Has anyone else had a knock on the door from a bloke claiming to be the boss of a team of window cleaners who are 'in the area' (he actually named a nearby road). We have a company who do windows regularly in the street I live in and I presumed he was from them and agreed to have ours done on a one-off basis. The prices were a bit steep (and very round, ?10, ?20) but the alarm bells were properly ringing when he started angling for the cash in advance. I said I'd pay when they were done and he said he'd come back tonight for payment. He reckoned he was from "Squeaky Clean in Bromley".

Turns out he wasn't from the company that usually work in my street and there is no sign of any window cleaners either in our street or the one he said they were cleaning in today - although they may still show up as he said they'd be with us by 12:30.

I guess this is just a heads-up in case he does turn out to be dodgy.