Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on July 05, 2007, 02:19:10 am
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I think it would give all us relatively new guys an idea of where we should be, i understand the prices are different,
but i think it should be really interesting to compare how many customers we all have.
gary.
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As below...240 is where I would like to be and then keep it ticking over.
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I think it would give all us relatively new guys an idea of where we should be, i understand the prices are different,
but i think it should be really interesting to compare how many customers we all have.
gary.
Well I've got about 215 and I've been W/Cing since 1991. Don't use that as a guide though. I need to get more work in. I used to have over 400 and it kept me fully occupied. I earn more from the 215 than I did from the 400+.
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I have 300 customers, I am still taking on new customers but it is getting difficult to keep up to date with the round. I am at the point now were I need to make a decision as to whether or not to take on staff or to refine the round by weeding out the lower payers and only taking on top quality customers. ???
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At the height of my business we had about 1100 customers this was a year ago.
There were 3 of us working full time and one part time Muppet.
Now there is only me and my old man doing about 470 on a 4 weekly turn around.
Stuart
SAJ Window Cleaners Ltd.
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I have a little over 300 i am in the process of a major cull of the lower end jobs
at the start of the year i had 500 and a guy working for me
but i now am on my own again and i earn more working less
still need to get rid of a lot more then only take on better paying jobs
i am expecting this to take about a year
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me n my son clean about 1200 every 4 weeks, although about 200 are 2 weekly... so about 1000 customers
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According to George ive got 166 but ive got some pretty big accounts giving me around 2800 per month.
Marcus
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I'm not questioning how many customers you have..but how do you clean 1200 houses every 4 weeks ?
4 weeks is 20 days ( on a normal 4 day week basis).
1200 / 20 is 60 houses per day.
That is impossible.
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I have 450 ish jobs all on 6 weekly
Gordon
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I'm not questioning how many customers you have..but how do you clean 1200 houses every 4 weeks ?
I think the words here are 'poetic licence' see lots of it on this site ;D
60 houses per day every day. I think not unless it's the worlds longest terrace all consisting of 1 bed houses.
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Cheers Helen nice to see someone else has seen my logic. There's two of us working together, equal partners, and if we really go for it we can do a maximum of 20 houses ( all small ones in a day). We give every single customer a 100% quality service.
20 x 20 would be 400 per month. That's allowing for all small houses, but we do some really big places, worth £3 million +.
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We have about 550 customers. This is dealt with by 2 guys in one vehicle and my husband working alone or with them to fill in the gaps as needed. And this is a full 20 days per month work for 2.5 guys.
1600 for 2 guys, impossible
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Agreed its impossible
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I've been wondering about this. i can do between eight and twelve a day (i've never done twelve). So my max must be 10*20= 200, but then many of mine are 8wks, so the max would be 400.
If I could do ten £30 jobs a day that would be okay, but I can't. Normaly I do seven or eight a day, and often drive in between.
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I have 87 monthlys and about 10 that are now and againers. I keep thinking I`ll drop the now and againers but they are all well priced so I tend to put up with them.
So just shy of 100 in total. I have 5 quotes to do this coming week aswell so I might cross the 100 jobs mark soon. OOOOOh Monkey
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Something for us newbies to compare.
I’ve just completed my first two months trading and just looked on George and I have 57 customers. My target was to achieve 100 customers in the first 6 months so well on target. Majority have come from leaflets approx 3500 dropped so far and few referrals.
I’m used to knocking on doors from my old DG Sales days so keep intending to go out and try some canvassing. I believe this is probably the quickest way to generate business.
On top of this I’ve done quite a few Con Roof’s, Soffits, Gutters and upvc cleans which have been good earners.
Overall pretty happy with the way things are turning out.
A big thanks again to everyone for their help and support
Onwards and upwards. :)
Wayne
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60 per day is virtually imposible for one window cleaner but he said he works with his son, so that maks it 30 each which is very achievable if they are small to medium sized houses. ;)
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162 and earning well, nothing to do with the quantity its all about the quality, used to have around 250 and then took a step back and thought why am i working like a busy fool and gave all the awkward and crap jobs away.
Now if i clean more than 10 houses in a day i,m working far to hard ;)
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60 per day is virtually impossible for one window cleaner but he said he works with his son, so that makes it 30 each which is very achievable if they are small to medium sized houses. ;)
Exactly!
I did 26 "small ish" houses when I was trad so with the pole I could have pushed 30.
That was a one off though.
Keeping up that pace is very difficult 5 -6 days a week.
BUT it is possible. Always have a open mind! For all you know they might just do oap bungalows all close together??
If that's the case its very achievable!!!
They should manage 100 a day! ;D
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Like others have said, its not all about quantity but its quality that counts. Especially quality of price.
I have stopped door knocking and leafleting estates and smaller houses but try and target bigger houses. My average price for domestic cleans is now over £20. About 3 months ago it was about £15.
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I have 100 -104 jobs per month after 23yrs, I must be doing something wrong. ;D
Roy
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just over 330 regular domestics (pcm)
11 weekly commercial jobs (pubs, shops & a restaurant)
5 schools ( twice yearly)
2 small cleaning jobs (commercial properties)
and still growing.
all done by me on my lonesome, started trading (properly) in 2003.
