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Title: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 03:04:57 pm
I clean windows and gutters for residential and commercial clients and do very well. I have a strong customer base now to sell them extra services which I'm considering.

I'm going WFP in Feb 2014 so looking at other ways now to diversify
I'm considering adding services like:
carpet cleaning
pressure washing
builders cleans
contract cleaning
conservatory roof cleaning
roof cleaning

Has any other window cleaning company added any of these services to their business and if so, how we'll did you do?

Regards
Danny
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 03:07:32 pm
Upvs conny roofs pressure washing gutter cleaning fascias soffits
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 03:11:44 pm
Hi Ian how's the pressure washing doing. I remember you posting about your first job.

How many jobs per month are you getting?
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 04:08:44 pm
Hi Dan made a good bit of money from it and sold it last month as upgrading to  zeta in the new year.

Probably didnt get it pushed earlier enough in the year so will hit it hard from march.

Easy to make £300 a day min and prob £500 ish if you get a big job or 3 little jobs lined up for same day  :)
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 04:13:02 pm
Are you going to just leaflet or will you be advertising in local paper also?

Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 04:23:00 pm
There's a pressure washer on machine mart I'm looking at,

It's only £600 or thereabouts and produces 250 bar (3600 psi) at flow rate of 18l per minute. 13hp I think

Sounds like good value
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 04:36:12 pm
Best get a honda gx390 with an interpump pump anything less no good
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 04:52:00 pm
Are you going to just leaflet or will you be advertising in local paper also?



lealets
web site
local freebie mag
facebook
google adwords
parish mag
canvassing - no irish accents though
putting on "we cleaned your windows today" slip
van wrap
a board
free index
yell.com
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 05:44:00 pm
Good luck Ian

I think I will take a few of them markwting methods for my business. Keep us posted on the progress.

Can you direct me to any websites that sell the Honda pressure washers? Is the Zeta your buying top of the line?

Regards
Danny
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: ascjim on November 07, 2013, 05:46:16 pm
general cleaning is to competitive, unless you like working for £12.00 ph
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 05:56:58 pm
Good luck Ian

I think I will take a few of them markwting methods for my business. Keep us posted on the progress.

Can you direct me to any websites that sell the Honda pressure washers? Is the Zeta your buying top of the line?

Regards
Danny


http://www.malcleanse.co.uk/
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: jonboywalton75 on November 07, 2013, 06:01:20 pm
Nice van wrap Ian.
Yeah I did see u today.
Were u Finnished for the day u lazy git :o
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: KLEENAWAY on November 07, 2013, 07:20:44 pm
I thought you were selling all the work in Jan 2014 when a contract starts???
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: PoleKing on November 07, 2013, 09:47:06 pm
There's a pressure washer on machine mart I'm looking at,

It's only £600 or thereabouts and produces 250 bar (3600 psi) at flow rate of 18l per minute. 13hp I think

Sounds like good value

Link that for me please Danny.
£600-it'd pay for itself in one job!
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Total shine cleaning services on November 07, 2013, 09:56:19 pm
try Q washers, they gave me a great price on a Honda gx 390

Graham
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:16:03 pm
I thought you were selling all the work in Jan 2014 when a contract starts???

That was some work I'm looking to sell on. It's not all of the work I have but looking to go more commercial and diversify into other services.

The work I aim to keep is larger houses that are more suited to WFP.
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:19:06 pm
There's a pressure washer on machine mart I'm looking at,

It's only £600 or thereabouts and produces 250 bar (3600 psi) at flow rate of 18l per minute. 13hp I think

Sounds like good value



Link that for me please Danny.
£600-it'd pay for itself in one job!



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Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:22:27 pm
Sorry Darren don't know how to link off the ipad.

Google pressure washers then click machine mart.
Petrol washers and its the 250 bar machine.

Let me know what you think

Danny
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:27:42 pm
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Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: PoleKing on November 07, 2013, 10:29:09 pm
Cheers bud.
Looks good for the $
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Ian101 on November 07, 2013, 10:29:21 pm
Nice van wrap Ian.
Yeah I did see u today.
Were u Finnished for the day u lazy git :o

yup im a part timer  ;D
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:30:35 pm
Cheers bud.
Looks good for the $
Would you buy it though
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:36:29 pm
Good luck Ian

I think I will take a few of them markwting methods for my business. Keep us posted on the progress.

Can you direct me to any websites that sell the Honda pressure washers? Is the Zeta your buying top of the line?

Regards
Danny


http://www.malcleanse.co.uk/

Cheers Ian

Looks like a good site. The zeta machines sound great. They have a high water rate though compared to some machines.
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: PoleKing on November 07, 2013, 10:37:06 pm
Cheers bud.
Looks good for the $
Would you buy it though

Right now-no.
I'm doing less and less pressure washing.
It'd essentially just be for me to clean the car & van.

If that 'one job' came in though-I'd be on it like a shot.
Ideally a £2k job that I would earn nothing for my labour from but have the PW & a whirl away to show for it.
If you get me.
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: Danny Guest on November 07, 2013, 10:41:09 pm
That's how I was thinking but more along the lines of a few smaller jobs I passed up earlier in the year.

Is the market not strong in your area or are you busy with other things?
Title: Re: Diversifying
Post by: PoleKing on November 08, 2013, 07:43:35 am
That's how I was thinking but more along the lines of a few smaller jobs I passed up earlier in the year.

Is the market not strong in your area or are you busy with other things?

Tbh I don't really know.
I don't advertise PW, I just do it for existing WC customers.
I don't see many PW firms here though, so assume it could be pretty good.