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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: vincent on September 14, 2006, 09:37:40 pm
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WHAT ON AVERAGE WOULD A WINDOW CLEANER EARN IN THE LONDON AREA ON A SELF EMPLOYED BASIS AND IS THERE STILL PLENTY OF WORK OUT THERE
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You work for the Inland Revenue ??.
Seem to have alot of questions but no
statement as to why you wanna know!
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You work for the Inland Revenue ??.
Seem to have alot of questions but no
statement as to why you wanna know!
why are you suspicious have you got a guilty secret
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WHAT ON AVERAGE WOULD A WINDOW CLEANER EARN IN THE LONDON AREA ON A SELF EMPLOYED BASIS AND IS THERE STILL PLENTY OF WORK OUT THERE
Not enough :-X
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Marcus
If you are just starting out in window cleaning or looking at it as a future business I can safely say that you will not go far wrong.
Earnings are not going to be announced on here because some people make it up, some people want to have a go at the people who do post earnings and others are cautious about who is viewing the forums.
When I started cleaning windows 6 years ago I wanted to achieve double my hourly rate, of when I was employed.
That was £12.00 per hour - I was earning £6.00 per hour.
Start with what you think is a reasonable income, go out there and find out what others are paying to have their windows cleaned.
What I earn now has far exceeded any expectations I may have had 6 years ago, but I have bigger bills and I have to charge more for my time because I am saturated with work, with two vans to manage and the possibility of a third one in the very near future our commercial customers now dictate what we charge for our domestic work on an hourly basis.
If I can give you one piece of advice it is to charge high but to be able to back the price up with an impeccable service standard that sets you apart from everyone around you.
We are the very best service of its kind within our area.
We do not advertise - pick up 20 new customers per month, month in month out,
We are cleaning 3 to 5 UPVC cleans every week - at an average of £75.00.
We clean 150 domestic customers every week( 5 days) and are working seven days per week with a high street building society head office requiring an internal & external clean on its main site for the next two weekends - we have already done two weekends.
Whatever it takes to break free from the monotony of being employed go out there and get on with it
Good luck
Rob ;D
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That should have been to Vincent - sorry Marcus
Rob ;D
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hi midas that was sound advice you gave vincent, in your opinion are the prices in london higher than elsewhere in the country thanks.
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I am nowwhere near London - we are based in the Midlands by Alton Towers.
I understand from customers that have moved up from London that the average semi can be charged as high as £30.00 - I have been told this.
My prices for semis are nowhere near this - but is a semi bigger in London - I don't know.
I know only for sure what my hourly rate is and as long as we are hitting this day in day out I don't care that there are those out there that are earning more than me.
It has taken me 6 years to earn a good income, have reliable staff and a solid customer base.
Unless you live in London don't worry too much about what they can earn put all your energy into what you can earn and keep it growing
Rob ;D
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I am nowwhere near London - we are based in the Midlands by Alton Towers.
I understand from customers that have moved up from London that the average semi can be charged as high as £30.00 - I have been told this.
My prices for semis are nowhere near this - but is a semi bigger in London - I don't know.
I know only for sure what my hourly rate is and as long as we are hitting this day in day out I don't care that there are those out there that are earning more than me.
It has taken me 6 years to earn a good income, have reliable staff and a solid customer base.
Unless you live in London don't worry too much about what they can earn put all your energy into what you can earn and keep it growing
Rob ;D
hi midas do you think that £20 per hr is realistic for a window cleaner working on his own, thats working in west london of course?
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Window Pain
Been on holiday so just read your reply.
I think when you know what you are doing and you have built speed, quality of work, condensed work and know the shortest routes round your work - then there is absolutely no reason why you cannot be doing that day in day out.
If you do all things properly you may look back in time to come and wonder why your expectations were not set higher.
Good luck
Rob ;D
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Window Pain
Been on holiday so just read your reply.
I think when you know what you are doing and you have built speed, quality of work, condensed work and know the shortest routes round your work - then there is absolutely no reason why you cannot be doing that day in day out.
If you do all things properly you may look back in time to come and wonder why your expectations were not set higher.
Good luck
Rob ;D
thanks midas for the advice i will keep it in mind.
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I live i the sussex area and charge around the £27.00 per hour for window cleaning.
Been in bussiness for nearly 8 years now..
