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

658 replies

bigblueboots · 08/09/2025 18:05

Disagreement in our house today. Do ‘most people’ (which after some discussion was pinned down to people in 30s/40s in eg 3 bed semi with a kid or two 😅) have their windows cleaned every 6-8 weeks?

YABU - of course they do
YANBU - definitely not ‘most’

OP posts:
imsotiredohsotired · 09/09/2025 09:34

Not big but we have bi-folds. Had 3x quotes and all were the same price!

Honeypizza · 09/09/2025 09:33

We've lived in our house 8 years and never had them done and it's not occurred to me to get them done either. They don't really need it? I'm quite surprised by this thread!

SummerFrog25 · 09/09/2025 09:24

imsotiredohsotired · 08/09/2025 18:38

It costs £50. They only get done every 16 weeks.

How big is your house???

LillyPJ · 09/09/2025 09:09

Rain makes my car and my windows dirty. I live in the edge of the countryside on a quiet road so I don't think the air is particularly dirty here.

ThirdStorm · 09/09/2025 09:06

Every 8 weeks for me too, I deliberately chose a window cleaner who wouldn't push me into more frequently.

isitmytime · 09/09/2025 08:42

Mine get done every 4 weeks but I’m thinking of cancelling as he does a pretty shit job with one of the brushes on a pole thing and there’s one window that he doesn’t do at the side of the house. But it’s only £9 and I honestly think I would hardly ever do them myself because I’m lazy and it’s a tedious job.
the insides get done probably once a year at Christmas!

Shinysunday · 09/09/2025 08:31

There could be regional variations here. I know quite a few people who never get their windows cleaned, whatever the size of their house and family.

RamblingFar · 09/09/2025 08:28

If left to myself, I'd probably clean them every few years.

However, my next door neighbour is a window cleaner and does mine for free about once a month in exchange for a cooked meal.

HauntedHero · 09/09/2025 08:11

Flossflower · 08/09/2025 19:09

All those saying the rain cleans them, do you ever wash your car?

No, my car gets a yearly wash when it's serviced 😀

LakieLady · 09/09/2025 08:05

Lilyhatesjaz · 08/09/2025 22:26

This is what rain is for

Rain leaves my windows streaky, and with chalky-looking marks where the drops have dried.

We're in a hard water area, and it appears to extend to the water in the sky!

LillyPJ · 09/09/2025 07:58

Mine (£15 every 5 weeks) works out at about £3 a week. I think it's well worth it. Not only do I get better light and views, he also cleans the frames and sills. Some people spend more than £3 a DAY on coffee and think nothing of it.

Cantseetreesforthewood · 09/09/2025 07:03

Old house, no window cleaner (noone round us did).

New house, inherited the existing cleaner. He comes once a month, and you can really tell when he's been. Makes me clean the insides more often too, as you know it's inside dirt, and you can't fool yourself the rain will sort it!

It's £120 over the year. Not much in the scheme of things, tho if he said he had to reduce the frequency, I wouldn't object.

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 09/09/2025 07:00

Maybe twice a year? Don’t care really.

Chobby · 09/09/2025 06:44

SouthernNights59 · 09/09/2025 02:37

I clean my own windows - once a year. Most people I know clean their own windows, but I'm not in the UK.

Honestly, it's like a return to the 1950s on MN with all this continual cleaning!

Edited

Fortunately it’s nothing like the 50s because I’m paying someone else to clean the windows, while I’m out at work, instead of doing it myself!

123218474D · 09/09/2025 04:17

Mine are cleaned by a window cleaner monthly at the moment as we are in a new build and surrounded by lots of other houses in construction. The dust really dirties the windows. We will have them done less frequently once the other houses around us are built.

BourgeoisBabe · 09/09/2025 04:05

We get ours done about twice a year

youalright · 09/09/2025 03:12

Twice a year but in the past iv gone years without cleaning them and letting the rain do it

LittleCarrot12 · 09/09/2025 02:43

I do mine twice a year. The window cleaner comes every 3 weeks which is why I don’t use him.

SouthernNights59 · 09/09/2025 02:37

I clean my own windows - once a year. Most people I know clean their own windows, but I'm not in the UK.

Honestly, it's like a return to the 1950s on MN with all this continual cleaning!

BlueandWhitePorcelain · 09/09/2025 02:17

The window cleaner does ours every month. I thought that was normal.

jamnpancakes · 09/09/2025 01:21

I can't believe people have never heard of window cleaners or don't know people who have their windows cleaned. As well as windows I get my bin cleaned too 😂

TheReformedSlob · 09/09/2025 00:57

Never.

Maybe I'm not such a reformed slob after all.

Jumpingthruhoops · 09/09/2025 00:15

We have ours cleaned once a month.

SunnyDolly · 08/09/2025 23:38

Used to have them done monthly but now we just call them up for a good clean every 6 months! I loved monthly tbh we just couldn’t afford it anymore!

Titsywoo · 08/09/2025 23:37

I do my own but I live in a bungalow. Only bother about twice a year and they look fine. The people I paid previously (I tried 3 or 4 companies) did a shit job so I stopped bothering.

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