Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: steveo22 on October 15, 2009, 10:21:45 am
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Hi, quite new to window cleaning and really enjoying it! Should of made the switch some years ago.
Just wondering how many houses an average traditional window cleaner should be able to do in an 8 hour day??
Say average house is 3 windows and a door at front and 3 windows and patio doors at the rear, decent access. Say £10. ??? ??? ???
How many of these type houses should i manage ???
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if compact 3-4 an hour. if not compact 2-3 an hour trad im guessing
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it all depends on if they are compact 3 bedders or scattered bigger houses etc,if u get talking to custys,weather conditions.saying that on my compact 3 bedders between 20to30 a day.on an average day u will only work about 6 hrs on the glass,maybe 7 at a push cos of dinner breaks,driving to jobs etc but its how much u earn not how many!i earn more doin 10 houses a day scattered than compact 3 bedders some days.u should do 3 comfortably an hour compact,maybe 4.im TRAD and do 4 an hour most of the time.just not today.decided to have a days rest before the next two day onslaught! ;D ;D
best wishes dazmond
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Houses fairly close together, a few are in same streets but still fairly scattered as still trying to build up a decent round. Most place are within a couple of minutes drive. Think i'm probably spending too much time detailing?! :-\
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that thats one of these questions everyone has a different slant on,
when I was trad I would aim for 3 or 4 of what you describe.
best thing is to work out how much you need to earn each week/month (households, business, tax) then work out how many of your average houses you need to do to earn what you need, from there work out your hourly requirement.
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Boo has it about the same as I see it. I have very compact rounds, so it's easier to work to daily targets. All my targets are earning targets, not work targets. So I know how much my daily target is.
It's best to work out how much you need to earn weekly / monthly to cover costs of living and running your biz. From that, you then work out how much you need to turnover per day to make what you need to have a decent standard of living.
Speed comes with time and depends on how spaced out your custies are from eachother. Hitting daily or monthly targets, helps you stay on track. Hope I have not rambled too much, and hope this helps.
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when i was trad i used to do 40 a day in 6 hours but my work is very compact and all open plan try dog earing your channel leaves hardly any detailing to do if any now i do 55 a day wfp happy days :D
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DONT LISTEN TO JOHN K.there is no way u will do 40 a day on ur own in 6 hrs.some people are talking crap.6 or 7 an hour?not a chance if u want to do a good job.u always get one deluded braggart
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when i started on trad i average a house every 30 mins, that wasnt rushing, and some times talking to custys, untill you are good and quick, dont try to rush as you will do a bad job, take your time and get good, so what if a house takes you a hour on a first clean, the next time its quicker
the problem with forums is that people think that if they arnt doing 8 an hour and earning 300 a day, they arnt a sucessful wc,
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I'd be over the moon if i could manage 3 an hour at the moment, I'm definitely spending too long on each window. Hopefully i should get a lot quicker as time goes on.
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I average around 10 to 12 houses per day....
Cheers
Dave
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try and aim for 15-20 houses per day, at £10 each you will be laughing all the way the
bank sorry pub lol
Matt
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when i was trad i used to do 40 a day in 6 hours but my work is very compact and all open plan try dog earing your channel leaves hardly any detailing to do if any now i do 55 a day wfp happy days :D
You talk some crap,are you sure there not Wendy Houses ???
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55 house a day wfp....oh yeah you go baby! PMSL
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when i was trad i used to do 40 a day in 6 hours but my work is very compact and all open plan try dog earing your channel leaves hardly any detailing to do if any now i do 55 a day wfp happy days :D
You talk some crap,are you sure there not Wendy Houses ???
I agree , on an earlier thead a few days ago, he said for an average 3 bed semi , he charges £7,and aims for £30 an hour....
so thats 4-5 houses an hour...
so to do 55 houseshe would do 11 hours ;D
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55 house a day wfp....oh yeah you go baby! PMSL
we would struggle and not get with 2 men working 8 hours each to do 55 houses in a day unless they are next door to each other, if that is only one man, there must only be one window up and down or your either mad, a poor window cleaner or I will pay to be trained on how this is possible and will pay good money or of cause your talking about one day you did this but every day to good quality, I am listening to you.... i am :-\
water in ears makes people a little crazy ;D
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around 5 / 6 aday.
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25 thats two of us some driving required
bob
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im doing about 7 to 12 a day but they go from terrace to semis
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Hi, quite new to window cleaning and really enjoying it! Should of made the switch some years ago.
Just wondering how many houses an average traditional window cleaner should be able to do in an 8 hour day??
Say average house is 3 windows and a door at front and 3 windows and patio doors at the rear, decent access. Say £10. ??? ??? ???
How many of these type houses should i manage ???
I aim to do houses like this in half an hour or so and charge between £10 and £15.Still reasonably new myself so looking to get quicker all the time.Anything more than £100 a day and I'm happy to be honest.My advice would be to take your time and make sure the jobs right.When I first started I would try to get round a house at breakneck speed to get onto the next place and you can forsake doing a decent job.I work at a more relaxed pace now and enjoy the work much more.
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once used to clean 40 2 bed council hoses in a day,but as age has overtaken me its down to 30is
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i clean around 12-15 large houses every day.weather permited of course, if priced well, theres no need to kill yourself ::)
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mid 20,s two man operation size varies
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Depends how large the houses are. Some I clean are around £80 ish a time (outside only).
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This question was always going to get a wide variety of answers ........ from 7 a day to 40!!!
I prefer to aim for a certain average figure in £'s per day; the number of properties cleaned will vary with size. Some days we clean just commercial, some days just domestic, some days a mixture of them both. Some days we're window cleaning, carpet cleaning and contract cleaning but the average amont taken each day will remain fairly constant.
BUT, alone I definately CANNOT clean 40 average 3 bed houses per day, not even with wfp ;D
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i clean 1 house an hour on average.
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I wish poeple would be honest in there answers Its confusing, accomadating some egos at times.The best is one never thinks they are great, only assyolls
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OOOER, I actually agree with Ewan, going back to bed I think. :) Hope that doesn't happen again.
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average i would do about 10-12 houses per day each priced £10-£15
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You will get quicker, it'll just happen naturally as you're more confident placing your ladder, a bit quicker up and down it and generally you'll start to faff about less and get it done.
I've only been cleaning about 3 months, and can really see a difference. Roads / area's that used to take all day on the first visit, are now taking half a day, without trying to rush either.
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between 8-12 trad .then maybe more as experience comes with time and practice but with all jobs !! best to do a good job than a bad one , this way you keep customers and they recommend you !!!! a customer who likes you and your work will find it hard to give it to someone even at a lower price !!!
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When i first started out i had my brother with me and we used to take 4 hours to clean 9 big houses between us, i now clean the same 9 house in 3 hours by myself, yesterday i did a total of 24 compact-ish houses of various sizes in 6 hours, i then went onto another estate, 3 first cleans and one WFP, i did the WFP in 15 minutes and the other 3 in two hours.
It all depends on how dirty the houses are, your 2nd 3rd time will get quicker and quicker, soon you wont believe how not only quick you are but also how good you are, both my speed and quality are top notch now
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when i first started 16 years ago i would do about 15 -20 a day now we do about 80 -100 now.