Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: harleyman on March 12, 2019, 08:24:01 pm
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
Yes I'm getting the same
Swamped and have been threatened recently, lad said he would burn my van if I carried on working in 'HIS' area😅😅😅
I just smirked at him, turned my back and carried on cleaning 3 houses in 'his' street.
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Yes - I’ve seen a few more about TBH it’s never worried me,
Had a few disappear as been picking up work, Leaflets working well also with approx 15 per 500 dropped
( sorry no lee Pryor 100k drop from me )
And defo no nasty, nasty stuff
Darran
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It is an old chestnut. If you look back through the posts you will see it time and time again. People have been bitching about it for years. The bottom line is that there is plenty of work out there if you want it.you just need to crack on.
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It is an old chestnut. If you look back through the posts you will see it time and time again. People have been bitching about it for years. The bottom line is that there is plenty of work out there if you want it.you just need to crack on.
True, over the years Ive had ones try it on, mostly its been groups.
However, over the years working on ladders has often put people off. Simply get rid of the ladders and then anybody can be a window cleaner. Im noticing more vans and reach it signs driving past me more frequently now and my customers tell me that they are seeing alot of people use the hosepipe n pole method 😂😂 now!
Yet that doesnt mean they will stick around, so im not overly concerned.
Yet that could be because that might be me soon if we do decide to up sticks n move 😂
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There are lots of new starters out there. Many of them disappear after a year or two. I can't keep up with demand at the moment. Turn up with a smile on your face, be punctual, professional do a great job, for a reasonable price and the work will come in.
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It is an old chestnut. If you look back through the posts you will see it time and time again. People have been bitching about it for years. The bottom line is that there is plenty of work out there if you want it.you just need to crack on.
True, over the years Ive had ones try it on, mostly its been groups.
However, over the years working on ladders has often put people off. Simply get rid of the ladders and then anybody can be a window cleaner. Im noticing more vans and reach it signs driving past me more frequently now and my customers tell me that they are seeing alot of people use the hosepipe n pole method 😂😂 now!
Yet that doesnt mean they will stick around, so im not overly concerned.
Yet that could be because that might be me soon if we do decide to up sticks n move 😂
Do tend to notice them while it’s raining ;)
Darran
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I can't fathom how they get the work must buy crap work or have canvassers leads to same crap .when I've lost a couple I've been canvassing for days and got nothing. They must have a magic brush
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I can't fathom how they get the work must buy crap work or have canvassers leads to same crap .when I've lost a couple I've been canvassing for days and got nothing. They must have a magic brush
Maybe they’re buying ‘potential ‘ customers that some window cleaner has dumped and now selling on their details like the guy in the rounds wanted/for sale section!
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If the price is right! People will bite!
Ive seen guys go around in track suits, tucked into socks. Carrying bin bags full of scrims, no pouches or BOABs etc and the typical shady looking type of character. (Not particularly saying cant work in trackies, just trying to convey the image these ones give).
Yet they move from house to house cleaning windows.
(Yes we all have to start from somewhere b4 people start moaning, but to get the basic set up stuff isnt breaking the bank)
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
Yes I'm getting the same
Swamped and have been threatened recently, lad said he would burn my van if I carried on working in 'HIS' area😅😅😅
I just smirked at him, turned my back and carried on cleaning 3 houses in 'his' street.
next time i WILL torch your van! >:(
;D
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
last time a guy threatened me over the phone was over 20 years ago.....when i did bump into him while working he ran off,got in his car and ive never seen him since! ;) ;D
not many people stick at window cleaning and go on and make a half decent living out of it so i wouldnt worry...just concentrate on your own work and business and make it the best you can.......
