[dazmond]

If you're going to print some more, stick all your services on one leaflet.

I'm guessing:
Carpet cleaning
Jet washing decking, patios, driveways, paths
Fascia soffits and gutters
Conservatory roofs
Softwashing?
Gutter clearing? (got a gutter vac?)

Do a leaflet especially for existing customers only. Guessing you've got around 300?
Get some 'nice before and after' pictures. As it's for existing customers don't mention window cleaning (they obviously know that). Focus their attention on all the other goodies you offer.
This time of year and for the next few months, it would be like a 'pick and mix' for your custys.
Blimey, you're like a 'one stop shop' for cleaning.
You're bound to get at least 20 to 30 jobs, doing something!

Get on it!

P.S. I used to be a graphic designer for over 20 years, so when I get bored I just design another leaflet.

Right! Traffic has cleared so off I go..."Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go..."

good advice if you want to concentrate on the add ons......

[dazmond]

when i was landscape gardening and working on a plant nursery we started at 730am and finished at 6pm  5 days a week plus saturday 730am-1pm,sometimes in the winter months(they were colder in the 80s)we would finish at 830pm....that was proper graft....i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!.....i absolutely hated the job in the end,the days used to drag big time....and i used to dread the alarm clock going off at 6am every day....

nowadays i get up around 7-730am and have a leisurely breakfast and usually head out the door around 9am and im usually home by 3pm,you cant beat it.....im not starting til 10am this morning because i can(and its wet and windy here ATM).....4 commercial jobs and 1 domestic...still £200+ for 4 hours window cleaning.....happy days........

i also used to have to stand down crates of plants for hours from a potting machine in the middle of summer in big polythene multi spans,absolutely boiling hot on a warm day!

[lal]

 dazmond in the mid 70's when i left school, my first job for 12 years was working in a Dry Cleaners in North London,
 starting at 8am till 6pm monday to saturday, so long hours, stress dealing with customers 6 full days a week, no Air Con
 in the summer months, so very hot uncomfortable environment to work in, I've done other jobs since.
 So looking back on my life and the jobs I've done, i can say with out a shadow of a doubt, Window Cleaning once you become
 established is a luxury, plus's    Own Boss,  Flexible Hours, good money can be earned, no crappy Boss breathing down your
 neck,  negatives to me is mainly the winter months with all sorts of weather, but you just take the rough with the smooth.

 Larry

[Dry Clean]

when i was landscape gardening and working on a plant nursery we started at 730am and finished at 6pm  5 days a week plus saturday 730am-1pm,sometimes in the winter months(they were colder in the 80s)we would finish at 830pm....that was proper graft....i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!.....i absolutely hated the job in the end,the days used to drag big time....and i used to dread the alarm clock going off at 6am every day....

nowadays i get up around 7-730am and have a leisurely breakfast and usually head out the door around 9am and im usually home by 3pm,you cant beat it.....im not starting til 10am this morning because i can(and its wet and windy here ATM).....4 commercial jobs and 1 domestic...still £200+ for 4 hours window cleaning.....happy days........

You would have got a like but the £200 for 4 hours work showed the truth, we all work for money but it only becomes important when doing a job that you hate.

[John Mart]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SentQjMIioY

[deeege]

What are these long drawn out winters people are moaning about? Maybe for Soupy and the Scottish lads but here in Cheshire I’ve had to put the heater in the van for 2 nights in each of the last 2 winters. We’ve hardly had a winter since 2010.

[NWH]

Sounds like a mixture of a bit of depression and the fact you’re doing all you’re work on a monthly basis,seeing what other people do and what they get for it is enough to motivate me.
Boring yeah it can be but not enough for me to start doing something else for a fraction of the money for little effort really being WFP,cut out all the crap work and concernrate on cream it works for me.

[Stoots]

Just reading this having a fish butty 

16 jobs done. 9 to go

Bored though.

Yeh it's pretty boring this job.

 

[RPCCS]

If you're going to print some more, stick all your services on one leaflet.

I'm guessing:
Carpet cleaning
Jet washing decking, patios, driveways, paths
Fascia soffits and gutters
Conservatory roofs
Softwashing?
Gutter clearing? (got a gutter vac?)

