Author: Mark

Today Spick & Span window cleaners went down to Brixton Hill, to what is a very busy thoroughfare of London, to help freshen up the internal and external appearance of a two bedroom Art- Deco flat, by cleaning the properties windows on both the inside and the outside.

Because this properties was located on such a busy thoroughfare  on a major artery of London the windows of the home in this SW2 postal area of Brixton needed rigorous window cleaning.The windows of this two bedroom Art-Deco flat had been badly neglected over the years and were in a very poor and dirty condition.Thousands of vehicles including buses travel up this busy street in Brixton, which no doubt accounts for why there was thick dust and soot laced over the glass and frames of the windows , making the outlook of the property misty in the extreme.The occupant of the home had never managed in the many years that she lived in the property to clean the windows herself or find window cleaners local to her area, which was why the windows were in such a poor and neglected state. She came across Spick & Span window cleaners after being referred by a local community forum and she was delighted  to learn that Spick & Span window cleaners are professional window cleaners local to Brixton,  being based just a 10 minute drive or so from her home.

Within a short time of being at the property the homeowner commented on  the efficiency and professionalism in which Spick & Span attended to the window cleaning. All the windows of the property were cleaned internally and externally as was a communal window.

Span and Span cleaned the windows with a strong window cleaning solution added to water, a window cleaning pad and squeegee and used a scrim to detail the windows making sure that no water marks were left. Within the front room the two windows there also had secondary glazing panes, which also needed cleaning. All windows were cleaned from inside the flat as there were very busy shops below making window cleaning from a ladder both impractical and dangerous from a health and safety standpoint.Although the cleaning of this property required very rigorous and thorough cleaning the diligent efforts of the window cleaners were rewarded when the  happy resident said at the conclusion of a later conversation with staff members:  “My windows look lovely, I am fully appreciating all the autumn colours through them!”

It is common knowledge that sunlight effects our mood. SAD syndrome, and the like, have become familiar household terms to many . In lands where there is regular sunshine people tend to be happier, whereas in lands that have less daylight and sunshine, depression runs high, even suicide.

Could this well researched and now scientifically proven fact be of any interest to window cleaners and homeowners ?Well up until recently, I thought very little about the subject until I received and email from a very satisfied client who said “that it was great to live with clean windows!” I began to think about this statement  and then to think of the reactions of many of my clients, who often exclaim how nice it is to be able to see outside again and to enjoy the view into the world outside.

There is no doubt that dirt on windows does restrict nautral light from entering into a prperty and that when a window is dirty there is an increase of shadows. This leaves the occupant of the home regularly in an environment that is light deprived and dull .Clean translucent glass, that window cleaning causes maximizes the suns rays that enter the living space enhancing the properties feel and ambience.

According to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, U.S.A., employees with a window view perform better. Contrary to popular belief, having a view does not necessarily encourage daydreaming. The magazine Business Week reports that a 1,200-person survey revealed that “workers with views of the outside world show more enthusiasm for their jobs, less frustration, more patience, better concentration, and fewer physical ailments.” In contrast, workers in windowless cubicles are likely to be “less imaginative and more irritable” and have more problems with concentration.

Windows that are dirty could negate the potential benefits that windows serve increasing enthusiasm and  a well-being.

If the above hypothesis is true then  window cleaners are not merely “window cleaners” but “Mood Doctors” bringing a sense of well-being and brightening up the lives of the clients they serve, changing outlooks literally, and metaphysically.

There is no denying the fact that when a person has their windows cleaned they almost always comment on the immediate difference they notice.

Could it be that there is a link between clean windows and good health?

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