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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Pj on March 17, 2009, 07:46:02 am

Title: It's a funny old game!
Post by: Pj on March 17, 2009, 07:46:02 am: I live on a small estate of about 35 houses. I have seen 3 windowcleaners on here working fairly regularly, and I'm not one of them.

Funny old game.
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: karygate on March 17, 2009, 07:49:10 am: on my road there is 6 different window cleaners.when i started up i did not even bother with the estate but now have about a dozen of them also. and people still say they cannot get a window cleaner. ;D ;D
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: pingu on March 17, 2009, 07:53:38 am: Have just moved to a new town and have vowed not to do any window cleaning in this town at all...nice to be able to keep some space between work and home.

Dave.
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: Tosh on March 17, 2009, 08:27:35 am: Quote from: Pj on March 17, 2009, 07:46:02 am
I live on a small estate of about 35 houses. I have seen 3 windowcleaners on here working fairly regularly, and I'm not one of them.

Funny old game.

I live in an estate of about 40 houses, and there's at least six window cleaners who pull up and clean various houses and leave; though one window cleaner seems to do the bulk of them.

I only do two of my elderly ex-soldier neighbors; but I do them for free; the mug I am, and one of them is a detached house with a large/awkward conservatory with a massive fish pond making access difficult.

I tell them I'd charge them at least £25 if I was asked to quote; and they just laugh as if that's a ridiculously high price! ???
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: cozy on March 17, 2009, 08:41:41 am: Quote from: Tosh on March 17, 2009, 08:27:35 am
Quote from: Pj on March 17, 2009, 07:46:02 am
I live on a small estate of about 35 houses. I have seen 3 windowcleaners on here working fairly regularly, and I'm not one of them.

Funny old game.

I live in an estate of about 40 houses, and there's at least six window cleaners who pull up and clean various houses and leave; though one window cleaner seems to do the bulk of them.

I only do two of my elderly ex-soldier neighbors; but I do them for free; the mug I am, and one of them is a detached house with a large/awkward conservatory with a massive fish pond making access difficult.

I tell them I'd charge them at least £25 if I was asked to quote; and they just laugh as if that's a ridiculously high price! ???

I'm an old soldier too Tosh, come and do my windows mate. 25 quids worth for free?
I had an old biddy (dead now)that I did for free but that was about 20 minutes work and she lived a hundred meters from me so it was easy.
I've got a couple of guys on one estate here that put visiting cards through letter boxes and hope for the best but they don't get many houses. No threat really, lucky me. :)
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: Alex Gardiner on March 17, 2009, 09:32:49 am: I never do any of the houses in my vicinity. In fact until a couple of years ago I didn't have single job in the town (50,000 population) I live in. I do now have a couple of apartment blocks, but they are not on my doorstep. If any neighbours ask for a window cleaner I give them the telephone number of one of our sub-contractors who also cleans my windows.
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: [GQC] Tim on March 17, 2009, 09:48:08 am: They are coming out of the woodwork again.

Pulled up, saw two windowcleaners doing a house trad, they were just about finished with the front, and I started cleaning my house (fairly identical) finished 5 minutes earlier then them. Gotta love wfp.
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: mark dew on March 17, 2009, 02:40:49 pm: Quote from: Alex Gardiner on March 17, 2009, 09:32:49 am
I never do any of the houses in my vicinity. In fact until a couple of years ago I didn't have single job in the town (50,000 population) I live in. I do now have a couple of apartment blocks, but they are not on my doorstep. If any neighbours ask for a window cleaner I give them the telephone number of one of our sub-contractors who also cleans my windows.

Same here.
I clean my neighbours windows when i do mine and that is it. I prefer to separate home from work by several miles as well.
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: Llaaww on March 17, 2009, 02:45:35 pm: I am an old soldier and so are all my customers, tosh do you cover cornwall :D
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: ftp on March 17, 2009, 07:02:45 pm: I've got £100 worth of work in my small cul-de-sac. I prefer not to do it especially if the weather is iffy. Still, it's only money.

I'm sure they all think they are getting a discount, funny thing is they are my best priced jobs. ;D
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: matt on March 17, 2009, 08:14:24 pm: i do both sides next door to me, the 1 next door but 1, then 2 opposite me and 4 just down the road

handy if its raining and it stops for a hour, thats if i can be bothered to get out ;)
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: cozy on March 17, 2009, 08:18:16 pm: Quote from: ftp on March 17, 2009, 07:02:45 pm
I've got £100 worth of work in my small cul-de-sac. I prefer not to do it especially if the weather is iffy. Still, it's only money.

I'm sure they all think they are getting a discount, funny thing is they are my best priced jobs. ;D

Enough said! ;D
Title: Re: It's a funny old game!
Post by: windowswashed on March 18, 2009, 12:52:53 am: Never have and never will clean other properties in the cul-de sac where I live. When I turn the corner in to my street my work is over and that's the way I like to keep it.