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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:
PronounPenisMan · 08/09/2025 18:22

I’ve lived here 13 years and I think we’ve had the windows cleaned about 4 times. I do clean the insides when I’m deep cleaning the rooms.

SquigglePigs · 08/09/2025 18:22

Ours are done every 2 months. Our cleaners offered monthly or bi-monthly. We back onto woods so the back windows always look ready for a clean when they come but I can't stomach paying that much every month so am stubbornly sticking to 8 weeks.

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 08/09/2025 18:21

This is what rain is for isn’t it? 🤔

Blissker · 08/09/2025 18:21

Window cleaners come every month or every other month. I think most people will have a window cleaner so most people have them cleaned at least every couple of months.

Bolognesdiva · 08/09/2025 18:21

We don’t have a window cleaner - DH does it outside about every 6 months - we did do when the kids were tiny and life wasn’t as expensive as it is now

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 08/09/2025 18:21

Ours are cleaned every 2 weeks in the summer and monthly in winter

MyElatedUmberFinch · 08/09/2025 18:20

YABU

albalass · 08/09/2025 18:20

Outside of ours have never been done since they were fitted 7 years ago. I keep meaning to organise a cleaner but they look alright to be honest so it's not a priority.

FancyCatSlave · 08/09/2025 18:20

In previous houses we were every 5 weeks, and about half the close had them done on same day. It was 5 weeks because that was how often he came.

We’ve been in this house 3.5 years and not had them cleaned yet but to be fair it’s been in continuous renovation all that time and seemed pointless.

When I move I will get them done again I expect.

Thingyfanding · 08/09/2025 18:19

Every 3 months but they’re filthy by then

Menostress · 08/09/2025 18:19

Every 6-8 weeks here. But I did go for more than a decade without having them done in this house and never bothered in the previous 2 places. I don’t choose when he comes, he sends a text the night before. Think that’s pretty normal.

CitizenZ · 08/09/2025 18:19

Once a month here, and you can tell the difference every time, so mine clearly need it that often

Mikart · 08/09/2025 18:18

Dh washes them every 6 weeks

Owly11 · 08/09/2025 18:18

I do ours myself when they start to annoy me, probably twice a year for prominent windows and once every three years for windows in bedrooms and bathrooms. I clean the insides more frequently.

WishICouldBeLikeDavidWatts · 08/09/2025 18:18

I used to have a window cleaner who came once a month, but it seemed a bit too frequent so he didn't last very long. I only wash them when I can't tell if it's raining or not due to the light layer of grime on the outside.

Thissickbeat · 08/09/2025 18:17

I used to have mine done every two months.
The window cleaner vanished two years ago and I've not got round to finding another one. No one else in my street has it done, it was just me and an old lady.

RobinEllacotStrike · 08/09/2025 18:17

Outside every 6 weeks.

inside …. Not so much.

CurlsLDN · 08/09/2025 18:17

Every 2 months. The window cleaner initially offered monthly and I asked for 2monthly, which he was fine with.

gerispringer · 08/09/2025 18:17

Once a month, plus our window cleaner does the insides as well.

Criteria16 · 08/09/2025 18:17

Every 2 months outside and every 4 months inside

Beautifulhaiku · 08/09/2025 18:16

No window cleaner here! Been living in current place for 7 years and they look ok to me. Might book one in as a one off to see what we’re missing…

cinnamonbunlover · 08/09/2025 18:16

AintNoPunshineWhenShesGone · 08/09/2025 18:08

Our window cleaner comes every 3 weeks.

I try to do the inside on the same day but I'm a lazy fucker, so they get done probably more like every 5 or 6.

Why didn’t it occur to me to do this. I hate cleaning hr inside windows tbh I can never get them clean!

HauntedHero · 08/09/2025 18:16

We've been in our current house 15 years and never had windows cleaned. Neighbours seem to get theirs done every 6 weeks

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!

Pepperedpickles · 08/09/2025 18:15

Never. The rain does it. We’d rather spend the money on other things.