4 days (mon to thurs) domestics.
1 day (fri) commercial.
then i just fit the other bits in between, sometimes saturdays (paths, patios, washdowns), but not too often.
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Are your houses average size because that`s a lot houses to be doing per calender month.
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they vary, small medium & large.
have managed to condense the work, so its all very close together.
330 isn't that many?
if i do 20 per day (4 days a week) for 4 weeks thats 320 houses (with the odd extra one or two hear & there on top of the days work).
if there's any extra bits left over i normally do them after my commercial on the friday (its normally an early finish, poets day).
plus if we get a 5 week month i get a few bonus days off, time to catch up or what ever else comes along. ;D
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I have 100 -104 jobs per month after 23yrs, I must be doing something wrong. ;D
Roy
yes but Roy we know you are talking of 100 - 104 palaces/mansions ;)
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I have 100 -104 jobs per month after 23yrs, I must be doing something wrong. ;D
Roy
yes but Roy we know you are talking of 100 - 104 palaces/mansions ;)
Youve been spying ;)
Roy
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Wheres Monmouth.
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over all customers? daily customers? weekly/monthly customers?
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simply .. customers.. one person one name, ;D ;D
;)
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Wheres Monmouth.
Just up the road from the chepstow treo or south wales
Roy
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what happened to you today x link=topic=39591.msg315214#msg315214 date=1183756593]
Wheres Monmouth.
Just up the road from the chepstow treo or south wales
Roy
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ive been trading 12mths now and have just started the wfp cleaning side, i have 190 houses rangeing from £4.50 - £50.00 each, takes me 17 days a month to do all every 4 weeks, i dont take any one on who says can you do them every 6 weeks, as this screws my system up, still taking some new ones on ( bod passes them on), i think ill stop at the 200 mark as i will be letting people down if i cant do them, also i am a retained firefighter in my town , so my customers understand that saving someones life is more important than cleaning there windows, and they wait for the next clean the next month,
there is4 window cleaners in our area and i think i could say that we all earn a good wage every month,
so if you hit 100 in 6 mths you are doing well.
its also handy to be friends with other local window cleaners as they will pass work on to you if they are getting stacked out or they dont do the area you do, seem logical if you clean one house and someone else clean next door, you might as well do next door and give them on of yours, less travelling and time wasted,
good luck for the future
Haydn
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[]what happened to you on friday?
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175 over a 6 weekly cylce but have given up 475 over the last 4 years
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My average is about 15 four bedders per day half with cons half without .
However , this is the jewel in the crown , done every 3 months
Rich P @ F
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What`s that job there that you do then.
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SORRY , crap pic
got some digis here .
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Wow!!
How long does that take you?
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the 2 main buildings in the first digi pic take 1 day pole work
1 day trad work
3 days cherry picker trad work
and there is still around 60 to 70 percent of the site left , oh im tired just thinking about it ! ;D ;D ;D
Rich P @ F
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What`s it worth then???????????????
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Now there was a time when i would be willing to gob off about how much a job like this would net me , but alas , now i am older and wiser !
I just get the feeling price talk could be rather costly to me , you never know who is watching quietly
And i dont mean the taxman
Rich P @ F
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aha mr rich you should be in bed ;D ;D ;D if you pop down and see me 2moro i will sort a chq out for you m8 also got a bit of work for you if your interested 30 large windows inside and out ;)
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Now there was a time when i would be willing to gob off about how much a job like this would net me , but alas , now i am older and wiser !
I just get the feeling price talk could be rather costly to me , you never know who is watching quietly
And i dont mean the taxman
Rich P @ F
Best way too Rich.
That would be a costly one to lose.
Hopefully you're not overly dependent on it anyway - eggs and baskets and suchlike.
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Not the most sheltered spot in the world either!
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What`s it worth then???????????????
I reckon you could do it in a day :P :P :P
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Total bummer if the wind is up , on those 2 buildings there are 380 sky lights , have to get fully harnessed up , and access to the roof is that tight i cant get a bucket through , it all goes up the side on a rope !
Rich P @ F
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Hi Phil , dont know how to say it mate , but the chq bounced , boing ;D
Oh , and when did you say pay day was ? :P :P
Rich P @ F
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The only reason it bounced is because payday is the first wednesday of the month I am printing a staff notice as we speak.
Glad the chq bounced i rushed down to the bank as soon as I had given it to you to cancel it as i need another holiday :P ;D ;)
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I only have 60 jobs ranging from £7.00 to £70.00 but have only been on my own for 2 months, I bought most the work off my old boss in dribs and drabs and have picked the rest up whilst out working.
Anyone got any spare work in East Kent for sale?
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If you dont mind travelling to devon everyday supreme clean has 100K contract up for grabs , i reckon he will take £50 for it ;D ;D ;D
Rich P@F
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I've not really counted em up lately, but it's too many for me to keep up with anyway, I'm getting rid of the farthest from home soon. Anyone want some in chippenham, wilts?
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On my own now for a couple of months and have 46 jobs but I have canvassed every one myself.
Still canvassing at the weekends but seem to have covered my immediate area.
I am in Purley/ South Croydon, Surrey if anybody has any spare? ;)