The gutter cleaning year
| When | |
|---|---|
| Busiest | autumn, once the leaves are down, and spring |
| Quietest | mid-summer and deep winter |
The work follows the leaves: demand bunches up in a few months, and ice or high winds make roof-height work unsafe in winter.
How to smooth it out
- Book customers for next year's clean while you're on site, so the diary fills itself
- Add fascia, soffit and conservatory-roof cleaning for the quieter months
- Offer a twice-a-year plan for houses under trees
- Use summer for the follow-up texts that turn last autumn's customers into this year's
The buffer you'd need
Add your running costs to the bills you must cover personally, then hold two to three months of that in a separate account.
- Running costs: £370 a month (from the example in how to price gutter cleaning)
- Personal bills: £1,400 a month
- One month: £1,770
Three months: £5,310
Make the quiet weeks useful
- Review prices and raise the ones that are too low
- Ask for reviews and update your photos
- Leaflet a new street, ready for the busy season
- Service and replace your kit
- Do the admin: records, receipts and insurance renewal
Regular customers on an agreed monthly price keep your income steady through the quiet weeks. The general guide has more: surviving the quiet months.
Run your gutter cleaning in WorkWise
Remember next autumn: A customer list with each customer's next visit date and a reminder text before it's due.