Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windowwashers on November 19, 2007, 11:53:51 pm
-
hi guys just wondering what areas you all work in the UK.
I work in Cambridge, st. neots, great barford, and bedford
-
Chepstow, Chepstow, Lydney, and Chepstow.
(roughly)
-
cardiff, baesleg, magor, undy, caldicot, chepstow.
and for jet washing i'll travel anywhere
-
Mostly South Hams & Torbay in Devon
-
Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey & London.
Andy
-
In and around Birmingham, Solihull
-
Hi Andy,
Have you any custom in Wimble Hill.
-
Hi Andy,
Have you any custom in Wimble Hill.
Hi Lee,
No I haven't got any work that way.
Are you from Window Cleaning Rounds?
Andy
-
Under new management, with Nathan.
I asked because I have family there.
-
Cool, I may be interested in using your services in February / March time.
Andy
-
We have had to change from the ground up how we can provide the best solution to our Customers.
If anyone would like to contribute any advice for the perfect marketing experience (canvassing of new business) all concerns, pros and cons will be appreciated and taken into account.
I think it would be a good idea if we put a survey together, yeah will do that!
Regards
-
We have had to change from the ground up how we can provide the best solution to our Customers.
If anyone would like to contribute any advice for the perfect marketing experience (canvassing of new business) all concerns, pros and cons will be appreciated and taken into account.
I think it would be a good idea if we put a survey together, yeah will do that!
Regards
pros would be contacting me ;)
Back to the topic of post, what areas you you all working in.
And thank guys for you replies so far before being hijacked :P
-
Thanks Ian,
We clean in Hampshire, the rural areas (villages)
-
Southampton, Romsey, Winchester, Eastleigh, New Forest to be a little more specific than Hampshire
-
Carmarthen, Ammanford, Burry Port, Llanelli, Swansea, Cardiff, Porthcawl, Penarth, Pontypool, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Newport, Monmouth, Hereford & Ross on Wye.
-
Schijndel, Vught, Sint Michielsgestel, Nuland, Empel, Berlicum Vinkle, Gemonde, Rosmalen...If you get any calls for work you cannot cover in these area's...give me a call ROFL ;D ;D ;D
Dave.
-
Hampshire
-
brentwood, shenfield, chelmsford, stock, ongar, epping
-
anglesey and bangor area , haoping there is enough spare work ;D
-
Carmarthen, Ammanford, Burry Port, Llanelli, Swansea, Cardiff, Porthcawl, Penarth, Pontypool, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Newport, Monmouth, Hereford & Ross on Wye.
Carmarthen and Ross are over 100 miles apart. :o ???
-
South Ayrshire.
Mainly Ayr & Troon.
-
Surrey
-
aii around berks
-
I work all around burkes too sometimes ;D ;D ;D
-
South Norfolk and Anglesea ;)
-
edenbridge,tonbridge,tunbridge wells,groombridge,harfield,east grinstead,hurst green bit spread out but improving all the time
-
Berks, Hamps and surrey
-
All of essex
-
suffolk & cambridgeshire mainly ipswich / lakenheath / ely / and lots of surrounding villages
-
all essex some suffolk.
-
Leicester
-
Oakley in Hampshire
Burghfield Reading
-
brentwood, shenfield, chelmsford, stock, ongar, epping
Is there still an area called "Hutton Poplars" in Shenfield? It was a big orphanage, with a lot of huge Victorian houses arranged around a green, like a small village, with its own two story school building. I used to clean the windows there in the early 70's - everthing inside and out - a week's work for two men - every house had its own supervisor and you had to get each one to sign to say their windows had been cleaned properly ::)
I won't tell you how much we got for it - you wouldn't believe it anyway ;D
Cheers,
Ian
-
wilts/hants/surrey/berks.
-
Plymouth to Penzance
-
Perhaps this is why I do alright without having extortionate prices and huge(so say) turnover.
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
Except for 3 shops my furthest work is 5 miles from my house.
-
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
It all depends on how much work you have in the area you are traveling to!
-
Perhaps this is why I do alright without having extortionate prices and huge(so say) turnover.
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
Except for 3 shops my furthest work is 5 miles from my house.
