To think that 7.45 am is just too blooming early

[perpetuallybewildered]

for the window cleaner to appear at my bedroom window?

It isn't the first time but this morning I was still in bed and had to hide under the duvet. The curtains were closed but it still felt weird.

Do you live on the ground floor?

Working from Heights 2005 meant that window cleaners changed how they worked - no ladders, squeegees on poles!

I don't think I've seen a window cleaner up a ladder since!

We told ours never to come back when he rocked up at 07.30 on a bank holiday Monday. He used to make my skin crawl anyway, always used to walk into the house while I got my purse and talked to your tits. Vile man.

OurBlanche - in my last block, they were def using ladders in 2009. I didn't know about the rules but that would be the management company's problem anyway.

that said, the back was a very strange angle and drop to basement flat, so without a ladder he'd have had to stand in the garden belonging to the block that backed ours and that was only accessible via those residents' flats.

Nope, not ground floor - 2 storey house. He's not the only one still using ladders, I've seen one or two in my town.

Even my gardener knocks on my doors before starting work in my garden. A lot less intrusive than being at the window!

YANBU!

On a weekday, no. Our house is out for work and school by then