Window Cleaning

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Single family homes with 6-10 windows just looking to freshen up the atmosphere of their home.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Make sure the process is affordable enough to use several times each year and that it won't leave streaks.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. How to create a solution that wouldn't leave streaks on the windows even if I don't dry them all the way.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Do they want the inside and outside of the windows cleaned, and do they want to remove the screens themselves.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. We are fast, convenient, flexible and consistent.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. The satisfaction of a job well done and seeing the customer's reaction.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. Will you wash the inside of the windows, too? Yes.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. We did one house where the lady said she didn't think the windows had been cleaned for a while. After we finished the job she said "I don't think they have EVER been cleaned with how good they look now." It was amazing the difference and the amount of light it let into the house.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. Clean windows makes a dramatic difference on the entire feeling within the house.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. It provides an opportunity to create a customer base of repeat customers, I enjoy letting light into people's lives and homes and be a resource for other assistance.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. We helped a lady who was in an apartment on the ground floor, she was tired of the sprinklers spraying her windows with the irrigation water. It was a more difficult job but when it was clean she was so pleased and it has actually stayed relatively clean, especially in the fall now that they are slowing down the watering around her apartment.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. We review any new chemicals that are coming out to stay environmentally friendly.

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. Not much to report.

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. Window cleaning is quite inexpensive and, with the right tools, not very time consuming.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. $40 for the first 10 windows, it includes the trip charge (if within 10 miles), $4 for each window after that. A window is defined as one side (inside or outside). To remove the screens, it is $1 per screen.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Get a good chemical composition to break through the dirt and grease and leave no streaking. Get a good sponge and squeegee.

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. How often should the outside windows be cleaned? At least quarterly.