Exterior cleaning in Mill Creek, WA

Mature planted landscaping, close to the house

Master-planned neighbourhoods were landscaped at build and that planting is now decades old. Mill Creek homes routinely have substantial mature beds tight against the walls, ornamental trees close to the roofline, and irrigation running daily through the dry months.

All three matter for us. Beds against the house take real time to protect properly — soaking and covering before any solution goes up — and we would rather spend that time than replace a mature specimen plant. Overhanging ornamentals drop directly onto the roof and into the gutters. And daily irrigation is the most common source of the mineral spotting we find on ground-floor windows, where a sprinkler head has been hitting the same pane for years.

That last one is worth fixing at the source. Cleaning the glass works; leaving the sprinkler aimed at it means it returns within a season.

Pavers, and the mistake that costs the most here

Mill Creek has more paver driveways, walkways and patios than anywhere else we work. Pavers themselves are hard-wearing and clean up well — the problem is the joint sand between them.

Too much pressure blows that sand out, and once enough of it is gone the field destabilises and pavers begin to shift. It is the single most expensive mistake available on a Mill Creek property, and it is entirely avoidable with lower pressure and re-sanding afterwards where a lot has come up. We would rather do that than hand back a driveway that looks clean and moves underfoot.

Siding is mostly fiber cement and good-quality vinyl on the newer sections, with some cedar accent work on the Country Club homes that gets the gentler cedar treatment.

Areas we cover in Mill Creek

We work throughout Mill Creek and the surrounding Snohomish County area, including:

• Mill Creek Country Club
• The Highlands
• Mill Creek Town Center
• Silver Firs
• Seattle Hill
• McCollum Park
• Village Green

Not listed? We almost certainly still cover it — Everett, Snohomish County & the greater north-Seattle area.