Commercial Window Cleaning

Commercial window cleaning can be just as lucrative as residential although harder to get your foot in the door. Unlike residential window cleaning the commercial side can be very difficult to land a contract or to even make your existence known. Why it is true that you can go door to door offering your services, most companies have a no soliciting policy, usually in the form of a front secretary who takes your information packet or card and puts it in the trash as soon as you walk out.

Since staring my San Diego Window Cleaning company I have learned that if you are determined that commercial is the way to go, the best way to get a commercial job is to market your business so that companies find you instead of you finding them. They will call you up and about ten other competitors to come out and place a bid. If you win you can land a sweet continual contract that guarantees so many cleanings per year. You can also get paid some good money although not as much as the equivalent in residential. When you do get paid it typically can be anywhere from a few weeks to a couple of months. You will have to invoice the company and wait for your check. Also most commercial properties are not going to pass along your information to other businesses so don’t count on getting referrals from them.

My San Diego Window Cleaning company does not clean a lot of commercial buildings because the range in size which goes from low rise to high-rise. If you are doing a building with several floors you might pull in several thousand dollars for the cleaning. However projects at this magnitude will require a crew of guys and a lot more equipment. For the sole proprietor I think the limits are going to be three stories with a water fed pole. Although you can make a lot of money with commercial you might find that you could have made more money in residential in the same mount of time.

The upside to commercial window washing is that you can fill up your schedule faster with lots of commercial repeat cleanings. They like to do things like clock work, every so many months, continual regular maintenance. The down side is they are looking for the cheapest deal. This can mean a significant cut in profits as you compete to be the lowest bidder. Yet at the same time most businesses are not nearly worried about any imperfections in your cleaning abilities which might allow you to clean faster.

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