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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike #1 on May 15, 2013, 07:03:05 pm

Title: Splash & Dash
Post by: Mike #1 on May 15, 2013, 07:03:05 pm
Watched a employee of a company who has a number of care homes in my area and beyond and it took him less than 1 minute to clean five windows on 2 floors .

Quick run over of brush and never bothered rinsing working in pouring rain must have thought the rain would sort it , But that does not account for all the other times the windows are a mess cant work out how they keep the contract . Mike
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: David Kent @ KentKleen on May 15, 2013, 07:08:23 pm
Its all about the money money money!!
I think I know who you are talking about!!
Do they do a lot of city work?  ;D
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: Mike #1 on May 15, 2013, 07:14:03 pm
No not them seen them this morning though  i know what you mean . Mike
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: ascjim on May 15, 2013, 07:26:13 pm
I don't tend to rinse if its peeing down :/
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: wfp master on May 15, 2013, 07:47:43 pm
I don't tend to rinse if its peeing down :/
???
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: keyser soze on May 15, 2013, 07:57:15 pm
where abouts in the country did you see them bud
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: home6442 on May 15, 2013, 08:34:22 pm
Its the one thing I have never been able to figure out since starting window cleaning.
Why do so many good honest guys get nowhere when cowboys like this make a fortune.
Just cant believe what customers will put up with in this game.
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: A-W-C on May 15, 2013, 08:58:53 pm
I`m sure theres a company called "splash n dash"
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: home6442 on May 15, 2013, 09:01:36 pm
Well we now know who wins the argument of which is quicker wfp or trad. ;D
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: HampshireWindowCleaning on May 15, 2013, 09:55:45 pm
When my wife was having our baby I was stuck in hospital all day and a crew come in and wfp the windows while I was there. They spent about 2 seconds on each window, no rinsing whatsoever. When it had all dried out it looked absolutely terrible. But some how these 'splash and dash' outfits are getting, and keeping these massive contracts  ???
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on May 15, 2013, 10:06:28 pm
We quoted a job last year for Cheshire Homes (a oap care home) we wanted the job so went in as lean as we could on price, it was 3.5 - 4  hours work. Our quote was £160 the winning quote was £100 ?
 Just glad we arnt that desperate for work ;-)
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: DG Cleaning on May 15, 2013, 10:35:39 pm
They get the work because the facilities manager considers window cleaning very low on his list of priorities therefore is going to spend as little of his budget on it as he can get away with. ;D
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: one eyed window cleaning on May 15, 2013, 11:05:33 pm
They get the work because the facilities manager considers window cleaning very low on his list of priorities therefore is going to spend as little of his budget on it as he can get away with. ;D


Or have to compromise on our stamdards ;-)
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: Mike #1 on May 16, 2013, 05:11:13 am
where abouts in the country did you see them bud

County Durham but i know they travel over 70 mile to get to the job i saw them on which has got to £400-500 job and they have a few . Mike
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: dazmond on May 16, 2013, 08:11:29 am
the truth is employees dont care if they have a big workload on crap wages. ;D ;D

obviously i always clean windows right cos its my business!! ;)
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: DG Cleaning on May 16, 2013, 01:29:07 pm
the truth is employees dont care if they have a big workload on crap wages. ;D ;D

obviously i always clean windows right cos its my business!! ;)

Exactly if someone pays me minimum wage and let's me go early when the works done, guess what's going to happen?
Title: Re: Splash & Dash
Post by: jimiwindows on May 16, 2013, 02:14:58 pm
pay peanuts get monkeys