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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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LesLavandes · 10/09/2025 14:36

Every 4 weeks. I live by the beach so lots of salt

RampantIvy · 10/09/2025 14:25

Bookkeepermum · 10/09/2025 13:32

I clean the outside every month and the inside every week 🤷🏼‍♀️

Do you have smokers in the house?
Surely, windows don't get that dirty in a week?

Haemagoblin · 10/09/2025 14:21

I just wait for it to rain 😂 We just put our house on the market and I cleaned the inside ones for the first time in about 3 years. Never had the outside ones done. I am clearly grim.

oldmoaner · 10/09/2025 14:19

I'd prefer mine were cleaned every month but window cleaner comes when he feels like it, normally every 7/10 weeks. But, it depends where you live, on a main road I'd imagine they get dirtier than in area where hardly any traffic. I really do dislike dirty windows though. My daughter's are cleaned every month by her window cleaner.

Bookkeepermum · 10/09/2025 13:32

I clean the outside every month and the inside every week 🤷🏼‍♀️

LizzieLazzie · 10/09/2025 11:10

I have to do certain inside windows quite often as the cat likes licking them for some random reason!

RedPony1 · 10/09/2025 11:04

Never paid a window cleaner.

We do outside once or twice a year and they never seem that dirty? Inside every every couple of months, but again, never seem that dirty!

jamnpancakes · 10/09/2025 10:23

Soosi · 10/09/2025 08:54

I have always cleaned my own windows. I wonder if people have ever totted up how much it’s costing a year !

People may be time poor but money rich plus you are contributing to someone else's income.

VexedofVirginiaWater · 10/09/2025 10:03

cramptramp · 09/09/2025 19:55

Older than that age group but our window cleaner comes once a month, 4 bed detached he does front, back and sides, £15 a time.

Golly, that makes me realise what a good deal I'm on - 4-bed link detached, front and back - actually I don't think he does the front door bit which is the only side he could get to - but he only charges £6.50.

RoseThorne · 10/09/2025 09:55

We have always had them done every 4 weeks

LizzieLazzie · 10/09/2025 09:09

It costs £10. It was £8 till a couple of years ago when my husband finally got him to agree to take more!

LizzieLazzie · 10/09/2025 09:06

Our window cleaner comes round once a month. He and his dad (recently died) now him and another man have done this for the 34 years we’ve lived in this house. They do our neighbours’ windows too. Same with our milkman. I live in a village, so maybe a bit old fashioned, where local tradespeople serve the community.

Blissker · 10/09/2025 08:58

Soosi · 10/09/2025 08:54

I have always cleaned my own windows. I wonder if people have ever totted up how much it’s costing a year !

£72. It's well worth it to me to have one particularly awkward job off my to-do list forever.

People who have window cleaners are quite capable of doing the maths!

Soosi · 10/09/2025 08:54

I have always cleaned my own windows. I wonder if people have ever totted up how much it’s costing a year !

RampantIvy · 10/09/2025 08:02

Catsandcwtches · 10/09/2025 07:14

You don’t have to climb ladders! I do it with an extendable pole kit

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I'm happy to pay someone else to do it for me. £18 for a detached house (12 windows) and a conservatory.

TheBewleySisters · 10/09/2025 07:54

Our window cleaner comes once every four weeks and does exterior upstairs and downstairs windows, back and front, plus door and window surrounds. £15.

fetchacloth · 10/09/2025 07:53

YANBU but my window cleaner varies his visits a bit, sometimes it's 4-5 weeks, other times it could be nearer 6-8 weeks. I'm happy with that though, works for me 😎

NotAnotherChickenNugget · 10/09/2025 07:45

In the 12 years we’ve owned houses we’ve had a window cleaner out twice 😬 There’s just more important things to spend your money on in my opinion!

Catsandcwtches · 10/09/2025 07:14

RampantIvy · 10/09/2025 00:27

I'm not climbing ladders to do my windows.

Ours get cleaned once a month.

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You don’t have to climb ladders! I do it with an extendable pole kit

DownyEmerald · 10/09/2025 05:21

I do ours - about twice a year, maybe 3 if my mum comes to stay. There's a couple I can't do the outside of. Will get a window cleaner if we put the house on the market

PeachShaker · 10/09/2025 00:52

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’ve not had one since I lived with my parents as a teenager - not once in the house we’ve lived in 13 years. I was loosely considering it after a flyer but it’s still a no. It’s not a priority and it looks fine

happychops · 10/09/2025 00:33

Outside done once a month by window cleaner - had the same one since we moved in 27 years ago! Inside windows I do maybe every 6 months or if I see that they look grubby 🤣

RampantIvy · 10/09/2025 00:27

Meadowfinch · 08/09/2025 18:07

I've never paid for my windows to be cleaned. I do it on Sunday mornings, about every 3 months.

I'm not climbing ladders to do my windows.

Ours get cleaned once a month.

FireBreathingDragon · 09/09/2025 23:58

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’

I do mine every 2-4 weeks inside and out.
I do it myself using white vinegar and kitchen roll. Easier to do the inside but I reach round and do the outside too. We live in a very green area and the trees and sky look nicer through shiny clean windows!

JohnTheRevelator · 09/09/2025 23:50

I knew someone who had theirs cleaned every week!

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