Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Scrimble on July 20, 2015, 07:06:51 pm
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do you stick to set days? example, houses are always done monday every 4 weeks? or do you tell your customers you dont stick to days but within 4/6/8 weeks?
or start at the top of a long list and work your way down?
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
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1st-7th
8th-14th
15th-21st
22nd-end of the month
Customers and areas are split into these 4 time slots.
Bang it all out all quick as possible. Never behind schedule and always room for add on jobs apart from the first week, it's chocca block.
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !
Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.
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If you're running behind all the time, put your prices up 😉
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A-Z i work my round then start again.its one big mega round.most are virtually the same schedule apart from juggling a few different frequencies(6/8/12 weeklies and the odd other longer frequency job)
most are 4 weekly though.
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im very rarely late.im usually bang on time unless its just after xmas or a holiday abroad.
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Some of my work gets done bang on time, particularly commercial. 90% of my work is 6 weekly. Anything else like 8 weekly completely stuffs my round when it falls due.
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
A new era dawns; I agree with Sean :)
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !
Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.
I don't do that but if I'm strapped for cash I sometimes look down the list to see who is normally in and pays cash :)
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week 1 starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on
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4 weekly, but just go thru them then start again. if 4 becomes 5 due to delays so be it, just do them 4 weeks after they were last done, i dont try to "catch up"
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week 1 starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on
what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month
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When the Giro runs out I normally go out and do a few ;D
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week 1 starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on
what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month
That's when you have the week off
The week beginning 31 August is the next scheduled week off and back to it for 20 days on 7Th Sept
I used to work 4/8 weekly but found it difficult to plan time off, this way shows me when to book holidays
Tony
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until recently monthly ... normally on same date so if cleaned on the 5th June then cleaned 5th July unless it falls on a weekend then will try to get them done on the Friday or it falls into the Monday
but nowadays Im pulling stuff forward by a day or 2 every month so I can get thru the lot in first 3 weeks of month if possible gives me a nice rest at end of month.
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !
Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.
id hate to run my business like that! ;D
i like routine and all jobs are cleaned in the order they are due and areas im working to maximise working time.
i remember a few years ago "slumpbuster" was driving here, there and everywhere picking higher priced jobs to clean and leaving some others out but finding that a few weeks later he was driving down the same roads to clean the ones he left out.madness if you ask me.
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We work on a monthly set up. If a days work is due in week 3 for example, it will be done any day that week.
I never tell customers a certain day we will be coming or coming back.
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week 1 starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on
what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month
Time off,example, finished on April 30th started on the 6th of June.
Finish on July 31st start August the 3rd, i suppose its monthly work allocated to the weeks
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !
Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.
id hate to run my business like that! ;D
i like routine and all jobs are cleaned in the order they are due and areas im working to maximise working time.
i remember a few years ago "slumpbuster" was driving here, there and everywhere picking higher priced jobs to clean and leaving some others out but finding that a few weeks later he was driving down the same roads to clean the ones he left out.madness if you ask me.
Each to their own Daz, I happen to hate routine.
Slumpy may have worked that way but 90% of my work is all about 10 minutes or less from my front door so I can chose whether I have a fantastic day or just a brilliant one ;D ;D ;D
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I tell all customer I can be up to a week late and my normal routine is 5 weeks.
Works really well and it's a good selling point if you come in a few quid more than what they were expecting
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We work on a monthly set up. If a days work is due in week 3 for example, it will be done any day that week.
I never tell customers a certain day we will be coming or coming back.
+1
tony
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I just print out the whole week from george. its split into areas so pick a area, check the total amount and then decide if its 1,2 or 3 days work and start.
I do plan a route from that to make it more efficient so I dont ride around like a headless chicken.
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route planner - enter your addresses and it sorts it to the fastest/ most fuel efficient route. It worked for me 👍
http://www.routexl.com
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A bit of common sense goes a long way in this game. It's up to you whether you want to go 4 weekly, monthly, 5 weekly, 6 weekly etc etc. The only sure thing, is that someone who doesn't have a clue about the area you work in will come on here and know your round better than yourself and tell you you're doing it all wrong.................... Oh, and that it's all underpriced.
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It's all in my head I'm sure it was says goldie the goldfish (that's me) ;D
Never mind as I'm sure they will start chasing me if I have forgotten them ::)roll
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week 1 starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on
what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month
That's when you have the week off
The week beginning 31 August is the next scheduled week off and back to it for 20 days on 7Th Sept
I used to work 4/8 weekly but found it difficult to plan time off, this way shows me when to book holidays
Tony
I use week 5 as the beginning of the next months work. 4 weekly cycle means every 4 weeks. just keep carrying on :P
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I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.
I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !
Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.
+1 always about a week late. dont know how you can be bang on time every month all it takes is a couple of bad weather days & your screwed.
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I tell all customer I can be up to a week late and my normal routine is 5 weeks.
Works really well and it's a good selling point if you come in a few quid more than what they were expecting
much the same as i do.
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any day that week on a 4 weekly cycle, cant guarantee a day or time due to weather/being arsed.
i prioritise the jobs i like doing best doesnt always mean there the best paid just the most stress free.