Bay wind puts sand and salt on Collingwood glass faster than anywhere inland, and the chalets people come here for are mostly window. We clean glass, frames, sills and tracks with a pure-water system that dries spot-free, and reach the upper storeys from the ground.
Nowhere else we work has the wind Collingwood has. It comes off Georgian Bay carrying fine shoreline sand in summer, and through winter it carries salt spray plus whatever comes off the Highway 26 corridor. That grit does not sit on the glass the way household dust does, it bonds to it. Which is why a window here can look fine from the kitchen and be visibly hazed from the driveway.
The practical result is that most Collingwood properties want cleaning twice a year rather than once, and exposed places closer to the shoreline often want three. It is also why we use a pure-water system rather than detergent: soap residue gives the next round of grit something to stick to.
Every house is different, so we send a real number before we start. Where most Collingwood jobs land:
No travel fee. We are based in Horseshoe Valley and Collingwood is a normal route day, same rate as Barrie.
A good part of Collingwood is short-term rental, and windows are the thing guests notice and owners forget. Listing photos were shot on a clear day in a clean house; a season of bay wind later, the same room does not look like the photo. We work inside changeover windows, so tell us the gap between guests and we fit it.
On the Blue Mountain chalets specifically, the glass is the whole reason the place is worth what it is worth. We reach two and three storey walls from the ground with water-fed poles rather than leaning ladders against cladding, which matters when the siding is wood or composite and marks easily.
Downtown and the Hurontario corridor, Georgian Meadows, Creekside, Admiral, Cranberry, the shoreline out toward Craigleith and Thornbury, and up the hill through Blue Mountain. Same price everywhere, no travel surcharge.
We also cover Wasaga Beach along the same shoreline, and Stayner and Nottawa between the two.
What these visits actually involve, and the kind of property they happen on.
Chalet with a two-storey glass wall facing the hill. That wall is most of the job and most of the reason the place is worth what it is. Reached from the ground with water-fed poles rather than ladders against composite cladding that marks.
Two-storey family home, exterior glass plus screens and tracks. Bay wind means the west elevation dirties faster than the rest of the house, which is why we look at a property before pricing rather than counting windows.
Rental cleaned inside a changeover window between guests. Windows are what guests notice and owners forget, and a season of bay grit is enough to stop a room matching its listing photos.
Real Google reviews from across Simcoe County and Muskoka. We run on referrals from the people we have already worked for.
“I'd like to say thank you to the boys from Hunks Window Cleaning. They arrived right on time, went through the outside lickety-split, well equipped with the right gear. In the house, they cleaned all the windows inside including the screens. All in all, maybe 2 hours, and very personable.”
“I found Hunks Window Cleaning on the Internet, when looking for someone to clean my cottage windows. They showed up before I even got there and were professional and knowledgeable. Price was just right also. Thanks again.”
“Genuinely impressed with the Hunks Window Cleaning crew. Booked online in a couple of minutes and they showed up right on time at my place in Oro-Medonte, fully insured and ready to work. Every window inside and out came back streak-free, the screens were rinsed off, and they tidied everything up before they left.”
A smaller home or townhome in town is usually $150 to $250 for exterior glass. A two-storey in Georgian Meadows or Creekside runs $250 to $400. Chalets up toward Blue Mountain with two-storey glass walls are quoted on the house, because that wall is often half the job on its own. Interior adds roughly $150 on a typical home. You get the number before we start.
Wind off Georgian Bay. It carries fine sand from the shoreline and, through winter, salt spray and road salt off the Highway 26 corridor. That grit bonds to the glass in a way ordinary dust does not, and it is why a Collingwood window that looks fine from inside can be visibly hazed from the outside. Most places here want two cleans a year rather than one.
Regularly. The big draw of those places is the view, and the view is exactly what a season of bay wind ruins. We reach two and three storey glass from the ground with water-fed poles rather than putting a ladder against the cladding, which matters on chalets with wood or composite siding that marks easily.
Yes, and it is a lot of what we do in this town. Tell us the changeover window and we work inside it. For places that rent through the season, a scheduled clean every couple of months keeps the listing photos honest and stops the one-star review about grubby windows.
We filter the water until nothing is dissolved in it, so it dries without leaving spots. That means no detergent residue for bay grit to stick to, and it means we can clean upper glass from the ground with a pole. On a lakefront or exposed property it is the difference between glass that stays clear for months and glass that films over again in weeks.
No. We are based in Horseshoe Valley, and Collingwood, Blue Mountain, Craigleith and Thornbury are on our regular routes at the same rate as Barrie. There is no rural or travel surcharge anywhere in Simcoe County or Muskoka.
Usually. Mineral spotting from sprinklers and runoff needs a separate acid treatment rather than a normal clean, and on badly etched glass the improvement is real but not total. We tell you which of the two you are looking at before quoting it, rather than after.
Yes. $2 million liability and WSIB on every crew member. If a property manager, rental company or condo board needs a certificate of insurance, ask when you book and we send it the same day.
Answer a few questions about the house and the number comes up on screen. No callback, no obligation.
Also in Collingwood: gutter cleaning, soft wash and pressure washing and Christmas light installation.
