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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: busted on August 21, 2007, 06:19:56 pm
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hi there
are there many of you lady window cleaners about , my daughter is thinking of starting to do some window cleaning :-\ how do you manage with the poles or do you do trad :-\ ( i hope you dont think im being funny just trying to help her out)
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I think Squeaky can help with this one. ;D
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Would that make him a lady-boy then?
Dave.
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Would that make him a lady-boy then?
Dave.
He winges like one & Tosh dress's like one & they are best mates. Need i say more. ???
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So what were saying is Squeaky is Tosh and Tosh is squeaky...???
Dave.
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i would help a lot free of charge.........
if i can have a date
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iam single, muscular and very handsome
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sorry jikwam not with my daughter :o >:( :o she just wants bto start window cleaning not find a new man ....... and what would the wife say :-X :-X
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So what were saying is Squeaky is Tosh and Tosh is squeaky...???
Dave.
Now i'm confused ???.
and what would the wife say :-X :-X
It's ur daughter, :o
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i am one of those said lady window cleaners!I get on fine with wfp tend not to get up ladders though if i can help it!
its handy for me cause i can work it round school runs and holidays!I would recomend it every time,get a few fixed grinned "really" when i tell people what i do for a living!
let me know if there is anything else i can help with!
Mrs scrim
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my wife works with me .or is it i work for her.anyway we we ar trad . she does bottom windows n the book .i do tops . works well .
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Hi This is my first post and I'm interested to know if it's possible for ladies to earn a good living cleaning windows. I have a small domestic cleaning business and I'm getting asked all the time if I would clean windows outside on a regular basis. My concern is I don't work as part timer or on a hobby pin money basis. I need to earn as much money as I can. I'm thinking of setting up a round on a small estate that I currently have a few domestic cleans on. Honest replies welcomed from you knowledgeable lot out there please!
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My Boss ;D works for me a couple of days a week, she also
cooks does my books for me.
she is registered disabled, but is still capable of earning a decent living, for nine years as a trad cleaner and now she uses the wfp system. and she's 5'1'' all three of my daughters have helped us over the years and still do now and again. go for it.
Hereis a picture of my boss hard at work.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/Travelinn002Small.jpg)
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hi , i have window cleaned with my husband for 3 years both wfp & trad . pole work is fine as long as you hold & work it right. it also gave some customers some peace of mind knowing that a women was turning up. the only funny looks i had was when i was driving the van (yes we can drive vans as well). now that we employ i dont do it as much but i still help out if needed, the only thing is that when you stop doing it for a while you realise how physical the job is, i probably wont stop altogether i dont fancy having bingo wing arms :) :)
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There were 2 female wc posting on here last year who work around here(Lowestoft.)
Check out this post. Their username on here is awl. They haven't posted for a while though.
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20933.0
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Brilliant, thanks for the great replies!!!!
Loved the picture jeff1
Mark Dew thanks for the info, hmmmm I wonder if their lack of new posts means they are soooooooo busy?
I wonder how many female window cleaners are out there? I've read quite a few posts from male domestic cleaners.........
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Brilliant, thanks for the great replies!!!!
Loved the picture jeff1
Mark Dew thanks for the info, hmmmm I wonder if their lack of new posts means they are soooooooo busy?
I wonder how many female window cleaners are out there? I've read quite a few posts from male domestic cleaners.........
Could well be. I lost a job to them a couple of months ago. ;D
I know the people who went with them and they do a good job. I have seen for myself. I went to see a few weeks ago to pass on some work to them. I dunno if they've taken it on though.
Their email according to their profile is;
millytooly@hotmail.co.uk
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I might drop them a line. Good luck to them I say, I love to hear about people being successful by not conforming to the usual stereotype thingy. I just think hard work, honesty, stamina, resilience and lots of red wine will seem me through.
