Best window cleaners in Joondalup and the northern corridor (2026)
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Sixteen window-cleaning listings cover Joondalup, Craigie, Heathridge, Kinross, Wanneroo, Clarkson, Butler and Alkimos. Four of them can be ranked. Window cleaning is not a licensed trade in Western Australia, so there is no register to check a name against and no licence number to quote. That leaves two things a homeowner can actually verify: a published street address, and a Google review record. Several of the strongest review records in this corridor fail the first test, and the page says which ones and by how much rather than quietly leaving them out.
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The second-highest weighted score in the corridor belongs to Ocean Window Cleaning, rated 5.0 from 77 reviews, and it is absent from the list purely because no street address is published on its Google listing. Nectar Cleaning Services, 5.0 from 50 reviews, is in the same position and would have ranked fourth. A paid placement is the route onto the page for a mobile operator that cannot prove a suburb any other way.
See placement optionsWindow Cleaners WA
Listed at Bettong Way, Alkimos WA 6039, rated 5.0 from 140 reviews — the largest review record of any window cleaner in this catchment, and the only one above a hundred that also publishes a street. Weighted score 4.7917. The Google listing gives a street and suburb but no house number, which is normal for an operator working out of a home base; the street and postcode are enough to place the business in Alkimos, which is what the locality test asks for.
Alkimos sits at the northern end of the corridor, so a Joondalup or Craigie job is a drive rather than a doorstep call. That is worth knowing before booking a single small job, and worth nothing at all if the whole street is being done. The margin over second place is 0.0287 — real, but narrow enough that anyone choosing between the top two on convenience rather than score is making a sensible decision.
See placement optionsPristine Window Cleaning
Trading from 10 Draconis Street, Heathridge WA 6027, rated 5.0 from 111 reviews, weighted score 4.7630. This is the closest thing in the corridor to a conventional local business: a full street number, a suburb inside the City of Joondalup, and a review count high enough that the weighting barely moves the raw rating. For a Joondalup, Beldon, Edgewater or Ocean Reef address it is the shortest trip on this list.
The gap back to third is 0.0755, the widest break in the top four, so the two names above this line are a tier of their own on the numbers. Between first and second there is almost nothing in it; the sensible tiebreak is distance from your own front door.
See placement optionsSifanno Services
Trading from 14b Drysdale Road, Craigie WA 6025, rated 5.0 from 60 reviews, weighted score 4.6875. Google categorises it as a window cleaning service and it runs its own website at sifannoservices.com.au, which is worth noting because the Google search card for this business does not show an address at all — the address is on the place page. Anyone screening this corridor off the search results alone would have cut a legitimate Craigie operator by mistake.
See placement optionsPro Serve Exterior Cleaning Pty Ltd
Trading from 162 Grand Boulevard, Joondalup WA 6027, rated 5.0 from 47 reviews, weighted score 4.6599. The only one of the four with an address in the Joondalup centre itself, and the only incorporated company on the list. Google files it as a window cleaning service, and the name signals the broader exterior work — render, eaves, solar panels — that usually travels with a window round.
The gap up to third is 0.0276 and the gap down to the next name that could have been included is 0.0536, so this is a genuine cut rather than a convenient one. The list stops here.
See placement optionsWhy the list stops at four
Window Plex window cleaning, 5.0 from 27 reviews, shows 59 Kinross Drive on its Google card and would have ranked fifth on a weighted score of 4.6063. Its place page would not resolve on three attempts, so the address could not be confirmed the way the other four were, and it is reported here rather than ranked. Westside window cleaning, 5.0 from 3 reviews at 10 Christmas Avenue, clears the review minimum but lands at 4.5146 once the weighting is applied, which is what a three-review sample is worth.
The operators with no address, named
Leaving a business off a list without saying why is the thing that makes these pages useless. Here is every name that was assessed and could not be ranked, with the number that would have placed it.
- Ocean Window Cleaning — Perth Window Cleaner, 5.0 from 77 reviews, weighted 4.7175. Would have ranked second. The place page publishes no street address.
- Nectar Cleaning Services, 5.0 from 50 reviews, weighted 4.6667. Would have ranked fourth. No street address.
- Absolute Window Cleaning has two separate Google listings — one at 5.0 from 31 reviews with no address, one on Winton Road at 2.0 from a single review. The review counts are not added together and never should be; the strong listing cannot be placed and the placed listing fails the rating floor.
- RAM Cleaning Services 5.0 from 26 reviews, Sunset Window Cleaning 5.0 from 24, Aquapressure Cleaning 5.0 from 21, North Shore Window Cleaning 5.0 from 8 at 3 Parham Road, and Clean Queen / Window Queen 5.0 from 4 — all either below the weighting threshold, without a confirmable address, or both.
What is actually regulated in Western Australia
There is no window cleaner licence in this state. WorkSafe WA licenses high risk work, not trades, and its published list of high risk work licence classes covers boom-type elevating work platforms, concrete placing booms, cranes, dogging, forklifts, hoists, pressure equipment, rigging and scaffolding. Window cleaning is not on it.
Two things on that list do reach into this trade. A boom-type elevating work platform with a boom length of 11 metres or more requires a WP-class high risk work licence to operate, and scaffolding work requires an SB, SI or SA licence. A two-storey house does not normally need either — that is water-fed pole or ladder work — but a three-storey townhouse, a strata block or a commercial frontage might, and the operator should be able to say which licence covers the person on the machine.
