Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: H20cleaning on September 18, 2014, 09:50:06 pm
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January 2014 i set myself a target to gain 70 new customers or £700 of extra monthly work.
I am £30 off that target, 3 months sooner than i thought.
I havnt canvassed once and i have only dropped about 1000 leaflets, all new jobs have been word of mouth and people seeing my van.
I know for some of you this target would be met within a couple of months, but im a one man operation looking to have steady growth year on year, as im only young and dont want the stresses of employment before im 25/26.
Im currently about to buy a back up corsa van incase my van breaks again so im not out of work, also a collection car. I paid off my current van this summer aswell so i have a very small out going each month:)
Sometimes i love this job.
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three vehicles to do the job of one? really?
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three vehicles to do the job of one? really?
I just read that and i meant the corsa van as my collection car aswell as my back up van lol!
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
Why though? I really dont understand... A brand new van i would be paying interest on(probs) also servicing etc.
My van now has just ticked over 96 thousand miles, full nissan service history, cam belt changed at 70k.
New tyres and disks all round.
Just had new fuel rail.
Its got no rust and hardly any marks and most my customers think its brand new due to the private reg!
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Good on you. I've just sold off a fair chunk of work now that I'm working solo and trying to improve on current areas where the prices are going up, so far this week I've had two cancel and gained three.
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Good on you. I've just sold off a fair chunk of work now that I'm working solo and trying to improve on current areas where the prices are going up, so far this week I've had two cancel and gained three.
Whats the reason you sold off work and stayed on your own if you dont mind me asking?
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
Why though? I really dont understand... A brand new van i would be paying interest on(probs) also servicing etc.
My van now has just ticked over 96 thousand miles, full nissan service history, cam belt changed at 70k.
New tyres and disks all round.
Just had new fuel rail.
Its got no rust and hardly any marks and most my customers think its brand new due to the private reg!
It was just a joke ;)
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good for you mate!you should see a steady rise in your earnings year on year if your always professional and do a good job!
its a good move to get another vehicle as well thats not a window cleaning van but can be used as a back up vehicle if need be.
plus its handy for collecting and taking your missus out(if you have a girlfriend!) ;)
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
Why though? I really dont understand... A brand new van i would be paying interest on(probs) also servicing etc.
My van now has just ticked over 96 thousand miles, full nissan service history, cam belt changed at 70k.
New tyres and disks all round.
Just had new fuel rail.
Its got no rust and hardly any marks and most my customers think its brand new due to the private reg!
It was just a joke ;)
Ooh haha! Well i never know thats all people seem to say on here "just buy a new one" like its that easy haha
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good for you mate!you should see a steady rise in your earnings year on year if your always professional and do a good job!
its a good move to get another vehicle as well thats not a window cleaning van but can be used as a back up vehicle if need be.
plus its handy for collecting and taking your missus out(if you have a girlfriend!) ;)
Your joking aint you! Im not daft enough to have a girlfriend while im this young... Just spread my seeds around instead ;D
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
Why though? I really dont understand... A brand new van i would be paying interest on(probs) also servicing etc.
My van now has just ticked over 96 thousand miles, full nissan service history, cam belt changed at 70k.
New tyres and disks all round.
Just had new fuel rail.
Its got no rust and hardly any marks and most my customers think its brand new due to the private reg!
It was just a joke ;)
Ooh haha! Well i never know thats all people seem to say on here "just buy a new one" like its that easy haha
TBF my last van did blow up and thought **** this and i bought a new one. I thought i would regret it, but now i wish i had done it sooner.
A backup car/van/collection vehicle is a good idea and is something i am looking for next year :)
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Just buy a brand new van and be done with it :D
Why though? I really dont understand... A brand new van i would be paying interest on(probs) also servicing etc.
My van now has just ticked over 96 thousand miles, full nissan service history, cam belt changed at 70k.
New tyres and disks all round.
Just had new fuel rail.
Its got no rust and hardly any marks and most my customers think its brand new due to the private reg!
It was just a joke ;)
Ooh haha! Well i never know thats all people seem to say on here "just buy a new one" like its that easy haha
TBF my last van did blow up and thought **** this and i bought a new one. I thought i would regret it, but now i wish i had done it sooner.
