[dazmond]

im not there yet but this is my aim over the next few years.

price rises next april on around 200 accounts,charge more for new work as usual.

leaflet/canvass a bit more and drop a few lower paying jobs.

fit in more "add ons" on slack days

ive turned my business around a lot over the last 5-6 years earning 20k more a year than 6 years ago but still the quest goes on for the perfect one man mega round.

true ill never be a millionaire in this job but im happy.my brother on the other hand is moaning about having to pay a 45k tax bill this year!(he makes A LOT of money!)not window cleaning i might add!

what are your goals lads earnings wise as thats the bottom line at the end of the day.


regards


dazmond

[kempy]

Nice one

[Scrimble]

my goal is to have quarter of a million in regular window cleaning on the round by end of next year

[jo5hm4n]

My Goal is to eventually have 1k turnover per week 52k per year from just running a one man business.  Will probably take me a few years but year on year will slowly build it up drop underpriced and get better priced become smarter with work and work harder and faster and constantly develop to be improving and always moving forward instead of standing still

[Smurf]

I don't think it matters how much turnover you have as long as you are happy and can pay the bills.
There should be a balance not to work all hour’s godsend so to be able to spend quality time with your loved ones too.

Pricing seems to be the key factor so ultimately you can work fewer hours for more reward. 

[Shane sharples]

I don't think it matters how much turnover you have as long as you are happy and can pay the bills.
There should be a balance not to work all hour’s godsend so to be able to spend quality time with your loved ones too.

Pricing seems to be the key factor so ultimately you can work fewer hours for more reward.

Totally agree papa smurf , i think it's important to have a balance, spend time with the kids and Mrs aswell as earning a good wage 

[gary999]

Im content with my life....my aim is to stay that way. Anything else personally is irrelevant

[Rich Wilts]

Daz just to clarify are you saying 45K before ALL expenses?

[Matt.]

Dazmond

My good friend.......... You can easy achieve that 

You just need to adapt to working longer hours my friend.

I know you won't like to hear this but this is the truth 

This weeks hours upto now  .................
Started Sunday morning 6am - finished mon 8pm
( I went home Sunday night to have a shower and tea an get changed about 10.30pm was less than a hour in the house )
Started Tuesday at 9am - wed 3pm
Started this morning at 1am - av just came home for a few hours to have a shower re fresh an am back out about 3.30 - 9 pm
Will be starting tomora at 3am

It not always this bad but I had sort high paying jobs to do through the nights......... Hoping to get back to a flat 60-80 hour week next week 

[Matt.]

45k on domestics turnover would still give you round about 35k plus take home if not slightly more, there isn't much running cost once you bought the equipment

I think the figure that a 1 man band so to speak should be targeting is 1k per week if you have the custom, it may be hard some weeks but others will pull up the short ones, this would give u 5 days to sort it out and Saturday if ya running late

[deeege]

Dazmond

My good friend.......... You can easy achieve that 

You just need to adapt to working longer hours my friend.

I know you won't like to hear this but this is the truth 

This weeks hours upto now  .................
Started Sunday morning 6am - finished mon 8pm
( I went home Sunday night to have a shower and tea an get changed about 10.30pm was less than a hour in the house )
Started Tuesday at 9am - wed 3pm
Started this morning at 1am - av just came home for a few hours to have a shower re fresh an am back out about 3.30 - 9 pm
Will be starting tomora at 3am

It not always this bad but I had sort high paying jobs to do through the nights......... Hoping to get back to a flat 60-80 hour week next week 

You are starting at 6am and not finishing til 8pm the next night? A 38 hour shift? If true then you seriously need to take a step back and think about what that's going to do to your long term health.

I have a 2 man business and scraped under the Vat threshold last year. Have trimmed a bit of work so will also be under this year too. I work 6:30 til about 3pm most days at a steady pace. Spending time with my family and watching my kids grow up is important to me so working weekends is a very rare thing.

If I really wanted to push on and work weekends and longer days I think £100k turnover between 2 men in seperate  vans would be quite easily achieved.

[sunshine windows]

My aim by the end of this calendar year is to have 3 franchisee's turning over at least £50k each and to be taking on a 4th or have him/her up and running by the end of December turning over £24k minimum.

Looking to reduce my round to enable me to grow the franchise business and spend less time cleaning windows. Maybe 2 full weeks at the start of each month.

