[king marko]

Just seen this

http://www.gumtree.com/p/jobs/window-cleaner-wanted/1011267533

Ive never done Builders cleans on this level though - probably decent for someone tho?  

[deeege]

We do loads of new build cleans. It's great all weather work IMO. Payments are made 10th day of the following month so between 11-39 days from completion of work. Averaging over 10 man days per month doing exactly this at the moment.

[king marko]

This could look promising for someone from that neck of the woods then?

[deeege]

Why not? It will be a cleaning company that has the contract and are looking for a subby to partner with as they don't do the windows themselves. They won't be paying the type of hourly that people talk about on here, but they can still be very profitable.

These type of relationships can also lead to other work, block management stuff and the like.

I would certainly explore it.

[Smudger]

deege - out of interest do you get a price per house or window ?

i've done a few but usually private 1 off work not a complete site

Darran

[deeege]

Neither, I charge for time (travel time aswell) although I don't think charging by time is the norm tbh. Some larger houses can take 5-6 man hours easily but that's no problem as long as I'm charging hourly.

[Smudger]

cheers

will keep that in mind if i'm ever offered a site 

Darran

[wfp master]

3 years of building cleans would drive me mad.   

[Griffus]

They are subbing by far the worst part of any builders clean.

This is also way more complex than you can imagine, not the clean, but the relationship between builder, cleaner and window cleaner. Off the top of my head I can think of CSCS, Liability Insurances, Risk Assessments, H & S Certification, Liability for Damages (which is a minefield and often includes a thorough documented pre-inspection that must be completed prior to touching the windows, when it is actually impossible).

The builder will also have to authorise sub-contracting, this is usually frowned upon. 3 years may turn into 3 hours if this isn't above board.

All of the above means nowt if they are offering full time employment and all the associated benefits and responsibilities, although I doubt this very much.

Looks like they've took on more than they can cope with and are now looking at ways of covering there butts.

We recently lost out on a big site in Longbridge to a much lower quote (AKA undercut  ). At our rates I'd struggle to offer a good deal subbing windows, if this turns out to be the site we bid for then I'd love to see what's on offer.

Anyone finds out then post and I'll tell you how feasible.