[Cookie]

I've been going window cleaning part-time for just over 8 weeks now. I have always given the customers the option of 4 weekly or 8 weekly cleans and they have all gone for 8 weekly - to be honest if I were a customer I would also go for 8 weekly cleans since our windows don't really get that dirty after 4 weeks.

It's quite a relief to be able to do maintenance cleans rather than first cleans since it's so much quicker & easier. However doing these 8 weekly maintenance cleans - frames, sills & glass - I can't really see how a 4 weekly maintenance clean would be quicker time-wise? Unless of course the house was right next to a main road or something ...

Would you agree with this?

   

[8weekly]

Most of my work is 8 weekly. I don't believe it makes much difference in time to clean but it takes twice as long to establish a full round. This should be reflected in the price.

[SeanK]

Agree with 8 weekly, in normal circumstances there isn't much difference in the time it takes to clean.

[Ian101]

Yes takes longer to clean

[robbo333]

It probably takes a little longer to clean but not too much; it depends on the house.
It will take longer to build your round up but it's easier to sell 8 weekly to the customer and you should price a little higher.
Also I find that after 8 weeks the custys are happy to see you.

[slap bash]

1+ on same time. But you need to give the customer a good deal to have it 4 weekly. So 8 weekly pay more.AS was said it will take you twice as long to build a round.

[dazmond]

I  find 8 weekly cleans generally take a little longer esp if near large trees.lots of my 4 weekly work can also  be pretty dirty after 4 weeks due to lots of work in the leafy suburbs/near farmers fields etc esp this time of year with pollen blowing about and hundreds of birds flying into windows!(and cacking on them!)

[KS Cleaning]

Big difference in time if the seagulls have been poopin all over the windows, the longer the stuff is on the window the harder it is to come off.

[david mark]

8 weekly no no I live on the coast its hard enough cleaning them every 4 weeks

[Steven Biggs]

It's all fortnightly round our way .

[Cookie]

It probably takes a little longer to clean but not too much; it depends on the house.
It will take longer to build your round up but it's easier to sell 8 weekly to the customer and you should price a little higher.
Also I find that after 8 weeks the custys are happy to see you.

Yes, definitely easier to sell 8 weekly. I am picking up quite a bit of work on one estate from the previous windie who, it seems, refused to do 8 weekly.

[Mick Kent]

Of course they take longer! All my 4 weekly stay pretty clean for next visit where my 8 weekly get that sheen of dust and sapp, more spiders in corners/webs etc to the glass and frames meaning more scrubbing and rincing(i should price them more but i dont as a lot goto 8 weekly as they cant afford it 4 weekly i find).
I cant understand guys who do 12 weekly as they end up getting filthy! I have gained many customers in the past fir myself and others who say there window cleaner comes 4 times a year which isnt enough to keep them clean as always look filthy with bird marks, poo stains, dust, sapp, spiders poo, spiders webs etc etc.

[Walter Mitty]

Of course they take longer! All my 4 weekly stay pretty clean for next visit where my 8 weekly get that sheen of dust and sapp, more spiders in corners/webs etc to the glass and frames meaning more scrubbing and rincing(i should price them more but i dont as a lot goto 8 weekly as they cant afford it 4 weekly i find).
I cant understand guys who do 12 weekly as they end up getting filthy! I have gained many customers in the past fir myself and others who say there window cleaner comes 4 times a year which isnt enough to keep them clean as always look filthy with bird marks, poo stains, dust, sapp, spiders poo, spiders webs etc etc.

I normally aim for 6 weekly.  I will do 12 weekly but the higher price reflects any extra time taken plus a bit more as it sometimes disrupts the scheduling if I get behind.  I used to only do 12 weekly for jobs over a certain value but when the economy went belly up, I had to roll with the punches a bit more.

[Spruce]

Big difference in time if the seagulls have been poopin all over the windows, the longer the stuff is on the window the harder it is to come off.

^^ I couldn't agree more

8 weekly no no I live on the coast its hard enough cleaning them every 4 weeks

This is our experience as well. If their lounge windows face the sea and they want the view then even 2 weekly isn't often enough.

Any windows near a main road are definitely going to take longer to clean, even inland.

[NWH]

It will take longer due to more cobwebs snail trails at certain time of the year etc,I don't do many monthly cleans but the ones I do are easy,the plastic gets dirtier than the glass in most cases. 8 weekly lead and Georgians will be dirtier if left longer more so than general PVC framed windows