[cleewindows]

i just cleaned 2 this morning,they were filthy so needed to use a lot of water,due to that all the water ran all over the windows below on the downstairs flats,got a few nasty stares and glares but no arguments or tellings off,was waiting for them to come out so i can say |"do you want your windows cleaned"they never did.
dam.
THey were filthy downstairs so i thought sod it,its only pure water.
What does everyone else do in these situations?
i turned the water flow down but still came down all over downstairs.

[T J Stevens]

That's the gravity of the situation!
You can get an injunction against you cleaning, if someone complains to the right/correct authorities!

It's been done before, no doubt it will again!

I don't do flats for that very reason, not worth the hassle!

[mci services]

as long as its safe i use a ladder, or i clean and leave quickly. i am not happy doing flats wfp to be honest because of this

[simon knight]

This a subject that been bought up time and again and the consensus seems to be that if by cleaning the upstairs flat you've affected the downstairs flat then it's right and proper that you rectify the situation. Put another way: If you were a painter and in painting the upstairs frames you splashed a few drips of paint onto downstairs windows you wouldn't just shrug and walk away...would you?

[landy2]

i do a lot of flats what i do is clean them water fed and if the bottom moans then next time i do them of a ladder no other way around it try and get the bottom one as well and that would solve the problem

[AuRavelling79]

i do a lot of flats what i do is clean them water fed and if the bottom moans then next time i do them of a ladder no other way around it try and get the bottom one as well and that would solve the problem

I wouldn't do it on principle but I reckon it would be quicker to give the downstairs a free clean than use a ladder on the upstairs - it'd only have to be a quick once over.

[Craig 72]

Yeah it's only fair to leave peoples windows as you found them,whether they're dirty or not.I wouldn't be impressed if somebody didn't even have the courtesy to knock and let me know they were going to drip water down my walls and windows.Not much bother to give them a quick token wash and rinse.

[cottonbud10]

ah,,but what would you do if downstairs came out moaning that your making there windows all wet,but there window are as dirty as miss piggy,would you clean them..

[cleewindows]

i would clean them at a price,i will not do them for nothing!

ah,,but what would you do if downstairs came out moaning that your making there windows all wet,but there window are as dirty as miss piggy,would you clean them..

[Mike_G]

I do a couple like this but I insist that the flat owners speak to their downstairs neighbours before I do the work most of the time they are ok about it i get the feeling that they just liked to be told whats going on and of course it gives them a chance to close thier windows

[andyjm1]

"It's only pure water"

Not if it's dripping off brickwork or the underside of a sill.

If  canvassing  flats, I start at the bottom, and if they say yes, work upwards. You can't go messing peoples windows up or you end up cleaning them for free.

[cleewindows]

i understand what your saying m8,but they were filthy anyway!i think they were more bothered i had woke them up at 9am which would have been 8 am yesterday

"It's only pure water"

Not if it's dripping off brickwork or the underside of a sill.

If  canvassing  flats, I start at the bottom, and if they say yes, work upwards. You can't go messing peoples windows up or you end up cleaning them for free.

[paul saunders]

So, are you saying that you were cleaning windows at 9.00 am on a SUNDAY......... 

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

i understand what your saying m8,but they were filthy anyway!i think they were more bothered i had woke them up at 9am which would have been 8 am yesterday

"It's only pure water"

Not if it's dripping off brickwork or the underside of a sill.

If  canvassing  flats, I start at the bottom, and if they say yes, work upwards. You can't go messing peoples windows up or you end up cleaning them for free.

Yeah, and I would have been peed off with you too, 9am sunday morning!!

[Dave Willis]

I do an old peoples home three storeys high and have loads of hassle. The only way round it would be if they all contributed to the maintenance costs and i could do the lot. People on the top floors are all happy and smiley, the rest would stick a knife in my back if they could move faster. Not prepared to clean for free, it's unfair on the ones who pay.
Just avoid flats these days.

[simon knight]

...or get the ladders out and trad them..."are you scared child"?   

[martinsadie]

if you woke me up on a sunday early doors your pole would be where the sun doesnt shine, you should show some consideration for your customers

[cleewindows]

i work 7 days a week from 7am till 9 pm

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

i work 7 days a week from 7am till 9 pm

You must be slow then, you only started 4 months ago?

[martinsadie]

i work 7 days a week from 7am till 9 pm

must be a saddo with no family or friends and not much of a life,still that shows in most of your posts