In taking on the 3rd franchisee this month, it's already enabled me to have from the 22nd of each month off if I want to. Filling it with gutter and conservatory jobs if I feel like working.

[Matt.]

Yes deegee, it was a long an grueling shift....

Everyone to the own..... And those that are happy to go home when the work is done.......fantastic

I have a large variety of customers which is growing all the time...... Sometimes I will have 3 different customers needing work done on set days  and at set times, this leaves you with the option of knuckling down and getting on with it to keep customers happy OR you say no and go home.
Am the first one and am sure there are plenty of us.......am also sure there is a lot that would go for the second

As for vat I went vat reg in 2004 an I was on my own and it will only benefit u if u are well over, if u just hitting it or going over by 10 - 20k say then u may find ur bottom line is about the same as turning over just under vat threshold

[richywilts]

My aim by the end of this calendar year is to have 3 franchisee's turning over at least £50k each and to be taking on a 4th or have him/her up and running by the end of December turning over £24k minimum.

Looking to reduce my round to enable me to grow the franchise business and spend less time cleaning windows. Maybe 2 full weeks at the start of each month.

In taking on the 3rd franchisee this month, it's already enabled me to have from the 22nd of each month off if I want to. Filling it with gutter and conservatory jobs if I feel like working.

how do u get so much work in for the franchisees if you dont mind me asking

[AuRavelling79]

I was at one of my commercials yesterday and got chatting to the works engineer he is 66 and going to retire next year when his youngest finishes Uni. So he is working (I guess 50K a year plus his state pension) past current retirement age.

He said to me "I wish I could go part time" and "You've got it sussed you can just drop a day, then another then just do one day a week. Saves on Gym membership too!" he said.

I didn't let on I only do 13/15 days a month at 36K a year turnover which is probably a similar hourly rate to him - but no works pension like him of course.

I could do more but it's enough to be honest. In fact I'm looking to ease back to about 33K from 12 days now. I might see if Dan wants a bit more and/or drop the irritant custies by putting prices up.

[dazmond]

Daz just to clarify are you saying 45K before ALL expenses?

yep matt.

i get what smurf and shane are saying about a work/life balance.

im not on about working that much harder.rather earning more money each day for the same amount of work and maybe take on a few more well priced add on jobs during spring and summer on some slacker days.

[sunshine windows]

Richy,

I get a lot come in through the website. Also I had 45,000 leaflets distributed in January, just before the first 2 came on board. Number 3 is starting this month so I'll have another leaflet drop to speed things up a bit. I needed £12.5k worth of annual growth to break even on the cost of the leaflets. Didn't quite get that in repeat custom, but we surpassed this, taking into account big one off cleans.

Cheers

[dazmond]

Dazmond

My good friend.......... You can easy achieve that 

You just need to adapt to working longer hours my friend.

I know you won't like to hear this but this is the truth 

This weeks hours upto now  .................
Started Sunday morning 6am - finished mon 8pm
( I went home Sunday night to have a shower and tea an get changed about 10.30pm was less than a hour in the house )
Started Tuesday at 9am - wed 3pm
Started this morning at 1am - av just came home for a few hours to have a shower re fresh an am back out about 3.30 - 9 pm
Will be starting tomora at 3am

It not always this bad but I had sort high paying jobs to do through the nights......... Hoping to get back to a flat 60-80 hour week next week 

MATTY i think your crazy mate!

i would never work the hours you work ever!

i wont be far off 45k just working the way i do(which is part time in your world matty! ).i just need to up some prices here and there and get a few more higher priced accounts without working any harder.

[dazmond]

My Goal is to eventually have 1k turnover per week 52k per year from just running a one man business.  Will probably take me a few years but year on year will slowly build it up drop underpriced and get better priced become smarter with work and work harder and faster and constantly develop to be improving and always moving forward instead of standing still

what about xmas and holidays?take off a month at least(2 wks xmas and 2 wks summer holidays)

[Shane sharples]

Richy,

I get a lot come in through the website. Also I had 45,000 leaflets distributed in January, just before the first 2 came on board. Number 3 is starting this month so I'll have another leaflet drop to speed things up a bit. I needed £12.5k worth of annual growth to break even on the cost of the leaflets. Didn't quite get that in repeat custom, but we surpassed this, taking into account big one off cleans.

Cheers

Wow 45000?! Did you get a private distributer or go through Royal Mail? How much to deliver them? did you get a good response from the leaflets?