Exterior Cleaning In Vancouver

Mature street trees mean a real autumn gutter load, older homes need low pressure on wood and cedar siding, and the towers need access equipment and resident notice.

• Kitsilano →

  Character homes alongside newer infill and low-rise apartments, on tight lots with lane access.

  Mature trees drop everything in a short window each fall, so gutters fill fast, and blocks near the beach also pick up salt film on north-facing glass.

• Point Grey →

  Large detached homes on generous, mature lots.

  Weather off English Bay puts salt and grime on west-facing glass, and heavy tree cover keeps north elevations damp enough for moss year-round.

• Dunbar →

  Established detached family homes with some recent rebuilds.

  Dense street trees and a shaded grid make this one of the strongest moss areas on the Westside — roofs and north-facing siding need attention more often than average.

• Kerrisdale

  Detached homes and a well-kept low-rise apartment stock near the village.

  Heavy tree cover over older roofs, plus a strata population around the village that needs scheduled, documented service.

• Shaughnessy →

  Large estate homes on mature, heavily treed lots.

  Original brick, slate and cedar shingle need gentle methods, not modern-cladding pressure, and the mature street trees mean a heavier gutter load than most of the city.

• Marpole →

  A mix of post-war homes, older apartments and newer mid-rise strata.

  Flight-path and traffic grime builds up faster on glass here than the Westside average, and the newer strata stock needs multi-storey access.

• UBC & University Endowment Lands →

  Institutional buildings, newer strata towers, and detached homes backing onto forest.

  Properties bordering Pacific Spirit Park sit under year-round conifer cover — gutters here often need three visits a year, not two.

• Arbutus Ridge

  Detached homes on sloping lots with established gardens.

  The slope complicates drainage — a blocked downspout pushes water toward the foundation — and equipment has to work around mature gardens rather than through them.

• Oakridge

  Post-war homes alongside fast-growing strata development on the Cambie corridor.

  Ongoing construction nearby means glass needs a tighter cleaning cycle than a typical residential street.

• Fairview & South Granville

  Low-rise strata and townhouses with retail along Broadway and Granville.

  Dense strata plus street-level retail means two jobs on the same block: scheduled common-area service and frequent storefront glass.

• Mount Pleasant

  Character homes, converted warehouses and newer mixed-use strata with heavy retail frontage.

  One of the higher graffiti-exposure areas in the city — a patrol program pays for itself here rather than per-incident call-outs.

• Commercial Drive

  Character homes on tight lots with a continuous retail strip.

  Awnings and patios along the Drive collect more visible grime than the glass behind them, and the older homes behind the strip need a light touch on original timber detailing.

• Hastings-Sunrise

  Post-war homes and duplexes with an industrial edge toward the port.

  Proximity to rail and port operations means more grime on north-facing walls and glass than residential Vancouver generally sees.

• Riley Park & Main Street

  Character homes and infill duplexes with retail along Main.

  Mature trees and a shaded grid keep moss growth steady on older roofs, while the Main Street strip needs regular glass and awning work.

• Strathcona

  Victorian and Edwardian homes alongside industrial buildings.

  Heritage materials rule out aggressive methods, and the industrial edges see recurring graffiti that's cheaper to remove quickly than to let sit.

• Downtown Vancouver

  High-rise strata towers, offices and continuous street-level retail.

  Glass curtain wall throughout means rope access or lifts and a schedule built around trading hours. At street level it's foot traffic, weather and graffiti on anything flat and unlit.

• Yaletown →

  Converted brick warehouses and modern glass towers with retail at grade.

  Two different substrates side by side — heritage brick needing gentle washing, and sealed glass needing pure-water pole work or rope access.

• West End →

  Dense high-rise strata, low-rise walk-ups and heritage houses near the water.

  Salt air off the water leaves a film on glass that returns quickly, so buildings here want a more frequent window schedule than inland towers.

• Coal Harbour →

  Modern waterfront high-rise strata with extensive glazing and shared amenity decks.

  Salt builds up on glass faster here than anywhere else downtown, and the amenity decks sit above occupied suites, so what's underneath matters as much as what's on top.

• False Creek & Olympic Village →

  Modern strata with green roofs, shared courtyards and a seawall frontage.

  Open water on all sides means salt film returns to the glass quickly, and the environmental spec means runoff has to be planned before the job starts, not washed down any drain.

• Kensington-Cedar Cottage

  Dense older housing — character homes, Vancouver Specials and infill duplexes.

  Vancouver Specials' low-slope roofs and wide soffits hold debris that a pitched roof would shed, and mature trees mean a heavy autumn gutter load.

• Renfrew-Collingwood

  Post-war housing with substantial newer density near the SkyTrain station.

  Older stock needs gentle handling, newer mid-rise strata needs access equipment and resident notice, and the arterials add more traffic film to glass than quieter side streets.

• Killarney

  Family homes on larger lots than most of East Vancouver, with recent rebuilds.

  Much of the housing is Vancouver Specials — wide flat soffits and shallow pitch hold debris a steeper roof would shed — and the park adds its own leaf load.

• Victoria-Fraserview

  Detached family homes on the south slope above the Fraser.

  The slope means downspout discharge matters — water leaving the top of a lot ends up somewhere — though the south-facing aspect dries roofs faster than the North Shore.

• Sunset

  Dense detached housing around Main and Fraser.

  Big roof areas on compact lots concentrate a lot of water into few downspouts, so blockages overflow onto hard landscaping rather than lawn.

• South Cambie

  Character homes on tree-lined streets, with new development along Cambie.

  The Cambie corridor is in permanent, dusty redevelopment, while the quiet streets a block over need only routine seasonal care, and Queen Elizabeth Park adds a heavy leaf load to the eastern blocks.