The Real Cost of a Professional Window Cleaner
Monthly visits at £25 = £300/year = £1,500 over 5 years. Fortnightly at £20 = £520/year = £2,600 over 5 years. That is before price increases — UK window cleaner rates rose 30% between 2020 and 2025.
The Cost of CleanBot R1
£173 one-time. Replacement pads ~£20/year. Electricity negligible. 5-year total: ~£273.
Breakeven
Monthly cleaner: pays for itself in 7 months. Fortnightly cleaner: 4 months. Every clean after that costs nothing.
Quality Comparison
CleanBot R1 uses dual microfibre pads with water-mist atomiser. In testing, it matched or outperformed manual cleaning on streak-free results — especially on large panes where human cleaning leaves horizontal wipe marks.