VancouverExterior Cleaning & Property Maintenance
Character houses, laneways and mid-rise strata, on lots where access is the first thing we look at.
In the Area
The Tightest Lots We Work On
Vancouver is the most constrained city in our area, and access decides a great deal of the quote. Character houses in Kitsilano, Dunbar, Mount Pleasant and across the east side sit close to their neighbours on narrow lots, often with a laneway house behind and no driveway at all — which means no truck at the house, hose and cord runs down a side yard barely wide enough for a ladder, and a word with the neighbour before anything is set up on their side of the fence. Cambie, Main and the West End add mid-rise strata, where the glass goes higher than a ladder ought to.
The building stock is old and it is detailed. Original wood windows with divided lights, painted trim and soffits, cedar shingle, and heavy street-tree cover — which means gutters fill from above rather than off the roof, and they do it twice a year rather than once. The advantage of a dense city is that we are rarely far away. The constraint is time on site: on a lot of Vancouver properties the setting up is a real fraction of the job, and we would rather price that honestly at the quote than discover it on the day.
What we plan for here
- Narrow lots and laneways, and often nowhere to put the truck
- Original wood glazing and painted trim on the character stock
- Heavy street-tree cover — gutters fill from above, twice a year
Services
Every Service We Offer, In Vancouver
The full catalogue travels. Whatever is on this list is available at your property on the same terms as anywhere else we work — quoted on what is in front of us, in writing, before anything starts.
Commercial Cleaning
Lobbies, common areas and back-of-house, on a rhythm that fits your building.
Power Washing
Siding, walkways and patios stripped of the moss a wet winter leaves behind.
Soft Washing
A low-pressure detergent wash for roofs, siding and anything too delicate to blast.
Concrete and Asphalt Sealing
Sealed against water, salt and freeze-thaw, a driveway or lot lasts years longer.
Window Cleaning
Interior and exterior glass, frames and tracks, finished streak-free.
Balcony Cleaning
Condo balconies hand-washed with nothing dripping below; house decks pressure washed.
Gutter Cleaning
Cleared and flow-tested before the rain finds its way into your walls.
Roof Cleaning
Moss lifts shingles and holds water against them. We clear it carefully.
Painting
Walls, trim and siding prepped properly, then repainted inside and out.
Snow Removal & Salting
Early-morning clearing and salting that keeps access open and liability low.
Holiday Light Installation
Design, install, maintain and take down, December ladder work included.
Landscaping & Lawn Care
Mowing, edging, beds and seasonal cleanups, kept on a schedule.
On the Map
Where This Sits, And What Is Around It
- New Westminster
- North of the Fraser — west
In the Community
Off The Clock In Vancouver
Not everything the crew does here goes on an invoice. These are the festivals, shorelines and sidewalks we turn out for when the schedule allows.
Shoreline Cleanup at Jericho Beach
Part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, working the tideline at Jericho.
A litter pick on Commercial Drive
A spring neighbourhood clean-up along the Drive and the side streets off it.
Sidewalks for neighbours
The city asks owners to clear their walks by ten. Some neighbours cannot, so we help.
Running a clean-up or a community event in Vancouver? Tell Us About It
Local Partners
Who We Work With Around Vancouver
RainCity partners whose own service area or campus includes this community, from what they publish themselves.
Bright Nest Cleaning
Residential and commercial cleaning, from deep cleans to move-outs, across Greater Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.
Crystal Clear Cleans
Residential and commercial cleaning across Greater Vancouver, from Vancouver and Richmond out to Langley.
S&A Cleaning Group
Home cleaning and car detailing across Vancouver, booked online with a professional team and eco-friendly products.
Nearby
Not Quite Your Area?
These are the communities next to this one. If your property is closer to one of them, start there — it is the same crew either way, and the page will tell you what the work looks like on that side of the line.
Burnaby
Towers, townhouse complexes and single-family streets — a good deal of our strata common-area work sits here.
New Westminster
Home. Heritage houses on the hill and a steep grid of streets — we know which ones the truck can park on.
Delta
Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta: flat, open and close to the water, which is hard on painted siding.
Request a Free Quote
Tell us what needs doing and we’ll come back with a price. Prefer to talk? +1 604 209 3357.
Based in New Westminster, serving Greater Vancouver.
Common Questions
Questions We Get Asked In Vancouver
The things people actually ask before booking here, answered the way we would answer them on the phone. If yours is not on the list, call — you will get a straight answer from someone who does the work.
Almost always, and it is the first thing we assess at the quote. Water, pressure, detergent and power all come off the truck, so it does not have to be at the house — hose and cord runs reach down most side yards and in from most lanes. Where a job needs paid or permitted parking to happen at all, that sits inside the quoted figure rather than appearing as a line on the invoice afterwards.
To about five storeys, worked from the ground on a carbon-fibre pole fed with purified water rather than from a ladder against the building. The water carries no minerals, so the glass dries without spotting, and nothing rests on your gutter line. Above that height, or where a pane can only be reached from outside a fixed line, we say so at the quote rather than after the crew has arrived.
Yes. Divided lights, timber sashes and old putty beads are washed by hand at a pressure that will not drive water past a failing bead, and the whole opening is cleaned — sill, track, frame — rather than only the pane, so no tidemark reappears a week later. Anything we find on the way, a soft sill or a cracked light, is pointed out instead of quietly worked around.
Yes — low- and mid-rise strata is routine work. Common-area glass to about five storeys, walkway and parkade washing, gutter and roof work on the lower stock. It is set up as an annual agreement with a written scope and a named schedule day, and insurance documentation goes to the council or the property manager on request.
Under mature street trees, usually twice a year rather than once — leaf fall lands on the roof and washes into the run, and a single autumn clear leaves a spring's worth of seed and blossom sitting in it. Every run is cleared by hand, outlets are flushed and flow-tested, and the debris leaves with us rather than going into your green bin.