Dean try not to worry to much m8t.
same thing happend to me a while ago when i was up north
at the time i had £800 per 2 weeks i think they took about 15% tops
the prices at that round were low as it was (not been upped in 3 years)they came in at £0.80 per bungalow my price (£2.50) and £2.00 for a 3 bed semi (5 ladder trips but easy houses)my price (£3.50 - £4.00) it was funny LOL when i saw his leaflet he actually advertised £0.80p oh and house with conservatory £2.50!!!
to be honest i got a bit scared at the time.I knew and even the customers knew he had to be uninsured on benefits etc and that he was just doing it for spare cash. well i lost like 20-30 house mostly you will find the bad payers leave 1st then you might get 4-6 good payers (and those are the ones that get you p you off)
just ride out the storm mate.once the winter comes in if they aint got %50 they are gone remember for every house you clean they need to clean 2 its funny!

there is alot of hidden costs there too, collecting,fuel car costs? etc and if they get any bad payers it dont matter if its £2 or £4 they will tell them to come back on monay
what human being is gona be happy working for £2 then being told to collect it
as they are newbies they will not understand how to manage these bad payers
they will end up collecting each day even if there is £30.00 they will only get maybe £10 in lol LoL
you might loose 10%ish , most people will not change to new faces for a little less
and the ones that do... tell them (when they pack in its gona be 50p more)
i did to all the ones that left me, some i took back at the same price and explained to them that if it ever happens again i will up it , and they said sorry ill never leave you again. i uped a few and a few i didnt take back.
HE lasted 2 months , .i can understand people need extra cash and are hardup but if i spoke to him i would have given him advice where to knock what to charge etc, not work for such silly rates.
Oh and by the way if you got work in other areas go doorkocking i was so worried i went out everyday over 1 month i picked up £500 ( i thought i was gona lose the whole round lol) so i was getting prepaid so it turns out he done me a favour
1) he got rid of all the bad payers for me
2) i upped my prices
3) worried went out picked up a whole round.
4) people learned a lesson and told me they will never change again!