OddsyncSide Hustles

Window & Gutter Cleaning

A round of regular customers
5
Setup steps
3
AI prompts
6
Tools & links

What it is

Cleaning the outside of customers' windows (and later gutters, fascias and conservatories) on a regular four or eight week round. Kit is cheap, customers pay the same day, and a street of regulars means you earn from one trip.

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Window Cleaning Business UK: getting started

Step by step

  1. 1

    Start with basic kit

    Squeegee, scrubber, bucket, a microfibre cloth and a telescopic pole will do (£50–£100). Add a water-fed pole later once the round pays for it.

  2. 2

    Get insured

    Public liability cover is a must. Keep your work to what you can reach safely from the ground, and never go up ladders without training.

  3. 3

    Price by property

    A regular four-weekly clean of a terraced or semi usually runs £10–£18; a first clean or a bigger house can be £20–£40. Set a minimum charge so a single small job still pays for the trip.

  4. 4

    Door knock one street at a time

    Clean one house, then knock on the neighbours with a flyer saying "I am doing number 12 today, can I do yours for £15?" Working a whole street saves petrol and time.

  5. 5

    Turn it into a round

    Offer every four or eight weeks and keep a list with dates. 100 regulars at £15 every four weeks is real, steady money.

AI prompts to try

Copy one of these into ChatGPT, Claude or your AI tool of choice and adapt it to your situation.

Flyer
“Write a short flyer for my window cleaning round in [AREA]. Friendly, local, fully insured, no contract, pay after the job. Include a place to write the price and a line saying I am cleaning on their street this week.”
Pricing a round
“I charge £15 a house on average and clean 20 houses a day, 4 days a week, every 4 weeks. Work out my income, my costs for fuel and supplies (£80 a month) and my profit after tax if I earn over the £1,000 trading allowance. Show your working.”
Gutter upsell
“Write a short WhatsApp message to my window cleaning customers offering a gutter clean as an add-on, with a before and after photo, explaining why it matters before winter.”

Get help setting it up

Hand the fiddly setup to a freelancer on Fiverr and start earning sooner.

Useful links

Simply Business (insurance)↗Unger (squeegees and poles)↗Nextdoor↗Checkatrade↗HSE: working at height↗Gov.uk: trading allowance↗
Started? Run it from one place

A free OddSync account gives you a booking page, quotes and invoices sent as a link, and a running tax estimate for your side hustle.

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