Aus vs UK window cleaning

[WagtailMat]

hey guys well I'm sitting here thinking on the sh&$?er that I do about 3 houses in one day an earn around $700 a day but that's me going hammer and tong where most of you guys bang out at least 8 houses a day does aus just have bigger houses?

What's the secret ?

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

You can brag about $700 per day but how did you do in the cricket matey? /emoticons/tongue.png

 

[WagtailMat]

Haha I don't watch cricket mate so can care less about it lol !

 

[Alien Human]

A can of coke costs about $700 out there......

 

[WagtailMat]

Actually funny you say that a can of coke from the servo is roughly $2.30 what is it over there ?

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

You notice as soon as they are getting a spanking they all claim 'Yeah we don't watch that sport'

What they mean is they cant watch it, too emotional! /emoticons/smile.png)

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Here, you goto somewhere like poundland you get two tins for £1 which is about $2.20 AU

 

[WagtailMat]

I'm a fight watcher lol cricket is a boring ass sport ! I like making fun of my friends who love the cricket might show them this post haha

 

[TolishAPurd]

"Hey, these guys are criminals....I know, we'll send them somewhere sunny, that'll teach em".

 

[Jake]

8 houses a day? We do a lot more than that lol!

$700 a day for three houses? That's mental! But then, are you Aussies doing it USA style? Where it's not a regular thing? In the USA they charge an absolute fortune, but it's like a once a Year service...

 

[WagtailMat]

I dunno how everyone works in aus but I do my custys every 6months roughly 220 for single inside and out and doubles 350 inside and out

My phone is always ringing so I must be doing something right or I'm just cheap lol

 

[WagtailMat]

I don't understand how you do more the 8 ? Just by yourself ?

 

[Tuffers]

I don't understand how you do more the 8 ? Just by yourself ?

I'm aiming for 23 on Monday, 14 on Tuesday and 12 on Wednesday off the top of my head. One or two are monsters and some are little 2 beds. Thursday I'm off to the MotoGP for a few days camping with my lad.

 

[Pickingpaul]

Im cleaning 100 next week on my own. But a lot of half houses on my round, fronts only, and small houses, quick to whip around, plus they are all close to each other so house after house after house, i can park up and not have to move it all day and all week. That comes after 17 years in the same spot.

I think u aussies like in the US wait for people to book you? Where as in uk we already have them booked every month or so.

What i dont understand in australia and USA and other (cough) ex colonies is that you charge so much to clean one house in and out that this may be why people only have them done anually or twice annually. Dont people want them cleaned more regular?

In the UK we dont clean dirty windows we keep windows clean, which is why we can do them so fast. I used to do loads every two weeks when i first started, maybe 50%

I think of it like a haircut, u do t wait six months u til u are absolutely desperate to have a haircut do u? U have it trimmed before it looks a mess? Same with windows

 

[Dave B]

An average 3 bed terraced house in England takes 15 minutes to clean..dunno how much 700 ozzy dollars equates to but i wish i could get that for 3 houses or 45 minutes work..better stick with my 30-35 quid then

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Usually $700 monopoly............sorry Aussie dollars is about £350 and there are some lads on here in the UK that can pull that in in a day. I regularly hit £250 - £280 per day myself which is many tins of Coke from the 'Servo' or cans of VB from the 'bottle-o'

 

[Diwrnach]

Aus houses have the covers over the glass like America? if so that is why its a lot slower maybe?

 

[OutlaneWC]

Hey guys, i worked in the UK cleaning windows for 6 years before I came out here in January to play footy for a season and was lucky enough to land a job cleaning windows over here...it's a little bit different like most of you say a lot of the jobs are like first cleans but some custys do have regular cleans but I would say only a couple have monthly cleans and a couple have 3 monthly cleans..the rest my boss rings every six months and asks if they wannt them doing they either say yey or neh!

This is how my days goes when I get to the job, the vacuum comes out and I go in and clean all the tracks, then onto taking off fly screens which are then blasted with a hose to get rid of dust and salt and then wiped over with a cloth, clean outside, then insides and wipe out all tracks..then put the fly screens back in! Job done..most I've seen him charge is $975 which is just about £490 and that job took 6 hours with 2 of us

Sometimes the fly screens are a ballache from the salt from the ocean..a small price to pay for living on the beach

 

[Alien Human]

Those based in Oz:

What are tracks? Mentioned a couple of times in above posts......

 

[WagtailMat]

Tracks are what windows slide In mate

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Over here tracks are what Scunthorpes finest escorts have running up their arms!