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Or
You could go over and drag him out the van through the window and give him a slap 😂😂
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
Yes I'm getting the same
Swamped and have been threatened recently, lad said he would burn my van if I carried on working in 'HIS' area😅😅😅
I just smirked at him, turned my back and carried on cleaning 3 houses in 'his' street.
next time i WILL torch your van! >:(
;D
I may have to report this threat to the bizzies 😱😱
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In all the years I've been a window cleaner I've never seen so many cleaners it must be the w fp that makes the job so acsessable to any one even if you take in to acount the failure of some it's even harder to get a compact round I've encounters animosity from a few
Agresive cleaners and a few phone calls telling me in no unserten terms get of my patch. Any one else found the same
last time a guy threatened me over the phone was over 20 years ago.....when i did bump into him while working he ran off,got in his car and ive never seen him since! ;) ;D
not many people stick at window cleaning and go on and make a half decent living out of it so i wouldnt worry...just concentrate on your own work and business and make it the best you can.......
Most WFP guys make it.
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I remember years ago when I first started with a family friend, a customer said:
‘window cleaners are like gold dust, you can’t find them anywhere!’
Safe to say, that’s not the case anymore. I see lots of window cleaners about now, it’s never worried me though. Just be the best window cleaner in your area, and you’ll always be ahead of the game 😎
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there are loads of new window cleaners about.
however , what I have noticed is that most of them concentrate on guttering , softwash, pressure washing etc.
I have also noticed a lot of them rely on fb to get their customers.
IMO, FB will bring in lots of messers wanting cheap prices.
It doesn't really bother me , as I concentrate on just window cleaning. regular repeat work month in month out. I only do gutters etc for regular customers, and even then I don't enjoy it
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I see loads about also.
When I got my first WFP van in 2005 I didnt see another for 12 months. Now I see 3/4 every time I drive anywhere during the day.
However to put it in context we cover an area with 1.8 million homes. How many does the average one man band have? Lets say 300 customers. There would have to be 6000 window cleaners in the area to cover that. I doubt there are 6000 in my area. Not only that everywhere I look theres another huge new build estate going up, and that will continue.
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I see loads about also.
When I got my first WFP van in 2005 I didnt see another for 12 months. Now I see 3/4 every time I drive anywhere during the day.
However to put it in context we cover an area with 1.8 million homes. How many does the average one man band have? Lets say 300 customers. There would have to be 6000 window cleaners in the area to cover that. I doubt there are 6000 in my area. Not only that everywhere I look theres another huge new build estate going up, and that will continue.
I'm not sure your maths adds up Lee. That would mean that 6000 window cleaners with 300 customers equals 1.8 million homes. But I would suggest that not all homes have a regular window cleaner - about a quarter do according to a fairly recent straw poll in The Daily Wail. (30th March 2016)
So that would make it 1500 cleaners at 300.
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Very true that a lot wouldnt have a window cleaner.
I doubt that only a quarter do though. Ive done enough door knocking over the years to know that. I would flip that figure round and feel that a quarter dont. Of course thats just guess work. even so I doubt there are even 1500 in my area.
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Lee Its probably more like half of households would have a window cleaner at some point , but only half of those actually turn out to be half decent customers. ;D
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Part of the perceived problem is that in the past you saw a car with ladders on the roof going the other way down the road.
If they were working, you might miss their ladder unless they were cleaning front upstairs when you passed.
Now in both cases you see a chunky signwritten van.
Vin
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Part of the perceived problem is that in the past you saw a car with ladders on the roof going the other way down the road.
If they were working, you might miss their ladder unless they were cleaning front upstairs when you passed.
Now in both cases you see a chunky signwritten van.
Vin
Scrims drying on the dash always gives it away.
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I certainly wouldn't want to start from scratch again, my area was always saturated but it was mainly with glass only cleaners which meant I was able to take advantage of that by offering a glass, frame and sill clean, problem is they have now all upped their game so that advantage has gone.
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I remember a day last year when I was on a day off when three seperate people knocked on my door during the day offering a wc service.
And over the last 12 months not seen or heard them since. Probably gave up after they realised they cant build a round in 7 days ;D
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Very true that a lot wouldnt have a window cleaner.
I doubt that only a quarter do though. Ive done enough door knocking over the years to know that. I would flip that figure round and feel that a quarter dont. Of course thats just guess work. even so I doubt there are even 1500 in my area.
Mind you maybe it's like when a JW calls at your door and you say "I've got my own religion. to get rid of them. When you aren't really religious at all. ;D