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DG Cleaning

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Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« on: March 26, 2013, 12:31:06 am »
As the title says.
I'm getting itchy feet and fancy a move.
I've even considered moving over to Oz for a bit? ;D
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Rob Knapman

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2013, 07:12:47 am »
Somewhere warm would be nice, work all day in shorts and tee shirt!!!!! These subzeros are doing my ferking nut in!!!!
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AuRavelling79

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2013, 07:33:56 am »
Rockall
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DaveG

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2013, 07:39:21 am »
Not down here, nothing to see here..move along please  :)
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p1w1

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2013, 08:08:08 am »
I would want a round in the peak district, go there every year just need sunshine cleaning to sell his round   :D
Paul
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Total shine cleaning services

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2013, 08:26:24 am »
not Milton Keynes, every time I go out I see another new sign written van .
they're popping up all over the place...!

Graham
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Ian101

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2013, 08:28:50 am »
said to missus half serious last night feck it lets sell up and move darn sarf - few degrees make all the difference.

Cornwall / Devon but from Ive read on here prices are low, can be seasonall and some bloke called Dave got it all sewn up  :)


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Johnny B

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2013, 08:47:43 am »
Before I moved to Ireland I lived in the Medway Towns.

There was tons of work, good regular customers, a nice mix of towns and villages and the climate was good.

John

 
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dazmond

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2013, 08:48:40 am »
orkney islands!heard they have a shortage of window cleaners!

got a call off a woman who wants me to clean her georgian windows mansion off ladders  as she says the wfpolers are all "splash and dash" rip off merchants up there! ;) ;D ;D
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windiewasher

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2013, 08:55:40 am »
Quote from: DG Cleaning on March 26, 2013, 12:31:06 am
As the title says.
I'm getting itchy feet and fancy a move.
I've even considered moving over to Oz for a bit? ;D
If your off to oz.make sure you go on impact 43s nvq course  ;D
Oz are always looking for skilled people. ;D ;D
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roundbuilder

Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2013, 09:42:48 am »
I here london is a pretty good place to be a windy... ;)
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ben M

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2013, 09:48:19 am »
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 08:28:50 am
said to missus half serious last night feck it lets sell up and move darn sarf - few degrees make all the difference.

Cornwall / Devon but from Ive read on here prices are low, can be seasonall and some bloke called Dave got it all sewn up  :)



what do you mean by prices are low?
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Ian101

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2013, 10:01:31 am »
Quote from: ben M on March 26, 2013, 09:48:19 am
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 08:28:50 am
said to missus half serious last night feck it lets sell up and move darn sarf - few degrees make all the difference.

Cornwall / Devon but from Ive read on here prices are low, can be seasonall and some bloke called Dave got it all sewn up  :)



what do you mean by prices are low?

so theyre not then ... thats good to know  :D

just read posts over the years ive been on here 3 bed semi's £6 kinda low ... apologies if im wrong .... having said that prob people near me charging £6 for 3 bed semi

Ive always like Falmouth / Helston
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ben M

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2013, 10:09:23 am »
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 10:01:31 am
Quote from: ben M on March 26, 2013, 09:48:19 am
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 08:28:50 am
said to missus half serious last night feck it lets sell up and move darn sarf - few degrees make all the difference.

Cornwall / Devon but from Ive read on here prices are low, can be seasonall and some bloke called Dave got it all sewn up  :)



what do you mean by prices are low?

so theyre not then ... thats good to know  :D

just read posts over the years ive been on here 3 bed semi's £6 kinda low ... apologies if im wrong .... having said that prob people near me charging £6 for 3 bed semi

Ive always like Falmouth / Helston
here in East Devon I charge £12 minimum for a 3 bed semi's
but no need to come here anyway,we have enough window cleaners  ;D
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2013, 12:19:14 pm »
Quote from: windiewasher on March 26, 2013, 08:55:40 am
Quote from: DG Cleaning on March 26, 2013, 12:31:06 am
As the title says.
I'm getting itchy feet and fancy a move.
I've even considered moving over to Oz for a bit? ;D
If your off to oz.make sure you go on impact 43s nvq course  ;D
Oz are always looking for skilled people. ;D ;D


Yes I'm sure an nvq in washing windows will shoot me straight to the top of the skills list with Immigration Australia.
 ;D ::)roll
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2013, 12:28:46 pm »
Quote from: p1w1 on March 26, 2013, 08:08:08 am
I would want a round in the peak district, go there every year just need sunshine cleaning to sell his round   :D
Paul

I'm close enough to the Peak District to have a round up there if I wanted.
I'll make Sunshine look like a splash and dash merchant tho which i'd feel guilty about ;D
Any way it would have to be a move somewhere new, the missus has got itchy feet too, we've been living back in our home town for over 4 years now :D
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2013, 12:35:10 pm »
Quote from: ben M on March 26, 2013, 10:09:23 am
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 10:01:31 am
Quote from: ben M on March 26, 2013, 09:48:19 am
Quote from: Ian101 on March 26, 2013, 08:28:50 am
said to missus half serious last night feck it lets sell up and move darn sarf - few degrees make all the difference.

