[Smurf]

I understand how franchising works Ian but still what is the point of franchising a service if the person in question unlike yourself has no passion or inclination of wanting to take on more franchises ?

[8weekly]

Really?
I know a chap personally that owns a firm that is now a very wealthy man all from doing so say one-off add-hoc work.
I'm also betting the likes of Kev on here is not short of a few bob either going by how much he charges to do specialist floor restoration work.

You don't have to be brain of Britain to work out what makes the most profit in this industry and domestic window cleaning is not one of them compared to other specialist work. Look at rhino man for instance and the firm he has built from nothing in a very short time compared to the likes of jo blogs the domestic window cleaner which has been working his socks off for donkey years.

It depends what you want to achieve. If you are on your own and can pick and choose then price high and do minimal work. If you are running a professional setup that employs then I would say that regular customers provide a bedrock upon which you can plan. I *know* that there will be £x,000 turnover because it's already booked in.  I can't plan based upon one off type jobs as I've no idea how many I will have, how much they will be worth and when they will need to be done.

If your regular work is well priced, one van with one man will comfortably do £350 every day.  That's very profitable even paying a high salary for the industry. And assuming no nuclear war, it's guaranteed.

[Og]

£350 a day........... Comfortably? Every day?

[8weekly]

£350 a day........... Comfortably? Every day?

If it's well priced yes. It's 13 houses on average a day.

[Shrek]

£350 a day........... Comfortably? Every day?

If it's well priced yes. It's 13 houses on average a day.

Think iv underpriced all my work 

[Mick Kent]

8weekly, you need to up your prices! £350 a day is so last year...get with the times man.

Hat off pal, you are proof that 8 weekly regular work does pay off. Are you full up to the brim now with both vans? I too want to get back to the max with domestics as have had it with all the contract and commercial at all hours of the day and weekends that we do, am slowly getting there but a way off having a regular very profitable mon-fri domestic round.

[Smurf]

I must admit that's some going 8weekly as most will never come close to what you have achieved turnover wise so far per man/van just from domestic window cleaning. Well done mucker.

Still having to be that committed to the drudgery of all that work day after day would do my head in and I'm sure I would not be physically able to cope with it all either.

[8weekly]

8weekly, you need to up your prices! £350 a day is so last year...get with the times man.

Hat off pal, you are proof that 8 weekly regular work does pay off. Are you full up to the brim now with both vans? I too want to get back to the max with domestics as have had it with all the contract and commercial at all hours of the day and weekends that we do, am slowly getting there but a way off having a regular very profitable mon-fri domestic round.

Yes, totally full. Can't keep up. but I'm not on the tools any more. Hopefully a new guy starting in a few weeks to work out of one of the vans until we've enough work for a third van..

[8weekly]

I must admit that's some going 8weekly as most will never come close to what you have achieved turnover wise so far per man/van just from domestic window cleaning. Well done mucker.

Still having to be that committed to the drudgery of all that work day after day would do my head in and I'm sure I would not be physically able to cope with it all either.

If I stayed on my own, I would do a lot different to be honest. It's horses for courses.

[Og]

I'm knackered after a 'hard day' cleaning. Dread to think what it would be like day in day out.
If I was younger though......
What sort of hours are you doing to make £350?

[8weekly]

No more than 7. Usually 9-3.30/4

[Og]

Nice.

I'll start upping my prices then.

[Smurf]

260 customers at 27 squid on a 8 weekly frequency cleaned within 4 week of each = 13 houses a day 5 days a week which takes some doing Og methinks.

Still now I'm wondering what a cleaner does the following 4 week after those have been done?   
Needs to take a holiday I suppose as I know I would need to 

Sorry 8weekly but after going by what you have said the maths really don't add up.

[8weekly]

260 customers at 27 squid on a 8 weekly frequency cleaned within 4 week of each = 13 houses a day 5 days a week which takes some doing Og methinks.

Still now I'm wondering what a cleaner does the following 4 week after those have been done?   
Needs to take a holiday I suppose as I know I would need to 

Sorry 8weekly but after going by what you have said the maths really don't add up.

Not sure where you got your figures from, as we have just under 4 times the number of customers you quote. I don't bs although one or two on here think I do.

Next time you are in Newbury feel free to pop along.

[Mick Kent]

8 weekly has been in the game many years, he like me reads between the lines of the bs'ers on here and has a laugh with them making them bite, never does he bite or get proved wrong.He has done really well and has been very open on how he does things to help others, takes time and graft to build what he has even though i think he could have saved years by canvassing instead leaflets but either way he now doesn't have to pick up a pole that squirts water to earn a living like all us others have to do which is truly respectable. ill stop arse licking now 

[Smurf]

Sorry 8weekly I was not implying you do but still to be stacked out with work like that how on earth do you cope with it all as must be a real nightmare to manage.

[SeanK]

8 weekly has been in the game many years, he like me reads between the lines of the bs'ers on here and has a laugh with them making them bite, never does he bite or get proved wrong.He has done really well and has been very open on how he does things to help others, takes time and graft to build what he has even though i think he could have saved years by canvassing instead leaflets but either way he now doesn't have to pick up a pole that squirts water to earn a living like all us others have to do which is truly respectable. ill stop arse licking now 

Maybe some people are just easily fooled,( lol), for instance on a good day I can knock out £200 worth of work that don't mean
I have a turnover of £52k a year, BS er's deluded call them what you like but their maths very rarely add up.

[sunshine windows]

Sean, your 'good day' of £200 is someone else's very average day. Perhaps 8 weekly has given you his very average day. His good days could be £400-£600 you never know.

[sunshine windows]

I priced up a relatively small bungalow at £30 monthly the other week and got the job no problem. The lady had just moved from Newbury and said how expensive things were there. Reckon it was one of 8 weekly's ex customers 😉

[8weekly]

8 weekly has been in the game many years, he like me reads between the lines of the bs'ers on here and has a laugh with them making them bite, never does he bite or get proved wrong.He has done really well and has been very open on how he does things to help others, takes time and graft to build what he has even though i think he could have saved years by canvassing instead leaflets but either way he now doesn't have to pick up a pole that squirts water to earn a living like all us others have to do which is truly respectable. ill stop arse licking now 

Maybe some people are just easily fooled,( lol), for instance on a good day I can knock out £200 worth of work that don't mean
I have a turnover of £52k a year, BS er's deluded call them what you like but their maths very rarely add up.

If you worked for me you'd be sacked at those levels.