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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Sam_Hughes on August 23, 2003, 05:47:12 am

Title: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: Sam_Hughes on August 23, 2003, 05:47:12 am
my round consists of mostly residentual work, with a few shops and pubs etc., I thought about perhaps trying to pick up a contract/s. has anyone any tips on how to move on to commercial work, is it easy to find the contracts, is it the lowest price wins the work, is there a lot of competetion?
Or should I stick with my nice easy round.
I have me and 1 other person who works for me 3/4 days a week, and 1 van so have very little overheads. Any thoughts or advice if u tried the same would be appriciated.
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: Llaaww on March 09, 2007, 08:02:14 pm
yes mate thats not a problem. The thing about comercial work is that it is a good reliable payer, so you need to keep the job in 100% clean state or you will lose it. We all like shops and offices so the competition is tough, the only real way to win a good comercial job is to find a dirty one and promise that it will never be dirty again. You will soon lose it if you don't stick to your word.

Touchy subject but if its dirty get stuck in ;)
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: robbie14000 on March 09, 2007, 08:26:52 pm
Hi , Lawrence is right I have a lot of commercial work now but worked hard to get it.
Find the offices , shops,businesses with dirty windows and surrounds and go in and see them.
I picked a lot of mine up by stopping the van and going in to places.
Some you lose and they are not interested but some you get.
If you don,t try you don,t get and it,s only a few minutes of your time lost.
Stick with it as they are good jobs to have in poor weather as they always want doing.
Good Luck Robbie - Clearshine
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: steve k on March 09, 2007, 08:48:24 pm
someone must have been cleaning those sites...???
How have you secured the work..is it low priced???

getting 50 houses in 12 weeks is good but commercial is...very good :P :P

Do you live in that place where Mad Max reigned.. ;D
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: Mike_G on March 09, 2007, 09:06:17 pm
What rates do the f-w-c suggest ?
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: 007 or what on March 09, 2007, 09:29:28 pm
how do you join?
Title: Re: any advice on getting commercial work?
Post by: marc on March 09, 2007, 09:31:32 pm
im a member and i dont know what rates they say may be you could enlighten us