[www.mrgutters.co.uk]

yeah i can see what alot are saying if you are unemployed etc....but its 720 for a 6 day week and also use your own car plus most gutter jobs take what 1 -2 hours to do a proper clean .,.. plus you have travel time...

and car running costs ...

still wouldnt do it... rather put the hours in at tesco...lol

shawn

[simonwonder]

if you like work and can run a cheap car and aren't frightened of hard work beats getting phone calls from everyone cancelling the window cleaner this time and if you work 50 weeks more like £45,000 p.a
 would improve my home life and my bank balance  could nearly build your own round on the back of it
3-4 years my debts and mortgage would be gone 
then over 3 grand a month to enjoy every month without having to look for  the work

[pjulk]

shawn said -

This is a self employed position

I thought the inland revenue stopped this a few years ago taking people on, on a self employed basis.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

Loads of people are saying what a rip off, but I doubt there's many people on here who earn that kind of money each week.  Okay it's 6 days a week but a lot of jobs out there are 6 days a week.

My issue would be with the contractual basis, ie self employed so they can rid of you at the drop of a hat and also the ladders, I think using ladders at 30ft + is a no no as regards health and safety.  However some mug will probably do it.

Simon.

[William Tyndale]

shawn said -

This is a self employed position

I thought the inland revenue stopped this a few years ago taking people on, on a self employed basis.

True, if you take more than 33% from any single company then they must have you on the books employed with conditions like holiday pay etc.

[simonwonder]

just spoke to them
jobs between £60 - £150 some 2 storey and 3 storey houses
you would get 15% of job value
from £9 on £60 job
£22.50 on £150 job
s/e
just called for info

[Mr H]

just spoke to them
jobs between £60 - £150 some 2 storey and 3 storey houses
you would get 15% of job value
from £9 on £60 job
£22.50 on £150 job
s/e
just called for info

More like THEY should get the 15%...........

[Central Window Cleaners]

if it was near to me I would be interested, looks like a cash in hand type deal.

I would think there will be plenty of guys willing to do it in the current climate.

[telboy]

If its self employed status

you have to pay your own
 Personal  tax
National insurance
Public liability Ins
road tax
vehicle insurance

So £720 a week aint going far

[simonwonder]

further than £0 or less

[ftp]

If you worked at Tescos you would pay:
Tax
National Insurance
Road Tax
Vehicle Insurance

So £700 or more is not bad at all.

[Ian Lancaster]

Still a bit greedy, don't you think?

If the wages are £720 and that is 15% of the take, then the business owner is getting £4,080 per week

For doing what, exactly?

[AuRavelling79]

Come on guys get real!

6 days a week at 8/10 jobs a day - what a larff!


Where are these 8/10 jobs a day for 25 days = 250 a month, month after month.

You'd be dead within a month - either worn out or fallen off a ladder.

This is how these jobs work (over-generalisation I know)

Mr Polski turns up and starts at 8am. Finishes first job (3 sides of a semi) at 10 am and then on to the next and starts at 10.15. Finishes at noon and on to the next finishes at 2pm and then 4pm and now it's dark.

So that's 4 jobs. Let's say Mr. Speedski does 5 so what's his earnings? £60/70 a day in winter.


I reckon I could go on the knocker and get 2/3 jobs in a day at £40/60 a throw and be way better off!

[NWH]

Rip off if you ask me,i`d be buggered if i`d do a 60 quid job for 9 quid lol.

[dai]

If you have your own ladders and van, insurance etc, you may just as well go round looking for grass growing out of gutters. Buy a squeegee, bucket and applicator and clean a few windows while your at it.
Paying a guy just 15% when he's using his own equipment is a joke.
I would let him keep 60% for cleaning windows, and if he can do 10 gutter jobs a day he would have no problem doing 40 houses on his own.

[trike]

YOU COUILD ALLWAYS TAKE A JOB WITH DHL,SELF EMPLOYED 3HOURS ADAY DELIVER 25PARCELS FOR 65P A PARCEL AND USE YOUR OWN TRANSPORT,TAKES ME TWO WEEKS TO MAKE 700