Frequency of Round

[steve garwood]

Started doing 4 and 8 weekly, now just offer 6 weeks, found most found 4 to short so wanted 8, moving everyone to 6 made more money and didn't get the 4 weekly ones moaning how short a time it was.

Welcome back

 

[spruce]

Ineed it does but if you price 1.5x for 6 weekly what you would 4 weekly you will earn more per year

But you have to have a bigger customer base to achieve that. What happens when a 6 weekly wants to go 12 weekly? If half the customers do that then he will need an even bigger customer base.

The reason why he charges more for a longer gap between cleans is that he has to work harder to clean them. That takes longer, so his income won't increase by the exact % increase between 4 weekly and 6 weekly.

If we get behind like we are now, each clean is like a first clean, especially with the weather we have had over winter. I would love to be able to get back to a maintenance clean as it takes half the time. Granted, we live on the coast and the windows are always dirty from the sea. There is a big difference between windows cleaned 4 weekly as apposed to those cleaned every 6 weeks.

 

[Diwrnach]

Welcome back

Thanks /emoticons/smile.png

 

[Spartan]

For me its absolutely every 4 weeks.

If i sense that money is an issue i then say that if they really feel its an issue then it can be moved to 8 weekly but there is a 50% additional charge.

I dont like to do that though, due to the fact that if the rest of my customers found out and opted for that id have only half the work! *gulp*

 

[Steve s]

I find that if done on a four weekly basis sometimes you are there twice in the same pay month and this can be a strain to some

For this reason I try to get everyone on a six week clean.

The ones that ask for eight I say I book everyone six weekly because with the weather etc sometimes it slips to eight anyway.

Seems to work on most but I still have eight week custys as well

 

[Taxlossloz]

Six weeks works great

If anyone asks for less frequent I just say sorry I don't offer that ( unless it's a very big overpriced job ) but it's very rare anyone does

@spruce its not harder week cleaning at 6 weeks ( maybe odd house next to main Rd ) @Diwrnach thought you'd gone off and become a monk ?? Welcome back

 

[Diwrnach]

Six weeks works greatIf anyone asks for less frequent I just say sorry I don't offer that ( unless it's a very big overpriced job ) but it's very rare anyone does

@spruce its not harder week cleaning at 6 weeks ( maybe odd house next to main Rd ) @Diwrnach thought you'd gone off and become a monk ?? Welcome back

Six is the sweet spot I've found.

And lol nah just got real busy and got out of the habit of checking the forum.

 

[TolishAPurd]

My 'monthly round usually runs at 6 weeks, and agree its definitely the sweet spot between dirt vs pay, vs custy happiness. So long as you have work booked every day, what does it matter.