Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sean mcc on January 20, 2013, 11:19:04 am
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How far would would you be happy to travel for window cleaning work (wfp) to earn a living ???
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Repeat domestic with at least a days work - 10/15 miles
Commercial/School priced right up to 25 but if the right job landed in my lap, say 50.
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well i've got 2 holiday homes 20 miles away, if they were local the price would be around £20 & £8 but i get £50 for the pair only now & again though, when i got them i did a bit of canvassing & the lad who does them comes up from blackpool !!!!! which is at least a good 70 mile away, he's a bit more expensive than me i imagine , no one who lives up ther is skint though
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2 weeks out of every 4, my work is 25-30 miles away.
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about 300 miles
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anyware in europe for event contracts, gone germany last year for a 3day stint , just stay in own city on other work.
If it pays to travel, then travel..
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Thanks for replies,its just that i have only started recently and most areas that i have canvased near to where i live seem to have plenty of window cleaners,so i was thinking of spreading my net further :-\
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Thanks for replies,its just that i have only started recently and most areas that i have canvased near to where i live seem to have plenty of window cleaners,so i was thinking of spreading my net further :-\
the only reason i travel that far is i bought a round off a mate, just so you know
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about 300 miles
With that sort of distance you'd have to factor in overnight accommodation and subsistence costs for your workers. It must be well paid.
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I clean a holiday home annually, along with 5 chalets nearby. They are 55 miles away, and well worth the trip. Last year I took my time, (first cleans) stayed overnight and was fed and watered every mealtime without charge.
John
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We clean exeter university which is 200 miles from base and have also cleaned at torquay hospital that is over 220 miles from base.
We love it.
Dean.
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We clean exeter university which is 200 miles from base and have also cleaned at torquay hospital that is over 220 miles from base.
We love it.
Dean.
Yes but there again you are crazy la
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This was asked about 2 months ago wasn't it?
We go 100 miles regularly.
Go further, but less often.
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We clean exeter university which is 200 miles from base and have also cleaned at torquay hospital that is over 220 miles from base.
We love it.
Dean.
Yes but there again you are crazy la
Its more of a vocation to me than a job Gav.
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We clean exeter university which is 200 miles from base and have also cleaned at torquay hospital that is over 220 miles from base.
We love it.
Dean.
Yes but there again you are crazy la
Its more of a vocation to me than a job Gav.
yes for you dean but not your workers.lol
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Ha, maybe not Rich, lol.
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Dean loves it ESP flying
In his old mans plane
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I sometimes go from telford to Welshpool, Welshpool to Stafford, Stafford back to telford in a day. It's worth the travel, ESP in the rain or snow.
Done jobs at derby and Llandudno too.
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Travel from Burton to Stoke, Stafford, Cannock, Telford, Market Dryaton & Walsall.
Do a 45 mile Radius from Burton come rain or snow and sunshine ;D ;D
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I sometimes go from telford to Welshpool, Welshpool to Stafford, Stafford back to telford in a day. It's worth the travel, ESP in the rain or snow.
Done jobs at derby and Llandudno too.
You wana throw them Welshpool
And Llandudno jobs to me
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I sometimes go from telford to Welshpool, Welshpool to Stafford, Stafford back to telford in a day. It's worth the travel, ESP in the rain or snow.
Done jobs at derby and Llandudno too.
You wana throw them Welshpool
And Llandudno jobs to me
:) no thanks mate. They pay great! :)
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most of my work is within an 8 mile radius(mostly 6 miles very compact) but i would travel up to 10 miles away from my home but thats it.
im just not interested in travelling too far away with fuel costs,wear and tear on van and time it takes.
my weekly fuel bill is about £15 a week.
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I sometimes go from telford to Welshpool, Welshpool to Stafford, Stafford back to telford in a day. It's worth the travel, ESP in the rain or snow.
Done jobs at derby and Llandudno too.
You wana throw them Welshpool
And Llandudno jobs to me
:) no thanks mate. They pay great! :)
Lol ;D
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I go from Aberystwyth to Welshpool every week for a National, 60 miles each way.
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We travel ANYWHERE from our base in Crawley, West Sussex - distance is no object to us.
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This is something I have been giving some thought to. Mind you my aim is to exclusivley do domestics. My thinking is the less travelling you have to do = more time on glass = less vehicle / fuel cost = higher profitability.
or is my thinking flawed?
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Hi Jim
No your thinking is not flawed,im just struggling to get customers local at the moment,most just say we allready have a window cleaner or we do them ourselves,so just curious as to what other people would do in same situation :-\