I've given just given up a very well paid job to try my hands at domestic and a little commercial cleaning. It's only been a month and so far and I have 5 regular customers. I need lots more though, thats why I think this site is fantastic if you need to learn things quick or get info. THANK YOU
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My Mrs has been working with me the past 10 years. To begin with it was a day a week now she's with me all the time. She feels that it's not her place to go up a ladder, so when we were trad she would do the downs. Now we're on the poles though she does the lot. Works with a 12ft pole all day long no probs. I think you can get 20ft poles at the same weight now.
She does leave me to reel in but I do this when she's collecting and it's not that she can't do it, I'm just faster at it.
She works as well as any man I've worked with and I've worked with a few. She found it hard when we were starting in the cold winters though, all though we don't have many of them nowadays.
Simon
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My Boss ;D works for me a couple of days a week, she also cooks does my books for me.
she is registered disabled, but is still capable of earning a decent living, for nine years as a trad cleaner and now she uses the wfp system. and she's 5'1'' all three of my daughters have helped us over the years and still do now and again. go for it.
Hereis a picture of my boss hard at work.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k23/jeffo_01/Travelinn002Small.jpg)
jeff tell the boss to go easy on the water, lol, tell the boss its a present from me.
give it time to load up
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/jouk45/BOSSCOMPLETE.gif)
or jeff as usual as the boss does all the hard graft ;D
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/jouk45/oie_oie_overlay2.gif)
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It's only been a month and so far and I have 5 regular customers.
Good luck Catmemy with your new venture! but I have got to say what have you been doing for the last month if you only have 5 customers? Deliver leaflets and knock on as many doors as you can to get your round up and running, I went from 0 customers to 120 customers in my first month! :)
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Good luck Catmemy with your new venture! but I have got to say what have you been doing for the last month if you only have 5 customers? Deliver leaflets and knock on as many doors as you can to get your round up and running, I went from 0 customers to 120 customers in my first month! :)
Groundhog, that is very good going. I'm feeling a bit ashamed of myself as it took me a year to get that many customers.
2 years later i haven't got much more, but the quality has improved alot.
Well done. You ain't the bloke from doorknockers are you?
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Thanks Groundhog for the best wishes. I probably didn't expalin myself very well my 5 customers are x 2 domestic and 3 very nice and profitable commercial premisis and they are for cleaning and not window cleaning. The reason I'm interested in window cleaning is that I'm being approached by people to give it a go and I don't want to miss an opportunity.
Regarding knocking on doors well I love it, no worries in me doing that at all. I get the biggest kick though in walking into large offices and getting past the gate keeper. Having been an excellent gatekeeper myself I know how to get past them. Anyway, a mix up in the printers meant that it took me 2 weeks to get my business cards and flyers, but now I've got them there's no stopping me. This afternoon I picked up another 2 domestic cleans from word of mouth so I'm well chuffed.
You did make me think though Groundhog, sounds like you hit the ground running, well done! I think it would be an interesting topic for discussion to find out how many customers did you get in your first month? why don't you start a new thread???? I'm new on here and not too confident in starting this off, I'm just reading and getting lots of support for experienced people on here. ---- THANKS!
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Hi This is my first post and I'm interested to know if it's possible for ladies to earn a good living cleaning windows. I have a small domestic cleaning business and I'm getting asked all the time if I would clean windows outside on a regular basis. My concern is I don't work as part timer or on a hobby pin money basis. I need to earn as much money as I can. I'm thinking of setting up a round on a small estate that I currently have a few domestic cleans on. Honest replies welcomed from you knowledgeable lot out there please!
Go For it
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Hiya Mark,
I AM that bloke from Doorknockers, lol
When i built my round i took a month off to build the round, i told everyone that i would'nt be able to get to them for a month, i then went out 6 days a week, and set myself a target of 10 customers everyday, by the end of that month the round was built, about 250 customers at £10 a pop average clean.
Ok that first month was a struggle, but it really paid me back in the months that followed.
I was lucky, my area was not very well serviced with W/c so achieving the figures was fairly easy other areas will be harder of course.
Paul :)