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Title: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: bobplum on August 19, 2013, 07:04:06 pm

Looking to diversify.
Was thinking of domestic cleaning to run with the window cleaning,employ one or two people to carry out the domestic side.

Does anyone do this

Any advice

Cheers Bob

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: PAUL ERITH on August 19, 2013, 07:14:59 pm

I'm looking at the same thing next year my wife will be running it doing office and residential cleaning.


The hourly rate is quite low for office & residential cleaning though i think its around £12-15 mark but i haven't looked into it to deeply at the moment so i might be wrong.

Paul

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: steven ainger on August 19, 2013, 07:18:44 pm

Cant imagine you in a pinny Bob  ;D

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: Michael Peterson on August 19, 2013, 07:34:42 pm

your right erith, 12 - 15 and the staff round here are getting 6.50

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: bobplum on August 19, 2013, 07:52:50 pm

Quote from: steven ainger on August 19, 2013, 07:18:44 pm

Cant imagine you in a pinny Bob  ;D

i bet tonight in bed you will ;D ;D ;)

just an idea, mind you i am thinking of other ideas

just seen the giant ladder "revolution x" on video looks good

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: roundbuilder on August 19, 2013, 07:54:20 pm

Bob why not stick to what you know! Just build another window cleaning round?

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: matthewpaul on August 19, 2013, 07:57:16 pm

I started Window cleaning in Jan this year and quickly fell into residential and contract cleaning (by mistake), the cleaning side is my biggest income with regular residential customers and a few large commercial contracts, i employ 4 staff to do all the cleaning and do my windows myself.

my advice is do it.

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: brynley on August 19, 2013, 07:59:01 pm

I do both window  and office cleaning, I did think at one time getting into domestic cleaning, glad I didn't to much aggro.

I only have 4 office cleaning contracts left as they don't pay that well, I had one company went bust owing me £700, another company wanted to pay me £6 per hour.

I don't go looking for anymore office cleaning work now.  

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: bobplum on August 19, 2013, 08:04:48 pm

Quote from: mick "millwall" kent on August 19, 2013, 07:54:20 pm

Bob why not stick to what you know! Just build another window cleaning round?

i may do mick
i may just take a grand off the round and employ someone on that and build it up separately, again just knocking ideas around

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: robertphil on August 19, 2013, 08:30:49 pm

started a house cleaning round earlier this year with 1 worker and in my town i landed every sort of whistlin nutcase  & lonely groper  as customers . "can you just pick out this splinter..... ooh that feels nice


 

Title: Re: Who runs a window and domestic cleaning service
Post by: Richard iSparkle on August 19, 2013, 09:41:59 pm

Quote from: bobplum on August 19, 2013, 07:04:06 pm

Looking to diversify.
Was thinking of domestic cleaning to run with the window cleaning,employ one or two people to carry out the domestic side.

Does anyone do this

Any advice

Cheers Bob

Don't do it Bob!  Domestic cleaning is a pain of a business to run.  Buy me a coffee or beer, and I'll explain point by point why....