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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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crazeekat · 08/09/2025 19:33

Every four weeks £6. 3 bed semi

FenellaFeldman · 08/09/2025 19:30

Supersensitive · 08/09/2025 19:30

I’m the same. Lived here for 4 years and have had them cleaned once. Clean the inside ones very occasionally and they’re fine. Maybe I’m disgusting but we survive .

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Your windows, your choice.

LazySusans · 08/09/2025 19:30

Once a month is the norm where I live and the same for my Mum who's at the other end of the country.

I have neighbours who don't have theirs cleaned ever and you can tell when in their houses!

I have other neighbours who do them themselves (you can rotate the windows 'inside out' with some double glazing.)

I was having ours done alternate months but it always rained the next day so we now do them ourselves.

I was paying £30 a clean.

Pinkypantspurple · 08/09/2025 19:30

Flossflower · 08/09/2025 18:07

My window cleaner comes about every 6 weeks.

Same

Supersensitive · 08/09/2025 19:30

AudiobookListener · 08/09/2025 18:08

I've had mine done twice in 23 years. Needless to say they are filthy. We are surviving.

Edit to add: the insides do get done maybe twice a year.

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I’m the same. Lived here for 4 years and have had them cleaned once. Clean the inside ones very occasionally and they’re fine. Maybe I’m disgusting but we survive .

PanEtLesBurgers · 08/09/2025 19:29

Occasionally I think we should get a window cleaner/clean them ourselves. Then it rains heavily and I forget about it again for another 6 months.

GreyCarpet · 08/09/2025 19:28

Once a month.

AmpleLilacQuail · 08/09/2025 19:27

Single, early 30s and my windows get cleaned every 8 weeks. A new build estate and building is still going on so there’s a lot of dust about.

DisapprovingSpaniel · 08/09/2025 19:27

I don't know what most people do but we get ours done every 6 weeks.

FenellaFeldman · 08/09/2025 19:27

Every 5 weeks, front, side and back, including patio doors.
I like clean windows!

SuperSue77 · 08/09/2025 19:26

Based on the vote so far, I would say half do, half don't!

strawlight · 08/09/2025 19:25

Erm.. mine comes every two weeks to do the front windows, but we live on a lane which gets quite splashy. The neighbours don’t get theirs done at all and I honestly don’t know how they see out, they’re so mucky they look frosted. Back windows are only done in spring and summer.

ratatouille99 · 08/09/2025 19:25

Once a year here!

Crunchienuts · 08/09/2025 19:25

Have never had my windows cleaned! They are not dirty, I mean we can still see out. That’s enough isn’t it?

Dumbo18 · 08/09/2025 19:23

Every 2 weeks, window cleaner comes every other Friday. I’m in my 30’s 3 bed semi with 2 kids FYI 😂

DiscoDown18 · 08/09/2025 19:23

My window cleaner comes every two weeks - and has done for 20 years! I didn't realise how 'above average' this was!

TroysMammy · 08/09/2025 19:21

Do people clean their windows?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/09/2025 19:20

I think that monthly is normal, but as long as theyre clean, it doesnt matter really

You will be shamed by the Instagram cleaning lover ladies

BurntBroccoli · 08/09/2025 19:20

The prices on here seem quite reasonable. My ex window cleaner wanted £10 for not that many windows five years ago. It only took him 10 mins max.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 08/09/2025 19:19

No window cleaner and I don’t clean them either. Three years and counting. I don’t particularly want to see the electricity substation out the back or the recycling and waste incinerator out the front.

CMOTDibbler · 08/09/2025 19:19

Our window cleaner comes every 5 weeks.

KitsyWitsy · 08/09/2025 19:19

mine get done about once every 5 years!

14HoursToSaveTheEarth · 08/09/2025 19:17

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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Ours have been done twice in sixteen years, but we have multiple panes of glass in each window which means a regular window cleaner would cost a fortune and we're too lazy to do it ourselves (the room I am sitting in now has three windows, but they include 40 separate panes of glass which would need cleaning separately).

The windows are quite small and the walls thick, so I always tell people it's a naturally dark house but maybe the sun just can't penetrate the layer of grime on the windows??? 😂

Nothungrycat · 08/09/2025 19:16

About every 6-8 weeks - there's a firm of window cleaners who do several houses on the terrace roughly to that pattern. I can't reach the first floor windows by myself, let alone the attic, so I'm happy with them doing it.

KickHimInTheCrotch · 08/09/2025 19:15

I get mine done about once a year. We aren't near a main road so no pollution to speak of and they really don't look that bad. I clean the insides if I can see hand prints etc and I clear up condensation when needed.

I really don't have spare money for keeping up with the Joneses, which is the only reason I can see for cleaning windows every few weeks.

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