Anyone working?

[steamron]

The phone is dead except for Yelp, Home advisor and others trying to sell something.

I'm taking on empty rentals or home's.
I really don't want to touch anyone's personal stuff. So I'm avoiding that.
I'll do traffic area's in home's but I do tell customer to stay on the other side of house, they easily agree.

But for the most part it's slow.
This will last until late summer.
Unless you're hungry don't drop your price.

That's all today,
If it warms up sometime soon I'll descale my tm, or even pressure wash my deck, it does need a few board's replaced.

 

[hogjowl]

Wooden nickel

 

[Donwand]

I did a flood job earlier in the week, it was the first job since 3/19. Calls are coming in but I'm scheduling most in May, not sure things will be any safer though.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Phone still ringing, more than I can do at the moment.

 

[hogjowl]

That might only be one job

 

[Nomad74]

I'm still working. Just vacants and commercial. Turning down occupied for people that refuse to social distance. Bills still getting paid on time.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

That might only be one job

Almost 3k solo this week so far, saving acorns while I can.

 

[scotty747]

One empty property managers office. Nothing for next week so I"ll probably be back at my moms remodeling. Glad she has money she dosent know what to do with. Except hire me I guess.

 

[hogjowl]

Ok ... one commercial job

 

[hogjowl]

I had some woman call wanting three BRs cleaned. Then she said $150 sounded “kinda high”.
I know it’s high, but I don’t care.

 

[scotty747]

It is high compared to free. I'v had two or three price shoppers, renters, who thought the same thing. They just want a receipt for the owner.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I had some woman call wanting three BRs cleaned. Then she said $150 sounded “kinda high”.
I know it’s high, but I don’t care.

So you were blowing smoke the other day?

157 in Kentucky.

 

[hogjowl]

No ... my normal price is $180 for three BRs, but she didn’t want any furniture moved and the houses in her area are 1200 to 1400 sf.

 

[hogjowl]

And... that’s a phone price.
If I got there and she had 800 sf the price would be $240

 

[Acp]

Exterior work mostly, did 1 vacant interior yesterday which we made an exception for because it had to be sold and real estate is considered essential here. 3 showers, kitchen floor, bathroom floors.

Exterior is going strong lots of power washing, windows, gutters, roofs.

 

[Trip Moses]

Cleaned a Bull Mastiff’s dog bed today. Pretty disappointed in myself. Made an Ozone tent for it. .

 

[Dolly Llama]

Made an Ozone tent for it.

what's the ozone for?
odor?

I don't know squat about rugs
but that's a dog mat to me.
if you want to get Fido's Bee-Oh out, can't you take that rug down to the river and wash it on a rock?

seriously, you can't flood/squeegee/extract rinse repeat blow dry that rug without damage?
and had to clean it with upl tool?

..L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

Making things complicated is what we do best

 

[Cleanworks]

Cleaned a sectional sofa for $300.

 

[Lc17smp]

I’m starting to pick up. It’s been slow for 4 weeks. I worked today. I have work Monday and Tuesday next week so far. Getting more calls by the day. I raised my prices slightly 4/1. Families have an extra $2400 or more in their acct now and I’m thinking that’s helping me. I’m not scared of the flu.

 

[Trip Moses]

what's the ozone for?
odor?

I don't know squat about rugs
but that's a dog mat to me.
if you want to get Fido's Bee-Oh out, can't you take that rug down to the river and wash it on a rock?

seriously, you can't flood/squeegee/extract rinse repeat blow dry that rug without damage?
and had to clean it with upl tool?

..L.T.A.

Bottom line is that cleaning rugs is the bastard chore of this industry. You rarely get the result you want. I gave that pitiful pile of wool the best one hour I could. The ozone is my justification for trying. It’s still going to be a dog bed when I take it back. People and their rugs. SMH.

 

[Chris A]

Pretty decent week this week. The guys had about 2 jobs a day all week. Not much on for next week though

 

[Mark Saiger]

Layed everyone off... So of course the phones are ringing enough to keep ME busy on a van.

Pretty huge job tomorrow by myself. Been jobs now everyday this week.

Our youngest guy is making more money on unemployment because of the government giving them an extra $600 per WEEK on top of their unemployment.

No one wants to work.

I am working to keep the business alive so when the government cuts everyone off, they will have something to come back too!

 

[hogjowl]

I had one call today. Lady had a LR and a BR in a ground floor apartment. Normally $120. She wanted it today. I normally say I can’t, even if I can, cuz same day callers are always a pita. This lady said cash, so I gave her a special price of $80 and said I could be over in an hour ... because I was desperate.

She said I was too high.

 

[Cleanworks]

I had one call today. Lady had a LR and a BR in a ground floor apartment. Normally $120. She wanted it today. I normally say I can’t, even if I can, cuz same day callers are always a pita. This lady said cash, so I gave her a special price of $80 and said I could be over in an hour ... because I was desperate.

She said I was too high.

That happens every time they want a deal. I just don't lower my prices anymore.

 

[Dolly Llama]

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Layed everyone off... So of course the phones are ringing enough to keep ME busy on a van.

Pretty huge job tomorrow by myself. Been jobs now everyday this week.

are you that straight narrow you won't pay cash under the table so you're not solo?

..L.T.A.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I had one call today. Lady had a LR and a BR in a ground floor apartment. Normally $120. She wanted it today. I normally say I can’t, even if I can, cuz same day callers are always a pita. This lady said cash, so I gave her a special price of $80 and said I could be over in an hour ... because I was desperate.

She said I was too high.

It was probably just as well she didn't use you (and by saying "use", I mean "use" in the ugliest of possible interpretations).

People that pay what they think is too much for a job, but use (see above) you anyway, will extract every penny extra they think that they overpaid out of you, and will still likely complain in the end.

 

[Mark Saiger]

are you that straight narrow you won't pay cash under the table so you're not solo?

..L.T.A.

Yep...

Playing by the rules so don't have to worry about anything.

The excersise isn't killing me and I don't like afternoon naps.

 

[FB7777]

People are insane

got a call yesterday that went to voicemail while we were working, she wanted to make an appt

she calls back a half hour later and left a voicemail that she wanted to ‘Cancel ‘ her order cuz she got someone else



great, now I don’t have to bother with the spiteful psycho

nope

she called a THIRD time, apparently she needs to school me on how I lost the job to a competitor

I answered this time

“ I’m glad you were able to get someone, we are too busy to get to you for a couple weeks anyways”

Didn’t go the way the entitled jerk wanted it to

I really love being able to choose who gets to be my customer

 

[revitalize]

This is a hard lesson for people in business to learn, "I really love being able to choose who gets to be my customer." We all want as much business as possible, but once that lesson is learned, it sets you on the path of attracting the customers you want to work with (most of the time) and willing to pay for your service, while eliminating the chafe. It is also really satisfying watching peoples faces/hearing their voice when you are telling them, you don't want to work with them.