[simon knight]

Sparrowteeth is absolutely right in all he says except for the  "...on my third business, as the economy ruined the others (being luxury services)..."

Window cleaning is exactly that:  A luxury service.

This isn't the best time to chuck in a paying job for a gamble...when every day I see in my little neck of the woods pointers on every 10th car :

Bank the "boring" money, pay yer bills and experiment with w/c in yer spare time....and give 'er indoors a sleepless night

Whatever you decide good luck guv'.

[simon knight]

Sorry: Penulimate paragraph should have read " and don't give 'er indoors sleepless nights".   :

[rl]

hi simon and sparrow, Thanks for the replies, I will be sticking with the full time boring job and seeing how I like w/c and see how much business I can get, when I initially thought of the idea it was just going to be a couple of days a month to get extra cash for holidays, and a change from doing over time at the day job, but having spent the past few weeks on here I am more encouraged that I'll be able to do it full time and enjoy it and hopefully make a decent living at it to, although it can be difficult sometimes on here to decipher the truth regarding potential earnings.

I'm not really bothered about telling people i run a window cleaning business, I realise some people may look down on it but there probably the types who work every hour god sends and never see their familys, I know which I'd prefer.

The only thing that has worried me slightly with the economy not doing to well is that more people may start up window cleaning, not sure if thats the case or not, thats not the reason i'm doing it, but are others and is there enough work out there and how might prices be affected?

On another note, just extended my x-tel 30 foot pole to it's maximum and when i went to move it from one window to another it made a slight cracking sound, which scared me to death!, should this happen or was I stood to far out from the building and therefore it was 'bending' too much??

thanks again guys

[TonyD]

Sparrowteeth is absolutely right in all he says except for the  "...on my third business, as the economy ruined the others (being luxury services)..."

Window cleaning is exactly that:  A luxury service.

This isn't the best time to chuck in a paying job for a gamble...when every day I see in my little neck of the woods pointers on every 10th car :

Bank the "boring" money, pay yer bills and experiment with w/c in yer spare time....and give 'er indoors a sleepless night

Whatever you decide good luck guv'.

My last business REALLY was luxury, I was a professional detailer for many years and it did me well till the economy nose dived in January, and business stopped dead like never before.  I used to charge £350 per day minimum detailing sports cars, and had a great reputation too, but no more of that..
Take a look here at what I did -   http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7300&highlight=

I've found it much easier to get window cleaning customers, and I'm not sure if it is a luxury for the price, especially the lower prices "up' north" where I'm based     although saying that I suppose if someones really strapped for cash the window cleaner might be the first to go 

[R W C]

Some awesome work there mate, im sure youll be a great succes in this job, ill have to get you to come and do my Range rover and Ferrari 

[TonyD]

Some awesome work there mate, im sure youll be a great succes in this job, ill have to get you to come and do my Range rover and Ferrari 

Ta, at least I've got an eye for detail lol