[steven ainger]

Ive just changed all my 4 wkly jobs, on george, to 6 wkly.
Ive found that most people dont want their windows cleaned that often.
Most of my new work is 8 wkly, at a slightly better price, which i prefer tbh.
Is everyone else finding this, or are your custies happy with a 4 wk clean ??

[monkeyboy950]

I'm 4 weekly and get complaints if I'm late,find 4 weeks works best for me

[andyjm1]

Change them back quick! You've just devalued your round by nearly a third and made more work for yourself. 

[steven ainger]

i was always late anyway 
are you guys wfp or trad, as i find the windows arent that dirty anyway even after 6 wks.
 also are you in a town/city which gets alot of traffic residue, as im semi rural, all the widows get is dust and bird poo

[Jackal]

think that is a bad move tbh,i would of just said to each custy would you like you windows cleaned every 4wk or 8wks but 8wk is a little extra (whatever you think is fair, i go with 40% extra)

[steven ainger]

This what i wanted to do,
I hate going every 4 wks, its so boring going to the same houses all the time.
I havnt been doing 4 wkly for along time, only just changed them all on george.
Putting the jobs 6 wkly allows me to fit in all new work easily

[SB Cleaning]

This what i wanted to do,
I hate going every 4 wks, its so boring going to the same houses all the time.
I havnt been doing 4 wkly for along time, only just changed them all on george.
Putting the jobs 6 wkly allows me to fit in all new work easily

If you find it boring going to the same houses all the time then maybe you should think of a change in job!!

A window cleaning round is about going to the same houses all the time if we never we would not make much money

[andyjm1]

I run a business to make a healthy profit, not keep myself amused or worrry about wether the windows are dirty enough. 

[Dave Anderson]

Steve nothing wrong with going from 4 to 6 weekly....for me 8 weekly is the ticket...I agree that 4 weekly can be 'boring' but like someone has said just think about how much work you have robbed from yourself..perhaps you have already and are ok with the change.

I doubt there is very much difference between 4 and 6 weekly effort wise.

Cheers and good luck.

Dave.

[Tom White]

Every-four-weeks is fine if you're charging £5 or £6 pound, but once you start charging proper money and you're turning up every-four-weeks, some customers start saying stuff like 'Is it that time already?'.

I prefer to charge a bit extra with a longer cleaning frequency.  All my larger stuff is on every-other-month, and every-other-month I have two weeks of really quite well paid work.

The only downside is, it takes longer to build up this way.

[the bfg]

75% of my work is 8 weekly  its the way the domestic market is turning,  maybe not as fast in some areas.

be interested to see the response to this question in say 3 years time

[Ian101]

Mostly monthly with mine with roughly  10% on bi monthly. If I was starting from scratch today then I would only offer 6 weekly. Next month going to start turning mine over to bi monthly as getting loads of new work. Any new customers these days are given a monthly and a higher bi monthly price - 25% still go for the monthly option though. The current ones I'm offering bi monthly to from June will be left a slip asking if they want to stay monthly or for xxx amount more swap to bi monthly. XXX amount will either be 33% or 50% extra - doing it gradually over 4 months so will see how it goes. Absolutely hissing it down here in Chester so very bored in me van may forget it today as had a good month and deserve a day off - however spotted a car showroom that defo needs a windie so will go and see them if it don't stop raining.

[steven ainger]

Every-four-weeks is fine if you're charging £5 or £6 pound, but once you start charging proper money and you're turning up every-four-weeks, some customers start saying stuff like 'Is it that time already?'.

I prefer to charge a bit extra with a longer cleaning frequency.  All my larger stuff is on every-other-month, and every-other-month I have two weeks of really quite well paid work.

The only downside is, it takes longer to build up this way.

Excellent reply tosh

[Harry Robins]

For me about 6 weekly is about right.  Usually the windows are pretty clean after a month.  Although on saying this, if my customers stood for it, I'd be quite happy doing them monthly.

[alfynokes]

Ive just changed all my 4 wkly jobs, on george, to 6 wkly.
Ive found that most people dont want their windows cleaned that often.
Most of my new work is 8 wkly, at a slightly better price, which i prefer tbh.
Is everyone else finding this, or are your custies happy with a 4 wk clean ??

I'm with you, plus there's less resistance to price increases, the customers are paying less over the year, and you can have a bigger round.

[SunShineCleaning]

I'm with Tosh on this one. I was 4 weeks to the day when I started 20 years ago. I tried 6 weekly but that didn't work well. Now most of my work is monthly to the date and new work is every 2 months or even on a call when you are ready basis. These customers pay a premium but I price all work up now like it is a one-off anyway.

Charge more go less and they will appreciate you more.