£20 an hr up nawrth is pretty reasonable imo if it can be done in most weathers and to be honest those who mock this (imo)have less than 2 yrs experience trad they get some expensive equipment and reckon their the bees knees done this done that been there blah blah instead of any REAL window cleaner worth their salt who knows the score and hasnt picked up window cleaning from a brochure,the internet or a forum lol.
oh and btw i used to be one of those doleys noone has the balls to admit,because there was a time when window cleaning was beneath people and yes i was unemployed during the last Thatcher enduced recession and am proud to admit i went out to earn a bob or two when times were hard and jobs were scarce like now but before w*nkers thought up city and guilds to be a window cleaner or health n safety or how much i spent on emporers clothes to be better than anyone!
and p.s im going wfp because it is safer and slightly quicker but i will always know where i came from and realise noone is beneath me except my customer looking up to me on me ladder ;-)
Yea right on, been there on my arse scribing on each fortnight after loosing my first business until I god totally p***d off and started up, now I have two branches repairers and windows.
on learning trad I just got on with it, didn't touch a coustomers windows for 6 month. just did own and family time and time again over and over. week ends cleaning the same dam windows until they were spot on first time every time.
as for costing up north yes they can squeak when they walk so you got to be a little low on some and make up on others. I ain't rich and don't drive some flash car or vans for that matter but what the hell my family are cared for !
O and I do were embroidered work gear and look real posh at times but I don't think I'm better than anyone yet some window cleaners look down there noses at me when i am in my roughs. Hummm
I never worry if someone costs me a custy by doing there semi for £5 a pop, they only get £5 of work and soon the frames are growing spuds and I usualy get the call to pop around and sort the mess out or to fix the now leaking bay roof due to bodge it and scarper walking on the thing. thinking about it most of my window work has come to me this way!
