If you dont have a criminal record i would reccomend going to the police and asking for a crb check first,this is handy to show perspective clients,when you apply for positions.
Quite often clients will tell you how much they are prepaired to pay,however you should consider the minimum wage,and look around and work out how long it will take you to do the job,and take into consideration that you have to pay your own national insurance,holiday pay,and travel expenses,plus vehicle insurance etc.at the time of writing this you should be looking for between £8.50 and £10.00 per hour.dont sell yourself short and be in the situation whereby you dont earn a living.
How to promote yourself
First when ever you go to see a potential client,take some one with you until your happy and feel safe.
You want to be sure that people can afford your service.
Put a small advert in your local paper.
If you can afford it get a thousand leaflets printed,just a5 leaflets
and put them out into decent areas,this should take you no longer than two days,
from 1000 leaflets you should get 10 replies,the rest is up to you.but if you get just one job at say 5 hours a week at £8.00 thats £40.00 a week X by 50 weeks =£2000 a year.so dont get dispondent if you only get one job,by the way you use the clients cleaning materials,and you can charge extra for egs ironing,prepairing food etc.
good luck
Ray
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