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What does property maintenance cost in Ottawa?

In Ottawa in 2026: residential window cleaning runs $10 per pane (a typical 1 to 2 storey home lands between $150 and $300 per visit), lawn core aeration is $60, and exterior gutter cleaning is $80 when added to a window visit. A typical detached home doing the standard seasonal rotation spends roughly $500 to $700 per year at retail - and meaningfully less with member pricing or neighbours booking together.

What drives the price of each service

Window cleaning - the pane count. Not hours, not storeys. $10 per pane retail ($8 member), 10-pane minimum, interior and exterior included. Under 15 panes is a small bungalow; 15 to 30 covers most 1 to 2 storey homes; 30 to 50 is a larger two-storey with a sunroom or bay windows.
Aeration - flat. $60 retail, $50 member, per visit. Lawn size barely moves the cost of running the machine, so it is priced flat.
Gutters - cheapest as an add-on. $80 on top of a window visit, because the crew and ladders are already at the house. Booked alone anywhere, you are mostly paying for the trip.

A typical year, priced out

For a typical 2-storey detached home (15 to 30 panes) doing the standard rotation:

Spring window clean: $150 to $300
Fall window clean: $150 to $300
Fall core aeration: $60
Gutter cleaning (on the fall window visit): $80

That is roughly $440 to $740 per year at retail. Skip the second window clean and it drops by $150 to $300 - the fall visit is the one to keep.

Three legitimate ways to pay less

Book with neighbours. Homes within 1 km booking the same service the same day save 10% (2 homes) or 15% (3+). One crew, one street, one day is genuinely cheaper to run, so the saving is passed back.
Member pricing. $8/pane instead of $10, $50 aeration instead of $60. A Neiber membership is not a fee - every dollar becomes spendable Balance that never expires, so the discount is not bought with sunk cost.
Bundle the gutter clean onto a window visit rather than booking it as a separate trip.

What to watch for when comparing quotes

Per-window vs per-pane pricing - "per window" quotes look cheaper until a double-hung counts as one window on the quote and two panes on the invoice.
Interior included, or exterior only? Many low quotes are outside-only.
Core vs spike aeration - spiking is faster and cheaper to deliver, and on Ottawa clay it does close to nothing.
A comeback guarantee - the honest version of quality control is "if it is not right, we return free".

Frequently asked questions

How much does window cleaning cost in Ottawa?▾

Around $10 per pane at retail with Neiber ($8 for members), 10-pane minimum, interior and exterior included. A typical 1 to 2 storey home lands between $150 and $300 per visit.

How much does lawn aeration cost in Ottawa?▾

$60 retail, $50 for Neiber members, priced flat per visit. Make sure the quote is for core aeration (pulling plugs), not spike aeration.

How much should I budget per year for home maintenance in Ottawa?▾

For the recurring exterior basics - two window cleans, a fall aeration and a gutter clean - roughly $440 to $740 per year at retail for a typical detached home, less with member pricing or same-day neighbour bookings.

Is a maintenance membership worth it?▾

It depends how the membership treats your money. Neiber's version turns every monthly payment into spendable Balance that never expires and is refundable if unused within the first 14 days - so you are pre-funding work you already intended to do, at member pricing, rather than paying a fee for access.

Want it handled instead?

Neiber schedules each service into its right Ottawa window automatically - one local crew, real prices, and neighbours who book together save 10 to 15%.

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