How Much Can A Window Cleaner Make?

The guys over at www.MakeMoneyWindowCleaning.co.uk break it down for us as to how much a window cleaner can earn.

Every wondered how much money can be made from polishing glass? You're not the first and certainly won't be the last!

Window cleaners can earn themselves a very good living but it very much depends on how hard you are willing to work.

Some people are happy enough to do a few hours of work a day and earn themselves just enough to keep ticking over, but can you make big bucks by cleaning windows?

There is a tendency for people, especially people with salaries and regular 9-5 jobs, living in big houses and taking regular holidays in places that they think impress their colleagues, to be a bit snooty about window cleaners. 

Yet window cleaning can generate an excellent income for people who are prepared to work consistently and are disciplined about putting in the hours to work and look for new customers.

With a little practise you should be able to clean 3 houses an hour, maybe more, especially if your customers are in the same area. Say if you charged at £10 per house, which is pretty reasonable, that's a gross income of about £30 per hour. If you have customers not far apart, and work from 8.30am to 4:30 pm, with an hour for lunch, you should be able, realistically, to clean the windows of 18 to 20 houses and gross at least £180 per day - call it £900 per week. If you work 5-day weeks per year and have 4 weeks for holiday and what have you, that's an annual gross income of about £40,500, out of which you have to pay maybe £5,000 for running your van and perhaps £1,000 per year for consumables like squeegees, microfibre cloths and detergents. It is not unreasonable to project net income before tax of £34,500 per year.

Now that's just one round and one man, you could hire a member of staff to take over this round whilst starting another one...if you can replicate it over and over then there really is no limit to how much you could earn!

Not bad for cleaning windows hey?

Remember to check out www.MakeMoneyWindowCleaning.co.uk for more information about starting a window cleaning business and tips to grow your existing business.