Cornwall / Devon but from Ive read on here prices are low, can be seasonall and some bloke called Dave got it all sewn up  :)



what do you mean by prices are low?

so theyre not then ... thats good to know  :D

just read posts over the years ive been on here 3 bed semi's £6 kinda low ... apologies if im wrong .... having said that prob people near me charging £6 for 3 bed semi

Ive always like Falmouth / Helston
here in East Devon I charge £12 minimum for a 3 bed semi's
but no need to come here anyway,we have enough window cleaners  ;D

East Devon could be a good move, my missus fancies Cornwall
But I reckon prices are low there.
I've got a sister who lives near Newton Abbot and another one who lives in Yeovil so I'd see them a bit more ;D
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R.C Property

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2013, 12:44:59 pm »
Quote from: Totalshinemk on March 26, 2013, 08:26:24 am
not Milton Keynes, every time I go out I see another new sign written van .
they're popping up all over the place...!

Graham

yer same over here in northampton, so far this year have seen about 6-8 new window cleaning vans driving about!
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Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2013, 01:31:19 pm »
Jersey wud be ok
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robertphil

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2013, 03:01:37 pm »
Harlow would be a good place ,easy to dart into the smoke if you wanted to and stacks of houses you would never cope with the workload on yer own.  i almost set up there about 4 yrs back  but now am too  committed here in Suffolk/essex.    i wouldnt start up on the coast in suffolk again,it took me 3 yrs of true slog to get a decent base.  .
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DB Cleaning Services

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2013, 03:06:14 pm »
Dg if you decide to sell up give us a call mate db  ;)
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garyo76

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2013, 03:33:58 pm »
3c all week here in Jersey, anyway it's my patch. Keep off.  ;)
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2013, 03:37:17 pm »
Quote from: DB Cleaning Services on March 26, 2013, 03:06:14 pm
Dg if you decide to sell up give us a call mate db  ;)
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Ha ha will do mate  ;D
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♠Winp®oClean♠

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2013, 04:09:35 pm »
TARN!!

Thac'n tek t' lad art o' tarn but that can't tek tarn art' t ' lad!  ;D
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S.A.J

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2013, 04:13:21 pm »
No money in Devon and Cornwall none of us are making any money  ;)
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #25 on: March 26, 2013, 04:23:21 pm »
Quote from: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on March 26, 2013, 04:09:35 pm
TARN!!

Thac'n tek t' lad art o' tarn but that can't tek tarn art' t ' lad!  ;D

Tha reyt am stopping int tarn ;D
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richard jagger

Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #26 on: March 26, 2013, 05:19:06 pm »
What the fff is all that about.
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ben M

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #27 on: March 26, 2013, 05:34:01 pm »
Quote from: S.A.J on March 26, 2013, 04:13:21 pm
No money in Devon and Cornwall none of us are making any money  ;)
yes you are right, we are very poor window cleaners, don't come here! prices are too low!  ;)
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Llaaww

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #28 on: March 26, 2013, 05:47:44 pm »
Quote from: S.A.J on March 26, 2013, 04:13:21 pm
No money in Devon and Cornwall none of us are making any money  ;)

Don't bother with cornwall, it closes for six months of the year.
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p1w1

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #29 on: March 26, 2013, 06:07:09 pm »
Quote from: robertphil on March 26, 2013, 03:01:37 pm
Harlow would be a good place ,easy to dart into the smoke if you wanted to and stacks of houses you would never cope with the workload on yer own.  i almost set up there about 4 yrs back  but now am too  committed here in Suffolk/essex.    i wouldnt start up on the coast in suffolk again,it took me 3 yrs of true slog to get a decent base.  .
you got to be joking Harlow is a dump  :o
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G Griffin

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #30 on: March 26, 2013, 06:10:06 pm »
Quote from: ben M on March 26, 2013, 05:34:01 pm
Quote from: S.A.J on March 26, 2013, 04:13:21 pm
No money in Devon and Cornwall none of us are making any money  ;)
yes you are right, we are very poor window cleaners, don't come here! prices are too low!  ;)

Have you always lived there?
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DG Cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #31 on: March 26, 2013, 06:43:05 pm »
Quote from: Smithie on March 26, 2013, 05:19:06 pm
What the fff is all that about.

Tarn talk  ;D
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robertphil

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #32 on: March 26, 2013, 08:12:14 pm »
Quote from: p1w1 on March 26, 2013, 06:07:09 pm
Quote from: robertphil on March 26, 2013, 03:01:37 pm
Harlow would be a good place ,easy to dart into the smoke if you wanted to and stacks of houses you would never cope with the workload on yer own.  i almost set up there about 4 yrs back  but now am too  committed here in Suffolk/essex.    i wouldnt start up on the coast in suffolk again,it took me 3 yrs of true slog to get a decent base.  .
you got to be joking Harlow is a dump  :o
i personally found it very amenable  ;)
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one eyed window cleaning

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Re: Where's the best place in the UK to be a window cleaner?
« Reply #33 on: March 26, 2013, 10:56:27 pm »
Best place for me would be indoors, wish I didnt turn down the colchester indoor Bowles club last summer. ;-)
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