[Lee Burbidge]

Me? it was my mate. He said we would have most of the day to windsurf. It never turned out that way, as I dont have time to think sometimes now. Plus I cant windsurf anyway.

Send me your story of how you got into window cleaning to info@windowcleaningmagazine.co.uk

The story that gets published will get £25.00. Either paid to you or a charity of your choice 

[Blue Frog Systems]

Can i do mine again Lee ?

[Dean Taberner]

Because I love the smell of clean glass.

Dean

[Lee Burbidge]

Can i do mine again Lee ?

Yours was proper motivational dude! A good story.

Creating a job from nothing - you cant beat it!

[Frankybadboy]

how long you got lee

[Lee Burbidge]

Because I love the smell of clean glass.

Dean

mmmmmmmm....... smmelllyy, as Homer Simpson would say  

[Lee Burbidge]

how long you got lee

As long as you want. By the way it aint £25 per word you know lol

[Steve Sed]

The dirty windows in Newbury depressed me. It was obvious that there were no decent wcs in Newbury, so I took it upon myself to smarten the town up. It was purely altruistic.

[Dean Taberner]

I treated window cleaning as a joke, a means to an end until I got into the police full time, which was my short to long term plan.

I slipped from my ladder one day and broke both of my legs which ended my dream of a full time career in the police,

After a year off work I managed to get myself back to full fitness and keep my job as a part time bobby (special constable), and I love that too,

I had to take window cleaning serious after that as it was the only thing I had, I switched to wfp and now 6 years on I have 5 employees inc my self and we are turning over £150,000+ a year.

I love window cleaning and policing, especially the smell of clean glass and locking up scum bags, in no particular order ofcourse.,

Dean.

[Lee Burbidge]

Hi Dean
I'm going to drop you an email tomorrow

[Dean Taberner]

Hi Dean
I'm going to drop you an email tomorrow

Sounds good Lee :-)

[Londoner]

Freedom !!! No plonker of a boss, no difficult meetings, no annual appraisal, customers I can drop at will, No lies, no humiliating enquiries into who said what and when, no office politics, no "in" crowd.  Need I go on?

Get up in the morning, do my list, go home. Once a week go to the bank. Heaven

[StockClean]

Freedom !!! No plonker of a boss, no difficult meetings, no annual appraisal, customers I can drop at will, No lies, no humiliating enquiries into who said what and when, no office politics, no "in" crowd.  Need I go on?

Get up in the morning, do my list, go home. Once a week go to the bank. Heaven

amen!

[Paul Coleman]

So, how many words (approx) would you want?

[gary999]

it was a lifestyle change for me i had been in the same
job for 17 yrs working for a lifting gear and strapping
company 80 hrs a week really hard graft good income
but no life.

got talking to a friend who is a windie who suggested i came
out with him for a few days,gave it a try and liked the fresh air
so started part time on top of my job.

took twelve exhausting months but was able to walk away from
my job with a smile,i now work a third of those hours i earn
more and get one day off most working weeks.

happy days

[StockClean]

it was a lifestyle change for me i had been in the same
job for 17 yrs working for a lifting gear and strapping
company 80 hrs a week really hard graft good income
but no life.

got talking to a friend who is a windie who suggested i came
out with him for a few days,gave it a try and liked the fresh air
so started part time on top of my job.

took twelve exhausting months but was able to walk away from
my job with a smile,i now work a third of those hours i earn
more and get one day off most working weeks.

happy days

Simular story here with me, i worked in IT training for a few years, got made redundant and a mate of mine said exactly the same thing, come out with him just to help with money and i can still look for work.

Wasnt long before i realised just how well he was doing, how comfortable his life was, and always seemed to have plenty of money for things, and no real worries about loosing his job or wondering when the next pay cheque is coming.

I got started as a traddie back in 2002, invested in wfp in 2004, built up a big window cleaning business, bought a £200,000 house in 2006, marrige broke up in 2008 sold house for 250k moved to woking, sold the business, bought a 400 bhp supra, had loads of parties, went to raves and just did single lice things, met my new wife, got married, sold the supra, started up the business again from scratch in 2009 by 2010 got the business back to the origional level i sold it at, and now i am buying out the origional business that was sold in 2008 and we are heading rapidly towards a six figure turnover.

[AuRavelling79]

That's a roller coaster, Stockclean - good for you for bouncing back!

Now don't forget - all work and no play means a wrecked home life! 

[Lee Burbidge]

So, how many words (approx) would you want?

JP from Bromsgrove page 14 of WCM would you give you an idea. Or email me 

[Lee Burbidge]

it was a lifestyle change for me i had been in the same
job for 17 yrs working for a lifting gear and strapping
company 80 hrs a week really hard graft good income
but no life.

got talking to a friend who is a windie who suggested i came
out with him for a few days,gave it a try and liked the fresh air
so started part time on top of my job.

took twelve exhausting months but was able to walk away from
my job with a smile,i now work a third of those hours i earn
more and get one day off most working weeks.

happy days

Hi gary can you email me?

[Lee Burbidge]

it was a lifestyle change for me i had been in the same
job for 17 yrs working for a lifting gear and strapping
company 80 hrs a week really hard graft good income
but no life.

got talking to a friend who is a windie who suggested i came
out with him for a few days,gave it a try and liked the fresh air
so started part time on top of my job.

took twelve exhausting months but was able to walk away from
my job with a smile,i now work a third of those hours i earn
more and get one day off most working weeks.

happy days

Simular story here with me, i worked in IT training for a few years, got made redundant and a mate of mine said exactly the same thing, come out with him just to help with money and i can still look for work.

Wasnt long before i realised just how well he was doing, how comfortable his life was, and always seemed to have plenty of money for things, and no real worries about loosing his job or wondering when the next pay cheque is coming.

I got started as a traddie back in 2002, invested in wfp in 2004, built up a big window cleaning business, bought a £200,000 house in 2006, marrige broke up in 2008 sold house for 250k moved to woking, sold the business, bought a 400 bhp supra, had loads of parties, went to raves and just did single lice things, met my new wife, got married, sold the supra, started up the business again from scratch in 2009 by 2010 got the business back to the origional level i sold it at, and now i am buying out the origional business that was sold in 2008 and we are heading rapidly towards a six figure turnover.

Hey stockclean can you eamil me