Window cleaning in Double Bay
Double Bay's windows come with balconies attached. Most homes are apartments, and the glass balustrades along the front of each balcony collect salt haze from the bay as fast as the windows behind them. Newer buildings add full-height sliding doors and frameless glass; interwar walk-ups have smaller timber or steel-framed panes with tracks that silt up. Village shops along Knox Street and Cross Street have large display windows and glazed awnings that need a weekly or fortnightly wipe. Houses on the rise toward Bellevue Hill have skylights, French doors and pool fences, often shaded by street trees that drop sap and leaves onto the glass.
A vetted window cleaner matches the method to the building. Hand cleaning with a squeegee handles shopfronts, ground floors and balconies reached from inside the unit. Water-fed poles with purified water clean the outside of walk-ups and two-storey houses from the ground, with no ladders against balustrades. Taller buildings near the water need rope access, a boom lift or the building's own anchor points, all under the WHS Regulation's fall controls, and that work is organised through the owners corporation because external glass is common property in most schemes. Frames, tracks and balustrade fittings are rinsed of salt, and the cleaner notes corroded screens or failed seals rather than forcing them.
Give us the window count, the floor and whether the balconies can be reached from inside, and we connect it with vetted window cleaners who work in Double Bay. Inside glass and anything you can reach from your own balcony can be booked by you; a full exterior clean is the strata manager's to approve, and the tradie can quote to the building. Written quotes state the method for each level, the suggested interval for bay-facing glass and how parking will be managed in the village. Each cleaner has been through our identity, insurance and work-history checks. Free for homeowners, with no obligation to proceed.
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Frequently asked questions
The inside face and anything you can reach safely from your balcony can usually be booked on your own. The outside face of the balustrade and the building's exterior glass are generally common property, so a cleaner working from outside or from ropes needs the owners corporation's approval. Check your by-laws if unsure.
Most village shops have their glass done weekly or fortnightly, with awnings and signage less often. Traffic film from New South Head Road and fingerprints at door height build quickly. Cleaners usually start early so the footpath is clear and dry before customers arrive.
Less than on the waterfront, but the salt still carries up the slope on a north-westerly. Houses there deal more with tree sap, pollen and leaf stains from street trees and the Cooper Park canopy, which need a proper wash rather than a quick rinse. Skylights under trees are the worst affected.
Often, yes, for windows that open inward or sliding doors onto a balcony. Fixed panes on upper floors with no balcony access have to be done from outside, which means poles from the ground on low buildings or rope access on taller ones. The cleaner will say which applies when quoting.
