Its been bugging me all day so am posting to get it off my chest.
Canvassing today in a village where i expected to do well,actually the pressure is on i needed to do well,gave up after an hour without gaining a customer as the brain had shot through.Will be giving it another try tommorrow. What finished me off today was this,4-5 bed detached houses,not the large garden type but those shoehorned together in a recent development.all leaded windows and all seemingly got a cleaner and was chatting with the lady at the last one i knocked,so they are done wfp,every 5 weeks,so she says she is not 100% impressed with this and how much would i charge,19 windows,couple of large bays,french doors extended outwards with glass to sides(counted this as 1),half glass front door with glass at either side(counting this as 1) and all glass is leaded.So i thinks,well if i was faster then £15,underpricing in my eyes but maybe get a foothold. She sort of gulped in dissapointment,£9.50 she is paying. A splash and dash brigade and the frames were not so clever. I just left her a card,as i was going to do them wfp, i was lost for words.House value(not that it should matter but just to help you imagine the type) appx £450-550k, i am 100% sure she was telling the truth.Now i can imagine 2 if not 3 lads getting out of the van and speed cleaning this group of houses . I just could not and can not see how i can compete.Dont get me wrong i was not trying to rob their work i just cannot imagine doing a 19 leaded windowed detached house for £9.50 or do i need to be able to clean windows this quick to make a living.Looking closely the windows were not too bad(i think leaded are very forgiving to wfp),. Approaching the house i had £26 initial clean with all muck off frames and £18 every 6 weeks so that was my bonfire pi**ed on!