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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: john63. on February 24, 2013, 07:49:40 am

Title: friends and families
Post by: john63. on February 24, 2013, 07:49:40 am

Had a few friends and families ask me recently to clean their windows some of them out of the way.said i would clean them probably should of politely said it was out of the way also its hard to take the money.
what do others do?

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: Smudger on February 24, 2013, 07:56:04 am

I clean close family for free - they do live "on my rounds"so its not out of my way, it doesn't take long,  I look at it as a bit of advertising, maybe their neighbours will want them done - I know from past experience family and money never work well. I would also do the same for CLOSE friends.

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: colin purewater on February 24, 2013, 11:15:08 am

Mum dad, sister, nan & grandad all get cleaned
For free bi monthly or when I have time

Everyone else gets hit  with full price! Discounts
For no one!  The amount of friends that have
Asked me how much to clean there's and then
When I tell them it all goes quiet and is never
Mentioned again  :D

Then about a month later some  will ask me or the
Mrs how much I earn...   


The all get the same answer:

Minimum wage  ;)

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: ben M on February 24, 2013, 11:35:06 am

i don't have friends and family live abroad!

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: Dean Taberner on February 24, 2013, 12:14:14 pm

I once reluctantly cleaned a friend of the familys house on the cheap.

I said to just buy me a couple of pints for the clean so he gave me a fiver,

I went back a month later and he'd got me his neighbours either side and a few more all at a fiver each. I nearly died with fear.

Its the 2nd time this had happened to me so now I just tell anyone who asks that we're too busy, which isn't a lie because we are.

Dean.

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: Johnny B on February 24, 2013, 01:23:22 pm

When in England I did my family members who were on my run, and while I didn't formally charge them, they always paid me knowing that it was my living.

When I moved to Ireland I adopted the same stance with my wife's family, although I now don't get a penny!

As Smudger said, it is a way of advertising, and at least  I have a few houses nearby that I do.

John

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on February 24, 2013, 05:30:23 pm

I clean some friends and family slightly cheaper.

No one gets it for free mind  ;D

Title: Re: friends and families
Post by: concept on February 24, 2013, 06:34:10 pm

Quote from: Dean Taberner on February 24, 2013, 12:14:14 pm

I once reluctantly cleaned a friend of the familys house on the cheap.

I said to just buy me a couple of pints for the clean so he gave me a fiver,

I went back a month later and he'd got me his neighbours either side and a few more all at a fiver each. I nearly died with fear.

Its the 2nd time this had happened to me so now I just tell anyone who asks that we're too busy, which isn't a lie because we are.

Dean.

Sounds very distressing Dean.