I need a window cleaner

[Joey Shabadoo]

How long does it take him?

About 15 minutes probably. Unless I pay him before he finishes then he tends to disappear.

 

[screenman]

About 15 minutes probably. Unless I pay him before he finishes then he tends to disappear.

I would imagine that the guy is making about a £10 an hour, pretty rubbish so I would say he is cheap.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4927366, member: 45"]Yeah it's rubbish, but it's a third more than minimum wage with limited overheads.[/QUOTE]

I can think of some overheads that would eat into that, let alone no sick pay, no holiday pay.

 

[slowmotion]

I would say the prices are geographical.

It's expensive in London. "Up to ten windows for only £35" was on one advert, which possibly explains why we haven't had any window cleaners for the last twenty years. Sliding sash windows are easy to clean from inside the house if you have reasonably long arms.

BTW, one of the adverts said "We only use purified water".

 

[Levo-Lon]

[QUOTE 4927366, member: 45"]Yeah it's rubbish, but it's a third more than minimum wage with limited overheads.[/QUOTE]

I'll let @screenman put you straight on that..i cant be arsed

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4927371, member: 45"]Limited overheads.[/QUOTE]

Please explain. I am happy to be educated.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4927385, member: 45"]You're asking me to educate you on overheads that you're aware of that you think I'm not? It's a funny old world.

The floor's yours...[/QUOTE]

No I am trying to get you to back up your post with facts. No worries though as anyone who has been self employed will know there are quite a few overheads in doing so.

Transport.
Insurance
Accountant fee's
Printing
Clothing
Tooling
Consumables

Too mention but a few.

Now if it was more lucrative than being on minimum wage then why are we not inundated with window cleaners.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Pretty sure my window cleaner does it to feed his alcoholism and I'm also sure he's doing it on the side. He's a bit of a local character though.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

[QUOTE 4927405, member: 45"]We have two types of window cleaner around here. The type who seem to enjoy pottering about for crap wages (in their normal clothes, a battered ladder and walking or driving a banger) and those who have the whole W&R system in a van and can blitz a house in 5 minutes for about £20.[/QUOTE]

Oh our guy is most definately the former

 

[potsy]

Cannot remember seeing a window cleaner around here for years, then again my windows are so dirty I haven't seen anyone else either.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Pretty sure my window cleaner does it to feed his alcoholism and I'm also sure he's doing it on the side.

I bet they used to say that about me.

 

[rich p]

I've got that many windows, it would cost me an arm and a leg to pay someone to clean them.

 

[Crackle]

Cleaning windows is a pane

 

[screenman]

I do our downstairs as it is a task I enjoy doing, the window cleaner does the upstairs with a pole for a fiver.

 

[nickyboy]

I've got that many windows, it would cost me an arm and a leg to pay someone to clean them.

People who live in glass houses....