Pricing, marketing, hiring and operations. No fluff, no gurus: just what's working in 2026.
The instant-quoting platform used by UK & Ireland window cleaners is now live in the US, Canada and Australia, priced in local currency, with local tax wording and service areas. Here's what's available today and how it works.
Reviews are how new customers decide whether to trust you before they've ever met you. Here's a practical, no-nag system for earning more of them consistently, and what to do when one goes wrong.
You're already at the property with the ladder, the pole and the trust. Add-on services turn that visit into more revenue without more driving: here's which ones work and how to offer them.
Recurring customers are the difference between a round that pays every month and one you rebuild from scratch each week. Here's how to turn a first clean into a standing booking.
Feast in summer, famine in the off-season is a choice, not a law. Here's how to build a round that pays steadily all year, whatever the weather does.
Every window cleaner hears "that seems expensive" eventually. How you respond decides whether you win a good customer or train a bad one. Here's how to hold your price without losing the job.
Most homeowners contact two or three cleaners and book the first one who gives them a real number. Here's the honest case for instant quoting, and the jobs where it still pays to quote by hand.
Plenty of leads go quiet after you send a price, not because they said no, but because life got in the way. Here's how to follow up politely and automatically, and when to let it go.
Charge per window or per property? Both are used across the UK & Ireland, and both can be right. Here's a straight comparison and how to pick the one that fits your round.
A bigger round isn't automatically a better one. Profit comes from density, frequency and the right customers: here's how to build a round that pays well per hour, not just per week.
The instant-quoting platform used by UK & Ireland window cleaners is putting Scotland front and centre. Here's what Squeegify does, how the widget works, and why it fits a Scottish round, from a Glasgow tenement to an Aberdeen detached.
You don't need 30 pages and a bank manager. You need six numbers that prove the round works. Here's the one-page plan that actually gets used.
Commercial work pays monthly, in bulk, by bank transfer. Here's how small cleaners actually win contracts without a sales team.
It's free, it sits above every website in the results, and most window cleaners fill in about a third of it. Here's the full setup.
Good terms aren't legal armour. They're the answer to every awkward doorstep conversation, written down once.
Two cleaners on the same income can be 200 customers apart. Here's the maths that tells you which number you're aiming at.
Winter doesn't have to halve your income. It halves the income of cleaners who don't plan for it.
Most window cleaners lose money on Facebook ads for the same three reasons. Fix those and £10 a day fills a round.
Six questions, one price, one close. Here's the phone script that stops you underquoting and stops you waffling.
Moss removal is the highest-ticket add-on most window cleaners never quote. Here's what it's worth and how to price it safely.
Keeping a customer is worth far more than finding one. Here's why rounds leak, and the five fixes that plug it.
Day rates, round values and the costs nobody mentions. Here's an honest look at what a UK window cleaning round actually pays in 2026.
What UK households pay to have solar panels cleaned, how often it's worth doing, and how cleaners should price the job properly.
Those white spots aren't dirt. They're mineral deposits bonded to the glass. Here's how professionals remove them without scratching anything.
Exactly what to buy to start window cleaning, what it costs, and the expensive kit you genuinely don't need in month one.
Tank size, payload limits, battery wiring and layout. Get the van right once and every working day gets faster.
What UK households pay for fascia and soffit cleaning, what should be included, and how to price it so the job is actually profitable.
Most cleaners are underpriced and dreading the conversation. Here's the timing, the amount, and the exact wording that works.
Knocking doors still fills rounds faster than anything else. Here's the timing, the script and the follow-up that turn a maybe into a customer.
No licence, but plenty of duties. Here's the compliance checklist for starting a UK window cleaning business properly.
Chasing money is the worst part of the job. Here's how to set payment up so it mostly stops happening.
A quote is a sales document, not paperwork. Here's a complete template you can copy today, plus the wording that turns a price into a booked round.
Four-weekly, eight-weekly, or twice a year? The honest answer depends on where you live and what your windows are made of. Here's how to decide.
Commercial work pays steadily and rarely haggles, if you price it properly. Here's how UK commercial window cleaning is quoted in 2026, and where cleaners lose money.
Rounds change hands constantly, usually with a handshake and a notebook. Here's how to value one properly, what to check, and how to keep the customers you paid for.
Most window cleaning websites are digital business cards. The ones that print work all share nine things, and instant quoting is the biggest of them.
A straight answer first: most UK homes pay £15-£45 per regular exterior clean in 2026. Here's what sits behind those numbers, what pushes a quote up, and how to tell a fair price from a cheap one.
Gutter clearing is the highest-margin add-on in window cleaning and one of the cheapest bits of home maintenance there is. Here's what it costs in 2026, and what a proper job should include.
Public liability is the one every customer asks about, but it's rarely the only cover you need. Here's what window cleaners in the UK and Ireland actually have to carry, and what each policy really pays for.
Most window cleaning software is a digital round book. The features that move the needle are the ones that win work while you're up a pole: instant quoting, automatic follow-ups and payment collection.
Conservatory roofs are the most-neglected glass on a British house and one of the most satisfying jobs on a round. Here's what a clean costs in 2026, and how to tell a thorough job from a rinse.
Low barriers to entry, recurring revenue and cash-flow that starts in week one. Here's the honest, ordered plan for starting a window cleaning business in the UK in 2026: kit list, costs, paperwork and first customers.
Undercharge and you're running to stand still. Overcharge and the phone stops ringing. Here's the modern way UK window cleaners are pricing in 2026, and why 'per-window' beats 'per-hour' almost every time.
The best marketing for a window cleaning business isn't fancy. It's fast, local, and relentlessly consistent. Here are 10 tactics working for professional cleaners across the UK and Ireland right now.
The pole-vs-squeegee debate has been going for two decades. Here's what actually matters in 2026: for the customer, the cleaner, and the business.
You don't need a £600/month SEO agency to outrank the big national brands in your town. You need a Google Business Profile that's dialled, service pages that talk like a human, and reviews you actively collect.
The step from one van to two is harder than the step from two to five. Here's the operational and mental playbook that separates cleaners who scale from cleaners who plateau.
