Starting my own business

[deej]

mike,what about window cleaning as a second sideline
nobody likes to clean their windows,the guy we have charges £8 and does 5 houses in our little culdesac in about 2hrs of a afternoon and thats a second job to him on top of his post round

[Lady g]

We have a mobile valeting company which comes to our office and cleans the staff's cars. I think they are called Galmpton? I think they charge about a £5 for a wash and about £20 for clean inside and a wash - obviously not a full on valet - but they are really busy when are there - which is once a week. Our office is on a busines park, so they spend a day or two going round all the offices on the park..

Good luck!

[fluffybunny]

if u r goin to them to do it u should keep rates down but charge for the travel that way your prices will look a lot lower but u will now be losein out on the time it takes to get between jobs

[adelbertz]

Sorry to hear you were made redundant. Good luck with the business, what you've done to that ER5 is brilliant. .

[Rsv4Col]

Sorry to hear about your job Mike Like they say, make sure you charge enough to cover materials and fuel for travelling. Good luck

The mrs will want her car doing soon and when the new truck arrives





Seriously though will have the car done mate

[billinom8s]

that sucks, grrrrrrrrrrr taylors


good luck with the valet service, i reckon blue will be your best customer

[bambam]

bad news dude............crap timing with the new addition to the household as well.
will be in touch about getting a full valet done on the car.

[Mike Daytona600]

Thanks all

It is a bit of a bummer that I've lost my job at Taylor's but I don't blame them. Hopefully things will work out and I might be better off

[Billi]

I can never been arsed to clean my bike, but think you might be too far away fro regular business, however, if it takes off and I hope it does I would be willing to bring the bike to you 1 for selling the one I got and 2 getting other one ready fro shows so keeps us posted how its all going..

[Mike Daytona600]

I can never been arsed to clean my bike, but think you might be too far away fro regular business, however, if it takes off and I hope it does I would be willing to bring the bike to you 1 for selling the one I got and 2 getting other one ready fro shows so keeps us posted how its all going..

Will do

Seems to be a lot of interest just of this site which is good and even if only 50% of those that say they will use me acctuly do then that's a good result.

[thelastsuperpower]

That er5's looking spanking,do you do corrosion removal and paint touch ups as well then?

Id definately consider your services for my next bike (not worth it on my current banger! ).

You should offer a "Annual pre-winter clean and protect" service, like a full degrease,clean and coating of acf50 or such like,so the bike's good for a year of riding in shitty weather
I reckon a lot of people would like that, but cant be arsed to do it themselves,or just want a professional job doing.
Last time i did it myself it took several days and i did a rubbish job!

Best of luck mate

[Mike Daytona600]

You should offer a "Annual pre-winter clean and protect" service, like a full degrease,clean and coating of acf50 or such like,so the bike's good for a year of riding in shitty weather
I reckon a lot of people would like that, but cant be arsed to do it themselves,or just want a professional job doing.
Last time i did it myself it took several days and i did a rubbish job!

Best of luck mate

That is a bl00dy good idea, nice one

[spankingtigger]

i will let ya lose on my bike and car saves me doing it and it will look shiney after your done hehe

[fluffybunny]

That er5's looking spanking,do you do corrosion removal and paint touch ups as well then?

Id definately consider your services for my next bike (not worth it on my current banger! ).

You should offer a "Annual pre-winter clean and protect" service, like a full degrease,clean and coating of acf50 or such like,so the bike's good for a year of riding in shitty weather
I reckon a lot of people would like that, but cant be arsed to do it themselves,or just want a professional job doing.
Last time i did it myself it took several days and i did a rubbish job!

Best of luck mate

i think u might have some thing here there are a lot of companys that do cars but i dont know one that is for bikes but i think u need to look in to how u could get moble with the bike cleanin kit and in the winnter there would be a lot of work with the guys that put the bikes a way for 4 mths have u looked in to doin like a basic mechnaics thing it might be some thing u can offer as well

[deej]

mike,without putting a damper on things,have you looked into public liability insurance to cover you in case you damage the car/bike your working on
some of my customers have stopped free fitting on things like windscreen wiper blades now as its too much hassle if one drops and breaks/chips the screen etc.