Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Fast 1 * on July 06, 2006, 04:29:32 pm
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this may seem a daft question,but has anybody had any luck knocking in the day time rather than night?I know you are probably just going to get housewifes.But when you get in from work,and sit at the dinner table,do you really want to deal with a window cleaner at the door?Do most door to door salesman work daytime?
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To be honest I think you will find the housewife is the very person you need to speak to. Most husbands probably don't even know who cleans their windows.
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Hello,
I was daytime knocking, only for a few hours a day.
I managed to drum up £170 in 2 weeks.
I fell lucky with a window cleaner offloading a street and now in 3 weeks i've got £510 of regular work and i'm picking 'em up all the time. :)
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i have been knocking doors in both day and night. The monst i have got is about £100 in 2 hours!!(and that is at £8 a house!)
But sometimes i get nothing in 2 hours! it all depends on the area really. but give it a go.
Do an area in the night and make a note of the houses that aren't in, then go again in the daytime and calll on all your not-at -homes. That way you cover all angles! :)
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cheers lads
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i have been knocking doors in both day and night. The monst i have got is about £100 in 2 hours!!(and that is at £8 a house!)
But sometimes i get nothing in 2 hours! it all depends on the area really. but give it a go.
Do an area in the night and make a note of the houses that aren't in, then go again in the daytime and calll on all your not-at -homes. That way you cover all angles! :)
Interested in your term not-at -homes. Wondered if that was a term used by you in connection with any other type of work.
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lol
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Fast one im sure you would get quite a few in during the daytime as a lot of my customers are in during the day.
Try calling the shops in the town there are loads in gravesend but saying that i was there today and must have seen six window cleaners in the high street at the same time.
Paul
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In our small town of Chepstow there must be at least five window cleaners cleaning the shops there, with the monopoly of them being done by our Ian_Giles and another window cleaner.
There's quite a lot of competition there that keeps the prices down and a little bit of 'strong competition' (read between the lines) too.
I'd avoid town centre shops if I were you.
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Fast one im sure you would get quite a few in during the daytime as a lot of my customers are in during the day.
Try calling the shops in the town there are loads in gravesend but saying that i was there today and must have seen six window cleaners in the high street at the same time.
Paul
Ithink all the shops are taken round the town.I think its a father and son team.there are so many window cleaners round here.Is there plenty where you are?
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There is loads at the moment.
In the last month i must have seen 5 or 6 new window cleaners.
It won't last as soon as it gets colder quite a few will pack up.
Paul
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do you cover longfield?
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Do you know anyone who might be offloading any work?cheers,gerry
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Yes i do longfield and i don't know anyone who is getting rid of any work but i will keep my ears open for you.
Paul
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I can tell you where i do get loads of phone calls from is farningham and west kingsdown.
I used to do west kingsdown but got rid of it about 6 months ago to another window cleaner.
Send me you phone number as i get quite a few calls from gravesend also but i don't do gravesend so could pass these on to you.
my email is paulxxx at xxx 1stclasscleaning xxx.co.uk
Take all the xxx's out and replace the at with @ and that is my email.
i did it like this otherwise the email grabbers get your email and you get a load of junk mail
Paul
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Cheers mate.Still trying to build my round up.My mate does a few houses in longfield.Any good ideas on where to knock?Ive just moved to gravesend
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07739719237 your a star
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if i get any calls for nearer your end i will let you know
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Cheers mate.
Right i get quite a few calls from northfleet round near morrisons try door knocking round there as there is a lot of house all close together.
Paul
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ive got quite alot of work in there.I need to do some more knocking there.Cheers paul.Have you got plenty on?
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I have quite a bit on at the moment.
Tomorrow 2 off us will start at 9am and finish 9pm - not looking forward to it.
Saturday start at 5am but finish about 12
And i think i might even be working sunday from 5am till 12ish
Its not normally like this but i have just picked up a rather large job.
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Interested in your term not-at -homes. Wondered if that was a term used by you in connection with any other type of work.
Sounds like they get return visits from here (unless you're a bit ancient and do a back call) :)
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I have quite a bit on at the moment.
Tomorrow 2 off us will start at 9am and finish 9pm - not looking forward to it.
Saturday start at 5am but finish about 12
And i think i might even be working sunday from 5am till 12ish
Its not normally like this but i have just picked up a rather large job.
its good to be busy,fair play to ya
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Interested in your term not-at -homes. Wondered if that was a term used by you in connection with any other type of work.
Sounds like they get return visits from here (unless you're a bit ancient and do a back call) :)
Looking at your past postings you seem to know an awful lot of terms that normally only one of us would know(Have to be careful what I say as it seems if you mention certain words, topics get locked) You must have a link somewhere.