[KLEENAWAY]

Alright gents, i need some advice please. Their is a new housing estate being built near some work iv got and i want to get on there but the show homes are only just being built. Any advice on the best approach and who i would need to talk too/pay to have a decent chance of getting on there  Oh and im trad if that makes any difference, thanks in advance.

Danny

[LADDER MONKEY]

site manager & ask if u can see the building plans m8, worked for me 

[KLEENAWAY]

Haha i like it! Im seriously thinking about giving the site manager a "cash incentive" but i dont want them to be a jobsworth, take it the wrong way and then tell me to p*** off!

Danny

[EWCServices]

What i found with new build estates is no buggers home during the day as mummy and daddy has to work to pay all the bills so the best way to tackle new builds is price the first 5 or so low so noone is going to come in and undercut you once you have the first 5 houses to yourself then its yours as most window cleaners will come by ask if they have someone see that they have and let it go,secondly and most importantly clean them on a saturday as like i said before this is when ppl are most likely to be in and you will pick their neighbours up most likely without even chapping their doors,follow this advice and the estate is yours,good luck m8.

ps ask the pretty lady in the sales office if they want the showhomes cleaned they will pay you be cheque but more importantly it gets you seen.
The first 6 months doesnt seem worthwhile but once the estates finished you should have the monopoly in a compact estate and its well worth it.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

danny keep off my new builds
or il set ste m on ya 

[EWCServices]

Oh and if they are white Upvc tell the first 5 customers you will give their frames n doors a quick wipe down as they get quite mucky with all the building going on.

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

get a few canvassing may take a while and ask the marketing suite lady when they are moving in they know got one last month. working the area around. got a further 3 on there.

[KLEENAWAY]

Cheers EWC i will keep all that in mind when they start popping up mate. Would you clean the show homes for free if it meant it got your foot in the door for the rest of the estate, just another angle i thought could work?? Haha gav hows things pal?? Not been on here proper in ages because iv moved house! As for ste m iv never met him but from what iv seen on here hes got enough work as it is  

Danny

[cozy]

Have I understood this right? If you pay a site manager, he forces all the people who buy one of the houses on the estate to take you as their windy?

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

dan dont mess wiv ste he a mad
scouser proper mad him fella lol

[KLEENAWAY]

Haha no cozy i dont have enough money to try something like that but its a good idea! I mean maybe the site manager could send other wc's on their way and just say someone is already cleaning on here! Like i said mate i dont know so im just thinking of ideas

Danny

[EWCServices]

If i was cleaning anyone for free it would probaby be the first customers who moved into the estate and even then id only offer 2 free cleans to let them sample your service,speak to the lady in the office if she says no then phone head office,they can well afford it.The Upvc wipedowns is the clincher i reckon let them know most other window cleaners would charge for it and youll do it for free till the dust dies down.

[EWCServices]

Right now i would swap all my new build work for council houses or estates that were built in the 70s,80s where most have their mortgage paid off because when the interest rates rise im expecting to lose quite a few,people think things are hard the now wait till the Bank of England raises interest to the likes of 3%.

[cozy]

If i was cleaning anyone for free it would probaby be the first customers who moved into the estate and even then id only offer 2 free cleans to let them sample your service,speak to the lady in the office if she says no then phone head office,they can well afford it.The Upvc wipedowns is the clincher i reckon let them know most other window cleaners would charge for it and youll do it for free till the dust dies down.

If you had 350 custies, would you still do that?

[KLEENAWAY]

I havent thought about that mate but by the time these are built the interest rates will be up already so i think they should be able to afford them if you get what i am saying, i get what you mean though. My thoughts are price them cheapish and have lads working for me cleaning them.

Danny

[KLEENAWAY]

Cozy i think its just the first few custies that he was talking about and abit of a sales spin to the people working in the marketing suite

Danny

[cozy]

Well that's one way of looking at it mate, but I don't think interest rates at the BoE really make that much difference to whether they need a windy or not. We are a semi important luxury in that they need us really to stop their windows getting dirty and staying like that, but if what you're saying is the BoE rates make a difference. If that's true, flower shops and hairdressers would all be broke by now.

A recession is not so bad, it means people think twice before buying a bigger TV or better PC, but because of that, they have a few quid in their pockets. That's where we come in.

[cozy]

Cozy i think its just the first few custies that he was talking about and abit of a sales spin to the people working in the marketing suite

Danny

Yes I see what you mean, but if you wouldn't do it when you had 350 custies, why do it now? My work is worth what I charge for it, how will custies see you when you start to charge for what was free before? At best you would have to be cheap. No thanks, but it's up to you guys.

[KLEENAWAY]

Agree with both comments mate that why im not sure what way too approach it, i jus keep going round and round in circles in my head! Thanks alot buddy

Danny

[EWCServices]

When the interest rates go up and customers have to find an extra £200 a month to pay their mortgage on top of rising petrol,gas,electricity,food prices that are on the way i can assure you that we will one of the first to go and the free Upvc cleans ok cozy you offer your service and i will come in 2 weeks later and offer free Upvc cleans lets see who gets the business. :-)
I would only offer it to first 5 customers for a limited period till the building work stops caking their Upvc in dirt.
I have an estate nr me there was about 30 houses built and another guy got in first he had the majority of them theres now over 300 houses built and guess who has the majority ill give you a hint...its not him :-)