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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: supernova77 on February 08, 2007, 12:34:14 am

Title: LONDON
Post by: supernova77 on February 08, 2007, 12:34:14 am

I'm thinking of spending a couple of days canvassing around a few areas of London (domestic).

Does anyone here window clean in London? Are there many window cleaners around - actually in the center of London?

Andy

Title: Re: LONDON
Post by: windolene on February 08, 2007, 09:13:01 am

Hi,

 Just   carded  domestic at central London & as of yet have not heard a dicky bird in responce, but saying that as I always say "one picks up customers with a follow up knock on the door"  Windows were grubby so their is a market .

Joint venture anyone?

Kevin WINDOLENE.

Title: Re: LONDON
Post by: P®oPole™ on February 08, 2007, 09:22:38 am

Theres loads of shiners mate, not many pros though ;)

Good luck in canvassing the city center, it will take alot of patience and hard work to find good customers it would take someone years to build a solid round.
Big houses in London are a total diffrent ball game to normal rounds! prices,frequency, customers

You dont just have to be there on a certain day, you have to turn up at exact times and basically have appoinments with every customer! minimum every 8 weeks, sometimes longer.

Theres hardly any actually houses left in central London nowdays there all split into 5+flats you can spend hours of fruitless canvassing in the wrong places. Then when you find a customer about 80% will only want a one off or think they can call you when they want!

I could go on and on about all the down points, there is however one very good point ;D

ProPole

Title: Re: LONDON
Post by: simon knight on February 08, 2007, 09:41:02 am

The parking will be a nightmare.
You'll pay £8 a day congestion charge.
There are mainly flats not houses.
A big % of foreigners who frankly don't seem as bothered about their windows as English people.
Forget wfp.

Title: Re: LONDON
Post by: Rounddevelopers on February 08, 2007, 12:03:43 pm

  As the Pro said its a totally different game in Central London, you have to bend over backwards to    accomodate them and even then there is no loyalty on their part. As someone with experience of
 running a round there i would say dont bother. They want you there on the minute to suit them, there are access problems as the customer has to be in 90% of the time, very little houses now, all split into flats,and they are not too keen on having a regular service.Lots of people just want a one-off and the ones you do keep you have to book in with an appointment. As someone told me appointments are for doctors or dentists! As Simon said a lot of people are from overseas as well and they have a different
outlook on window cleaning which is not beneficial to our trade.Tread carefully, could well be a waste of time like me and the pro found out. 

Title: Re: LONDON
Post by: supernova77 on February 08, 2007, 12:06:31 pm

Thanks for the advice guys.

Sounds like there is a bit of a niche market there though. It wouldn't bother me to book cleans in, it just means I would charge more! :)

Andy