I've used a pro window washer for years because my last house had third floor windows and there was no way I was climbing a ladder for that. They don't charge that much and I usually only have it done twice a year. I consider it money well spent.

LOL! it is expensive! And is worth it, too. Enjoy!

We did it ourselves over the course of a year after we moved in. Well, mostly me, or me and our cleaner, and me and DH for the big living room and family room windows. I still can’t decide which is worst: the 8-over-8 true divided light windows (vintage 1961. all those panes.), the self-storing storms, or the plexi storms screwed in for the living room and family room windows, with bushes in front.

I just know I could never do that to a window service! New windows might actually be cheaper!

I got a price to have mine washed and have every intention of scheduling it. My little house, aka The Brick Box, has 21 windows and most are the tilt in kind. The estimate is a little more than $600, including screens and the space between the window and screen. Mine are really filthy. I used to do it myself but the streaks drove me nuts.

NowI am motivated to call and schedule it.

I have new enough windows that it can all be done from the inside; they tilt. But there is locally a guy who does a great job at a very reasonable price. I'm hoping to get him here this fall.

For me, moving the furniture so he can reach the windows is the hardest part.

I've been postponing scheduling. I also hate to do it since the salt air tends to mess them up again so quickly! Also postponing because I hate the thought of moving things out of their way.

Our windows also tilt, and I have cleaned them myself over 2-3 days based on schedule. But the largest windows are so heavy! The top portion does not tilt or move, so one much still reach out with something to clean those.

I did find a really great tool for window cleaning. (AquaBLADE) that I've used several times.

I've used this outside and it is fantastic, but doesn't reach the 3rd floor windows.

I'm still limited for two more weeks due to recent surgery, or I would have already done the outside. I've never used on the 2nd story screened porch and kitchen deck French door, but I suppose I could.

I get them cleaned once or twice per year depending on storms/hurricanes.

My neighbors use the same service, with a very distinctive work van, and I see them there every 3 months or so. They must be really OCD about clean windows! Maybe they have a lot less windows than we do, because ours are $560 for outside only or $850 for inside/outside, which was the best price from several quotes. We also have to have the exterior pressure washed after hurricane season.

Wow, cleaners here are much more affordable. I have 32 windows, mostly LARGE picture windows + an interior glass door to/from the foyer, a 2 story house and I paid $300 a couple months ago, for inside/outside plus cleaning the screens AND a roof and gutter cleaning while they were up there! They do a great job and even use a special water spot remover on the exteriors where the sprinklers hit the windows.

OMG Oly, that price is shockingly cheap. I'm stunned, and more than a little jealous. I have a small single story house near the ocean, and the windows are a constant battle. I only have 16 windows, but I also have a sunroom attached to the house that is floor to ceiling windows on 2 sides and I have no idea how to value that in the window washing world.

I paid $815 to a supposedly reputable company last year (meaning, it's a cleaning company which has been around for years, not some fly-by-night operation) and they did such a mediocre job I decided I'd do it myself this year. (side note...I haven't done squat about the windows yet. Ha. )

There is such a good feeling, about sitting inside your own home and looking at a job well done.

Wow, you guys. I thought everything home-related was more expensive out here, but no. My guy came recommended by two good friends. He charges $7 per pane, so my sliders cost the same as the little narrow windows above my showers. I have a small, single-story house with 22 panes. Washed inside and out, screen removal and cleaning, fast, quick, quiet. Grand total was $154. $154!!! A generous tip ensued.

I used to do it all myself with a telescoping squeegee, white vinegar, and water. It was the screens I hated so much, specifically getting them back in place.

It's very dirty here, so we actually wash our windows on the outside about once a week because we don't have that many. Eventually we will not be able to stand on the window sill to do the outsides on the 2nd floor. But so far so good.

I hate the screens, I despise cleaning the window sill, or stool, or whatevertheheck that bottom part is called that gets coated in filth - it's a tedious job. A magic eraser works great for the bottom part, but my fingers get all mashed up and my window frame (?) in that bottom part has sharp little bits that will slice you open if you're not careful. Not a fun job.

To have someone else do it for $300 - or Bunny's deal of the century! - I'd be grinning for days. To have it done WELL for that price? Yeah, see...now I'm just jealous again. :-)

I really ought to do something about my windows. We've had some storms with winds blowing from the ocean, and that salty water makes my windows look like they have leprosy. Sigh.

This wasn't one of those guys papering front doors with flyers, not that there's anything wrong with that. I found a wonderful gutter cleaner that way. This is a guy with a van and invoices and reluctance to accept a tip, although I didn't have to twist his arm too much. :)

On the other hand, my yardwork people charge an arm and a leg.

