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...

A month!

Ours is £35 but it's a big detached house with a conservatory so although I feel it's a bit expensive, it's not wildly so. They were the only people we could get when we moved in so just had to such it up really!

Thanks everyone... hadn't even thought about the implications of location (doh!) - we are southwest. Sooo, it would seem we are now the upper side of acceptable and, tbh, I really can't be arsed to find someone else. Still annoyed with the lack of communication though.

I pay £25 every 8 weeks. We are 3 bed but have large bifolds and a skylight that he does. I'm in the SE.

Holy crap! Mine was £85 last time!!! (Which is why my windows are generally filthy!)

Ours came today, he's charged £25 for a while - 3 story 4 bed, 4 reception house with separate annexe. I think it's really reasonable (also he uses the old school cloths and distilled water).

5 bed detached - we had a guy do a crap job for £30. I know some neighbours with 3/4 beds are paying close to £50.

Ours comes every 3 weeks (don't ask me why, he couldn't do every 4 weeks and we didn't want to wait 6)

We pay £12.50 for a 3 bed end terrace with French doors at the back

My average 3 bed with patio doors is £12 including all sills etc. Kent.

£40. Five bed detached. We paid £30 at our last house that probably had more glass with the same window cleaner but that was on a suburban street in town whereas we are now semi rural so I figure a bit extra for coming out to us is fair.

4 bed semi - £10 a month

Mine is a London terrace, so he only does the front. Just gone up to a tenner every 6 weeks.

£15 but just the first floor windows.

£20 also cleans the front door - 3 bed semi (16 windows and doors). London.

Funny I was talking about this today - he cleaned our windows the day we moved into this house- my MIL saw him in the street and asked him to do ours- he obliged and charged me £4.00. He comes every 3 weeks and still charges me £4.00. He has done this for 25yrs we have just paid our mortgage off!

We have a 5 bed detached house with 2 sets of French doors. We pay £10 fortnightly. So worth it!

3 bed semi
£6.50
Merseyside

Hmmm now wondering if I'm being overcharged, but £32 for a 4 bed semi South East, bi folds and velux (so there is an element of danger money in there!)

I’ve now found a new window cleaner because of this thread. £45 for 3 floors and velux, bifolds. Seems much better!

£8 every four weeks two bed semi so 4 windows upstairs, two large in the kitchen, bay window and front door as its half glazed downstairs , in Yorkshire

@Sunsetintheeast brilliant! Well done 😄

Window cleaning is big business around here - we pay £65 every eight weeks. And they were the cheapest quote I got - one firm quoted £140.

@WellTidy Jeez, that's steep! What area?

South east London borough.