In England and Wales you don’t need a licence. In Scotland, many councils license window cleaners under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, so check with yours.
Houses or shops, ladders or poles, build a round or buy one.
Quick in England and Wales. Allow a few weeks more in Scotland.
You can start for a couple of thousand pounds. Don’t buy a van until the round needs one.
Density beats size. Thirty houses on three streets beat sixty spread over a town.
Keep the round tight, raise prices each year and plan for winter.
No steps match.
Brightside grew from 41 customers to about 1,900 homes and 60 commercial sites by keeping rounds dense, billing everyone by direct debit and adding commercial contracts to cover the winter. Revenue is up 20% on last year.
“Every customer pays by direct debit. The van could run the round without me by now.”
“Salt spray means every beachside house wants us monthly, not quarterly.”
Not in England or Wales. In Scotland many councils license window cleaners under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, usually for three years.
Most people start with a few thousand pounds: a water-fed pole system, ladders, insurance and leaflets. A van can wait until the round needs one.
Owners on HumDays talk about 450 to 600 regular houses on a four-weekly round. How close together they are matters more than how many.