Who cleans their own windows?

Erm, not me! No-one does them. I think I have done the insides about twice in 4 years and I've never done the outsides we have a Victorian House with big bays and sash windows so they can't be done without a tall ladder. We were going to get a window cleaner but I just haven't organised it yet, the quote was £20 for all the windows front and back which seemed reasonable to me, I earn £17+ an hour and it would take me well over an hour to do them all. £5 is a bargain!

Our guy doesnt use a ladder he had a van with a very long hose and a long stick attachment (I'm sure it has a techincal name but or my benefit let's stick to stick) ge even has his own water ect.
I had a blocked drain last time e came and he spent about an hour trying to unblock it bless him.
I think all the cheap one's are a guy with a ladder and a bucket.
Just a note on pressure washers DH cleaned our patio windows with one when we first bought the house and ruptured the seal so we down get condensation between the panes I need to et it replaced but I can think of better things to spend £300 on. So just be careful.

We have window cleaners but they only do the outside as we are generally at work when they come. I use e-cloth o do the inside (occasionally )

Our guy doesnt use a ladder he had a van with a very long hose and a long stick attachment (I'm sure it has a techincal name but or my benefit let's stick to stick) ge even has his own water ect.

That is called a water fed pole system. It's what my dh uses. It is actually illegal for tradesmen to use ladders in the U.K when there is an alternative. Also, when if a tradesman falls off his ladder on your property & they can prove that you did not supply adequate safety precautions, you could be found liable. Be very cautious about the window cleaner you chose, make sure he has public liabilty insurance which means he is a proper professional & it covers your property if it gets damaged. My dh does some work for the master guild of window cleaners so unfortunately I know all about it

Our guy doesnt use a ladder he had a van with a very long hose and a long stick attachment (I'm sure it has a techincal name but or my benefit let's stick to stick) ge even has his own water ect.

That is called a water fed pole system. It's what my dh uses. It is actually illegal for tradesmen to use ladders in the U.K when there is an alternative. Also, when if a tradesman falls off his ladder on your property & they can prove that you did not supply adequate safety precautions, you could be found liable. Be very cautious about the window cleaner you chose, make sure he has public liabilty insurance which means he is a proper professional & it covers your property if it gets damaged. My dh does some work for the master guild of window cleaners so unfortunately I know all about it

Our window cleaner uses that system as well and it does a great job of the windows, he charges us £10

That seems really cheap our guy is probably here for about 45 mins or so of course has to commute. I certainly wouldn't do it for a £10.

That seems really cheap our guy is probably here for about 45 mins or so of course has to commute. I certainly wouldn't do it for a £10.

We are a 5 bed house as well, perhaps that sort of thing is generally cheaper up here

Much cheaper to get your windows cleaned in Scotland. They have a lot of people on the dole/disability who earn drinking money by cleaning windows for next to nothing up there which means the professionals have to do it cheaper to compete. Window cleaners in Scotland are required by law to have a licence but those guys wouldn't.

Does licking them count? Sorry couldn't resist, sleep deprivation has sent me