Hi Tony, with all the different jobs you have to do being self employed window cleaner, you will work longer hours in general compared to an employee; you must monitor the hours you put in, without fail.
Take the standard working hours of 37 to 40 hours per week, this equates 4 days per week for a self employed individual; working longer i.e. 5, 6 or even 7 days per week is overtime, and working anything less than 4 days each week is part time.
Gauge your progress – how much you earn and how long it takes you. For example if you have 500 customers to service each month at £7.50 each or 250 customers at £15, or even 125 customers at £30, each of these 3 different round will turnover the same amount of money (£3,750) – but the cost of sales & total working time will be very different. The biggest impact is on the net profit, the amount but also the flexibility to adjust it easily.
Later on you can decide if you want to increase or lower your working hours, as and when its suits you, this is when window cleaning becomes very interesting, (only because the pay is high).
Good luck
(go wfp as soon as you think you are ready or it)