Do a leaflet especially for existing customers only. Guessing you've got around 300?
Get some 'nice before and after' pictures. As it's for existing customers don't mention window cleaning (they obviously know that). Focus their attention on all the other goodies you offer.
This time of year and for the next few months, it would be like a 'pick and mix' for your custys.
Blimey, you're like a 'one stop shop' for cleaning.
You're bound to get at least 20 to 30 jobs, doing something!

Get on it!

P.S. I used to be a graphic designer for over 20 years, so when I get bored I just design another leaflet.

Right! Traffic has cleared so off I go..."Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go..."

Everything already listed gutters fascias jet washing carpet cleaning.  I usually work 9 to 9.30 start, 30 minute lunch around 12 and finish between 3 and 4. Tyneside based but work in neighboring county Northumberland. The boss at the coach firm has offeted me some work cleaning the coach seats, so although hard graft, will help to make the equipment keep working, and go towards my 4k investment in the equipment.

[Slacky]

i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!

Yup, I started landscaping in 1987 and the hourly rate was £2.50.

[Dave Willis]

Dazmond, but did you go home after work and lick the road clean? I did.

[dazmond]

What are these long drawn out winters people are moaning about? Maybe for Soupy and the Scottish lads but here in Cheshire I’ve had to put the heater in the van for 2 nights in each of the last 2 winters. We’ve hardly had a winter since 2010.

thats true that danny.....the worst one i remember since cleaning windows was 2010......other than that the odd few days off here and there,thats it.....

[dazmond]

when i was landscape gardening and working on a plant nursery we started at 730am and finished at 6pm  5 days a week plus saturday 730am-1pm,sometimes in the winter months(they were colder in the 80s)we would finish at 830pm....that was proper graft....i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!.....i absolutely hated the job in the end,the days used to drag big time....and i used to dread the alarm clock going off at 6am every day....

nowadays i get up around 7-730am and have a leisurely breakfast and usually head out the door around 9am and im usually home by 3pm,you cant beat it.....im not starting til 10am this morning because i can(and its wet and windy here ATM).....4 commercial jobs and 1 domestic...still £200+ for 4 hours window cleaning.....happy days........

You would have got a like but the £200 for 4 hours work showed the truth, we all work for money but it only becomes important when doing a job that you hate.

moneys always important mate......i actually only ended up working 3 and a half hours for £220......30 mins for lunch......10am-2pm.........i dont hate window cleaning at all.....hate is such a strong word......tolerate is much nearer the mark! .....its OK....

[cleaniac]

OMG

A REALISTIC THREAD FOR A CHANGE!

I absolutely hate this job.

 

[jonboywalton75]

What are these long drawn out winters people are moaning about? Maybe for Soupy and the Scottish lads but here in Cheshire I’ve had to put the heater in the van for 2 nights in each of the last 2 winters. We’ve hardly had a winter since 2010.

Hey Deeege I've had to use my duvet about 4 times this winter, it's been murder here in Cheshire 😅😅😅😅😅
Think I'll buy a diesel heater for next year



NOT

[jonboywalton75]

i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!

Yup, I started landscaping in 1987 and the hourly rate was £2.50.

I was window cleaning in 1975 on £4.00 an hour on a council estate
Brilliant hourly rate for that time

[jonboywalton75]

OMG

A REALISTIC THREAD FOR A CHANGE!

I absolutely hate this job.

 

Windows cleaning can be dull
I manage with my music/audiobooks and enjoying the fresh air and freedom
I was on 12 hour shift work with idiot bosses nagging all the time, this is a breeze in comparison

[Kev Martin]

i even remember my hourly rate £2-32!

Yup, I started landscaping in 1987 and the hourly rate was £2.50.

I was window cleaning in 1975 on £4.00 an hour on a council estate
Brilliant hourly rate for that time

I started worked in a factory in July 1971 as an apprentice engineer on £5.20 per week or 13p an hour whichever way you wanna look at it

[dazmond]

OMG

A REALISTIC THREAD FOR A CHANGE!

I absolutely hate this job.

 

i pity you......i really do.......

[Stoots]

Dont kill yourselves just yet chaps

Its due to p it rest of the week.........enthralling