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adge

How much doyou earn?
« on: January 23, 2004, 08:19:37 pm »
I appreciate this is a broad question BUT how much does the average full time window cleaner earn?

Neil

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2004, 08:26:24 pm »
Sorry cant answer that in case the missus reads this ;D ;D ;D ;)

sham33

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2004, 08:37:45 pm »
Or the tax man  :o

pdhanson

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2004, 08:49:47 pm »
This depends on many things:

 Location
 Distribution of work (domestic/commercial)
 Average speed
 Areas worked

"Full time" is a difficult concept to apply to window cleaning, as it is weather dependent.  No-one can work 5 days a week unless they also have indoor work and this is relatively rare.  Also, many window cleaners (not me) stop working at 2 or 3 pm.

I'd say, if you lived in the south of England, were quite fast and priced your work properly, worked from 9-5 with 1hr for lunch, a daily average of £140 is easily possible.

You can usually depend on about 4 days of good weather per week.

Assuming all these things, and that you had enough work, you end up with an annual profit of (£140 x 4 x 52) = £29,120  before tax.

(This would assume no holidays or sickness though, and unlike other jobs you do not get paid for that time)

However, if you have mainly commercial work you might earn closer to £240 per day.  Also if you use a pole system the speed/daily rate might be greater still.  Inside work you do for 5 days.

Anyone any other thoughts?

Silly

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2004, 09:31:28 pm »
Hi Silly
Please explain
If you lived in the south of England, were quite fast and priced your work properly,

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2004, 09:41:13 pm »
Thanks for the input, how easy have you found the aquisition of commercial business.......car dealerships, shops etc?......

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2004, 09:47:51 pm »
I think its being in the right place at the right time most places have a regular window cleaner , even if they are not happy with the quality of there work .I would pick a area and then give them a call

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2004, 09:52:44 pm »
yeah i figured the "right place right time" issue would be prominent. What about the acqusition of normal residential business, how quickly can your business develop?

STEVE71163

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2004, 09:59:18 pm »
As quick as you get out knocking on doors or delivering leaflets ;)

Steve

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2004, 10:04:56 pm »
Thats another tricky one , you could go down a street knocking on doors and get 2 / 3 new jobs and you could turn the corner and get 10 + again its all down to are there any other window cleaners in the area. A good way to judge things is have a walk down a few streets see if the windows are dirty , if they are give them a knock and say you have just started in this area  ( and not just started up ) and are looking to get a few more customers

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2004, 10:06:06 pm »
I'll be sure to get started asap  ;D what about leaflet response, is the 1 - 3 % a reasonable return to expect?

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2004, 10:09:31 pm »
Depends on the area,
I did my own on one side I put
Do you have a window cleaner
Do you want one
Please leave this in your window
On the other side I put
Yes please clean my windows.
Then a couple of days later I went around the area and then put another flyer through saying what day I would be calling

STEVE71163

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2004, 10:09:37 pm »
You may only get a small response from a leaflet drop but when you go to clean you will probably pick up  a few more. ;)

Steve

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2004, 10:21:43 pm »
would you suggest pursueing the obviously large housing estates or could there be equal if not better response from the sleepy villages and towns in the surrounding areas?, any help/guidance would be appreciated......thanks

STEVE71163

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2004, 10:24:29 pm »
All of them are worth a go. Just do a bit of research on pricing because its harder to put them up if you get it wrong in the beginning ;)

Steve

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2004, 10:29:43 pm »
cheers ;) , does anyone "branch out" when the weather permits?..............cutting grass etc........ ???

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2004, 10:32:29 pm »
Are there any other window cleaners in the area, do you talk to them , some are ok if you do talk to any ask what they charge, and do they have any work they dont want , give them your phone no and if anyone asks them to clean there windows and they are  to busy  , get them to hand over your number

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2004, 10:32:58 pm »
Weve never knocked doors only leaflet dropped and had great sucsess.And also word of mouth plus picked up quite alot of town houses due to having pole fed felt a little bad as these already had window cleaner but he couldnt get to the top and they see us in their street and change.

Majestic

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2004, 10:34:38 pm »
I dont but If you dont have much window cleaning you could also do Gutter cleaning , painting  etc ,anything that will earn you some money

adge

Re: How much doyou earn?
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2004, 10:40:40 pm »
excellent, thanks for everyones advice ;D, any more pearls of wisdom that could help from anyone?