[laddermonkee]

Can more money be earned by doing a few large houses a day or a lot of small ones, it all depends how much you charge i suppose. The problem with lots of small houses is you have to call round at night collecting your money.

[Pj]

I never collect

Tell them from the first clean to send it.  If they don't pay twice in a row, I don't clean till they pay - always done it that way.

[frames to panes]

Big houses don't always have that many more windows. I find i make the most money on the most compact days cleaning mid sized houses. If your round is really compact then collecting needn't be a chore either.

[Tosh]

I do a lot of small terraced houses that're compact, and I have a couple of days doing fairly large houses in the countryside.

I prefer the large houses in the countryside, as they're better priced and I find them easier to do, but I still also like my terraced houses; we can knock each one out quick and the ones I have are mostly retired types that've bought their council house and go out of their way to make sure I'm paid; even paying for their neighbors who aren't in.

As for collecting, I collect on a Saturday morning on my compact work, but for my 'drive betweens', I leave a SAE with payment instructions after I clean.

So I use a mix of envelopes and trad collecting.

[Tony Warren]

Like many have said, know what you want to earn per hour and work it out from that. price them correctly and it will not make much difference, however i find lots of mid new type houses close together does generally pay more.

Don't collect unless you don't mind working longer hours. I have everyones mobile number on my round and i text the previous night that i'm coming the following day. This ensures (95% of the time at least) that all windows are shut, any locked gates are left open and payment is left out for me. For the 5% who either forget or can't be bothered then they send me a cheque. Once you have set this up on your phone it only takes 5 minutes per night to do and costs nothing.

I do collect the odd house or two but thats because i like going there