i'm getting a website set up just for a bit of information about the system and for ONLINE PAYMENTS, i'll use paypal. for a 13-15 house it'll cost you about 50p in charges but its tax deductable at the end of the year. its these kind of prices and above say the 20-25 bracket that really seem to cost me when it comes to cash flow, and they are never ever ever at home, its worth a go bud, ive tried everything else, but cheques will soon be obsolete i reckon, they are now for a lot of my customers, they dont even know where they put it from last time they saw me. they just never get used for alot of people today. more and more everything is online, who doesn't use ebay today, then they know all about paypal.
if it just works on these type of customers it worth it.
keep going mate we've got good weather, and whats the alternative? working for someone else!
 

£4500 a month , i would love to be bored for that .Very appealing .

yes you should set goals, mine was first to get into work and start earning enough to pay bills. next was to get driving and build up further afield, then to get WFP and fill each week up. Now i have done them things i have got some help to get my work done in 3 days per week, which leaves the rest of the time to canvass, spend with family and focus on the wheelie bin cleaning business I'm trying to set up. Cant you get someone else to do your work while you run it and focus on other things? people are crying out for work

Whit a bunch of downers some windie cleaners are. I Love this job, love it, wfp nowadays, no monkey work involved anymore, fresh air, banter with custies, freedom, own boss, own buisness, pricing new jobs in this game is a doddle and a wee high when fone goes and even more when you get the job. Start whenever you feel like it or at worst whenever your concience tells you, finish whenever you want, do as much or a little as you feel on any particular day...hey youv got a whole month to make it up when you feel better. Stress free, totally stress free, window cleanin...gotta hurt the brain that job......dont think so. Iv been a self employed joiner for 6 years many moons ago, pricing was a nightmare, too much to write on here by far. Im proud and happy to be rb window cleaning services....happy I say...happy. Things could always be better guys, but they also could be a lot worse. Wake up and smell the hourly rate fur goads sake before you go mad.

I done a tiling course over your way Stuart in 2007 in Grangemouth. Big Joak the tiler something or other training school, didnt find it technically challenging, but to do it right was very very time consuming and hard work, we worked on a mock bathroom with loadsa cuts and nooks n crannies behind the toilet and pan and under the sink. Physically I was knackered, knees sore,back aching, fingers cut and ceramic stoor down my throat and up ma nose.  [ I should have amended this post ]  that. Done 3 tiling jobs, got paid, then gave it up. Hard graft is all I can say.

What does your calling slip say now then

Dump them and move on even if you have a small customer base. Dump every one of them who do this, what is the point of working for customers like that, they do not take you seriously simlpe as that. Dump them and let them wasre some other window cleaners time.

suppose its different for every1 but if i can collect 60% of my
weekly turnover i,m fine anything else is a bonus
as for pricing stu and ronnie are bang on wc is so easy to price and if you mess
it up its not too bad

i used to make loads of mistakes pricing wc but now i just way over price to be safe

priced 1 today looked like a £10-12 hs but went in at £18 and she snapped my hand off
just be confident in putting your price across REMEMBER they need you or they wouldnt be asking
you to price their job

i have always collected 98% of my money 3 nights a week rest are cheques i post or bacs payment find it very easy no probs

Hi
The local milkman collects on a Thursday evening and all his customers are "scared" of missing him. Some of the old dears wait at a window and watch out for him incase they don't hear the doorbell. We also collect on Thursday and Friday evening with Thursday being the best evening. With 2 of us working debts can soon mount up.
Spruce

but its a pipeline that what you put in at one end will come out the other, albeit a little later in some cases. This week we have both collected and banked more than the work we have actually done because of the weather and bank holidays. Last week we never collected on Thursday and Friday (bank holiday) so our collections were less than the value of work we did.

The only time that this doesn't apply is with non payers. In 3 years we have had 4 small amount non payers, and 1 of which I found 18 months later and got a cheque.

We have found it imperative to keep on top of our debt list. So yes, for us there are other things we would like to be doing on Thursday and Friday evenings but collecting is part of the job which is only complete once its paid.

Although my son and I work a separate customer base under the same business, by collecting together we know each others customers so we can cover for each other when necessary. Initially, Cameron collected on Thursday and I collected on Friday, which I found more difficult on my own. It goes much quicker now we do it together. Infact, we didn't bother to go out this Friday as there was so little debt left that it wasn't worth the effort to go out.

Spruce

i collect every night mon to friday if i clean windows on monday they get collected on tuesday etc, it doesnt take long as its just one days work, then thursday and friday i go round all the ones i missed so they are longer nights but it keeps me on top of the cash flow. and anything cleaned on a friday that i didnt get paid for gets collected on a monday