Window cleaning: guides and software for window cleaners
Window cleaning is the round trade most people picture: a van, a pole or a ladder, and a list of houses you visit every few weeks.
The window cleaning year
Busiest in spring and summer, and the weeks before Christmas. Quietest in January and February, and any run of freezing weather.
- Example price per house
- £11
- Jobs a month to earn £2,000
- 204
Example numbers to show the method, not market prices.
Written for window cleaners
The same advice as the general guides, with window cleaning numbers, kit, rules and seasons.
- Pricing5 min readHow to price window cleaning: a worked exampleA step-by-step price for window cleaning, with the sums, the minimum charge and how many jobs it takes to earn a living.
- Starting out6 min readHow to start a window cleaning businessThe order to do things in, the kit, the rules to check and where your first customers come from.
- Tax & books5 min readWindow cleaning: expenses you can claimWhat window cleaners can deduct before tax, with an example year of costs and the receipts to keep.
- Starting out5 min readWindow cleaning insurance: what you needThe cover window cleaners should ask about, the risks behind most claims and the rules to check.
- Growing4 min readQuiet months in window cleaning: how to plan the yearWhen window cleaning is busy and quiet, how to smooth the income, and the buffer to build.
What window cleaners need from software
WorkWise Rounds is built for people who visit the same customers again and again. It plans the round, runs the day on your phone, and gets you paid.
- A week you can move around
- A week board you can drag to move a day, and a Today list on your phone for the stops.
- Money without chasing
- Pay links sent when you tap Done, Direct Debit for the regulars, and cash or cheque marked paid in a tap.
- Reminder texts
- A 'we're due Thursday' text that only needs a reply if the day doesn't suit.
For every round trade
Money, tax and getting paid work the same way whatever you do.
- Getting paid6 min readChasing late payments politely, with texts you can copyHow to stop payments going late in the first place, and a polite ladder of messages for when they do.
- Getting paid6 min readDirect Debit for small traders: how it works and whether to use itDirect Debit, card, bank transfer and cash compared, and how to get customers to say yes.
- Tax & books8 min readMaking Tax Digital for sole traders: do you need it, and when?HMRC's new way of reporting income tax: who must use it, the start dates, the quarterly deadlines and what to do now.
- Tax & books8 min readRegistering as a sole trader: tax, deadlines and what to set asideWhen to tell HMRC, the dates that matter, how much tax to expect and how to avoid a January shock.
- Growing6 min readHow to get your first customersLeaflets, doorsteps, Facebook groups and reviews: what works for a local round, and what to watch out for.
- Starting out6 min readHow to buy a round, and what to check firstA bought round can save you years of leafleting, but only if the customers and the numbers are real.
- Starting out6 min readSwitching round software without losing customers or moneyHow to move from another app, a spreadsheet or a paper round book without double-charging anyone.