Page 12 | To think ‘most people’ don’t get their windows cleaned this often?

bigblueboots · 2025-09-08T17:05:48+00:00

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’

Valmaine · 08/09/2025 23:37

Thamantha · 08/09/2025 23:22

I clean my own windows a couple of times a year, or whenever the state of them bugs me.

I totally understand others choosing to pay someone to do it for them, but for me the idea of spending £250 a year (as someone here mentioned they pay) on keeping them clean when i could do it myself and have a nice night away instead boggles me.

Our house is very tall and narrow, with three storeys. We have to book scaffolding for everything, so there's no chance we could do it ourselves!

Pastaandoranges · 08/09/2025 23:34

Once a year or maybe twice for us. Seems to be enough. I can reach most of them so occassionally also do the outside myself.

Icon15 · 08/09/2025 23:30

NuovaPilbeam · 08/09/2025 18:10

I've never paid a window cleaner in my life!

Neither have I!

CarpetKnees · 08/09/2025 23:28

About once every 12 years here.

I do sometimes do the front room window myself (say once a year).

ninjahamster · 08/09/2025 23:23

No window cleaner here.

Thamantha · 08/09/2025 23:22

I clean my own windows a couple of times a year, or whenever the state of them bugs me.

I totally understand others choosing to pay someone to do it for them, but for me the idea of spending £250 a year (as someone here mentioned they pay) on keeping them clean when i could do it myself and have a nice night away instead boggles me.

LillyPJ · 08/09/2025 23:18

hettie · 08/09/2025 23:06

This thread is one of the reasons I love Mumsnet.....
I'm the other side of 50, lived in a few places. Currently in a 3 bed semi in a city. We've never paid for a window cleaner and I'm utterly baffled but intrigued by the concept/question.
Dh cleans the windows occasionally? Well at least the reachable ones. Maybe 3-4 times a year? Pretty much always has to point it out to me... I'm always like "oh yeah, it's cleaner/sparklier....but secretly whatever..
I love the window cleaning crew but confess to being totally baffled

I'm generally frugal - don't get my nails done, don't buy coffees, clean my own car etc. But I do pay to have my windows cleaned. I'm hopeless at doing them myself and I love the extra light that clean windows bring. I visit a friend who doesn't have her windows cleaned and they look awful.

hettie · 08/09/2025 23:06

This thread is one of the reasons I love Mumsnet.....
I'm the other side of 50, lived in a few places. Currently in a 3 bed semi in a city. We've never paid for a window cleaner and I'm utterly baffled but intrigued by the concept/question.
Dh cleans the windows occasionally? Well at least the reachable ones. Maybe 3-4 times a year? Pretty much always has to point it out to me... I'm always like "oh yeah, it's cleaner/sparklier....but secretly whatever..
I love the window cleaning crew but confess to being totally baffled

Ihatewinding · 08/09/2025 23:04

NuovaPilbeam · 08/09/2025 18:15

The only time i asked a window cleaner to quote i did notice he was crafty insisting there was no option for a one off clean, it was sign up for an unnecessarily regular clean or get nothing.

I went for nothing.

Threads like these make me realise why I've got more money than most people, they are all pissing it away on window cleaners every two weeks and nails every 3, highlighs every 6 weeks, replacing all their pillows every 2 years and mattresses every 5 etc!

Yup, never had our windows cleaned in nearly 5 years of owning our house, can see out of them fine.
Also not got any pets so no vet bills (also food, meds, holiday sitters, etc), have cut my own hair for 8 years, didn't see a dentist for 10 years (this did come back to bite me though 🙈), SIM only contracts on cheapish phones. Our expenditure is much less!
Some of our bedding is 15+ years old and we are planning on replacing it in the near future though

kittensinthekitchen · 08/09/2025 22:56

Window cleaner comes every 4-6 weeks I think? I don't' know, it depends on the weather (and maybe if he has holidays booked? 😆)

FiguringLifeOutOneFuckUpAtATime · 08/09/2025 22:56

Once a month here, 3-bed semi. But I live in an area with a LOT of construction work (old buildings demolished/new builds) going on for the last few years so windows get grim pretty quickly. I don't clean the insides quite so often though... 😬

Allseeingallknowing · 08/09/2025 22:46

LittleBoPop · 08/09/2025 22:34

Yep! Never had a window cleaner.

Think I've cleaned out windows about 2-3 times in the last 8 years.

Only iron if I really have to as well.

Got enough on my plate...

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Don’t forget the skirting boards…

Allseeingallknowing · 08/09/2025 22:45

Justanotherdramalama · 08/09/2025 22:40

I usually clean my windows outside and in, maybe once a year. I can never get them to look good though. This thread has inspired me to start doing them monthly and give my bingo wings a free workout

Wash with soapy water and vinegar. Use an old tea towel or old cotton t shirt to dry them off. No smears.

HostaCentral · 08/09/2025 22:45

Ours cost £45, so only every three months. If the conservatory roof and house gutters need doing, which is twice a year, it's £200 😫

Inside I do maybe two or three times a year.

MrsJeanLuc · 08/09/2025 22:45

Ours get done every 5 or 6 weeks

Allseeingallknowing · 08/09/2025 22:43

Lilyhatesjaz · 08/09/2025 22:26

This is what rain is for

Rain often contains dust! Unless it is very heavy rain, windows often look worse afterwards.

MeganM3 · 08/09/2025 22:42

Living in a very busy area of London.. window cleaner every 3rd week and they got filthy in that time.
Living somewhere quiet and on the cusp of countryside… had new windows 2 years ago and never cleaned them.

Justanotherdramalama · 08/09/2025 22:40

I usually clean my windows outside and in, maybe once a year. I can never get them to look good though. This thread has inspired me to start doing them monthly and give my bingo wings a free workout

butterpuffed · 08/09/2025 22:40

Allseeingallknowing · 08/09/2025 21:55

Often see a man doing upstairs windows with a long handled brush and dirty rag. There’s no way he can get a satisfactory result like that. Must look awful from inside. These days, many windows have a way of extending them out so you can reach to clean them from inside, and clean all the grooves,seals and panes properly.

That's what my windows are like , and I'm on second floor, so my window cleaner comes into my flat and does the inside and outside windows once a month.

BerryTwister · 08/09/2025 22:37

I’m 57 and have never had my windows cleaned!

haggisaggis · 08/09/2025 22:37

Our window cleaner is meant to come once a month.

Nourishinghandcream · 08/09/2025 22:35

I wanted them done monthly but my OH suggested that might be to frequent (bearing in mind that I tend to clean them weekly myself anyway, whenever I see any marks on them!).
We settled on every 6-weeks.😁

ReadingSoManyThreads · 08/09/2025 22:35

Well we don't have a window cleaner. Lived in our house for about 12 years and think they've been done once in that time.

We do the insides about once a year. The outsides of the downstairs get done every few years. I do clean the outside of our bathroom window when cleaning the bathroom though as it's small and easily reached.

readingmakesmehappy · 08/09/2025 22:34

mine were last done well over a year ago