Cleaning, decluttering, cleanouts, organisation and storage — for garages that live in a coastal temperate rainforest. Mould, mildew, efflorescence, moss and roof rats aren't edge cases here; they're the job. All 22 Vancouver neighbourhoods and fourteen Metro Vancouver municipalities.
We built this business in Calgary, and the honest truth is that almost nothing about cleaning a prairie garage transfers here. Calgary's problem is abrasive: road salt, sand, gravel dust, freeze-thaw. You wash it off and it's gone.
Vancouver's problem is biological, and it never fully leaves. Roughly 1,200 mm of rain across more than 160 wet days a year, mild temperatures that stop anything freezing or fully drying, unheated and unventilated garages, and concrete slabs — many poured before modern vapour barrier practice — wicking groundwater upward continuously. Add the cardboard, timber and fabric everyone stores in a garage and you have sustained moisture, moderate warmth and organic substrate. That's not a dirty garage. That's a growth medium.
Which is why every service on this page is built around five things a prairie garage rarely has:
GarageScape built its reputation across Calgary and area and is now bringing the same service to Metro Vancouver. That means experienced crews — and it means we've genuinely relearned the job for this climate rather than porting a prairie playbook across the Rockies. Call and we'll tell you honestly what our availability looks like in your neighbourhood this week.
All 22 of the City of Vancouver's official neighbourhoods. The garage stock varies enormously across them, and that changes the work.
Character homes with detached back-lane garages, many pre-1940:
Established family homes, mature tree canopy, generous lots:
Dense older housing with lane access throughout:
East Vancouver character stock with lane garages:
Vancouver Special territory — under-house garages at grade:
South Vancouver on Fraser delta deposits:
Higher-density housing, parkades and lockers:
Large properties, substantial garages, mature grounds:
Plus every remaining Vancouver neighbourhood:
Beyond city limits we cover fourteen Metro Vancouver municipalities. Each one has its own garage stock and its own problems — pick yours for local detail and pricing.
The quick version is on the cards above — expand a city for the full local picture.
A mix of post-war detached homes with attached garages and a very large volume of newer townhouse tandem garages around Brentwood, Metrotown, Edmonds and Lougheed. Tandem garages dominate our Burnaby work: long, narrow, one door, furnace and hot water tank inside, and strata bylaws restricting what may be stored. Burnaby Mountain properties add real moisture exposure from elevation and tree cover.
Built on the Fraser delta at or barely above sea level, which makes Richmond the most moisture-affected garage stock in the region. Shallow water table, high hydrostatic pressure on slabs, and efflorescence as close to universal as it gets. Large volumes of townhouse tandem garages, plus substantial detached homes in Steveston, Terra Nova and Seafair. If your Richmond garage floor has a white bloom on it, that's not unusual — it's the water table.
City and District. Significantly higher rainfall than Vancouver proper thanks to orographic lift against the North Shore mountains, plus dense tree cover holding moisture and dropping debris year-round. Moss and algae problems here are the worst in the region. Sloped lots mean under-house and tuck-under garages are common, and drainage against the uphill wall is a recurring source of water entry. Gear density is exceptionally high — mountain bikes, skis and hiking equipment in nearly every garage.
Steep terrain, large properties, substantial multi-bay garages, and heavy tree canopy. Similar rainfall and moss profile to North Vancouver with more elaborate structures. Estate and downsizing clearances are a significant share of the work here, and strata parkade storage rules in the newer buildings are enforced more actively than most owners expect.
One of BC's oldest cities, with garage stock to match — a lot of pre-war detached lane garages on steep streets above the Fraser, alongside newer development in Queensborough and along the waterfront. Old, soft, porous slabs are the norm, which means low-pressure methods more often than high-pressure ones.
The Tri-Cities. Heavy suburban development with a very high proportion of townhouse tandem garages, plus older detached stock in Maillardville and central Port Coquitlam. Burke Mountain and the north Coquitlam slopes get meaningfully more rain than the valley floor. Family gear loads are large here — this is bike, ski and camping country.
The largest geographic area we cover and the most varied. Newer detached homes with double and triple garages across South Surrey, Clayton, Cloverdale and Fleetwood; older stock in Whalley and North Delta; agricultural properties in Cloverdale and Ladner with large outbuildings. Delta's low-lying areas share Richmond's water table problem. This is also where the Vancouver Landfill sits, which shortens disposal runs on Delta jobs.
Our outer service area. Larger properties, bigger garages, often with workshop and equipment storage, and frequently outbuildings alongside. Travel is a real cost at this distance so we prefer to schedule these efficiently — if you're out this way, ask about our availability rather than assuming.
The four transformations we're booked for most often across Metro Vancouver.
Double garage — full declutter, clean and organiseEverything off the slab and into sealed bins on wall-mounted steel shelving, bikes hung clear of the damp floor, seasonal gear moved to overhead racking.
Garage floor — degreased and pressure washedSet-in oil drawn back out of the slab with a poultice rather than blasted at the surface, then hot-water washed and force-dried.
Back-lane character garage — cleared and reorganisedThe most common Vancouver garage type and the most affected. Wire shelving between the original studs, everything sealed and lifted off the slab.
Reclaimed parking — the car back insideThe zone most Vancouver homeowners quietly surrender, and the one they most regret losing. We design outward from it.
Six, all residential: garage deep cleaning, garage floor cleaning and pressure washing, garage decluttering, full garage cleanouts, garage organisation, and garage storage design and installation. Most clients combine two or three — decluttering plus cleaning is the most common pairing, because the cheapest time to clean a garage is while it's empty.
All 22 City of Vancouver neighbourhoods, plus Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, Delta, Langley, White Rock, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Travel time is factored into quotes for outer areas and we're transparent about it rather than hiding it in the price.
Because it's the defining characteristic of a Vancouver garage. Roughly 1,200 mm of rain a year across 160+ wet days, most garages unheated and unventilated, and slabs poured before modern vapour barrier practice wicking groundwater upward continuously. Sustained moisture at mild temperature with organic material present produces mould, mildew, moss and efflorescence at a rate that simply doesn't happen in drier parts of Canada. Any garage service that ignores it is treating symptoms.
Constantly. Detached lane garages define Vancouver's older neighbourhoods and they're typically the most affected structures in the city — unheated, uninsulated, often without power or water, with the worst moisture and rodent exposure. We bring our own water and generator where the garage has neither.
Depends on the week and where you are in the region. Same-day and next-day work is usually driven by real estate listing dates, tenancy end dates and estate deadlines, and we prioritise those. Late spring is our busiest period in Metro Vancouver and books furthest ahead. Call and we'll tell you honestly what availability looks like in your neighbourhood.
No. We clean individual assigned stalls, private strata garages and townhouse tandem garages. Whole-building parkade scrubbing is a commercial contract run on ride-on scrubbers with traffic management and council approval — we refer that to parkade specialists rather than pretending to do it.
Free on-site quote. Fixed price before we start. Disposal charged at cost with receipts.
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