Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: coliff on March 17, 2006, 10:46:12 am
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Howdy folks,
Just wondered if anyone had any experiences with expanding their outside services to include internal works ? Seems to be fairly untapped market place but many clients may value inside/out service. Any thoughts ?
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many of us do.
i generally charge more for the insides though as i find it a bit of a pane(!)
that way if they want want it i'm handsomely rewarded for my inconvenience ;D
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I am very new to the industry and am finding that the cleaning of insides never seems to have been offered...lucky for me. Any recommended products ??? Seems to be a minefield of vinegar or orange extracts !! :o :o :o
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Hi
I would also welcome any advice, hints & tips regarding internal window cleaning.
I have just taken on a client who has asked for 3 or 4 internal cleans a year.
She is happy to pay double the external price.
I'm happy with applicator and squeegee but what about microfibre cloths?
What's the best way to use them?
Or is there a better way?
Cheers
Steve
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Hi,
Sorry about short reply, but just use what you use outside apart from wfp.
But be careful not to drip dirty water on to light coloured carpets.
Kevin WINDOLENE.
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sometimes you can get away with scriming the inside depending on how clean and weather someone smokes inside. Other than that jus use a mop an blade but use a towel 2 put down for drips.
Dave
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Howdy folks,
Just wondered if anyone had any experiences with expanding their outside services to include internal works ? Seems to be fairly untapped market place but many clients may value inside/out service. Any thoughts ?
Soon after i started my ex found this forum and i read on here to charge 2X the outside cost. I'd already done 3 or 4 insides for the same as outside and pretty much resented every second i was inside. But double the cost felt cheeky.
After trawling through loads of posts 2X seemed to be the way for the majority.
The next time i was asked about inside work i told them double the outside. No-one batted an eyelid. Even the ones i'd done at outside price were happy the next time round to pay double.
Charge double whatever. I haven't had 1 refusal charging double. Which may mean that my outside prices are too low. But that's another story....
I have charged a couple of customers 1 1/2 times outside but only if i could come back and do them whenever the next rains came.
good luck
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I have only been window cleaning 4 weeks now but have 41 customers already! some of them have asked me to do indoors which I absoluately I hate. I tend to charge 150% ontop of the outside charge (ie £10 for outside £15 for inside, total £25.) but after reading the above suggestions I might charge twice as much for outside.
At least if it doesnt deter customers from wanting inside done it will compensate me a bit better!!
Anyway, I tend to soap up with the applicator and when squeegeeing, I run the applicator down the glass under the squeegee so all drips get caught!
Long live the WFP - Best move I ever made!!!
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Hi
I would also welcome any advice, hints & tips regarding internal window cleaning.
I have just taken on a client who has asked for 3 or 4 internal cleans a year.
She is happy to pay double the external price.
I'm happy with applicator and squeegee but what about microfibre cloths?
What's the best way to use them?
Or is there a better way?
Cheers
Steve
I'd use leather and scrim - no mess or fuss. Also, protect yourself by asking/telling someone to follow you around. Stops any nonsense before it starts like - "Where's my watch love? I don't know but it was there before the window cleaner came today!!!"
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Thanks for all the advice. ;)
Steve