Window cleaning business viable ?

I think driving around is pointless, everything seems to be on SM these days, on my local town FB page lots of people advertise these sorts of services and also the question is often asked 'who does x/y/z' and then names are recommended. Plus not a hope I'd hire someone that appeared at my door even if I wanted the service!

For example if I wanted chimney cleaning in the morning I'd do a search of the local page to see who was recommended before, most people though I think don't bother searching they just stick up another post but either way the names get out there, a FB page would do these days, can't see the need for a website, get a few good reviews asap up on the page.

Any of those service type things are busy these days as people in general don't do their own jobs like that anymore, I do but among my friends I would be in the minority although I'm going to call it a day on cleaning the gutters this year and get someone to do it!

Definitely viable I know people who make a wage at it and only work 3 days a week (and no they don't sign on).

One charges in excess of €100 and hour and has more work than he can handle.

Commercial vehicle insurance for a 19 year old is going make it hard to be viable and a small van won't do as all the commercial window cleaners I see bring their own water. If they are planning on using ladders there is a lot of regulations that need to followed, not many people will allow their walls to be drilled for window cleaners.

I'm in a large town in Clare and getting a reliable window cleaner is impossible. There are a few guys doing it, as each has come to do my house, I've asked them to call regularly (every 4-6 weeks or so) all have agreed but then only come when I ring or text. It's a semi and they charge 30/40 yoyos, depending on who it is. Gutters and windows together are 60ish. There's def a bizz here, depends on where your cousin is living.

Window washing in Ireland? Not so sure. It would need to linked to other washing, power washing etc.

Where I am in the States, window washing is easy to start and rather lucrative. just quoted 700 dollars to wash the house, 600 to wash the office.

Is window cleaning a thing in Ireland? I know a few people in the UK who get their windows washed reasonably regularly but they're not paying a lot of money to have it done.

Would he be open to cleaning gutters as well? From personal experience, it took a while to find somebody reliable to do our gutters.

Tell him to apply for ESB apprenticeship that's opened in march.

He'd probably make more money delivery food than cleaning windows tbh

I pay €20 to get my windows cleaned - 10 windows and a patio door. Guy just calls when he's in the area and I pay via revolut which is handy as I never have cash. If he can't get around the back due to locked gate he charges less to do the front/side windows that he can access. He gets a lot of business via word of mouth. If possible have a sign on the van especially if calling door to door - looks more genuine than a plain van.

To make a living out of it you need public liability insurance, a card machine, vat registered, and water in your van.

No commercial operation will take you without the above .

going around door to door you might get a bit of work or you might get someone calling the garda and warning everyone on the resident's association Facebook.

If he went around house to house where was he going to get the water from? ask the householder, was he just going to rock up to a house with a ladder and a bucket? I wouldn't let anyone use a ladder on my premises unless they had public liability insurance.