[nathankaye]

Great!!
Work is being carried out at the bottom of a street where i virtually clean all the house. Cutting pavement up etc,,,,,one down side of leaving water on windows......well thats todays work cut short. Do u reckon i could bill council for loss of income 

[Clever Forum Name]

At the speed you clean I doubt they would dry any different.

[nathankaye]

At the speed you clean I doubt they would dry any different.

 
Cheek!!

[Smurf]

You could have got them to hold yer hose I suppose or could have used a backpack maybe? 
Anyhow I would have thought most would have wanted their windows cleaned after the road works had been completed surely 

[dazmond]

i would ve still cleaned them using my backpack and little trolley and parked my van further up the road.

where theres a will,theres a way.

[nathankaye]

Thankfully it was just today they were doing all the cutting etc. The reason for leaving them obviously because they would make a mess of wet windows, not because of the hose.
Anyway it worked out well. I remembered i had a fascia job to price so went there i stead. 

[Tosh]

Couldn’t you work somewhere else?

[nathankaye]

Couldn’t you work somewhere else?

That round takes a couple of days, normally this day is good because i have no locked gates etc. The 2nd day i have alot of customers to txt night before. So i couldnt switch days.
But it worked out well, a shorter day but good pay with a fascia clean n conny roof clean on same property that i was going to do next wk 

[johnny bravo]

if you cleaned them while they were doing Groundworks, Sthill saws out, DUST everywhere, cutting Paving slabs.     They will have been a WASTE of time,    all the dust from the paving being cut would have rested on the water on their windows,  they would actually been crap.           Keep well away if work near like this.       keep your ustomers happy.   how would you like to find a docket saying your windows have been cleaned,      to see they are full of dirty dust.

Be Proffesional,     even in window cleaning.    Your customers are your living.  Thers lots of us about.

[LT carpet cleaning]

Yes. Whatever you do "Be Proffesional".

[Tosh]

Couldn’t you work somewhere else?

That round takes a couple of days, normally this day is good because i have no locked gates etc. The 2nd day i have alot of customers to txt night before. So i couldnt switch days.

 

[nathankaye]

As in, i didnt txt those customers the night before as i wasnt expecting to be on their streets today.  So if i turn up today without txting and no ladders on van, i would only be cleaning fronts and not whole houses, which isnt worth it, as i cant get into the backs.
My other round isnt due untill next wk. So im glad i had this add on job as a one off to do.

[Johnny B]

One estate I clean is having fibreoptic installed. Road dug up, metal fencing and dust everywhere. It's been like this since the summer and will be ongoing for a few more months into next year.  I clean them every 4 weeks. I would normally be hesitant to do work like this, but every one of my customers want me to carry on, so it's happy days. If I come across more short term works, I ask the customer if they want them done or wait until they are gone.

John

[dazmond]

if you cleaned them while they were doing Groundworks, Sthill saws out, DUST everywhere, cutting Paving slabs.     They will have been a WASTE of time,    all the dust from the paving being cut would have rested on the water on their windows,  they would actually been crap.           Keep well away if work near like this.       keep your ustomers happy.   how would you like to find a docket saying your windows have been cleaned,      to see they are full of dirty dust.

Be Proffesional,     even in window cleaning.    Your customers are your living.  Thers lots of us about.

it doesnt mean the dust is going to land on the windows(depending if theres any wind).id crack on and blade the ground floor windows at the front of the properties.

[SeanK]

if you cleaned them while they were doing Groundworks, Sthill saws out, DUST everywhere, cutting Paving slabs.     They will have been a WASTE of time,    all the dust from the paving being cut would have rested on the water on their windows,  they would actually been crap.           Keep well away if work near like this.       keep your ustomers happy.   how would you like to find a docket saying your windows have been cleaned,      to see they are full of dirty dust.

Be Proffesional,     even in window cleaning.    Your customers are your living.  Thers lots of us about.

it doesnt mean the dust is going to land on the windows(depending if theres any wind).id crack on and blade the ground floor windows at the front of the properties.

Exactly, and then just strut away spurs clicking, yeehaa. lol.

[SeanK]

Just do what Johnny B suggested, if its going to be long term work then check with your customers, if its a one or two day
job leave any properties that are going to be effected to the job is finished and clean other properties.
Last week I finished off cleaning the windows for a guy to turn up to power wash the fascia's and gutters, luckily I wasn't carrying
scissors. lol.

[Smurf]

Just do what Johnny B suggested, if its going to be long term work then check with your customers, if its a one or two day
job leave any properties that are going to be effected to the job is finished and clean other properties.
Last week I finished off cleaning the windows for a guy to turn up to power wash the fascia's and gutters, luckily I wasn't carrying
scissors. lol.

A professional exterior cleaner would have included a window clean afterwards surely?
Worst culprits I've found are people armed with a leaf blower that blows crap everywhere. Or homeowners/pressure washing cowboys they employ that don’t clean up after themselves and leave crap splattered everywhere

[a900]

Shouldn't they cut with a water feed so no dust? I personally wouldn't use a tradesman if I saw him cutting stone or slabs without. Rings cowboy to me.

[chris turner]

Just do what Johnny B suggested, if its going to be long term work then check with your customers, if its a one or two day
job leave any properties that are going to be effected to the job is finished and clean other properties.
Last week I finished off cleaning the windows for a guy to turn up to power wash the fascia's and gutters, luckily I wasn't carrying
scissors. lol.

😁

[chris turner]

Just do what Johnny B suggested, if its going to be long term work then check with your customers, if its a one or two day
job leave any properties that are going to be effected to the job is finished and clean other properties.
Last week I finished off cleaning the windows for a guy to turn up to power wash the fascia's and gutters, luckily I wasn't carrying
scissors. lol.

A professional exterior cleaner would have included a window clean afterwards surely?
Worst culprits I've found are people armed with a leaf blower that blows crap everywhere. Or homeowners/pressure washing cowboys they employ that don’t clean up after themselves and leave crap splattered everywhere

A gardener armed with a leaf blower caused my one complaint this year. Had to reclean the windows for free
I keep some scissors and my logo'd knuckle duster close by in case I ever see the bugger again.