Exterior cleaning across Sidmouth.

Why Sidmouth properties need us

Sidmouth's exterior-cleaning demand comes down to its setting. The town sits in a damp, tree-shaded valley with the sea funnelling salt air straight up the front, so north-facing slopes and shaded gables grow algae, moss and lichen quickly — the painted Regency and Victorian frontages along the Esplanade and Fore Street show it first. The 1930s semis around Woolbrook and Sidford tend to have clay or concrete tiles that hold moss under the heavy canopy off Peak Hill and Salcombe Hill, and their gutters fill steadily with leaf fall and grit washed off the slopes. Rendered houses — older lime render in the centre, modern silicone and K-Rend on the Bowd and Sidbury estates — green over on the weather side from the constant marine damp. Salt deposits on glass and frames are a year-round nuisance for anyone near the seafront.