Commercial Exterior Cleaning for Managed Residential Properties

Residents and shared access

Entrances, footpaths, parking areas and communal routes often stay in use throughout the day, alongside deliveries. We plan the sequence and working areas around those movements: works are phased zone by zone behind agreed exclusion areas, so access can be maintained wherever the site conditions allow.

Several blocks, several surfaces

A development may combine render, brickwork, cladding, roof coverings, paving and boundary features across more than one block. The survey records each of them, so one specification of works can prioritise the most visible or affected areas and work towards a consistent standard across the development. Larger developments can be phased, beginning with prominent entrances, heavily affected elevations or frequently used communal areas before lower-priority sections. Where one managing agent looks after several developments, see multi-site and portfolio contracts.

A clear specification for stakeholders

Managing agents and residential management companies need to understand what is included before work is arranged. The fixed-price proposal sets out the areas, methods, programme and exclusions, with no day rates and no overrun charges, so it can be reviewed and shared before the works begin.

Housing association properties

Varied building types and communal surfaces, often across more than one location. Each location is surveyed, and its specification of works sets its own priorities.

Retirement living

Occupied buildings and frequently used shared routes. Exclusion areas are planned around the layout and day-to-day use of the site.

One development can involve several materials and access requirements. The survey decides which services the specification of works includes, and façades, cladding, roofs, gutters and communal hard surfaces can sit in one specification. A robust paving surface may tolerate a method that would be unsuitable for coated cladding, older masonry or delicate render, so we identify each surface, its condition and the source of the staining before we specify the pressure, water flow, cleaning products and application technique. Where useful, a test area is agreed at the survey.

1. 01SurveySite visit and drone survey, with the condition photographed.
2. 02ProposalFixed price, with specification of works, programme and exclusions.
3. 03MobilisationRAMS issued; asbestos register, drainage drawings and site rules checked.
4. 04WorksZone by zone behind exclusion areas, with arisings removed and wash-water control planned.
5. 05Completion reportBefore-and-after photography, a defect schedule and sign-off.
6. 06PPMA planned maintenance proposal, so the problem does not come back unnoticed.

Roofs

We identify the roof covering before any work is proposed and request the asbestos register. Asbestos-cement and fragile roofs are never pressure-washed or walked on.

Wash water

We plan wash-water control and drain protection for every site.

Listed and conservation buildings

We use test areas and low-pressure methods on listed and conservation-area buildings.

Schools and care settings

We work in school holidays and INSET days, or behind exclusion zones away from pupils and residents.