Exterior Cleaning in the Eastern Suburbs

How the Eastern Suburbs wear on a property

Exterior cleaning in the Eastern Suburbs comes down to two things: salt off the ocean and big, old street trees. How much of each a property gets depends on where it sits.

In Maroubra and Coogee the salt is constant. Onshore wind carries it onto roofs, walls and glass, where it draws moisture from the air and binds windblown sand and dust into a film that clings to the surface. Norfolk Island pines along the foreshore shed fine needles almost all year, packing gutters and roof valleys with a gritty, salt-laden mat. Coogee's interwar red brick walk-ups add box gutters behind parapets and low-pitch roofs, where one blocked outlet can put water into a top-floor unit.

Randwick, roughly two kilometres back from Coogee, gets lighter salt but far more shade. Mature Moreton Bay figs and plane trees drop heavy leaf that mats in gutters, and their shade keeps southern roof pitches and walls damp enough for lichen and mould to take hold. Fallen fig fruit stains paths and driveways.

Across the region, hard surfaces range from broom-finish concrete and pavers to soft sandstone steps, and the housing runs from Victorian and Federation terraces to post-war brick and newer rendered duplexes. Solar arrays and ocean-facing glass lose output and clarity to salt film and to gull and flying fox droppings. We match pressure, product and access to each surface.

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