Ahh! You're just grumpy, Chris. ?Awkward hard to reach windows. Dog / fox / badger ****. Snail trails. Snagging, unbelievable the grip of a car tyre.
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Ahh! You're just grumpy, Chris. ?Awkward hard to reach windows. Dog / fox / badger ****. Snail trails. Snagging, unbelievable the grip of a car tyre.
When they say the last cleaner charged £5 I ask why he stoped coming ?. Generally they have no answer ,one said to me that the guy retired , I said if he charged you £5 Ime surprised he could afford to retire ???? I priced the job up at £20 funny thing was they phoned me the following week asking me to do there windows been doing them now for around 7 years .When you go to quote a job and afterwards they say “oh right well the last cleaner only charged £insert a ridiculously low price”
I’ve literally just been and quoted a lady £30 for a regular monthly “oh the last guy charged £7.50!” Wtf
Complete waste of time
It does get worse in winter with stiffer hoses due to the water being colder.Lol yes the hose will get caught in the slightest thing , if you wanted it to it wouldn’t !!! ??? always try and walk around obstructions giving them a wide birth to try and prevent contact with the hose especially car tyres , bird baths or solar light s there is no simple answer although sometimes it pays to try a different route around a property , there is no magic formula we still get caught up on things after 18 years wfp ????
We use hot water so that doesn’t affect us , but it still manages tk catch on the slightest thing !!!!! ????It does get worse in winter with stiffer hoses due to the water being colder.
Every wheelie bin I drag my hoses past will somehow hook up against them. My hose gets caught on at least one car tyre. The other day it was first the front then the back tyre.
Someone once said on here that if this is all we have to worry about, then we have nothing to worry about.
Ya miserable old goat ?i have thought of one downside of being a window cleaner.....other window cleaners!some of them insist on coming over for a chat every time i see them just because im doing the same job as them........others stare and are not too friendly.....
a smile and a nod is sufficient most of the time lads!
bumper weather this year for the liberty cap mushrooms i reckon ?
I've no idea what you are talking about buy my wife made a lovely mushroom risotto for tea ?bumper weather this year for the liberty cap mushrooms i reckon ?
When this comes up I used to ask the customer who the window cleaner was. Mostly they didn't know his name, but either way it made no difference.When they say the last cleaner charged £5 I ask why he stoped coming ?. Generally they have no answer ,one said to me that the guy retired , I said if he charged you £5 Ime surprised he could afford to retire ???? I priced the job up at £20 funny thing was they phoned me the following week asking me to do there windows been doing them now for around 7 years .
Back/side gates being locked after I text them night before telling them I was coming!!So I'm coming into 7 months of starting this up and wow. 180 monthly customers always 2 or more conservatory roofs a month, just ordered a sky vac for gutter cleaning, I genuinly can not believe how much it has took off!
But the more my days become busier the more something really gets on my T**TS!.....SNAGGING! No matter how carefully I drag my hose round a property it always gets caught on a rock, a brick, a step, a wheelie bin, a kids toy, a garden gate, a car wheel, my own foot.....
It's doing my head in, so any advice or tricks would be handy ?.
It got me wondering if there is anything else people get frustrated with on a daily basis? ?
It reminds me about the house I cleaned for 4 years. We collected on the Friday evening and they always sung our praises on how clean we did the windows.Was funny today, really made me laugh instead of being angry. I do these 3 terraced cottages in a row, Id done the fronts and then round the back. First one done, and onto the second, I heard the owner on her mobile moaning away about how ' I dont pay him money to leave water all over the windows!' Haha, she thought id been and gone but was still next door, I let her see me and just asked if was a problem and just explained the process. I'd done hers before but i guess was always dry when she got home. She was nice and fine about it, and felt a bit bad etc. Would've thought everyone knew about wfp by now. ?
We have a similar step ladder to this. Its tall enough to straddle all but 3 of our customer's locked gates.Back/side gates being locked after I text them night before telling them I was coming!!
I’ve developed an annoyed disapproving look“I’ll leave it this month”. That one always pis*es me off!
Ha, that's just happened to me today. Exactly the same price, last window cleaner charged a lot lower, it's a £600+k house. Feel like saying 'ok how about 50p' just to see what the reaction would be.When you go to quote a job and afterwards they say “oh right well the last cleaner only charged £insert a ridiculously low price”
I’ve literally just been and quoted a lady £30 for a regular monthly “oh the last guy charged £7.50!” Wtf
Complete waste of time