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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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Nbo · 09/09/2025 20:00

My previous house I got them done every 2 weeks but it was only £4 for a 2 bed semi! Don’t have one round my area now unfortunately

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.

LillyPJ · 09/09/2025 19:50

Moii · 09/09/2025 17:54

Our local window cleaner charges £15 for 20mins which I think is excessive, so I do them myself probably only twice a year

Allowing for travelling and bad weather days, he probably averages at most 2 per hour. Then he's got all the expenses of equipment, travelling, his NI, tax and pension contributions etc. He'll also need to allow for holidays and maybe some days off sick. So his charge is perfectly reasonable. People often don't realize that you can't equate a self-employed hourly rate with an employee's.

Catsandcwtches · 09/09/2025 19:39

I do mine myself as I begrudged having to organise and pay someone else to do it. And then they moan about how to get their equipment to the back (mid terrace).

I bought some equipment myself from Amazon, do it a few times a year, it’s free, no admin, no-one moaning about how to get round the back. Honestly so much easier! I pay a company to clean out the gutters once a year.

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bigblueboots · 09/09/2025 19:38

Can't believe how close to 50-50 this vote has stayed! Thanks to all you grubby people for backing up my cause. DP also feels vindicated, so everyone's a winner!

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Carpedimum · 09/09/2025 19:35

We have ours done every month £15 and they use ionised water. My parents have theirs done every fortnight so ours is lax by comparison. We like a clean, tidy house inside and out, it’s just our preference.

Katheclepto · 09/09/2025 19:27

We have lived here 7 years and had them done twice and they’re rank! Just not a priority to me!

Worndownbyit · 09/09/2025 19:26

Nope, every 3 months for me. Just keeps them tidy. It costs £35 a time so that's plenty often enough for me.

TaterTots68 · 09/09/2025 19:03

I don't know about most, but I can't remember the last time ours got cleaned. DH is supposed to do it, but never remembers, I occasionally give them a clean but it has been a while.

PizzaPowder · 09/09/2025 18:54

I think our window cleaner comes every fortnight 🙈

robotbella · 09/09/2025 18:52

I’ve just got mine done for the first time, having lived in this house for 10 years. It is nice to have a clear view, but it’s not that different really! I’ll probably try and drop down to every 3-4 months now I’ve broken the seal. Definitely never thought about what’s ’normal’!

40andcounting · 09/09/2025 18:37

I had my windows cleaned about 10 years ago and ive been in the house 20 years. Decided I needed a clean a few years ago covid time and they never turned up.
Insides 2-3 times a year. Some more than others where the hands get on the patio doors

Cyclingforcake · 09/09/2025 18:36

Snowdroppel · 08/09/2025 18:09

About 6 weekly. Don't think our cleaner really offers you a choice!

Us too. They get done when the window cleaner thinks they need it!

GiveDogBone · 09/09/2025 18:22

Mine get washed when it rains, and that is it.

Daftypants · 09/09/2025 18:15

Monthly here , he does the entire street .
It is far too big a job to do myself ( I do the inside of all the windows and all the glass of interior doors after he’s been and that is a LOT )

autienotnaughty · 09/09/2025 18:13

Our is every 6 weeks

rosie1873 · 09/09/2025 18:11

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 do mine on Sundays (weather and health permitting), but every week, always have, same as mum. It doesn't matter as long as the person who has the job is happy with it, that's all that matters. Also, if you live near traffic or trees and such the windows tend to get dirtier.

tripleginandtonic · 09/09/2025 18:10

Yabu

Negroany · 09/09/2025 18:09

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’

Monthly here. It's monthly or no window cleaner, they all only do monthly rounds.

My mum's is 6-8 weeks, when he feels like it.

RNJ3007 · 09/09/2025 18:09

Every 8 weeks, £12 for the lot, and that’s for a zone 3 London 3 bed end of terrace including the glazed porch 🫣 Feeling incredibly lucky to have my amazing window cleaners now (almost 17 years and only gone up £4 in that time - and we added 5 panels of glass within that time!!)

Dawnb19 · 09/09/2025 18:07

We get ours done every month. We do get spray from the sea that makes it dirty. Honestly, I could probably do with getting it done every 2 months but I feel bad saying that to the old man that cleans them.

BlackeyedSusan · 09/09/2025 18:06

Ours get done monthly. Flat dweller with no say I when they come.

Perimomof2 · 09/09/2025 18:04

Window cleaner every 6 weeks but he only charges £8 for every window in a 3 bed semi. The insides get done far less often 🙈

Moii · 09/09/2025 17:54

Our local window cleaner charges £15 for 20mins which I think is excessive, so I do them myself probably only twice a year

LillyPJ · 09/09/2025 17:53

TorroFerney · 09/09/2025 15:00

We are far from clean freaks but windows are cleaned every week. I’d have said that was usual to be honest. Whole house is cleaned once a week

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That sounds a bit clean-freaky to me!

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