Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Stoots on December 03, 2023, 06:24:42 pm
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7 skips for tomorrow ;D a new record
Ive had it all from a dead dad to decking being built to its snowing and eveything in
between.
Who can blame them really its snowing here, supposed to be slinging it down tomorrow and looks crap all week.
Get me to christmas sick of this wet winter already
worst of all still got 15 first cleans ive been promising to do for 2 weeks just cant get to them
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7 skips for tomorrow ;D a new record
Ive had it all from a dead dad to decking being built to its snowing and eveything in
between.
Who can blame them really its snowing here, supposed to be slinging it down tomorrow and looks crap all week.
Get me to christmas sick of this wet winter already
worst of all still got 15 first cleans ive been promising to do for 2 weeks just cant get to them
If you have 7 cancellations for tomorrow why not do some of the first cleans ?
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cant do them in whats forcast tomorrow will have to wait for a better day.
Chances are i probably wont be going out anyway roads looking bad. shoulda just had the day off lol
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
I do have an itchy trigger finger binned one of the skippers off they havent been done since June, third skip in a row...
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If the forecast is dodgy I add 'weather permitting' to my texts. It gives you a bit off a safety barrier imo.
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
I do have an itchy trigger finger binned one of the skippers off they havent been done since June, third skip in a row...
Doesn't sound that itchy. They should have gone after the first 'skip'.
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It’s my favourite weather. I love it. I just crack on regardless. Massive Christmas tips tomorrow and a whole week of record days.
Bring it on!
I’ve just had my breakfast of pulses, grains, boiled kale and granola shakes with four pints of beetroot juice ready for tomorrow’s onslaught.
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
I do have an itchy trigger finger binned one of the skippers off they havent been done since June, third skip in a row...
Doesn't sound that itchy. They should have gone after the first 'skip'.
He tricked me. Said he was away on holiday first skip.
Second skip scaffolding up for building work
Third skip he's away till after Christmas
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You must have some dodgy customers!
I've never ever had that many skipped jobs in a day....
Your making a classic mistake.....NEVER WRITE THE DAY OFF BEFORE ITS EVEN STARTED!!!
it's forecast heavy rain here all day....Guess what?its not even raining!
9 times out of 10 the weather is not as bad as forecast....just crack on...
First day of posting xmas cards to my customers too....😘
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
I do have an itchy trigger finger binned one of the skippers off they havent been done since June, third skip in a row...
Doesn't sound that itchy. They should have gone after the first 'skip'.
He tricked me. Said he was away on holiday first skip.
Second skip scaffolding up for building work
Third skip he's away till after Christmas
I don't skip for holidays. My line is that I'm here to remove 8 weeks worth of dirt.
Scaffolding/building work - maybe. But even then I might do the rest of the house if it's not all the way round.
Gotta train 'em. ;D
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Taking on 15 first cleans in December and then wondering why you end up with a load of dross customers ;D
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Taking on 15 first cleans in December and then wondering why you end up with a load of dross customers ;D
Took on 35 actually couple of weeks ago. Lost/dumped about 20 last few months so needed a top up. I panic when I start to catch up. Now I'm well behind again something to moan at :D
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Don’t be silly - he’s binned them off …
Saves time doing it in the new year 🤣🤣🤪
I do have an itchy trigger finger binned one of the skippers off they havent been done since June, third skip in a row...
That’s only a customer in your head mate
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
Ditto, any new jobs Dec get done in Jan, saves the xmas once only brigade
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
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You must have some dodgy customers!
I've never ever had that many skipped jobs in a day....
Your making a classic mistake.....NEVER WRITE THE DAY OFF BEFORE ITS EVEN STARTED!!!
it's forecast heavy rain here all day....Guess what?its not even raining!
9 times out of 10 the weather is not as bad as forecast....just crack on...
First day of posting xmas cards to my customers too....😘
Forecasts are still so unreliable, I feel for some trades who have to comit to working a whole day or not at all based on forecasting. According to both met Office and BBC on Sunday night I shouldn't have done anything yesterday but had a good half day at i,without a drop of rain. The Mrs wanted to go Xmas shopping based on Sundays nights prediction, pleased I didn't.
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
80 to 90 percent of my round is probably off facebook. All walks of society are on there not just dossers.
That said out of the 30 or so I've picked up ill probably only clean 20 to 25 or them. Quite a few ill turn up to an walk away usually due to access most of them are terraced houses.
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
80 to 90 percent of my round is probably off facebook. All walks of society are on there not just dossers.
That said out of the 30 or so I've picked up ill probably only clean 20 to 25 or them. Quite a few ill turn up to an walk away usually due to access most of them are terraced houses.
Why don’t you target better work Stoots? Terraced houses are a non starter for me too, I’ve never bothered with them, setting up twice…no thanks.
There must be decent larger semis or nice detached in your area? Customers who are willing to pay a bit more for a regular reliable service?
And commercial? 80% of my work is commercial now. Priced higher than any of my domestics and pay in bigger chunks, albeit I have to invoice and wait a bit longer for payment.
From what you post on here it sounds like you target crap work/customers. Would drive me mad dealing with that day in day out.
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Quote : Customers who are willing to pay a bit more for a regular reliable service?
From the impression I get on the Forum thats where the trouble lies...
