Michaell

“That boy doesn't need to study, he'll become a window cleaner anyway!” This is what one of Michaell's teachers once said to the class he was in at the time. Not knowing that years later, Michaell would actually wash the windows of the school. And that during his very first assignment as a window cleaner too!

At a young age, Michaell used to go along with his uncle to learn the trade. He was immediately sold. The contact with people, the freedom and the varying locations; it appealed to him right away. Besides brief stints as an employee at a go-kart track and a factory, Michaell has worked as a window cleaner for almost his entire working life.

In his spare time, Michaell likes to work on his garden shed in Duivendrecht. He also enjoys listening to old “Motown” classics. “Aint no mountain high enough” is one of his favorite songs. The song symbolizes the things he has overcome in his life. It also stands for the tall buildings whose windows he washes every day.

The clients of 1nergiek love this relaxed, straightforward and honest Amsterdammer. Besides being a highly valued window cleaner, Michaell is also the social media man of the cleaning company. Through his daily posts, he shows what the work of a window cleaner entails.