[Scrimble]

do you stick to set days? example, houses are always done monday every 4 weeks? or do you tell your customers you dont stick to days but within 4/6/8 weeks?

or start at the top of a long list and work your way down?

[SeanK]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

[sunshine windows]

1st-7th
8th-14th
15th-21st
22nd-end of the month

Customers and areas are split into these 4 time slots.
Bang it all out all quick as possible. Never behind schedule and always room for add on jobs apart from the first week, it's chocca block.

[DaveG]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !

Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.

[sunshine windows]

If you're running behind all the time, put your prices up 😉

[dazmond]

A-Z i work my round then start again.its one big mega round.most are virtually the same schedule apart from juggling a few different frequencies(6/8/12 weeklies and the odd other longer frequency job)

most are 4 weekly though.

[dazmond]

im very rarely late.im usually bang on time unless its just after xmas or a holiday abroad.

[Dave Willis]

Some of my work gets done bang on time, particularly commercial. 90% of my work is 6 weekly. Anything else like 8 weekly completely stuffs my round when it falls due.

[Walter Mitty]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

A new era dawns; I agree with Sean

[Walter Mitty]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !

Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.

I don't do that but if I'm strapped for cash I sometimes look down the list to see who is normally in and pays cash

[bobplum]

week 1  starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on

[Stoots]

4 weekly, but just go thru them then start again. if 4 becomes 5 due to delays so be it, just do them 4 weeks after they were last done, i dont try to "catch up"

[stan stansfield]

week 1  starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on

what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month

[samson]

When the Giro runs out I normally go out and do a few 

[tlwcs]

week 1  starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on

what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month

That's when you have the week off
 The week beginning 31 August  is the next scheduled  week off and back to it for 20 days on 7Th Sept
I used to work 4/8 weekly but found it difficult to plan time off, this way shows me when to book holidays
Tony

[Ian101]

until recently monthly ... normally on same date so if cleaned on the 5th June then cleaned 5th July unless it falls on a weekend then will try to get them done on the Friday or it falls into the Monday

but nowadays Im pulling stuff forward by a day or 2 every month so I can get thru the lot in first 3 weeks of month if possible gives me a nice rest at end of month.

[dazmond]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !

Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.

id hate to run my business like that!

i like routine and all jobs are cleaned in the order they are due and areas im working to maximise working time.

i remember a few years ago "slumpbuster" was driving here, there and everywhere picking higher priced jobs to clean and leaving some others out but finding that a few weeks later he was driving down the same roads to clean the ones he left out.madness if you ask me.

[ascjim]

We work on a monthly set up. If a days work is due in week 3 for example, it will be done any day that week.

I never tell customers a certain day we will be coming or coming back.

[bobplum]

week 1  starts on the first Monday of the month, week 2 second monday and so on

what happens when there are 5 mondays in a month

Time off,example, finished on April 30th  started on the 6th of June.
Finish on July 31st  start August the 3rd, i suppose its monthly work allocated to the weeks

[DaveG]

I just have mine on a rota which is supposed to be six weekly, but they're always a few days behind.
I want my work life to be as informal and stress free as possible.
Spent most of my working life working to timetables and deadlines it was something I wanted to get away from when I
started window cleaning.

I second that! I'm always at least a week late with either 4, 6 or 8 weeklies... oh and I also tend to "favour" higher priced stuff !

Ie, if I've got a load of £10-12 jobs overdue and £20-25 jobs just due, the 20 quidders get done first.

id hate to run my business like that!

i like routine and all jobs are cleaned in the order they are due and areas im working to maximise working time.

i remember a few years ago "slumpbuster" was driving here, there and everywhere picking higher priced jobs to clean and leaving some others out but finding that a few weeks later he was driving down the same roads to clean the ones he left out.madness if you ask me.

Each to their own Daz,  I happen to hate routine.

Slumpy may have worked that way but 90% of my work is all about 10 minutes or less from my front door so I can chose whether I have a fantastic day or just a brilliant one