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Window cleaning
The investment required to open a Dr. Glass Window Washing Franchise is $4,600-And Up. There is an initial franchise fee of $3,000-$6,000 which grants you the license to run a business under the Dr. Glass Window Washing name.
They Call Him 'Dr. Glass'
Washing windows can be a real pain, particularly in mansions that grace the nation's capital. Yet one resourceful entrepreneur has made a lucrative career out of it. The only problem is the continental commute.
Philip Bregstone, 39, spends nine hours a day for 14 weeks polishing windows in the w...
Dr. Glass Breaks New Ground
When we first met Philip Bregstone ("Dr. Glass Does Windows"), he was perched atop a 20-foot ladder, wielding a cloth and a squeegee and making a comfortable living as a part-time window washer. Then opportunity knocked, and even though his first inclination was to say "no, thank you," Dr. Glass fin...
The Glassman Cometh
There are windows of opportunity and windows to the soul, and then there are windows that Philip Bregstone washes.
About this time every spring, as he has done since 1993, Bregstone packs his family into a white Subaru hatchback, leaves his chicken and goat farm in Colorado and travels across the...
Dr. Glass Has A Clear Future Before Him
Imagine making $100,000 a year with a seasonal job that requires four months of hard work and eight months of minimal time. This is what Philip Bregstone does, and it's all possible because new homes are getting larger and larger with designs that include vast window surfaces. In the Washington DC a...
Year | U.S.A. | Canada | International | Corporate |
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2005 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2004 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
United States: Colorado, Maryland, Virginia,
Expense | In-House | Third Party |
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Franchise Fee | No | No |
Startup Costs | No | No |
Equipment | No | No |
Inventory | No | No |
Accounts Receivable | No | No |
Payroll | No | No |
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Franchise can be run from home.
0% of all franchisees own more than one unit
Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2
Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)
Your income potential as a Dr. Glass Window Washing Franchise entrepreneur depends vastly on many factors. As an entrepreneur, the goals to achieve are related to expanding sales while lowering your operation costs and increasing the quality of your products and or services. Each month your operating costs can include royalty fees, mortgage / rent, supplies for products, staffing, utilities, bookwork, stationary and other items. From one month to the next, you may find your costs fluctuate, but your up-front costs are, for the most part, fixed and they will cover most of the initial setup of equipment, signage and renovations.
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Dr. Glass Window Washing
3573 Nyland Wy.
Lafayette,
CO
80026