We have floor to ceiling windows in living room and part of dining room, but a long low single story house with wide overhang (they don't get as dirty) and a sidewalk that encircles the entire house. Then flower beds outside that, then lawn and more landscaping. DH can reach it all from the sidewalk using a soft brush with extension handle - and he doesn't mind doing windows. I'm so lucky. He will do the inside too although not quite as often. He will take out the screens and carefully wash those (pollen will stick to them!), although I had two of the windows in our bedroom replaced a few months ago and the glass men said if I ever wanted the screening redone to bring them to them and they'd remake them. 1955 windows. There is some kind of almost microscopic gnat that can make its way through that mesh, same screens are in my kitchen and office and I've found none to buy ready made.

I did pay to have my large living room ceiling painted last month. First time I have not done my own painting but I did not feel in the right mood or physical shape to do that overhead job myself...my balance is not quite what it used to be. (my sister 3 yrs older has been doing pilates 3 times a week and her PC says it has improved her balance!)

I had someone come and should be calling me with an estimate to replace a flight of stairs that lead to the street below our house. They are used infrequently but wood and I feel becoming soft and dangerous. I don't worry too much at my weight but DH at his, and we do have one neighbor who uses them when he brings his little dogs up for a visit. It's very steep. I'm planning cement block (railing is cedar and its fine) and I don't think I could manage their weight and they would surely give DH a backache too. It's too much of a job to enlist a neighbors help 😊 I think the deer use them more than any human feet touch them.

Well, I meant to have my windows cleaned last fall but never scheduled it. So now it's on the books for this fall. My windows also tilt in but but I have the cleaners clean the exterior from outside the house - plus the screens and the sill.

Also need to have the carpets cleaned - it's been a few years.

Allison, thanks for the tip about the windex! I just finished taking screens and storms out, washing those and then used the windex exterior wash and it turned out better than the $850 job I hire out bi yearly. I have 30 original 1920 windows with screens and storms.

roarah, you sound like my husband! He does so many things better than someone hired does! He is s bit of a perfectionist!! This weekend he has been power washing patio/porch/sidewalks/gutters. Next up will be windows (outside). (Tina marie)

I love my power washer too , Tina ;).

I've always wanted to have my windows professionally cleaned but I assumed the cost would be excessive. Reading all your costs has me thinking I should get a quote. My problem is my house is on a sloping lot. I love it because it looks pretty. But the family room that is on the lowest part of the property and above the garage (garage entry into basement) has 20-25 ft ceilings with windows that go almost to the ceiling. I have no idea how they would get to those on the outside. A bucket truck? Or the inside for that matter.

I have used that outdoor Windex stuff and it's great. I just cannot reach all the windows. I've also used my power washer and it's also very effective but can't reach everything.

As an aside, power washing is so addictive. I love watching the dirt disappear.

Does anyone have skylights? Have you had those cleaned on the outside?

We had vellux skylights in our former house - two bedrooms and our primary bath. I loved the light from those 'roof windows' - get your makeup right in the mornings and you were good to be seen anywhere. They faced E and houseplants absolutely loved them. My two coffee trees have not bloomed since we moved.

DH was reaching an age where he was not as comfortable climbing up onto the roof to wash them. They'd get tree debris on them after a storm, and i wish I had photos of all the muddy smears when some raccoons got up there to investigate while wet with rain. A few consecutive nights. I woke up during the night to little faces peering down at me in bed. Really bad 😊 I'd love to have one at least back in the bathroom near my vanity (single story now and roof is much lower and not as steep) but there are none in this house.

I love that Windex product too. In fact i think it was Allison who recommended it here a few years ago and we bought it then. Back in the spring when it was cooler, we finally got around to cleaning our bedroom and bath windows on that end of our house. Meant to do it last fall and wasn’t able. One of sprinkler heads near the house had gotten off kilter late last summer and was spraying water against a couple of bedroom windows and really made some hard water marks. The windex took care of it. It will be time to rotate to some other windows this fall. We don’t even try to do them all at once.

@jsk Have you tried an extension wand for your power washer? Not sure how long they come, but you might look.

Tina Marie

Honestly one of my biggest bang for the buck with the old house was planting a bunch of trees in the yard. Admittedly I did the planting myself so that saved a lot of money but adding 11 more trees to a yard really transforms it. Now of course I've moved and have to do this all over again.

Tina - yes, made DH buy one a few years ago. It's not great. I got it to try and power wash the 2nd story of my house. Basically did nothing.

morz - We have one skylight in the primary bathroom over the shower, one over my vanity area just outside the bathroom, and 2 in our family room. I agree the one over my vanity is so good for doing makeup. We have never cleaned the outside. No way I'm letting DH get on the roof. 2 story house, but part of it is really 3 story (garage under). Maybe the roofers cleaned them when I had a new roof put on a few years ago. Can't remember. They aren't that bad. Sometimes there's a leaf from a storm but it eventually blows away.