[the bfg]

Rightie oh.

6 other ones? What you mean?

6 houses lol        Ive a good idea where 4 are but may have to bell you for some directions 

[Matthew Bateman]

Yea no worries mate.

[dazmond]

i clean mainly 4 weekly although i do overun in winter to 5 or even 6 weeks.i also clean a few "every other time"(8-10 weekly).also some stand alone 6 weeklies.

i have a twice yearly church but its a good earner!i would take on any bigger jobs at any frequency if the price was good! .

dazmond

[Perfect Windows]

My prices have a 50% premium for a 12-weekly and a 100% premium for a 24-weekly.

Around a third take the 12-weekly option, which suits them and me.  They pay less per annum and I get more per day's work, though obviously my round needs to be bigger.  I think this is the key point.  Charge enough and it's not a problem.

As to the extra workload, if a house is on a quiet back street, 12-weekly is perfectly fine and the glass looks good when I get back.  The frames, however, do tend to show it - that's where the justification for the extra charge comes from.

I have been considering this, and I think the fact that I'm just inland from the coast might help keep them clean.  Far enough that the air's not salt-laden, near enough that it hasn't picked up a lot of pollution.  That might be utter codswallop, of course...

Vin

[Moderator David@stives]

We take on ANY frequency, the customer is King.

[Paul Coleman]

We take on ANY frequency, the customer is King.

Indeed Dave.  I imagine that with a number of vans on the road, one of them won't be too far away from where a clean is due - around the time it is due.  It's ironic but with many business types, flexibility disappears as a business grows.  Window cleaning seems to be a different animal in that regard.

[tomy jackson]

We take on ANY frequency, the customer is King.
only if iit fits with outher work ie 5weekly wear yuor 4weekly or 6weekly in4 weekly unles its big

[james44]

We take on ANY frequency

[Clive McDonald]

Hi Mat,

My round is all over the place for frequency and location.That's why i have round software, that's what i though round software was for.

I make no attempt (hardly any) to do neighbours on the same day.This may sound stupid, especially if you have been a windy a while (ie back in the days when it was monthly because the logistics were too difficult to do otherwise) but it's how i work.

The  thing about 8wks is, prior to a holiday you can pull it forward 7 or even 6 (obviously tell custy why) i've always offered this, but expect some flexibility from the custy in return.

The jobs you mention would be done (by me) before any holiday if they fell during or immediatly after it.