I travel anywhere for the right price, normally 35 square miles of base
-
People do seem to cover some pretty large areas.
I work in Surrey, my furthest job is about 2- 3 miles away but the majority are on my doorstep.
-
The furthest i go to work at the moment is 15miles away! but its 100% worth it as i have a lot of work there.
-
That is why I specified areas close to me. Most of my work is within 6 miles of my house. I would only consider travelling for a job if the money was really good. I had a job which involved me doing upwards of 70,000 miles pa and so now the less I do the better.
-
Wiltshire, Somerset, Avon
-
I have alot of work in cambridge as thats where I started , I did live in st. neots and have loads of work there, now moved to bedford and thats going mad aswell, not that I am complaining, my travel costs are in my price.
-
lydney chepstow
-
I cover the whole of Angus as that is what my licence is for i would never say no to a job anywhere in the area if it was in my interests and was well worth it
About 25% of my round is in scotlands smallest city about 15 miles from me and i go the same distance the other way also
Dean
-
West Sussex
-
birmingham(kings norton kingsheath,moseley,bournville,selly oak)also parts
of bromsgrove rubery and the lickeys all within a few miles of home :)
-
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
It all depends on how much work you have in the area you are traveling to!
What, do the petrol stations give you a discount if you're travelling further? ;D
Even if you've got a full day, it still costs more than a full day closer in. ???
If had work say in Gloucester, that's 30 miles from me...
40 mins travelling each way, that's 1 hr 20 at least, depending on traffic.
That's at least £40 gone.
60 miles is about £9-10 in the van.
So it would have to be a £50 better day just to break even.
But then, what's the point in the travelling then?
So it would have to be a £100 better day to be worth it.
In less hours because of travelling?
Couldn't see that happening. ???
-
But better than no work at all i suppose.
-
within a 15 mile radius of holbeach a small town in south lincs that nobody on here will have heard of
-
But better than no work at all i suppose.
I suppose if you're desperate for money then you're right.
-
South Yorkshire ,West Yorkshire ,North Lincolnshire ,Humberside,Nottinghamshire
-
We have cleaners in my area who travel over forty miles each way. They work as a team and seem to have the large estates pretty much sewn up, so if they are all working like JD then they are blitzing through all the houses (nine minutes per house a custy told me). Usually at least three guys to the van. They do a crap job and don't touch any frames. Strangely the customers don't seem to care. I agree for a sole trader i can't understand the vast distances covered and i don't understand any customer paying extra for the fuel.
-
I work Monmouth, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye and out skirts of Chepstow.
Roy
-
Brighton and Hove
-
within a 15 mile radius of holbeach a small town in south lincs that nobody on here will have heard of
I Do ..... Did you get much done today lyns. ???
Marcus...
-
South Bucks
-
Somerset :)
somerset :)
somerset :)
And proberly the best county 8)
Andy
-
Tamworth,Stafs, Atherstone, Baddesley ;)
-
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
It all depends on how much work you have in the area you are traveling to!
What, do the petrol stations give you a discount if you're travelling further? ;D
Even if you've got a full day, it still costs more than a full day closer in. ???
If had work say in Gloucester, that's 30 miles from me...
40 mins travelling each way, that's 1 hr 20 at least, depending on traffic.
That's at least £40 gone.
60 miles is about £9-10 in the van.
So it would have to be a £50 better day just to break even.
But then, what's the point in the travelling then?
So it would have to be a £100 better day to be worth it.
In less hours because of travelling?
Couldn't see that happening. ???
my closest work is across the road, but most of it is at least 20 miles away.
If i have all my work closer to me i could only charge half the amount that i do in other areas. around me people are charging as little as 50p a window, and thats far to low to coomete with for me. So its definately worth travelling!
-
I work Monmouth, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye and out skirts of Chepstow.
Roy
Get orf moi land! ;D
-
Do they breed windowcleaners in Chepstow?
-
Yep, There's something like 15 of us, and the population is only about 12,000. >:(
But it gets worse.
Every man and his dog comes to Chepstow to work, because a lot of the areas around are pretty skanky.
Lots of Newport window cleaners about, because they can only get £4 per house there.
Same goes for Caldicot and pretty much the rest of South Wales.
