To think ‘most people’ don’t get their windows cleaned this often?

They do the job very quickly indeed - and it's done properly. They only do the windows in doors, not the whole door (if you know what I mean). I think it's the case that pensioners get a pound cheaper than everyone else.

They put a card through the door with the date and price and I pay them via electronic banking.

I'm told that the various window cleaning companies in the area have a gentlemen's agreement as to where they're allowed to clean. (For example, our company doesn't touch the parallel street.)

That way, they get through enough houses in the same area quickly enough to make a good living.

ETA They come at a time of their choosing - they can access the back via the side return.

Im amazed these plethora of staff are being paid enough?

We also need someone who can do a Saturday as we're not here in the week to let him through to the back. A lot of these companies want to turn up when its convenient to them but not to me.

Our company uses a team of window cleaners who do all their customers in the same street on the same day. The job is done very quickly - the windows are cleaned properly - and they take nine pounds. counts 11 windows and three doors.

Usually, one does the front the same time as the other does the back.

No I dont think so, he charges friends about the same I think, its just his price.

The window cleaners we've had over tyhe years are more or less the same before and after we had the conservatory.

Thinking about it, one part of the conservatory is the same expanse of glass as the back door which is now inside the house and the kitchen window which is now in the house, so the only additional about the conservatory is about 3 long panes.

So I'm assuming that it's the conservatory that's taking up most of the time and money?

I have an end-terraced 3 bedroom house with an additional sitting room and 3 doors.

Oh dear lord. My mother gets hers done every four weeks (but she's got a soft spot for him 😂) I've had a window cleaner once in 21 years; he charged me £8 for FOUR windows. I flounced.
Now, my mother sometimes cleans the outside of them when she visits, and is horrified by the filth; so maybe 3-4 times a year. I have proudly only cleaned them twice.
I'm not such a slattern for the inside, I will add.

No just a basic 3 bed semi, conservatory on the back and 2 front doors and 2 back doors

All the window cleaners we have had in the past have taken around the same ish time and charged around the same ish.

The local window cleaner does a 6 week cycle. I found it too frequent so cancelled and now they never get done! Wish there was an option for quarterly...

I don't time it exactly but it's every two months, which is more than enough as we live in the countryside, but on a road. I wouldn't mind stopping in fact, as we have had new windows which can be cleaned from inside, but it's supporting a one man local business, so I keep him on.

Must be a very large building?

Oh really, I think its a bargain, its usually about 40 when he is doing them regularly but because he hadnt been for so long and they were filthy it took longer

I would say he is normally here about 1.5hrs, sometimes longer.

£50!

Whats a lot?

Since I originally posted on here, the window cleaners have increased their price to £9 a month.

I'm astonished at how much cleaners in other parts of the country are charging.

We were paying £60 month which seemed ridiculous for 20 minutes working. Then a friend recommended hers who charges £25 does an amazing job and is regular as clock work. I

That’s a lot

Where I live there are no such thing as window cleaners for domestic properties. I am sure you could try to engage one of the industrial companies that does office tower blocks, but I imagine that would cost a fortune.
However, all the windows open inwards, so I could clean mine every day, were I that way inclined. They tend to get cleaned slightly more at this time of year due to pollen, but as a general rule they get cleaned when they are dirty.
Funnily enough that is always one of the things I think about when watching property programmes where there are huge, very tall windows (think double storey) - how on earth do they get cleaned inside?

He's meant to come every month

Do you think he turns up every month?

No, he turns up when he feels like it

Window cleaners are hard to find here, we've been let down so much

He only charges about 50 quid though, might be less if its not that dirty

I would like them done monthly

We have ours done once a month.

It's about £70 for me to have my (fairly standard sized house) windows cleaned, so I only get it done once in a while when they look dirty. No one in our street has a regular window cleaner that I've noticed. If I could get them done for £10/15 I'd definitely have them done monthly, but it's just too expensive to justify.

Does it depend where you live? In a polluted city you need it more than out in than semi rural. May well out in the sticks there is farming mess.

Ours get cleaned once a month. Though the last time he came he hadn't been for a while due to an injury.

Once a month, I hate dirty windows and am generally quite slatternly

I get mine done monthly. My house has a lot of glass though.

No window cleaner here. We did have a fellow once who did some triple distilled water thing that was supposed to leave no streaks but... well the windows didn't look that good so didn't have him back. Windows here do need cleaning (the upstairs ones mainly) but... can't afford it right now anyway.