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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: poleman on November 06, 2008, 10:21:33 pm

Title: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: poleman on November 06, 2008, 10:21:33 pm

Does anyone do any work for this company, reason I ask, we have a lot of blocks of flats and Countrywide have just taken over as the new managing agent and won’t to know 1/ are the good at paying on time! 2/ do the put the work out to tender each year or just an ongoing agreement!
Andy

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: david-maunder on November 06, 2008, 11:46:16 pm

i hope your safe contracter...they will be asking..
as for paying ..good  but had to set up BACS...good luck..

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: poleman on November 07, 2008, 02:20:10 am

Lol I am with safecontractor, good to hear they pay on time

Do you have a ongoing agreement or do they put it out to tender! 

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: jefftemperley on November 07, 2008, 08:23:37 am

i do a bit for them.

payment depends on your individual property manager if they have funds in that site you get paid but if they dont they keep you hanging on, ive one job which is 9 weeks since inv.

all property companies are the same......  a pain in the arse i packed in johnson cooper a few months back they were good for 2 years then really started messing me around owed me 3k for 4mths

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: david-maunder on November 07, 2008, 12:58:50 pm

Do you have a ongoing agreement or do they put it out to tender! 

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only communal parts i do for them on 1 block been doing it 25 years so i would say no...lol

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: poleman on November 07, 2008, 02:45:41 pm

Many thanks chaps, some good and bad, its a pain as we have waited up to 7 months on some blocks that we do for the last company (david glass association / wood managment) problem is each block has it own acount and if funs are not there we dont get paid!

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: billy08 on November 07, 2008, 05:49:15 pm

I do some work for them and its just an on going agreement(15 years now).

They pay me 3/4 weeks after invoicing,always been very good.

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: oliver collins on November 07, 2008, 10:31:09 pm

I did some carpet cleaning quoting for them in cleveland yorks,spent a long time putting  it together for them and was promised the earth and got nothing in retuern for my time so be careful.
Oliver Collins Rise & Shine Window cleaning

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: David Slater on November 09, 2008, 03:07:08 pm

You might want to keep a close eye on payments and amounts outstanding this year!!

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article5114363.ece

Title: Re: Countrywide Managing Agents!
Post by: poleman on November 09, 2008, 11:01:12 pm

Many thanks david, that does make intresting reading  ;)