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Title: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: DeanMorrison on April 21, 2010, 05:59:01 pm
After 22 years of washing windows, i`ve sold my buisness and im moving to Canada, where I will do it all over again... just bigger...
Apart from the odd grim winter, i`ve enjoyed my job for over 20 years and often smile to my self that I earn a good full time wage working part time hours and totally stress free...
I sold my round for 20k
inc. van and pole system (worth 5k max)
plus the kids going to come and work with me (for free) till i leave in july...I hope he`s not expecting an easy life.. coz im going to work him like a dog and show him that money will motivate you to work hard..
Over the last year i`ve spent alot of time in Canada and the place is very short of wfp window cleaning, so im off to earn an honest $

Dean
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Darranvps on April 21, 2010, 06:06:33 pm
Back in 1989 a canadian window cleaner I know, used the waterfed pole system out there in Ontario you would think that it would have taken off by now?
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: groundhog on April 21, 2010, 06:18:46 pm
Good luck bud!!  :)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: actualcleaning on April 21, 2010, 06:21:00 pm
Good luck to you :)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: paul rulton on April 21, 2010, 06:25:56 pm
enjoy m8  ;)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Murdie window cleaning on April 21, 2010, 06:31:18 pm
All the best.
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: supernova77 on April 21, 2010, 06:34:17 pm
Sounds great!

I would love to move to another country and start from stratch there... I've always wanted to move to Ireland.

Andy
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: cleewindows on April 21, 2010, 06:42:27 pm
canada is too cold in the winter!
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Rcs on April 21, 2010, 06:52:42 pm
there a window cleaner over there think its vancouver
they got a website
window cleaners in kilts or something
pretty fresh in their winters

did you get thro the visa system as a window cleaner

the more good people leave this country the better
it may teach the 2 bob government a lession and they may start helping decent hardworking people
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: john tomkins on April 21, 2010, 07:50:09 pm
You've been registered on here over 3 years and your 1st post is saying goodbye ::)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: paul rulton on April 21, 2010, 07:54:23 pm
Rcs is the man im jelious of  :( 
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 21, 2010, 07:58:28 pm
You've been registered on here over 3 years and your 1st post is saying goodbye ::)

Yeah - we'll miss your scintillating banter!  ;D

Seriously - keep in touch when you get over there.
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: weetot on April 21, 2010, 08:38:26 pm
Your're gonna need ya sealskinz mate.

Good luck!........................................................................................................swine
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Window Washers on April 21, 2010, 08:43:38 pm
You've been registered on here over 3 years and your 1st post is saying goodbye ::)
repect to the guy for making his first post to say goodbye, he could have just went.

Would love to hear updates on how it goes overthere.

Winter over there can be a nightmare, when I was sipping cocktails with a canadian she told me it hit -26 over there,  :o :o i'm sure the ummers are nice though.

Good luck in your new venture  ;)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Tom White on April 21, 2010, 08:50:55 pm
Canada has a lot of extremely cold and miserable weather and can make the UK look like the Bahamas.  A mate of mine whose living in Canada tells me it reached -40 C the year before last and he ventured out to see what it felt like.

He said his eye balls hurt it was that cold.

Whilst Canada's wild and wide open country side and cheap houses may look attractive, there is a good reason why they 'advertise' to get immigrants into the country.  It's because of their tough climate.

Good luck fella.
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: weetot on April 21, 2010, 08:59:36 pm
Well I think Tosh has sold that one to you.      ??? ;D
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: DeanMorrison on April 21, 2010, 09:06:40 pm
Hey guys.. i hav made the odd post before...and i owe this site  and you guys a thank you for all the info & help i nedded to convert to wfp..
wpf has taken off in Canada Ontario...but theres more work than window cleaners, with construction of new builds ripe..
And yes Canadian winters are very cold....dry and nice but very cold...to cold to clean windows in.. unless in side...so i have planned this move in time for a shopping center to open...i plan to pick up some all year round shops and any out door work will not be done in jan / feb...-15 / -20 no thanx..
I only plan to work part time anyway...
will keep you posted on how i get on...
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Tom White on April 21, 2010, 09:12:25 pm
Keep in touch, Dean.

Are you moving with family?
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: john tomkins on April 21, 2010, 11:09:39 pm
]repect to the guy for making his first post to say goodbye, he could have just went.

And it has enhanced your life how exactly?  ;D
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: john tomkins on April 21, 2010, 11:11:00 pm
Hey guys.. i hav made the odd post before...

Not according to your post count you haven't :-\

Good luck anyway :)
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: Londoner on April 22, 2010, 07:37:22 am
How did you get an entry visa? Pretty strict conditions in Canada. I think Canada is a great country and would love to move there but my wife won't go.
Title: Re: Selling up & moving to Canada
Post by: DeanMorrison on April 22, 2010, 09:59:53 pm
How did you get an entry visa? Pretty strict conditions in Canada. I think Canada is a great country and would love to move there but my wife won't go.

My wife lives in Ontario Canada and we had to make a choise England or Canada??? So im off to join my wife... I have a good life here... but as we all know our Englang is a mess ang getting worse...