[Nathanael Jones]

Is it just me, or is carpet cleaning getting busier and busier? I packed up my gear 2 years ago because I was getting less and less work (despite spending quite a lot on advertising). Ppl were getting tile laid or wooden floors fitted instead of cleaning the "old" carpet. Since this recession has hit, my phone is ringing non stop! ppl seem to be cleaning instead of replacing again. I'm getting lots of work from landlords who are having problems renting out houses that would have been snapped up in days just a short while ago, but which are now standing idle.

Is my experience similar to yours,.. or is the recession affecting you adversely?

[Neil Williams]

Hello again mate
To be honest with you 'new' business has been dead this year, although I'm still not sure about the Special Offer I've now scrapped.
All the carpet work this year has been repeats or referrals. Luckily I don't relie on just carpet cleaning for income.
In the last week we lost part of an office cleaning contract (value £15k pa) but today we picked up a new one (value far less than the £15k pa but they are looking to put £30k of new office refurb work clean ups our way).

[Darren O]

Its been crap up here 10 jobs this month thank god for my window cleaning or i would be in the broon stuff.

[derek west]

been crap through jan, this week though the phone has been ringing like before xmas, lets hope it keeps going.
and just for the record, i'm getting most jobs so its not about putting my prices down, its about getting the phone to ring.

[daysdeepclean]

I've had a better month than expected, but I think next month will be better... Everyone's skint this time of year!

Hopefully for us C/C's, the credit crunch will work in our favour.... Maybe this is happening already for you Nathanael!

[Ricky M]

Jan: 21 jobs  5 moved to feb   2 canx and   7 Rugs picked up to do feb
for me thats double last year not inc the rug work .

Ricky

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Haven't done my figures yet but I am definitely up on last year and have been turning away jobs I don't  fancy , better than I thought it would be.

Cheers

Doug

[clinton]

Seems to be holding up for me too.

Mine are mainly regulars and rec mind you 

[Neil Williams]

Clinton, did you get the message I sent you via your web site re: scorpian

[clinton]

Hi neil

Am sorry mate but i have not been able to get into my info mail from the cheshire web site for about 4 months as am locked out as caint get hold of the guy who did my site :

So wasnt ignoring you mate.Have got a hotmail account on my profile page if that any good'

Cheers clinton

[Andrew Briscoe]

January is usually my busiest month, i know you will find that strange but up here in the Lake District
a lot of business are closed or doing repairs etc.

This Jan is the busiest month i have had since starting in cc since 89.
this month is treble last Jan, if this is a recession, bring it on.

Domestic is up too, finding a lot are having cleaned rather than replace with new.

Andrew

[AJB]

Didn't start back until the 7th,
41 jobs in Jan', only 11 booked in so far for Feb'.

Up on last year, and that was a good January.

Funnily enough, 25 of Januarys jobs are new customers,
usual ratio would have been 18 or 19.

[clinton]

Your gettin more newbies than me as most of mine have been regulars and repeats

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Never particularly bothered  to review this sort of info, but very interesting having done so.

T/o for the last 6 years of January's including this one shows virtually no change, only oscillating by a couple of hundred pounds. It would thus seem that as prices go up I must not be working as hard. (Suits me.)

I've worked for 11 full days and 2 half days, doing 37 jobs. Sixteen were brand new customers of which 10 came through YP, the rest were referrals.

Roger

(Cleaners Mate helped me find that info so easily.)

[dave123]

Lousy month for me, down 40%for the same time last year . Hope it picks up soon .Taking on some sub contracting work to help me out,don't like to do it but got to pay the bills some how .

[bennymon]

my first week back in jan only 2 jobs but since then ive had lots of work infact last jan was pretty good to so its fingers crossed it keeps rolling in    del

[M.Acorn]

Rubbish for me  got £500 outstanding,done 1 job this week and that was for my sis in law,so big discount and 2 hrs drive there and back  got a big 5 bed on monday and a repeat on tue,phone only ringing for sales calls

[Glynn]

With all this talk of Jan being a good month, what I would like to know is just what is a good month to you ?.

[bennymon]

the last 15 week days ive had 33 jobs   but next week i still have a couple of days left to book   del

[derek west]

i'm averaging 9 calls a day at the moment.
shame that 7 of them are tele sales.
cheshire police community club
fire dept anual ad booklet
we can get you on page 1 of google
bt exchange (customer street) promise of 80 referals a month
i could go on
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm ok now.