by: Everbrite on February 13, 2006, 11:35:19 am
Yellow pages waste of money...............dont bother.
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Post by: Ian Rochester on February 13, 2006, 05:07:18 pm
Fibre Reviver,

I tend to disagree, we get in the region of 10x return on Yellow Pages/Yell outlay, though we do get a far better return on local paper ads and postal flyers.

we've been steady all of Jan, some domestic and a lot of commercial/tourist based work.  Feb is looking ok, this week is fully booked, got a few jobs in for next week.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Dave_Lee on February 13, 2006, 08:16:00 pm
Giving Yell a miss this year. I planned three years ago to back in for three years, and they are now up, so I'll try my money elsewhere and see what happens.
Dave.
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on February 13, 2006, 08:49:35 pm
busiest start to the year i've ever had
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Steve Chapman on February 13, 2006, 08:55:22 pm
i'm in Dorset, the first couple of weeks in January were really quiet, but now i'm rushed of my feet, & seems it will continue.
As for yellow pages, they seem to be good for the bigger towns and cities, but I've found not very good for the outskirt area's.
steve
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on February 13, 2006, 09:33:15 pm
I'm always busy infact I've never had a day off unless it's been forward planned for donkeys years but I would like to be even busier if I can fit more in! (if that makes sense)
Shaun
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: Terry_Burrows on February 16, 2006, 06:17:54 pm
very Interesting seems very busy in certain areas etc, :-\
Title: Re: IS IT STILL QUIET WORK WISE ?
Post by: homenclean on February 18, 2006, 03:06:59 pm
We are very busy based in Leeds, but do alot of commercial work.
Dont forget end of January everyone has just got credit card bills mr and mrs average are skint!

John