Commercial Window Cleaning
Melbourne

Owners corporation window cleaning is the work I most want to do. OC committees and property managers want one accountable person managing the job — not a different crew on every visit, not a national contractor sending whoever is available, not a company where the person who quoted is different from the person who cleans. As a sole operator, every visit is the same person. The committee deals with one contact. The residents see the same face. The work standard doesn't drift between visits.

Low-rise blocks (one, two and three storeys) suit my equipment perfectly. The water-fed pole system reaches three storeys safely from the ground — no scaffolding, no abseil work, no equipment hire passed through to the OC, and no disruption to residents. For most blocks I'm in and out within a single day, working systematically around the building.

Pricing works on a per-job basis with per-unit rates that scale by scope. The variables that move the price:

• Number of units— typical blocks range from 4 units to 20+ units
• Storeys— single, double or three-storey blocks
• Scope— exterior only, full interior and exterior, or a presentation-grade clean with full detail and track and sill work
• Common area glass— entry foyers, stairwells, balcony glass, internal corridors
• Frequency— once-off, annual, or 6-monthly recurring contract

Annual interior and exterior is the recommended baseline for most blocks. For unit blocks specifically — particularly those under tree cover, near main roads, or in Bayside coastal suburbs — a 6-monthly schedule produces a noticeably better year-round result. Exterior glass on apartment blocks loads up faster than people expect because residents typically don't clean their own windows the way owner-occupiers of houses do.

For small offices, professional suites, medical practices and consulting rooms, window cleaning is about presentation. Patients, clients and customers form impressions in the first few seconds — clean glass on the entry, the reception, the consulting rooms and the meeting spaces makes a measurable difference to that first impression.

Pricing scales by the number of suites being cleaned and the total glass scope. The per-suite rate decreases as the number of suites increases, which makes a building with multiple tenants more cost-effective per suite than a standalone office.

Typical scope includes:

• Reception and entry glass— often the highest-traffic area and the most important for presentation
• Internal partition glass— meeting rooms, consulting rooms, manager's offices
• External shopfront— for ground-level commercial tenancies
• Internal mirrors and feature glass— decorative architectural elements

Frequency depends on the practice. High-traffic medical and dental practices often run quarterly or 6-monthly; lower-traffic professional services typically annual. Recurring contracts get discounted rates and locked-in scheduling. For mixed-use buildings where ground-floor commercial sits below residential apartments, both can be quoted together — often more cost-effective than booking each separately.

Three storeys is the practical maximum for water-fed pole work. Beyond that, the pole becomes unwieldy, the angle of approach gets compromised, and the work properly belongs to abseil specialists with rope access certification.

I don't pretend to do work I'm not equipped for. Buildings above three storeys need a different specialist, and there are good Melbourne operators who handle that work. For everything up to three storeys — which covers the vast majority of owners corporation, strata and small commercial buildings in Melbourne's inner south-east — the water-fed pole is the right tool.

This is positioning, not a limitation. Specialising in low-rise means the equipment, technique and experience are all dialled in for exactly the buildings I service most often.