WorkSafe also puts the duty on the business, not the homeowner: a person conducting a business or undertaking must make sure workers hold the right licence before doing licensed high risk work, that they are trained, instructed and supervised, and that plant is inspected and maintained. Asking who carries that duty on your job is a fair question and a cheap one.
What to ask before booking
- Public liability insurance, and the amount. Glass breaks and ladders mark render. Ask for the certificate of currency, not a verbal yes.
- How they reach the second storey. Water-fed pole from the ground, ladder, or a platform. The answer changes the price and the risk.
- Whether the quote includes tracks, sills and flyscreens. This is the single most common gap between two quotes that look identical.
- Inside as well as out. Many quotes are exterior only unless you say otherwise.
- Hard water staining. Perth bore water leaves mineral spotting that ordinary cleaning will not shift; restoration is a separate job at a separate price.
- Who turns up. A sole trader with 140 reviews and a subcontracted crew are different products.
Access method and what it requires
This page does not publish a price table. Window cleaning is quoted per property on pane count, height, access and condition, and any figure printed here would be a guess dressed up as a benchmark. What can be stated exactly is which access methods carry a licensing requirement, taken from the WorkSafe WA high risk work licence classes page.
| Access method | Licence required | Typical on a house? |
|---|---|---|
| Water-fed pole from ground level | None | Yes — the normal method to two storeys |
| Ladder | None, but general work-at-height duties apply | Yes |
| Scissor lift or vertical platform | None (not a boom-type EWP) | Rarely |
| Boom-type EWP, boom under 11 m | No licence; employer must still train and instruct | Rarely |
| Boom-type EWP, boom 11 m or more | Class WP high risk work licence | No — commercial and strata work |
| Scaffolding erected for the job | Class SB, SI or SA licence | No — commercial and strata work |
Source: WorkSafe WA, High risk work licence classes and the boom-type elevating work platform class sheet, both last updated 13 August 2026.
How this list was built
- Two sweeps, scrolled to the end. One on Joondalup, one on Wanneroo, Clarkson and Butler. Sixteen listings, 653 reviews between them.
- Weighted score, not raw rating. Each operator is scored (v/(v+m)) x R + (m/(v+m)) x C, with C = 4.5 and m = 100. A 5.0 from three reviews does not outrank a 5.0 from 140.
- Address confirmed on the place page, not the search card. The card omits addresses that the place page publishes — that is how Sifanno Services nearly got cut.
- A 4.3 rating floor and a minimum of three genuine operators. Below either, the cluster is reported as non-viable rather than padded out with names from another suburb.
- Duplicate listings are never merged. Two listings for one business stay two listings, and the review counts are not added.
- No licence column, because there is no licence. On the trades that do have one — electricians, plumbers, locksmiths — this site checks the register first and the reviews second. Window cleaning has no register to check.
Questions homeowners ask
Do window cleaners need a licence in WA?
No. Window cleaning is not a licensed occupation in Western Australia and there is no register to search. WorkSafe WA licenses high risk work — boom-type elevating work platforms of 11 metres or more, scaffolding, cranes, rigging and similar — and window cleaning is not on that list. That is exactly why this page leans on published addresses and review records instead of a licence number.
Why are some highly rated businesses missing from the list?
Because they publish no street address. Ocean Window Cleaning, rated 5.0 from 77 reviews, would have ranked second. Nectar Cleaning Services, 5.0 from 50, would have ranked fourth. Neither can be placed in a suburb from its Google listing, so neither can be ranked in a suburb guide. Both are named above rather than quietly dropped.
How often should house windows be cleaned?
Most Perth households land on twice a year, with coastal properties closer to quarterly because salt and wind-blown sand build up faster. Exterior glass on a busy road or near limestone works also dirties quicker. There is no rule; the honest answer is that it depends on exposure.
What is hard water staining and can it be cleaned off?
Bore-water sprinklers throw mineral-rich water onto glass; as it dries it leaves calcium and iron deposits that bond to the surface. Ordinary washing will not shift it. It needs a restoration treatment, which is a separate job at a separate price and is not always fully reversible once the glass has been etched. Ask before assuming a standard clean will fix it.
Does the quote include flyscreens and tracks?
Often not. This is the most common reason two quotes that look the same are not the same. Screens have to be pulled, washed and refitted, and tracks have to be vacuumed and wiped; both take time. Ask for it in writing either way.
Is a mobile operator with no shopfront a worse choice?
No. Window cleaning is overwhelmingly mobile and a home-based sole trader can be excellent. The address requirement on this page is a locality test, not a quality test — it is the only way to say honestly that a business serves this corridor rather than advertising into it from elsewhere.
Run a window cleaning business in this corridor?
Two operators outscore this list and are off it on address alone.
See placement optionsBrowse the directoryLast updated 24 September 2026. Ratings, review counts and addresses read from Google Maps place pages on 24 September 2026 and will drift; the weighted scores are calculated from those figures and nothing else. Licensing statements are read from the WorkSafe WA high risk work licence classes page and the boom-type elevating work platform class sheet, both last updated 13 August 2026. The absence of a published address is reported as at the date checked and is not a statement about any operator’s conduct or quality.