The money's in the hills. (where I work)
Which is also why Roy's a billionaire.
-
Selected parts of Essex for Domestics :- (All within 5 mile radius of base)
Hockley,Hullbridge,Hawkwell,Ashingdon,Rochford,Canewdon,Eastwood,Rayleigh.
Further afield for Commercial but still in Essex ;D ;D
Russ
-
berks/hants /surrey
-
bristol, bath, somerset, wiltshire and where ever longleat is :)
-
...and where ever longleat is :)
I think it's just an average house in Anglesey.
-
do any of you chepstow boys work at dennel hill?
I am down in cornwall and work from hayle to st austell to bodmin and in between.
-
West Yorkshire :)
-
where s dennel hill
surfed plenty of your beaches though
regards mike
-
where s dennel hill
surfed plenty of your beaches though
regards mike
Dennel hill is just outside chepstow on the coleford road. Big gates with a new lake behind them. I used to do it when i was in chepstow.
I live in portreath now, the place is full of crazy dudes in wetsuits dunking themselves in the sea.
-
Hey Rog
Saw a window cleaner in Tintern on the way back tonight, not seen him before drives a green rover. He was wfp from the car do you know him.
Roy
-
Hey Rog
Saw a window cleaner in Tintern on the ay back tonight, not seen him before drives a green rover. He was wfp from the car do you know him.
Roy
If it was a green estate, then that's BLP Window Cleaning (Ben; nice lad a JW), he lives in Portskewitt and also works with his wife. I used to clean the house they live in, till they bought it from my now ex-customer, moved in and sacked me.
The cheek of it! ;D
-----------------------------
As for Squeaks, he may clean some posh houses, but it's no good charging a tenner for a house you could charge £20 for, is it?
Need I mention the £6 houses I now do for £12? I'm on the seventh clean this week, and no-one's sacked me yet. They've just accepted the doubling of their previous price.
-
Then you're a dirty conman.
I'm phoning Rogue Traders, if you keep doing 5 minute houses for 12 quid.
-
Then you're a dirty conman.
I'm phoning Rogue Traders, if you keep doing 5 minute houses for 12 quid.
In a previous post you said you could do them in 10 minutes, so how come they're now '5 minute houses'?
You make me larf, Squeaks, but I like you.
;D
-
Maidstone Kent and surrounding villages South East London and chertsey, dartford, putney, to name but a few!!
-
Wirral, Chester, Liverpool for me.
-
most of east northants ;D
-
Chepstow, monmouth, Llanarth (as of today, picked up a house worth £120 a clean ;D) Caldicot and....oh a 30 mile radius of Chepstow I suppose.
Poor old squeaks just doesn't seem to be able to get good prices, that area is now a top area for Tosh....
Ian
-
on anglesey u have to travel to get anywhere although i have an estate about 10 mile away i have most of (about 45 houses some fortnightly well a good amount of) and another estate 7 mile away im slowly taking,
all is good in the sun :P
-
In a previous post you said you could do them in 10 minutes, so how come they're now '5 minute houses'?
You make me larf, Squeaks, but I like you.
;D
Beacuse it would have sounded a bit pedantic saying 7 or 8 minutes. ;)
Sorry for the big word.
-
I can't believe how much time and money some of you spend travelling. :o
It all depends on how much work you have in the area you are traveling to!
What, do the petrol stations give you a discount if you're travelling further? ;D
Even if you've got a full day, it still costs more than a full day closer in. ???
If had work say in Gloucester, that's 30 miles from me...
40 mins travelling each way, that's 1 hr 20 at least, depending on traffic.
That's at least £40 gone.
60 miles is about £9-10 in the van.
So it would have to be a £50 better day just to break even.
But then, what's the point in the travelling then?
So it would have to be a £100 better day to be worth it.
In less hours because of travelling?
Couldn't see that happening. ???
You're right Rog, I wouldn't travel if it wasn't worth it. All my work is contract work so no worrying about collecting money or customers saying 'not today it's too wet' or any other excuse. My payments are guaranteed and most of it is by bacs these days. It would be nice to work close to home all the time but that's just not the way it's worked out for me. ( I wouldn't travel far if it was only £100!).
