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Window cleaner wanted

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glammagran Sat 13-May-23 16:27:41

We haven’t had our windows cleaned since before the pandemic. So they really, really need doing. We are in a typical 4-bed house on an estate in a not very prosperous semi-rural town. I asked for a quote to clean:-

All fascias & sills (excluding detached garage)
All exterior windows (they are not large windows)
Conservatory roof
Interior of conservatory windows

I’ve been quoted £270 and £60 for just windows thereafter.

AIBU to think this is a vast sum? In our previous much larger 5-bed house we paid £12 every month for windows till we moved 8.5 years ago. I thought this was a little on the low side tbh.

Any thoughts?

NotSpaghetti Wed 17-May-23 08:01:11

Yes bluesmum - lots of bargains on here!
Can't believe it's financially viable for some of these. And not every day of the year is suitable for window-cleaning either.

Running a work van, sometimes a distiller and water- pump too is all very expensive. Insurance and tax as well though at these prices, maybe some don't actually earn enough for tax to kick in!

Bluesmum Wed 17-May-23 02:38:12

I have a three bed detached bungalow with an added garden room with two four section folding glass doors and a large glass lantern in the roof, plus a further pair of French doors. I use a professional company who use the pole system and I pay £16.00 every month! Looks like I am getting a good bargain!

TillyWhiz Tue 16-May-23 21:45:26

You actually get a window cleaner! My first one, very good, didn't like his white van getting muddy or dusty from the track I live along. The second one was really good too - but has disappeared without trace. Now I'm still trying to find another. Bungalow, 11 windows and patio doors, paid £15.

inishowen Tue 16-May-23 18:19:45

We live in a four bed house and pay £11 per clean. For some reason they don't collect their money each time. I have £33 waiting to give them.

rafichagran Tue 16-May-23 18:13:40

BlueBelle

I have two bays and one single which is the equivalent of 7 single windows for £7 once a month

Me too, every 6 weeks.

Greyduster Tue 16-May-23 17:49:42

We had chap a couple of years ago to clean out our guttering and downpipes, clean the fascia’s and clean the moss off the tiled conservatory roof on our four bed detached house here in South Yorkshire. He charged us £130 and did a very good thorough job. We have a window cleaner who comes every four weeks, cleans the windows and doors and the fifteen windows in the conservatory. The only window he doesn’t clean is the one above the conservatory roof as he can’t access it. He charges me eight pounds which I think is very reasonable.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 16-May-23 17:29:44

Prices are irrelevant if people don’t say where they live.

Bridie22 Tue 16-May-23 17:19:51

Front of house only...1 Bay, 2 bedroom windows, I door and fanlight £4 every 2 weeks.

Norah Tue 16-May-23 14:26:53

Caramme

Goodness! I had no idea window cleaning could be so expensive. Three beds, kitchen extension, French doors, porch, etc, no conservatory. £6 every 4 weeks, and they get up ladders and do it properly. Cheshire, semi rural.

Did you mis-type? Perhaps £26 is what was to be posted?

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 16-May-23 14:18:12

And not declaring his earnings?

rowyn Tue 16-May-23 13:46:21

Caramme

Goodness! I had no idea window cleaning could be so expensive. Three beds, kitchen extension, French doors, porch, etc, no conservatory. £6 every 4 weeks, and they get up ladders and do it properly. Cheshire, semi rural.

Christopher Columbus!! £6?? Is that a typo? Your house sounds similar size to mine and I pay £20, which is OAP- living- on -own- rate and probably very cheap for Berkshire! !
Surely your cleaner must have another job or is retired and earning pocket money???

Saggi Tue 16-May-23 13:18:42

I’m in Midlands …I pay £13 for a trhee bed semi plus garage door and small window. Takes him about 40 mins and I think that’s ok. He’s only just put prices up after 10 years.

Tattooedfidelma Tue 16-May-23 12:57:09

Our wonderful window cleaner comes every six weeks and has just put his prices up from £4 to £5. We live in an average sized terraced house and he does almost every one in the street.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 16-May-23 12:56:52

Plenty if you Google Nannylion.

Ktsmum Tue 16-May-23 12:53:36

£12 per month for all outside windows back and front, including sun room veluxes and french doors

dragonfly46 Tue 16-May-23 11:59:53

We have 30 windows and pay £12.50 spasmodically when he has the time to come.

LizzieL Tue 16-May-23 11:53:20

We use Preen & Clean in Harrogate. They only charge £14.00 per clean and it's invoiced and paid online. There's 20+ windows (including an office bit at the back). They're really reliable and thorough (only outside done but that means I don't have to be at home...).

Grantanow Tue 16-May-23 11:32:42

We pay £45 bimonthly for a 6 bedroom terraced town house inc. French doors in Somerset. He does a good job.

Nannylion Tue 16-May-23 11:16:03

We live in Crouch End (London N8) and haven't seen our window cleaner since before the pandemic either - maybe because we only paid him £10 for a ground-floor flat! But he only took 10 mins... I'd happily pay more for a better job. Does anyone know of anyone round here? And yes, I could do it myself - but I've been saying that for nearly a year now...

SueDonim Sun 14-May-23 13:25:36

Four bed detached with French doors here. I pay £17pm by bank transfer.

Norah Sun 14-May-23 13:14:44

Callistemon21

Norah

We have 38 windows, some quite large.

Other posters must not count windows same to me, I think.

Are you counting individual panes?

No. Individual cased windows. We like light.

Our home is an old farmhouse. Many added on rooms, the walls all have big close-together cased windows (2-3 inches apart).

The additions are all along the back and an upper Mansard addition, it looks like an ordinary old stone farmhouse - from the front.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 14-May-23 11:06:53

BlueBelle

I don’t live a million miles from you GSM but the difference a town can make eh !!

It can. We live in a village and the area is expensive and sought after. A few miles along the coast it’s a very different story. People such as window cleaners who live in a more expensive locality will obviously charge their clients more - they have to live. Ours gives us a sheet in December with all the dates on which he will call during the next year, together with confirmation of the year’s prices. A proper, reliable, and very hardworking, business man.

Patsy70 Sun 14-May-23 10:50:54

We pay £15 every four weeks. Ours is a three bed semi, no conservatory, which would really push the price up. I get him to clean the greenhouse too around this time of year. I think that costs about £20. We’re just inside Kent.

Callistemon21 Sun 14-May-23 10:02:00

Norah

We have 38 windows, some quite large.

Other posters must not count windows same to me, I think.

Are you counting individual panes?

Callistemon21 Sun 14-May-23 10:01:14

Aldom

My window cleaner is paid by bank transfer.

Mine too.