Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: tom2009 on April 25, 2010, 07:57:08 pm
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I have some custies on a 4 week (seems to come around very quickly) most of my current business is every 8 weeks and the way I see it that will give me more of a spread of income (because I need more customers to fill the round) and hopefully less income fluctuation in winter with people saying come back in the spring. Just wondered what the most used clean frequency was.
Tom
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4 weeks 4 me fella ;D
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
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Most of my domestic customers are 4 weekly while some are 6 weekly and the odd one or two are 8 weekly because of the size and my charges.
As for any customers who say I will see you in the spring at winter time, well they will be waiting for longer than they thought, because I consider that as a cancelled job and I never go back to a cancelled job.
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2 weeky is a northern thing, they get away with it because there charges are very lwo IMO (not bite me for beng honest)
I clean 4 or 8 weekly 4 is normal
dont be fooled into think just because your 8 weekly customers will not say wait till spring
THESE ARE NOT CUSTOMERS YOU WANT ON REGULAR WORK PATTERNS, KEEP THEM ALL THE SAME BUT CHARGE THEM A YEARLY PRICE CUT DOWN TO HOW OFTEN THEY WANT THE CLEAN, SO YOU DONT LOSE OUT. sry for shouting
Ian
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Most of my domestic customers are 4 weekly while some are 6 weekly and the odd one or two are 8 weekly because of the size and my charges.
As for any customers who say I will see you in the spring at winter time, well they will be waiting for longer than they thought, because I consider that as a cancelled job and I never go back to a cancelled job.
on a previous thread someone said that more light in the summer meant that you could clean more and less light in the winter etc meant that if you lost some it was not so bad, in fact quite useful as long as you had a solid base round. I'm new so these are just thoughts' not sure what will happen in practise
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
What do you mean by poor? Financially? Poor in spirit?
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I work my round on a 4 day week even though I clean 6 days a week, 10.30 to 14.00.
What this means is if I wanted I could cover my whole round in 4 days and this would only happen because of the weather of trade show visits.
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
What do you mean by poor? Financially? Poor in spirit?
Probably terrace houses in an asian area?
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Most of my domestic customers are 4 weekly while some are 6 weekly and the odd one or two are 8 weekly because of the size and my charges.
As for any customers who say I will see you in the spring at winter time, well they will be waiting for longer than they thought, because I consider that as a cancelled job and I never go back to a cancelled job.
on a previous thread someone said that more light in the summer meant that you could clean more and less light in the winter etc meant that if you lost some it was not so bad, in fact quite useful as long as you had a solid base round. I'm new so these are just thoughts' not sure what will happen in practise
plan you work around winter hours, then you can earn more as can staff if you want them in the the summer months, dont do this and you will be in a right mess by the winter, rain make no diffrenece learn this now and stop yourself fom being help back in the future like many window cleaners on here.
Ian
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what hours do you work in the winter? I'd imagine whatever you can.
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
What do you mean by poor? Financially? Poor in spirit?
Probably terrace houses in an asian area?
Mumbai?
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what hours do you work in the winter? I'd imagine whatever you can.
8am /.3.5/4pm
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Bolton?
I just wondered with somebody saying 2 weekly.
Old Northern window cleaners seem to do 2 weekly scheduling and charge a pittance
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five weeks for mine. Six to seven if the weather's bad, couple of months if I don't like them, six months for dog pooty gardens then never again if they don't clean it up.
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i've a custie who has a 2nd house in london, wc cleans the whole street that is a mile long and charges them (and probably everyone else) £3 every 2 weeks apparently.
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
they do tend to be terraced houses,but not always poor areas,houses close to main roads need it
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2 and 4 weekly ;)
Terrace houses in a poor area?
they do tend to be terraced houses,but not always poor areas,houses close to main roads need it
StaN, fair play to you guys up there.
I used to live in Lancaster and the prices there are mental but every 2 weeks, it is a northern thing. I thin k if you was wfp things would change quickly but seem many including you do not like change and for that I cant knock you,
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i've a custie who has a 2nd house in london, wc cleans the whole street that is a mile long and charges them (and probably everyone else) £3 every 2 weeks apparently.
he cant speak english I bet money on it ;D
2 weekly in the south does not happen unless the window cleaners is very slow or just come out of prison for robbery
you'd have to have a certain mindset :P sounds like the fourth bridge type job, a bit monotonous/mountainous
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I`m up North, do 4 weeks and charge a pittance.
I don`t have a problem with Asians though but don`t do many.
It would be nice to earn more but I know my place ;)
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when i was trad i cleaned every 2 or 4 weeks, mainly 2 though. now im wfp i offer 3 weekly schedules, my majority is 3 weeks still though but im sort of pushing for 6 weekly now though as im getting busier
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come on 8 weekers lets have some comment off you ;D I know there are some out there coz a few have voted that way.
Tom.
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Most of my domestic customers are 4 weekly while some are 6 weekly and the odd one or two are 8 weekly because of the size and my charges.
As for any customers who say I will see you in the spring at winter time, well they will be waiting for longer than they thought, because I consider that as a cancelled job and I never go back to a cancelled job.
What, Never?
I love it when a cancelled customer phones me up in December looking for nice clean windows at christmas. Mostly I just giggle and hang up, occasionally I'll say "no probs dear, that'll be £100 + Vat"
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I work my round on a 4 day week even though I clean 6 days a week, 10.30 to 14.00.
What this means is if I wanted I could cover my whole round in 4 days and this would only happen because of the weather of trade show visits.
Working hard or hardly working?
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what hours do you work in the winter? I'd imagine whatever you can.
All the daylight ones in December + January 8.30 - 17.00 the rest of the year.
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I'm slowly moving mine from monthly to six weekly (though I do do longer frequencies for larger buildings). I don't think my customers like high charges that come round too frequently; it's better to charge well, do a good job and provide a friendly service, and be less frequent in my opinion.
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I`m up North, do 4 weeks and charge a pittance.
I don`t have a problem with Asians though but don`t do many.
It would be nice to earn more but I know my place ;)
Behave Griff ::) ;D
Oh, I'm 6 weekly for Brit custies, ze Gurmans are all appointment only.
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Generally every four weeks but have moved to every three weeks through the summer.
Would love to get to a stage where I have the same work as this but every four weeks, it is just enough for both me and my customers.
I am 'Northern' and can't see the problem in people wanting their windows cleaned every two weeks, I choose not to as most of my round is spread so would be uneconomical - thats why my customers don't mind me coming round every three weeks.
Its my business and I choose the frequency - only on certain jobs will I justify 6 or 8 weekly. If they don't like it I pass the job on but can safely say this is very rare.
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most done every 4wks though quite a few fortnightlys ;D ;D
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;)
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i dont hold grudges lad 8)
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I`m up North, do 4 weeks and charge a pittance.
I don`t have a problem with Asians though but don`t do many.
It would be nice to earn more but I know my place ;)
Behave Griff ::) ;D
Oh, I'm 6 weekly for Brit custies, ze Gurmans are all appointment only.
What? ;D
The pro`s need the likes of me so that they can feel superior.
Or are they insecure about their own prices? They don`t like their customers hearing how little us idiots charge.
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8 weeks is best, you can charge twice as much so earn more, just need extra custies to fill in the gaps though
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eee ba gum lad oop norf ah charge a gud wedg an do it evry 12 weeks
mor days off then tha nose;
folk dont like giving cash away all time cant get a q7 that way tha nose ;D