Rod
-
Nottingham & Mansfield
Brett
-
leeds
-
fife and edinburgh mostly in the city the avrg price for a 3 bed house is £8 in fife ur lucky two get £4 ;)
-
Poole, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, Winchester, Romsey, Southampton (Dorset and Hampshire)
Andy
-
brentwood, shenfield, chelmsford, stock, ongar, epping
Is there still an area called "Hutton Poplars" in Shenfield? It was a big orphanage, with a lot of huge Victorian houses arranged around a green, like a small village, with its own two story school building. I used to clean the windows there in the early 70's - everthing inside and out - a week's work for two men - every house had its own supervisor and you had to get each one to sign to say their windows had been cleaned properly ::)
I won't tell you how much we got for it - you wouldn't believe it anyway ;D
Cheers,
Ian
its all still there but the houses are private now and the hall is an adult education centre come wedding venue!!! property prices around there are obscene!! dont know who cleans there but its not me!!
-
pontypool & surrounding areas
-
Tamworth,Stafs, Atherstone, Baddesley ;)
I used to live in baddesley ensor on st nicholas estate. Do you clean number 2... my old house. Good memories. You probably know of a cheeky chap Lee Hewitt and his brother Glyn. There both wc's from that area. Going down to pick up a car this weekend, might bump into you, who knows.
-
Plymouth 8)
-
Plymouth M@s and all hey Stuart.
-
In a previous post you said you could do them in 10 minutes, so how come they're now '5 minute houses'?
You make me larf, Squeaks, but I like you.
;D
Beacuse it would have sounded a bit pedantic saying 7 or 8 minutes. ;)
Sorry for the big word.
No probs with the big word, mate, but what does 'Beacuse' mean?
-
gloucester
-
West Oxfordshire
-
Birmingham, Kings Norton, Kings Heath, Selly Oak, Bournville, Northfield, Rednal, Highgate, Cotteridge, Selly Park, Castle Bromwich, Cradley Heath, Bartley Green.
-
pershore , worcestershire , vale of evesham , redditch , chelt
-
n.ireland - i work, antrim, doagh, ballyclare, mullusk, glengormley, glenavy, dundrod, belfast, kells
-
Boston. Lincs.
-
South Norfolk & North Suffolk
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?local=h&scale=200000&title=Cottrell%20Cleaning%20Area%20Covered&lon=1.10919993288573&lat=52.3787990639555&icon=x
-
Norfolk
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?title=Cottrell%20Cleaning%20Area%20Covered&t=l&map=52.3787990639555,1.10919993288573|12|4&loc=GB:52.3787990639555:1.10919993288573:12#t=l&map=52.79908,0.53173|12|4&loc=GB:52.3787990639555:1.10919993288573:12&ib=favourites|savedfavourite
Gazza
-
UK wide, mainly London and the Home Counties
We have also just opened our London and Milton Keynes Offices
-
South East London, Mainly Blackheath, Greenwich and Eltham.
Gordon
-
Rock, New polzeath, Wadebridge,Padstow,St Eval,St Columb,St Mawgan, Mawgan Porth, St Merryn
..... and not forgetting Spuquay ;D
-
Plymouth M@s and all hey Stuart.
aye Dave ;)
did you take up the boots contract from Steve?
-
Kettering & Wellingborough, Northants. ;)
another Steve.
-
southend on sea essex and surounding areas but i do travel for nearly an hour to go to one house 15 mins past the dartford tunnel marc
-
All my work is very close to where I live. Eastcote, Pinner and Ruislip mainly. Been spreading the boundarys a bit this years but never more than 5 miles from home. This is a concious decision on my part to keep travelling to a minimum.
-
st teath st tudy and a few in camelford. anyone now where i am? lol
-
yes cornwall
-
thought ud know dave lol ;D
-
would u have known if i hadnt put camelford in?
-
Yeh, I know exactly where you are.
St Tudy is a lovely place. :)
-
would u have known if i hadnt put camelford in?
Nope but the St this and St that gave it away ;) to many saints in Cornwall ;)
-
one more with me being here.
Jodan
Send me an email, it would be good for me to have a contact in that neck of the woods.
Dave