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lina
i agree with steve, you do have a lot to offer in your own way, but i do know where you're coming from.
i have had a lot of help and advice from the guys on here and i think its brilliant, as a carpet and upholstery cleaner, i dont think i have much to offer in return, but as steve says we have all come along way in regard to launching and running a business, and a lot of new starters could benefit from what we have learnt.
stick to what you know and leave the bits you dont know to people that do.

trena

I use a couple of forums on a regular basis and I find them extremely useful for finding out information and bouncing ideas around. I wouldn't expect to gain all the information I need to run my business though. I'm also a carpet cleaner in Stafford. Trena how are you finding things?

March is looking very good after a very sporadic start to the year.
What about you?
Have you taken out a listing on My Local Services?
Well worth the small outlay in my opinion.

(steve u can pay me later ).

Joking aside it really is simple, easy to use and cost effective.

I agree about the the forums being informative and useful, we use a couple but this one is by far the best.
The members on here are absolutely brill for advice and support when needed.
would recommend to anyone to join.

Hi Trena. Steady is how I would describe it at the moment. I started in late 2008 so it's not been the best time for any business I suppose. I work by myself and I put a lot of time and effort into advertising and marketing so I can be pretty busy with that alone. Most of my work tends to be domestic, two jobs only today that's why I'm on here now, but I've recently started working for a national firm of letting agents. Along with the carpet and upholstery cleaning I've been doing end of tenancy cleans and also organising some small works and maintenance. I had twenty years in the building industry so I'm using some of my old contacts!

This is my listing on MLS. Jones of Church Eaton - Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners - Staffordshire

Same here Paul, we started October 2008, but we survived the last year so must be doing something right.
Both myself and Marc spent years working for a franchise, dealing with , fires, floods etc all aspects of disaster management, including carpet and upholstery cleaning.
Marcs also a qualified engineer and im from a nursing background.
We also do end of tenancy cleans etc and all kinds of specialist cleaning.
We tend to deal direct with landlords rather than letting agents, as they want it done for rock bottom prices then charge the landlords top whack for it.
Going direct to landlords we can offer a better deal and usually get more work rather than just 1 property.

If we can help you in any way feel free to give us a shout

I've found the agent I've been working for to be pretty decent. They ask me to quote for a job then they pass it to the property owner for approval. If the price is deemed to be acceptable the owner sends the agent a cheque for the full value of the job and the agent banks it and waits for it to clear. When it's clear they then instruct me to do the job. It's worked well so far but I go into these things with my eyes open. I also work for about three local landlords who, between them, own a considerable number of properties. I was introduced to a potential client just the other day who owns seventy properties alone! As you say the good thing here is that you're dealing with the owner face to face and you can bring to their attention any areas of special concern with the the cleaning process.

Funnily enough I was involved in fire and flood restoration too. My involvement though was with reinstatement so Rainbow had usually been in by the time I got to the job! Thanks for the offer of help by the way.

Rainbow??? did someone mention Rainbow lol