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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dave0123 on August 05, 2007, 06:03:32 pm
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Mate!
now tha u have a lad on boad helping u out as i am going into this route soon,, well first to water fed and then into that route hopefully by october or november.. just wondering what your sort of price your paying on the employers insurance mate for one lad.
Thanks Dave
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To be honest matey I'm not quite sure how mines broken down.
I pay £200 employers and £466 public liability but I think some of that public covers my employee. Word of advice though mate make sure you offer a months trial because I let a lad go lad last week after a few days. I gave another lad a go today and he was well more impressive. By 12:00 he was off on his own squeegeeing away!
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cool!
Yer! i no mate best to give trial 2 see if you both work ok 2gether 2 ;)
and yes some of your public will be for the lad as well! if u dnt mind mate what insurance company u with? seems quote good price that i think.
Dave
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www.simplybusiness.co.uk The one and only!!
;) ;) ;)
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I am with them as well, the only insurance companyI have ever been with that reduced my renewal payment
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Dave how are you looking at getting setup wtp wise. I'm thinking of getting a back pack for now and then taking it from there. Just out of interest do you go to Wallasey paints for you window cleaning gear?
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thanks colley.
looking to get set up with 400 lit system van mount mate..
Erm no i dont but i no someone who goes there quite expensive iv heard its not proper window cleaning shop is it? tha jus by walasey village round about??
i mostly get my gear from window cleaning warehouse.. no postage costs either at the moment top stuff.
What about u?
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I go to wallasey. Got to admit that shop does have its ups and downs but it is better than the cleaning supplies on the Priory estate. I'm gonna go for backpack this year and work my way up as I'm still using the car at the moment. I may even lease one next year if things keep picking up as they have been since I set up shop. Got to admit the guy in wallasey his water fed pole stuff is REALLY on the expensive side of the market!
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hmm! maybe im thinking of someone else...
do you mean the little DIY shop in walasey normaly has loads a ladders outside??
yer.. i no what u mean get back pack and see how it goes! I was actully watching some guys doing some flats a few months ago i went round next day 2 see how the windows looked.. just as a vistor lol.. i wasnt impressed really dont think they were washing the frames there was lots of mucky runs of water... but i no wfp can do a better job than that.
Dave
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Yeah its always the operator to blame with things like that. Remember our old firm the guys used to turn pressure right down on the machine and then give windows a quick rub with the brush and not rinse off. I seen some guys wfp pole a block of flats in prenton and they done approx 30 flats in the time it took me to squeegee the bay on a living room!
You are thinking of the same guy in Wallasey. Problem with him is he makes the prices up. I bought a unger holster of him for £15.99 a week later it cost £11.99 but both lots cost me the same as I bought mop and squeegee at the same time? What a guy!
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Yer thats were i seen some lads doin it!! big block like!! sort of the stuff i used to do when i worked for someone.. they were going fast these as well!! about 5 mins then done about neally the hole of the back!!
£16.00 thats expense even £12.00 i bought a new one the other week to mate and new pouch the unger bucket on belt as 9.60 i think no more than 10.00 from window cleaning warehouse.. i have a mate who goes to that bloke for rubber n gets standard unger rubber 5 36inch for about 10.00 ! was shocked as i compared to w/h about 5-6 i think.
I didnt no he sold Water Fed systems tho do u have to ask for that?
Dave
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The guy has got brochures under the counter but I would consider it a waste of petrol even going to see them as I think a 250ltr set up was about £2000 ish
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Ahh right!!
2000 lol! ;D Cheap il pay cash :P
Dave
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arite Troops, Colley sorry i aint got back to you m8 i been away and mad busy playing catch up. If you are getting a WFP system give me a call if your stuck for water. I dont realy use my set up only for the odd jobs.
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Tell me about it. I'm gonna try and get as much of my first system nearly new at the moment as I think I've spent enough on equipment for my first year in trading. I think I've spent about £5000 in about 9 months and haven't even earned that myself at the moment I've been living off savings to get going.
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Hi biscute,
Hope things are going well with you. I seen a guy working in port sunlight about a week ago was that you?
