[sham33]

I don't touch 'em. Customers are too ugly.

[Small but perfectley formed]

I find that a lot of new housing estates are my worst payers upto their necks in debt keeping up with jones

[dazmond]

ian i sold some work over 5 years ago on the council estates near me but NO!i havent sold my compact PRIVATE estate work!! ;Dgood bread and butter work and most good payers too!!

[Lee Gilroy]

Just wondering do many of you clean council estates and of you that dont why dont you?

Since starting I wanted to avoid them as just didnt want the hassle, wanted to aim at higher priced work and with the majority of council tenants on benefits I think getting paid would be a problem in some cases.

On Friday i had 3 houses to clean in a large, rough housing estate, I gained them though other customers which was great, now had no problem with them they paid when i cleaned but was only in the estate 30 mins and 2 little scumbags got in the van and were searching in the glove box and legged it away with an ipod and my phone. Ok i should of locked the van but that is that for me no more of these estates for me.

I do very little on council estates these days.  It's not snobbery as I live on a council estate myself in a flat that was bought from the council.
The reason I tend to avoid is that, at one time, it was mostly older people with a good sense of values when it came to paying their bills.  Over the years, council properties have become harder to get and only people at the very lowest end of the income scale get them.  Again, not snobbery, but why work in areas where the prices are tighter if you don't have to.
Another issue locally is that many of these estates (including where I live) have had resident only parking schemes imposed.  So it's much easier to get a ticket.  Also, in a neighbouring town, many restrictions have been imposed due to holidaymakers street parking in order to avoid extortionate parking fees (I'm near Gatwick Airport).
Even in the areas where there is no such restriction, parking is more difficult to find.  It was easier when using ladders as I could walk around with it but with WFP I need to park closer.
Many of these houses around here were built as terraces with no rear access except through the house.
So a number of reasons why it's not good business sense for me to supply the service in such areas.  Snobbery is not one of them.

Paul have you heard on a few estates in Crawley there are a couple of blokes cleaning windows for £2.50 per house and £3.50 if you have a Conservatory.

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

 

[C o z y]

well get hold of them, and sub them to do your round, and then you go and create more rounds...


They get the wage they want... You get the difference between their price and yours, without doing any work and the custy's get their windows cleaned.

Every one's a winner....

That's a proper businessman 

[weetot]

Window cleaner's slagging off council estates, feck, I swear you could not make it up. I give up.

 

[mikecam]

who leaves their phone and ipod in their van when working round the back of a house anyway?not me thats for sure!

No one who comes from a council estate thats for sure !!!

[mlscontractcleaner]

Some of my worst payers are stuck up big house owners up to their armpits in debt; I do lots of council work, flats and houses and apart from the odd tit who I drop I have no problems at all.

I've never known window cleaners to be so snobby; good job surgeons are happy to treat any one or we'd be f*$^%d!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[G Griffin]

but they wont though will they??

They will not treat or operate on you if you are obese

neither if you smoke.

Not true.

[dotty]

sounds like weve got a race row what do you wont to do then join a army like hicker did and get all people that live on council estates rounderd up and took to consentrion camps and gas them and then knock there house down and build 4 bed houses get 2012 van wih a man with blue eyes and blonde hair for me some people make u sick

[geefree]

If you want to run around for your money, and have them come up with a million excuses , clean em

[G Griffin]

I haven't the time to clean council estates. I'm far too busy making generalisations and stereotyping people  .

[Londoner]

The old girls in my council old peoples flats are among the best customers I have. But I'm down from 34 to 20 now. All the new ones don't want to have their windows cleaned. (or don't want to pay ).

[dazmond]

there is nothing wrong with council estate work.work is work.if you are getting paid and happy then thats all that matters!i sold mine because they were underpriced and a few bad payers here and there.someones gotta clean them!!the 3 lads that work the estate near me are good lads.100% trad.

regards


dazmond

[Ian101]

I haven't the time to clean council estates. I'm far too busy making generalisations and stereotyping people  .

 

[AuRavelling79]

The old girls in my council old peoples flats are among the best customers I have. But I'm down from 34 to 20 now. All the new ones don't want to have their windows cleaned. (or don't want to pay ).

I've noticed this too - and "they" have lowered the age limit of incoming folk into sheltered flats.

When trad I had 14 out of 20 flats. Now it's five.

[weetot]

I haven't the time to clean council estates. I'm far too busy making generalisations and stereotyping people  .