How much do you pay your window cleaner?

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We live in a 4 bed detached house and, until today, paid £20 to our window cleaner who comes round when he can be bothered. I reckon it would take him about 10-15 mins tops to do our windows.

He came today, said something about now using a new shampoo (soap? Wasn't paying that much attention), maybe spent an extra 5 mins doing the windows but has charged us £25 - a 25% increase.

Obviously I get that prices are going up everywhere but am not sure if that is a bit excessive or actually an acceptable amount?

Oh wise MN folk, please let me know what you think...

Never had a window cleaner by it sounds quite average cost wise, assuming he has to pay fuel, insurance, equipment etc. most things have risen unfortunately

My window cleaners come every 6 weeks. If they just do the front and side of the house (2 bay windows, door with leaded lights plus 6 other windows) it's £5.50. A bargain! If they also do the back of the house as well (1 bay, 3 fully paned french doors plus full length windows each side, a single door plus 2 other windows) it's £15. I live in the NE.

Also in a 4-bed detached. £11 every 4 weeks. NE.

£20, he comes every two months. Doing a quick count in my head I think we have 10 windows and a set of patio doors. It’s been £20 for the last 3 years so I’m kind of expecting it to increase soon.

Oh, and I’m in the south east, Greater London adjacent.

2 bed bungalow with a bay window at front and french doors at the back. £12 a month in Essex

It’s £32, he comes once every 4-6 weeks.
5 bed semi with loft conversion, bifolds all
across the back of the kitchen, veluxes on kitchen roof and in the loft.
seems reasonable to me, he’s done in about 20 minutes or so.

That sounds expensive to me. We are £10 roughly once a month. 4 bedroom detached with 3m bifold in the back room. South of Scotland

I have 5 average windows and a big patio door. He comes every other week and I pay £4 each time. I reckon he takes maybe 10 minutes, but has to walk about 100m to get to the rear of the house.

5 bed detached, he does 4 doors (one is 6 panel bifold, two French doors and front door) 3 large windows and a small one. Upstairs 2 velux and 2 medium sized windows. The rest are velux on the roof so inaccessible. He charges £15 monthly but probably comes less frequently in the winter

£7. They are up those ladders like whippets and my windows are sparkly. They also clean my gutters for a few cans of beer.

I think that is very expensive. I used to pay £8 a month for my four bed terrace. No way would I pay that much when it hardly takes them any time to do.

4 bed detached in Suffolk. I paid £14 yesterday. He calls every 4-8 weeks.

I hope the price doesn’t rise in the near future as it’s the next thing on my list of cost saving cuts. I don’t fancy getting up the ladder to do them myself.

£7 every 4 weeks. 4 bed semi.

3 bed semi
15 quid

£2 per window whatever the size so we win on the patio doors and lose on the bathroom window and it all evens out. £24 for us.

Mine depends on how often you want it done. Quarterly is £18, three bed semi. More often would be less.

8 windows.
£6 every 4-6 weeks.

He doesn't have fancy equipment though. Bucket, soapy water, squeegee, and rags.

3 bed bungalow, big windows, 3 doors, conservatory & garden room £20 in Norfolk

3 bed semi. £22 every 8 weeks.

Mines £11 a month 3 bed semi and they use a pole so don't even climb the ladders.

Sal

4 bedroom detached with a study and a large conservatory.Window cleaner comes every 6-8 weeks and charges £15

Fucking hell, I can’t even tell you what ours is, I’m being ripped off!

3-bed bungalow. South West. £20 a time every 8 weeks or so. He uses some sort of filter system for the water and has an assistant so it only takes them about ten mins. This was the same at our previous house (3 bed terrace).

Detached three bed bungalow, West Wales £15.