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i thought biscute was from Liverpool?
carnt remember
Dave
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He is, he's got work over our way as well as in the town
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Ahh right! thar explains it :P
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Yer probably was me Im the only preson who dose ther i pritty much got every house, but iv had some pikey come on collecting hence why im getting everyone on to bank payments. Were about was it? Also Have you got my number still because if you do see any1 would you give me a ring as i am dieing to get my hands on who ever was there.
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Not sure if I have your number mate. E-mail me it and i'll put it in my phone. There is an old fella who does windows round there with a dog. He does all the shops there for absolute buts. I'll keep an eye open if you like as I pass that way everyday. Well I am sat about a 5 min walk from there now. But if I catch anyone near there I'll let you know. Oh by the way on the other side of the main road a guy was asking me to give him a price on a house there but wasn't interested if you want it I'll give him your number.
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i used to do the big court in port sunlight called osborne court!
wha do u go round in biscute??
dave
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Yer iv seen the old bloke he's sound like, you seen his kit? he must have a 2ft mop and squeegy lol. Also go that butchers ther m8 the pies are spot on, only reason i still do ther.
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Dave thats so wierd i just put a pirce in on them and im starting them next week. I got a kangoo but not sighnd as im a lazy get.
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they change the window cleaners every 12 months!
haha av u fella how much did u price out of intrest see if thev gone for cheaper this year? as they get a few prices
dave
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I can tell you my quote lol thats rule numro 1 in buissness dont discuss figures. Did you water fed pole them by the way?
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lol... i was going 2 tell u my price.. i dont want the job mate!
no i didnt water fed pole them i havent got wfp.
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no nothink personal m8 i just dont tell people what i quote, i dont know why but i never do even when close friends ask me what i pick up a week i wont tell them. Not because i wana show off that its high or im embressed that its low, i just find its easyr not to say.
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no its fair enuf mate i would b the same when u stop n fink..
i was jus courious to see if there paying more than last year...
watch out tho there are lot of moaners in those types of places n ul learn them all;) inside are a pain going to every lil flat and taking the glazing out cleaing it all an in again.
r u going 2 wfp them? how u thinking of getting up2 the tiled room windows?
dave
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So your eating up the market by my house right I'm going to cnvass the pants out of Liverpool in the morning ;D ;D
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Im imune to moaning, between my mother missus an customers i have became imune to it I only hear what i want to lol. Im gona use wfp yer and for the tricky ones Il send one of me lads up if i cant get at it.
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which block is it the one next to the pet shop?
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lol thats the only area i do, i sold some of my other work and to be honest i wont be taking more on because i will probably sell that on as well next year.
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how many lads u got workin 4u??
haha i no mate! and they moan about nothing theese people as we all know but jus looks bad wiv the warden and stuff if they ring down 2 complain or something!
Dave
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colley.. the main entrance is on central road.. round the corner from conections??? sorta!!
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not sure, ther 3 story and dont get coverd in my insurance so i didnt take them on. Specialy as the front is a death trap, for the angle you need to get them either some kid will nok u off or a car will take you out :-\
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Biscute whenever you sell up by me mate let me know how much and I'll pay up. Its to much so close to home to say no. I'd wouldn't even have to take the car!!
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which windows are 3 story? r we still talking about the same place here or av i lost it :P
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colley.. the main entrance is on central road.. round the corner from conections??? sorta!!
Oh I know, good look with that busicute. Did you say you've got the contract for 12 months good on you mate
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Sound m8 il remember that il give you first dibs.
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Yeah would be really handy there mate. I'd give you a few bob for the butchers as well because I wouldn't mind picking a few of them shops up
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Dave you thinking of diffrent ones i already do them :P Colley is on a bout the ones by Mr Sticky on newchester Rd i think.
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ohh hahaha!
:P
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lol you will never get the shops, that old bloke does them for about 2 pound a shop and is hardcore.
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I have always found new ferry to be really competitive for new work. I am getting a couple of jobs in Port Sunlight at the end of the year. They are being renovated now and they belong to a guy I know who is doing them up to rent them out but apart from that I can't find much else around there.
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lol you will never get the shops, that old bloke does them for about 2 pound a shop and is hardcore.
Thats so true! He does the shops in new ferry then the ones in bebington after them ones. The funny thing about him is the shopkeepers call him the apprentice because he works for a bloke older than him