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

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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’

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Shakeyourbaublesandsmile · 08/09/2025 20:31

Well….

Outside is monthly - have a lovely young man do then for £40

Inside is when I CBA….think that evens it out a bit

R0ckandHardPlace · 08/09/2025 20:31

Ponoka7 · 08/09/2025 20:23

Every two weeks, £5 a time. Always has been twice monthly, for forty years. That's the norm in the areas I've lived, across Merseyside.

Bloody hell, I’m Merseyside too and ours is £25!

CasperGutman · 08/09/2025 20:30

I do ours about once every year or two, or when a bird craps on them. And to answer the question in the OP: I'm pretty confident that ''most people" don't get their windows cleaned at all, still less 6+ times a year.

Mrscharlieeeee · 08/09/2025 20:29

Ours our done every other month so 8 weeks sounds right to me.

Notthatgameagain · 08/09/2025 20:28

Mine are done once every 8 weeks

topcat2014 · 08/09/2025 20:28

22 years in this house. Never had them cleaned.

TATT2 · 08/09/2025 20:27

Monthly here. I think others in the street miggt get there's done fortnightly.

BotterMon · 08/09/2025 20:27

Never had a window cleaner. They get done when we think about it. Probably about twice a year.

Chriskeela · 08/09/2025 20:26

Front: when the window cleaner turns up, at a guess every couple of months. He's done my windows like this for over 20 years but I don't have his number or any means of contacting him.
I do the back myself from inside, which is awkward - but our extension would be in the way of his ladder. That's probably only a couple of times a year.

Lovemycat2023 · 08/09/2025 20:25

We didn’t get ours done for over ten years. Now we have them every three months. Doesn’t seem much different!

Mumstheword1983 · 08/09/2025 20:25

Ours are once a month. In winter he sometimes comes a bit less frequent. I pay £17 a go.

BarbaraKirksKaftan · 08/09/2025 20:24

Our window cleaners come round roughly every 4 weeks. And they do a few houses in the street.

Ponoka7 · 08/09/2025 20:23

Every two weeks, £5 a time. Always has been twice monthly, for forty years. That's the norm in the areas I've lived, across Merseyside.

Champagneforeveryone · 08/09/2025 20:23

Every month, though my neighbour who moved in three weeks after us has never had his done (new build property) in the three years we've lived here.

While ours DO look better than his, mine certainly don't look as though I've lavished over £250 more a year on them than he has ☹️

AnneShirley18 · 08/09/2025 20:23

The shame 😔. I have been in my house 2 and a half years and never had them done or done them myself. I keep the blinds drawn when home and try not to look at them because they're awful. Twenty years of flat life with window cleaning in the service charge means they're not on my radar until I'm confronted by them every now and them. Must get act together.

VexedofVirginiaWater · 08/09/2025 20:22

Once a month (just checked my bank account to be sure). A friend asked to get hers done less frequently, but I felt bad as this is his livelihood. (Anyway we have a lot of poopy doves who sit on my TV aerial and poop away merrily, so probably need them doing at least monthly.)

Nina1013 · 08/09/2025 20:21

We have ours done every 4 weeks, having recently dropped down from fortnightly.

WearyAuldWumman · 08/09/2025 20:19

Most people round my way employ a window cleaner. The various companies have a gentlemen's agreement as to which streets they cover.

I'm charged £8 for our place.

Betty1625 · 08/09/2025 20:19

bigblueboots · 08/09/2025 18:12

This is the relatable content I’m here for! Anyone else just not have a window cleaner…?

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I don't... tried a while ago, and found that sometimes windows looked dirtier (water wasn't clean perhaps) so cancelled and didn't bother trying another conpany

MasterBeth · 08/09/2025 20:16

This thread infuriates me.

The question is "do most people get their windows cleaned...." not "do you get your windows cleaned..."

Letting us know what you do tells us nothing

How would we begin to answer the actual question?

(I bet the actual answer is "no, most people don't get their windows cleaned at all, let alone every few weeks", but that's just my hunch.)

G5000 · 08/09/2025 20:16

is this thread one of those 'OMG what do you mean you don't change your sheets/towels/bras twice per day!?!' type? I'm sure someone will come along who has a daily service.
I wash my windows myself whenever they look dirty.

Luckyforsome23 · 08/09/2025 20:15

Window cleaner every 8 weeks here.

Maninpeace · 08/09/2025 20:14

Ours comes every fortnight.

stayathomer · 08/09/2025 20:14

Do most people get them cleaned? I’m adding it to my wish list instead of my twice yearly fight with them, helped hugely by my sons agreeing to help then doing one window!!!

ToTheStarsToTheSea · 08/09/2025 20:14

Every 8 weeks here

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