New day, First Res. Makin’ money, neighbors to follow. Making progress. I’m stoked.
Widow’s house. Husband did windows ten years ago.
At least they admitted it was 10 years ago. That kind of mess usually elicits the standard “about a year ago” response.
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Awesome.
Now how many cleans a year did you sell her on? Whenever I get a new residential client, I get them set on a schedule. We are both clear by the time the quote is done, how many cleans a year they want. Price is reflected depending on how often I am going to be there. Once a year costs less that just a one time clean. Two cleans a year costs less than one time a year.
P.S. this is where door hangers come in handy. Hang a door hanger on all her neighbors doors after the job. A door hanger that essentially says “I was in the neighborhood cleaning your neighbor and thought you might like service as well”.
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Good advice bro! 🖒
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Thanks Hoosier S. Have taken what you have told me to heart. Good to know this forum wants you to succeed, even if it sounds a little “tough” around the edges.
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Now This i really Like, Added to door hanger collection…
May I use this? : P
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Okay…this house is done. 18 hours of work. Three piece aluminum storms…need I say more? Some windows were modern vinyl able to clean from inside. What a slog, glad it’s over. Pay? Forget about it. Thanks.
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Life ain’t easy - you have to be the tough one. Don’t let things get you down or you will be defeated. Learn, get up, dust off, proceed.
I really must know how much you got paid. I hope you were able to walk away from this with a lot more knowledge especially on storm window removal.
I know how much fun that can be and how they always seem to take longer then expected , especially solo .
Sounds like you didn’t charge enough for your time and you bit off more than you could chew for your first resi job.
Storms are a beach. I am not a fan, and I charge large for jobs like that. It’s very labor intense. I also personally find a WFP is absolutely necessary for doing them because of the oxidization issues.
Learn all you can from that job, Both from the business perspective and the labor perspective. You don’t have to be the fastest guy in the world, but I am sure you can see things that could have been done different to save time, Remember, time is our most LIMITED commodity and we should try to get paid all we can for what little time we have. A small job like that should ideally take you 4 hours or less. Without the storms, you should have been about 2 hours in it and done.
Even though this job seemed like murder, you did a good job and you made some money. Keep pushing ahead and marketing the stuffing out of yourself. ALWAYS be marketing your business. So when people are walking by as you are cleaning glass, wave at them and say “hello!”, while wearing your business clothing, Advertise your brand.
It gets better with time, don’t worry.
