[ftp]

I've just realised i'm one of them I've joined the club!

Ican't possibly keep up with all my work so loads of custies are now months behind - I can't do it anymore. I have to face loseing them or start working in the rain.

Think i'll just have to lose them. 

[Sean Dyer]

Lose them yourself, dont let the good ones cancel, weed the crap and keep the cream, !!!

[stephen s]

where are you based ?      if near enough I will take some off you

[Bobs Window Cleaning]

Why are you months behind??

Even if you work in the rain you will never catch up that much
bob

[ftp]

Too much work haven't even had a holiday. 
Work just keeps pouring in and I hate to turn it away. Trouble is when I started I took on everything whatever the frequency of clean. I'm totally snowed under and it just keeps coming. Turned five away already this week, got to quote one in half an hour some customers are two months behind now - time goes so fast. Worked eight till eight yesterday and haven't dented it.

[bad trippy]

I've just realised i'm one of them I've joined the club!

Ican't possibly keep up with all my work so loads of custies are now months behind - I can't do it anymore. I have to face loseing them or start working in the rain.

Think i'll just have to lose them. 

Pass em in my direction ftp  

[John Walker]

Hi Trippy

Out of interest, where are these customers getting their leads from - Yellow Pages?

Whatever advertising you are using, it certainly sounds successful - even more impressive if it's just via recommendations.

[Glyn H]

FTP
Do you realise how long you have spent writing and reading on this forum

Total Time Spent Online:     44 days, 8 hours and 37 minutes.

[cozy]

FTP
Do you realise how long you have spent writing and reading on this forum

Total Time Spent Online:     44 days, 8 hours and 37 minutes.

What do you want him to do ?  Clean in the dark an use flood lights? 



FTP, time to think about employing?

[ftp]

44 days 

Well the laptop goes on first thing in the morning for a quick read then often I'll rush out and leave it on then every evening is spent on here 'cos the telly is crap. 

[Glyn H]

44 days is the time you have spent on cleanitup 

[Glyn H]

What do you want him to do ?  Clean in the dark an use flood lights?  Huh

No but in the summer a 10 hour day for a self employed person is not excessive

[chris@c.m.s]

Depends how young and fit you are though Glyn, I want to be home for a rest after a couple of houses myself 

[trevor povey]

Too much work haven't even had a holiday. 
Work just keeps pouring in and I hate to turn it away. Trouble is when I started I took on everything whatever the frequency of clean. I'm totally snowed under and it just keeps coming. Turned five away already this week, got to quote one in half an hour some customers are two months behind now - time goes so fast. Worked eight till eight yesterday and haven't dented it.

employ someone...maybe parttime

[Sean Dyer]

What do you want him to do ?  Clean in the dark an use flood lights?  Huh

No but in the summer a 10 hour day for a self employed person is not excessive

I left house before 7 and was back for 5 - over ten hours, if it was for thunderstorm would have worked till 6

[ftp]

Now have a house with conservatory and indoor swimming pool windows to do.
That came from a free line in Yell.com. Only about the third decent job that's come from there in a year and a half. Funny thing is they had a cleaner but he was unreliable and too fast when he did turn up 
 I have signwritten van which brings in some work, a couple of free lines on the top googled sites like touch local, yell.com and another one that i can't even remember.
This customer has never seen my van about either. I never leaflet, door knock or do anything. I did get my wife to door knock for the first couple of months. I have a website that brought one job in last year - totally useless.
I haven't done anything - at the beginning of the year i had some large holes in my schedule and helped another cleaner for a few days.
Several have said employ but I really don't fancy that - i don't think I have a business brain at all.
I've just been lucky lately - it will probably change.
My advice would be to get listed on every free site you can find near the top of the listings and don't waste your money on a trendy website.

[martinsadie]

get some work into a compact order and sell it,im always behind and every now and then i sell some,sold some last June and then again last week,and i still have more than enough

[GWCS]

Just put the prices up the ones are too low.. they;ll soon dump  you or you'll just get paid more for rushing around like a fool..

win win!

[R W C]

what area of the country you in ftp.

Chris

[ftp]

My compact work is my best so reluctant to get rid of it really. Some of my outstanding work is big country houses that I can't be arsed to drive to probably because they are underpriced and many jobs that I don't enjoy doing. The forecast isn't great tomorrow so if it pees down all day I won't be out (another day on here Glyn).
The weather has a lot to answer for, but i don't want to start cleaning in downpours even if it does work. I'm in a position that I never thought would happen to be honest and don't like it that much.
Yes busy fool is possibly a good description - price increase would be a good solution.