Haynesy
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Hi everyone !
So I've been reading this forum for a while and gained a lot of knowledge so decided to join up.
The story goes something like this:
My Dad has been cleaning windows for around 6 years and built up a decent round so I decided to give it a go. It was a big decision and a risk because it was a week before Christmas, I had just started a full time job and had multiple family problems meaning it was a very stressful time for me. However, my Dad was selling one of his vans with some work and there were multiple people interested so I just jumped in head first. What a start the first 4-5 weeks were. Working 7 days a week trying to catch the work up in the freezing cold. The first 4 weeks my battery run out twice, my pole broke and I decided that It would be a good idea to drive my van onto rocks (knobhead). Thought this isn't for me but grafted through it all and the last 3 months have been great. Not really sure of what to do next, carry on my full time job and have a career or quit and go for it on the cleaning. I earn around 4x more window cleaning but theres more to life than money, although I really enjoy going out window cleaning on my 2 days off.
I also have a question:
I have a friend that wants to work for me. It's fairly cheap to get him on the insurance but I'm a bit worried about how the customers will take it. I've only been cleaning there windows 4 months so I have a feeling the customers won't like it if I'm already introducing a new window cleaner to them. Or will they not mind?
Thanks
So I've been reading this forum for a while and gained a lot of knowledge so decided to join up.
The story goes something like this:
My Dad has been cleaning windows for around 6 years and built up a decent round so I decided to give it a go. It was a big decision and a risk because it was a week before Christmas, I had just started a full time job and had multiple family problems meaning it was a very stressful time for me. However, my Dad was selling one of his vans with some work and there were multiple people interested so I just jumped in head first. What a start the first 4-5 weeks were. Working 7 days a week trying to catch the work up in the freezing cold. The first 4 weeks my battery run out twice, my pole broke and I decided that It would be a good idea to drive my van onto rocks (knobhead). Thought this isn't for me but grafted through it all and the last 3 months have been great. Not really sure of what to do next, carry on my full time job and have a career or quit and go for it on the cleaning. I earn around 4x more window cleaning but theres more to life than money, although I really enjoy going out window cleaning on my 2 days off.
I also have a question:
I have a friend that wants to work for me. It's fairly cheap to get him on the insurance but I'm a bit worried about how the customers will take it. I've only been cleaning there windows 4 months so I have a feeling the customers won't like it if I'm already introducing a new window cleaner to them. Or will they not mind?
Thanks