Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: edward1 on December 23, 2020, 10:35:15 am
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I have a £125 a month hse that has sent me away twice because raining
Bin or keep ?
I think bin even though only hour and half work
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give them 1 more chance but try to pick a better day when they can't use the weather as an excuse, if they cancel then knock them on the head
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Put the price up, that’ll teach ‘em.
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If I was them without the mindset and point of view of a self employed window cleaner ( which lets face it why should they ? ) I'd turn you away too. I wouldn't want to pay £125 a month for an hour and a halfs work if you were going to do it in the rain either. Bit different to a £15/20 regular job on a wet day. Or are all your jobs £125 ones ? I'd try having a bit of understanding unless your minted enough to throw a job like that away if that's their only real and genuine reason.
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I would just keep it for nice days at that money !
I only tend to do up to £20 jobs in the wet or commercial
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If I was them without the mindset and point of view of a self employed window cleaner ( which lets face it why should they ? ) I'd turn you away too. I wouldn't want to pay £125 a month for an hour and a halfs work if you were going to do it in the rain either. Bit different to a £15/20 regular job on a wet day. Or are all your jobs £125 ones ? I'd try having a bit of understanding unless your minted enough to throw a job like that away if that's their only real and genuine reason.
Exactly this. It’s a premium customer, offer them a premium service. There’s enough dry days in a month to slightly alter your schedule to accommodate them.
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I’d bin.
Why does the price of the job matter, either you can clean in the rain or you can’t?
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I think this one is really simple.
Dont do it when its raining!
If its due on the weds but thurs is dry then just swap the days work round.
Im not going to change my round about for a £10 house but there are exceptions to every rule and a £80ph job is one of them.
As said above its a premium price so give a premium service unless your round is full of these and its just another job to you, in which case bin them at will.
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I'd try and slow down a bit. They probably don't like the fact that you're earning £625 a day.
Unless this thread is bull poop?
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I’d bin.
Why does the price of the job matter, either you can clean in the rain or you can’t?
Because for most , £125 for 1 1/2 hours work ain't to be sniffed at and it's monthly. If they're otherwise good customers why wouldn't you want to retain them if their only issue is you doing them in the rain ? As already said, a premium price for a premium service. The customer is paying £1500 a year so probably feels the same way too.
I'd bin off a £20 job but not that one, especially in current times.
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I’d bin too.
How long b4 it looks like rain cancellations?
Appreciate it’s a good account financial for you but only when it suits them
I’ve binned and lost well paying accounts through the years and I’m often surprised but what comes in after
If it messes with your head, bin
If you don’t mind then keep
Merry Christmas
Tony
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
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I don't think I'd turn up to a £125 job untexted. It's too much of a chunk to leave to chance.
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I don't think I'd turn up to a £125 job untexted. It's too much of a chunk to leave to chance.
Yeah i agree.....I'd send them a courtesy text the night before too so they know I'm coming.....
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
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You can clean a lot of windows in 90 minutes in a lot of cases if not most more than 125 quids worth.
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
So £25 extra then, does that just make your rate poor and not very poor then.
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
So £25 extra then, does that just make your rate poor and not very poor then.
I think you need to read what I said properly WE WORK ON A MINIMUM OF £100 per hour
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Personally, I'd bin it.
If they've let you down twice then it's not £125 per month and it's not an hour and a half work.
Technically, it's sod all!
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
You’ve waited patiently for 4 days to let us know how much you earn, finally got there in the end, well done. 😂
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
You’ve waited patiently for 4 days to let us know how much you earn, finally got there in the end, well done. 😂
Lol not at all you have no idear what work we do , the number of staff , or the contracts we cover , or evan the types of work we do , the bigger contracts are obviously more complex jobs some working on 8 storey you arnt going to charge the same for that type of building as you would a house , or if you do you won’t be in business for long , also all staff are trained for specific types of specialist work this all comes at a cost that has to paid for to get theses contracts , that’s why it pays premium money .
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
You’ve waited patiently for 4 days to let us know how much you earn, finally got there in the end, well done. 😂
Lol not at all you have no idear what work we do , the number of staff , or the contracts we cover , or evan the types of work we do , the bigger contracts are obviously more complex jobs some working on 8 storey you arnt going to charge the same for that type of building as you would a house , or if you do you won’t be in business for long , also all staff are trained for specific types of specialist work this all comes at a cost that has to paid for to get theses contracts , that’s why it pays premium money .
None of which is relevant in a thread about a domestic customer. (Unless you just wanted to let us all know about your amazing prices of course)
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
You’ve waited patiently for 4 days to let us know how much you earn, finally got there in the end, well done. 😂
Lol not at all you have no idear what work we do , the number of staff , or the contracts we cover , or evan the types of work we do , the bigger contracts are obviously more complex jobs some working on 8 storey you arnt going to charge the same for that type of building as you would a house , or if you do you won’t be in business for long , also all staff are trained for specific types of specialist work this all comes at a cost that has to paid for to get theses contracts , that’s why it pays premium money .
And still have time to go and put a fire out. Sorry, but you seem to be the only person on all the forums who does so well, all the time. Is it coincidence or something else?
What is your company name?
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Hmmmm, the colour purple with skin as thick as a Rhinoceros I reckon.
But, on reflection I’d say he came from Cornwall 🙂
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This is a difficult one we have dumped jobs considerably dearer than that , when taking on customers regardless of price I explaine we clean in all weathers within reason 12 months a year , we will how ever try and accommodate the customer by doing it on a dry day the week it’s due if we can but if not it’s done in the rain if that doesn’t suite then by by 😎😎 . Depending what the job is £125 for an hour and a half’s work isn’t good money if it’s commercial , if domestic then it’s ok .
of course its good money......it is to us northern window cleaners anyway......... :)
personally id have a word with them and say "if your not happy with the clean then dont pay me".......if it carried on and they kept turning me away of course i would let it go...even at £125 a pop......as long as your not turning up in torrential rain with gale force winds then they need to relent or lose me...they are being unreasonable IMO........there will be no difference in the clean if its light/medium rain......
£125 for an hour and a half’s commercial work is very poor we work on a minimum of £100 per hour per man and don’t have any difficulty achieving that , domestic £125 for the same time is ok .
so are you saying one man brings in £700 a day working 8 hours a day?(an hour knocked off for lunch/drive betweens)for commercial work?your prices must be very high.......
i cant imagine earning anywhere near that amount in one day.......
On commercial work yes and on some stuff considerably more than that , we travel all over the country doing well paying jobs wouldn’t be worth it for less . Ime not saying we do that every day of the week but certainly 5 days every 6 weeks guaranteed, when doing big softwashing jobs easily 2-3 times that figure per day without breaking into a sweat
You’ve waited patiently for 4 days to let us know how much you earn, finally got there in the end, well done. 😂
Lol not at all you have no idear what work we do , the number of staff , or the contracts we cover , or evan the types of work we do , the bigger contracts are obviously more complex jobs some working on 8 storey you arnt going to charge the same for that type of building as you would a house , or if you do you won’t be in business for long , also all staff are trained for specific types of specialist work this all comes at a cost that has to paid for to get theses contracts , that’s why it pays premium money .
And still have time to go and put a fire out. Sorry, but you seem to be the only person on all the forums who does so well, all the time. Is it coincidence or something else?
What is your company name?
Quite happy to answer any questions you may have just give me your name and email , or pm me on hear is there a pm on hear ??? Running a successful window cleaning business Isn’t rocket science most should be able to do it , be reliable , do a good job , offer services the customer wants , and success is guaranteed there is no magic formula .