Window Cleaning in Napier

For exterior-only cleans, no — most regular rounds run with the customer out, with payment by app or transfer. Unlock side gates and confine pets before the visit. Interior cleans obviously need access; many customers book inside-and-out once or twice a year and exterior-only in between.

Exteriors: every 4-8 weeks on a regular round keeps glass consistently clear; quarterly is the practical minimum in cities or near trees and coasts. Interiors need cleaning 2-4 times a year in most homes. Homes near the sea (salt), busy roads (film) or construction (dust) need shorter cycles.

Ground-floor glass, absolutely DIY-able with a squeegee and practice. The calculus changes with height: ladder falls are one of the most common serious home-DIY accidents, and upper-floor windows take a pro with a water-fed pole minutes from the ground. Most households that hire do it for the upper floors and the consistency of a schedule, not because the skill is exotic.

A regular exterior round on an average house: 20-40 minutes. A first clean or full inside-and-out with frames, sills and tracks: 2-4 hours depending on window count. Window count drives everything — count your panes before calling and quotes get much more accurate.

Roughly NZ$8-$20 per pane, with a standard home's exterior at NZ$150-$350 and inside-and-out service above that. Two-storey homes price 50-100% over single-storey. Regular arrangements with local rounds cost meaningfully less per visit than one-offs.

Salt spray carries far inland on wind and bakes onto glass and aluminium joinery — left alone it etches glass and corrodes frames. Coastal homes benefit from a 4-8 weekly exterior rinse-and-clean cycle; it's cheaper than glass restoration, and many local cleaners run exactly this kind of round.