A backup car/van/collection vehicle is a good idea and is something i am looking for next year :)
Ano mate but tbh i stayed well clear of the kangoo's because my brother had one for a work van and it only lasted 3 years then blew up! It cost the company thousands in repairs over the time they had it.
I suppose it can happen to any van, i have put aside some cash incase of emergency aswell
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That's good mate at least some of us young lads are making a go at it ;D
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Good on you. I've just sold off a fair chunk of work now that I'm working solo and trying to improve on current areas where the prices are going up, so far this week I've had two cancel and gained three.
Whats the reason you sold off work and stayed on your own if you dont mind me asking?
Van impounded, worker had police incident.
I have interviewed at the job centre and had emails from some who were to far away and others who had as much chance as the job centre candidates.
I have to say it's done me a favour by giving me a kick up the arse and I now stand better.
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Good on you. I've just sold off a fair chunk of work now that I'm working solo and trying to improve on current areas where the prices are going up, so far this week I've had two cancel and gained three.
Whats the reason you sold off work and stayed on your own if you dont mind me asking?
Van impounded, worker had police incident.
I have interviewed at the job centre and had emails from some who were to far away and others who had as much chance as the job centre candidates.
I have to say it's done me a favour by giving me a kick up the arse and I now stand better.
Yeh suppose you can sell the crap, replace the messers, build a decent round back up and by that time you might have employed someone.
You may wonder why im awake... Well my house is haunted i think, and my house phone keeps making irregular beeping noises (like someone lifting the phone from the charger and putting it back down)
Am i s*** getting out of bed to go check 😁
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Nice going mate , you don't want to spend money on a new van but you will buy a second van to go collecting ??? ??? , Invest money in a website and get custys signing up to GoCardless and bacs and sack off collecting .
I only do about an hours collecting each month now instead of 16-20 hours . Mike
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Theres a big difference between a £1500-2000 little run around or a £7-9 k van...
Honestly i only do 1-2 hours collecting a week! Most of my payers are good and always in or leave the money.
Dont forget you probs have double my round mate so collection would be an issue then for me lol
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I only work on my own so we might have about the same amount of work . Mike
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I couldn't afford to run a 4x4 round as my work car so you must be doing better than me haha
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i only do about 3 or 4 hours collecting a month now due to BACS/SAE.still good for cashflow though! ;)
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To be honest the couple of hours collecting i do 90% of the customers know the day i collect so have the money waiting.
My round only covers a 10mile radius so its never a hassle going back if i have to as im always passing
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Work and personal , I am baffled as to why people think it is so expensive to run a 4x4
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Work and personal , I am baffled as to why people think it is so expensive to run a 4x4
Because my dad had a nissan navara in 2007 and it was worse than his range rover on fuel
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Nissans are crap anyway ;D ;D ;D , For a 2 ton vehicle with half a ton in the back 30-34mpg aint bad and the road tax is a lot lower than it used to be on some when it was over £300 or £400 . Mike
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Nissans are crap anyway ;D ;D ;D , For a 2 ton vehicle with half a ton in the back 30-34mpg aint bad and the road tax is a lot lower than it used to be on some when it was over £300 or £400 . Mike
My toyota hiace van gets me about 29mpg so I'd happily drive a 4x4 at those figures. :)
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Nissans are crap anyway ;D ;D ;D , For a 2 ton vehicle with half a ton in the back 30-34mpg aint bad and the road tax is a lot lower than it used to be on some when it was over £300 or £400 . Mike
Think i'm getting 40-44mpg from the Connect 1.8tdci and 39mpg on school runs for the Scenic 1.5dci, so at 34mpg for 2.5L 4x4 seems ok to me.
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Dunno what mpg i get but fully loaded short journeys my lwb 1.9 vivaro gets 120miles to £20
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No better than mine then . Mike
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My 4x4 is £500 a year to tax and does 20/23 mpg if im lucky :o
Worth every penny to me though.
My astra van does 150 miles for £20 and my expert only does 80 but im guessing its where i carry 650 with expert and 400 with the astra van and with near 240k miles on the expert cant help much lol.