Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: maxcarpets on June 26, 2008, 08:09:11 am
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I think the credit crunch is really starting to kick in down here. Calls have really slowed in the last couple of weeks. A bit of a worry, still working every day but nothing beefy its all a lounge or hall stairs landing. Starting to worry abit, how about you guys?
Cheers
Justin
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Did you get the email about vouchers Justin? ;)
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Not affected - yet (hope it stays that way). June is so far up on last year.
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OK at moment, busy, busy but just back from 2 weeks in Madeira so will be playing catch up for a while.
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No nice big jobs in, all lounge, or hall stairs. No one wants the whole house done as their are moving.
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Same as you giy`s here ,small jobs,quoting much higher now though so getting the same £ for doing 2 rooms as i was getting for whole 2 bedders :),
Few calls here and there mainky from people trying to sell me website optimisation since updating all my free listings !
are first search any good ? bloke on the phone yesterday saying he could get me first page google,when i search myself i am first page right at the very top,not sure it could get any better for £150
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Just booked another one for next week ,customer i cleaned for in Cambridge owns 3 flats in london was so impressed with the job i did on his flat here he wants me to travel to clean his place there and will pay my travel :)
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This week has been very good and so long as I don't get any dropouts next week will be the busiest week to date.
About 2 weeks ago I had sod all and was convinced it was the credit crunch kicking in.
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Just heard petrol will reach £2 a litre by xmas......thats gonna bite..
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Hi
Been sporadic for me
Student season is just kicking in now, so expect to be stacked out for the next 3 months!
Regards
Martin 8)
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Cleaned a show home this morning. The show house was being handed over to new owners tomorrow.
Sales girl initially offered me tea etc, by the time we had finished there was a meeting on in the office so couldnt have a drink.
General chit chat followed, she said meeting was between builders and owner of the Estate Agent (big firm in the south) the opinion of the Agent was that this down turn is going to continue for 2 to 3 years.
Another Agent I do EOT for hasnt sold a thing this month so far!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murky
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Really busy week, I will be glad when its over, we are lucky to say that I have only a few spaces left next month, I have had to give away three jobs this week. :-[
Regards
S
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Hi Guys
I am busiest I have ever been, literally working 7 days a week.
There is a pattern here, pint of lager for the first one to work it out.
Cheers
Doug
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Buy a big yellow van ? ;)
S
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Wot Doug. You putting your hand in yer pocket :D
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didnt have a call last week so started this week with no jobs and i have ended up with a couple of jobs each day, going into next week with 3 decent jobs. It really is up and down at the moment kids hols soon and i am usually quiet so i am pushing the marketing for the commercial jobs.
Mark
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Hi Guys
I am busiest I have ever been, literally working 7 days a week.
There is a pattern here, pint of lager for the first one to work it out.
Cheers
Doug
Old timers survive and new guys die ;D
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Maybe carpet cleaning will be something people decide to have a go at themselves to try and save pennies, if you type carpet cleaning into ebay there is pages and pages of vax and bissell equipment / solutions.
Think they will soon realise its not that easy and the results are pants ;D ;D
Mark
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One of my neighbours had for sale board put up last Friday it was taken down Tuesday spoke to him today that was a quick sale? No was the reply the company pulled out of selling and will be concentrating on the letting side.
Did a job in the Maidstone area today old customer got a referral, job just across the road which I did, look like I will get some restaurants also (name dropping some times helps)
Doug
Take it that you are married, nearly finished refurbishing the shower area after 14 months.
Len
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Try any old email addresses you have stored from customers emailed 6 on Monday 4 have replied doing 2 of them Saturday then one 20th July all commercial customers.
Just dropped them a few lines explaining it is nearly 6 months since their last clean,would they like the traffic lanes or high traffic areas cleaned up.
I was surprised they even replied :o
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Steve
You want quality work, ;D commercial is not the way to go about this, they are budget driven very low and I mean low profit margin. :-[
Len
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Two weeks ago phone was dead....two calls in one week ::) very worying!
Since then phone not stopped ringing.
Now booked solid for next 1.5 weeks, I'v never known it so up and down.