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I'm in Surrey and earn a good wage! drive a Merc......enough said! ;) ;D
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im in west yorks and dont work for less than £30.00 an hour. ;D
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im in west yorks and dont work for less than £30.00 an hour. ;D
surprised you get that much i thought Yorkshire folk were tight ;D ;D
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This is an old thread :D
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why is it in the carpet cleaner section ::)
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why is it in the carpet cleaner section ::)
why are we ;D ;D
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I am told that £10 per hour is possible
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mmmmm yes £10 hr IS possible ::)
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How do wimdow cleaners price their work? I guess by teh hour but are there any other simple structures? by the pain??
Shaun
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Maybe by house ???
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why is it in the carpet cleaner section ::)
why are we ;D ;D
bored bored bored ;)
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Mike ;D
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Its a mad thread this ;D
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Its a mad thread this ;D
we have got to stop meeting like this clinton ;D
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;D ;D
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;D
I should have gone to the gym today ;D
Your spooking me up now ;D
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I think Clinton wants to get into a bit of window cleaning - do you ;D
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Barbara
Erm il give that a miss ;D
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nothing today,too much rain >:( >:(
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Noticed your posts stan today hope you feel guilty sat at home as i was working ;D
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so my target of £30 per hour or £1000 per week turnover seems a reasonable one then
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Noticed your posts stan today hope you feel guilty sat at home as i was working ;D
i can always give you a hand when im rained off ;D ;D
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seems to me window cleaners earn more than carpet cleaners on average
and regular work with less advertising ???
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seems to me window cleaners earn more than carpet cleaners on average
and regular work with less advertising ???
why not do both
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hi clinton a lot of the cleaning firms i know do a variety of cleaning
including carpets ,hard floors, windows, blinds etc
myself included up until a few years ago :)
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This is my 20th year window cleaning and still enjoying it and making good money the good thing with window cleaning is the works gauranteed all year round and i dont spend a penny on advertising.
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Think its good for you guys to get the extra work :)
Its called enterprise :)
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This is my 20th year window cleaning and still enjoying it and making good money the good thing with window cleaning is the works gauranteed all year round and i dont spend a penny on advertising.
;D ;D
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8)
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Bugger all again today i could have helped you Clinton ;) ;)
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Bugger all again today i could have helped you Clinton ;) ;)
been good here stan, could of helped me ;)
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Stan
Fin at 2 mate today ;D
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How do wimdow cleaners price their work? I guess by teh hour but are there any other simple structures? by the pain??
Shaun
It's hard to say a price per window, or per house, as they can be so different. As a very rough rule, I charge around £1 per window. A couple of tiny windows, or a tiny window plus the glass in the door would only count as one. Charge more for leaded windows, or ones that are difficult to get to (more time taken). As for conservatories, I kinda divide it up into how many regular windows it's equivalent to. Then I generally round the price up to a multiple of £5.
On the whole, though, a typical 3-bed house usually works out at £10; £15 with a conservatory. Once you're up to a good speed without sacrificing quality, it's quite easy to make £25 to £30 per hour. Also depends on how compact your round is.
That's out here in the wilds of Norfolk; I'm often told that London prices are much higher...
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Bugger all again today i could have helped you Clinton ;) ;)
been good here stan, could of helped me ;)
raining again here Mike ,im on my way down with my ladders now see you at 2 ;D ;D
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Been windy here today.
Bet your twenty notes are blowing away stan ;D
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Been windy here today.
Bet your twenty notes are blowing away stan ;D
whats a twenty look like then :D
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Bugger all again today i could have helped you Clinton ;) ;)
been good here stan, could of helped me ;)
raining again here Mike ,im on my way down with my ladders now see you at 2 ;D ;D
just in time for a pint ;)
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Bugger all again today i could have helped you Clinton ;) ;)
been good here stan, could of helped me ;)
raining again here Mike ,im on my way down with my ladders now see you at 2 ;D ;D
just in time for a pint ;)
sorry hit traffic at Brum and turned back ;D ;D
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Stan
In your rolls royce ;)
thats for best, fiat panda for work ;D ;D
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and hears me and my push bike , and youv got a pander car wow ,i gen uarley carge two bob a house
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and hears me and my push bike , and youv got a pander car wow ,i gen uarley carge two bob a house
you should be wearing a mask , charging that ;D
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;D
Were just poor carpet cleaners ;D
this thread is truly insane ;D ;D
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bloody madness :o :o