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
80 to 90 percent of my round is probably off facebook. All walks of society are on there not just dossers.
That said out of the 30 or so I've picked up ill probably only clean 20 to 25 or them. Quite a few ill turn up to an walk away usually due to access most of them are terraced houses.
Why don’t you target better work Stoots? Terraced houses are a non starter for me too, I’ve never bothered with them, setting up twice…no thanks.
There must be decent larger semis or nice detached in your area? Customers who are willing to pay a bit more for a regular reliable service?
And commercial? 80% of my work is commercial now. Priced higher than any of my domestics and pay in bigger chunks, albeit I have to invoice and wait a bit longer for payment.
From what you post on here it sounds like you target crap work/customers. Would drive me mad dealing with that day in day out.
City where i live is an ex mining one, it very working class in general. Some villages are entirely terraced, plenty of council estates but mainly 3 bed semis. Theres only a few areas with bigger type semis and detached houses.
I work in all these areas and the posher parts with the bigger houses are my least favourites, they are the ones where you find dormers and velux and awkward angles. These areas are also my least profitable.
I much prefer small semis and terraced.
Thing with terraced is its a bit of a lottery, if you can get parked and get ones near the end or next to rear access they are 5 minute jobs on the other hand some right in the middle cant be a total pain, these are the ones i dont bother with i dont do drive round the back jobs.
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
80 to 90 percent of my round is probably off facebook. All walks of society are on there not just dossers.
That said out of the 30 or so I've picked up ill probably only clean 20 to 25 or them. Quite a few ill turn up to an walk away usually due to access most of them are terraced houses.
Why don’t you target better work Stoots? Terraced houses are a non starter for me too, I’ve never bothered with them, setting up twice…no thanks.
There must be decent larger semis or nice detached in your area? Customers who are willing to pay a bit more for a regular reliable service?
And commercial? 80% of my work is commercial now. Priced higher than any of my domestics and pay in bigger chunks, albeit I have to invoice and wait a bit longer for payment.
From what you post on here it sounds like you target crap work/customers. Would drive me mad dealing with that day in day out.
City where i live is an ex mining one, it very working class in general. Some villages are entirely terraced, plenty of council estates but mainly 3 bed semis. Theres only a few areas with bigger type semis and detached houses.
I work in all these areas and the posher parts with the bigger houses are my least favourites, they are the ones where you find dormers and velux and awkward angles. These areas are also my least profitable.
I much prefer small semis and terraced.
Thing with terraced is its a bit of a lottery, if you can get parked and get ones near the end or next to rear access they are 5 minute jobs on the other hand some right in the middle cant be a total pain, these are the ones i dont bother with i dont do drive round the back jobs.
I always used to turn away terraced houses thinking they are a pita but after reading a post by mick Kent I think it was on here he said he did loads of fronts only , so I thought I would try it we now have around 40 Victorian fronts only at £15-18 a go and it’s good money and can do 4-6 per hour taking it really easy , I think of you price it right and have a lot in a row you could do well with just the fronts , I would give it a try
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Mick Kent used to earn at least £100 an hour just cleaning front only terraced houses!
I wonder what happened to him?
He used to do canvassing too.....
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Your victorian front prices are the same as my 4 bed with a conny prices haha
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Your victorian front prices are the same as my 4 bed with a conny prices haha
But if you did fronts only and had a lot in a row it’s still good paying work going from one to the next even if your prices are lower due to the area
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By the way why are you planning on cleaning 15 first cleans right before xmas?
I never take any new jobs on now until the new year
I didn't intend to get that many. I lost a few jobs and just thought I'd do a few posts on fb and maybe get another 5 or 6 custys to top up ended up with over 30 it just kept coming lol
30 new Facebook customers in December. ;D
Every word is that sentence is a red flag to me.
80 to 90 percent of my round is probably off facebook. All walks of society are on there not just dossers.
That said out of the 30 or so I've picked up ill probably only clean 20 to 25 or them. Quite a few ill turn up to an walk away usually due to access most of them are terraced houses.
Why don’t you target better work Stoots? Terraced houses are a non starter for me too, I’ve never bothered with them, setting up twice…no thanks.
There must be decent larger semis or nice detached in your area? Customers who are willing to pay a bit more for a regular reliable service?
And commercial? 80% of my work is commercial now. Priced higher than any of my domestics and pay in bigger chunks, albeit I have to invoice and wait a bit longer for payment.
From what you post on here it sounds like you target crap work/customers. Would drive me mad dealing with that day in day out.
City where i live is an ex mining one, it very working class in general. Some villages are entirely terraced, plenty of council estates but mainly 3 bed semis. Theres only a few areas with bigger type semis and detached houses.
I work in all these areas and the posher parts with the bigger houses are my least favourites, they are the ones where you find dormers and velux and awkward angles. These areas are also my least profitable.
I much prefer small semis and terraced.
Thing with terraced is its a bit of a lottery, if you can get parked and get ones near the end or next to rear access they are 5 minute jobs on the other hand some right in the middle cant be a total pain, these are the ones i dont bother with i dont do drive round the back jobs.
Can’t think of a single ex-mining City, or do you mean village? Either way I’d much rather build up a round in a more wealthy area even if it meant travelling to work.