Commercial Cleaning in Budleigh Salterton

The Moore & Franks approach in Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton keeps things genteel, and the businesses along the high street and the seafront are expected to keep pace. The town's well-kept frontages and pebble-beach charm set a standard that algae-stained render or mossy paving spoils quickly. Sitting at the mouth of the Otter, premises here pick up both coastal salt and the damp that comes off the river valley. We've spent 25 years cleaning Devon exteriors, treating each surface to what it needs rather than blasting indiscriminately. Family-run, £5m public liability insured. Shopfronts, café frontages, hotel facades and paving — we'll keep your Budleigh premises looking as tidy as the town around them.

Keeping a Budleigh frontage looking right is an ongoing job rather than a one-off, because the sea sees to that. Salt off Lyme Bay settles into render and keeps it damp, so the green comes back on north and west elevations within a couple of seasons. Rather than let it build until a heavy clean is needed, many premises here do better on a light planned visit that holds the look steady and spreads the cost sensibly across the year.

The high street runs to small independents — cafes, galleries, a few hotels — serving a settled, particular clientele who notice when something looks tired. Kerb appeal genuinely matters to that trade. We clean frontages, awnings and signage quietly and thoroughly, leaving no wet mess across the pavement, so a business looks cared for to the customers walking past. Nothing about the work is disruptive or loud, which suits the tone of the town.

Most of the commercial stock is rendered, with clay and slate roofs above, and both need a gentle hand in the coastal damp. Render we soft wash at low pressure so the surface is not crazed and salt is not driven deeper into it. Mossy north-facing roof slopes get a careful soft wash that will not disturb tile or slate, and gutters, often choked with leaf fall off the mature trees around South Farm Road, we clear from the ground with a vacuum on poles.

Our Budleigh Salterton customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX9 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Octagon and Fairlynch Museum, Marine Parade and the pebble beach, River Otter estuary and South Farm Road, West Hill and Coastguard Road, East Budleigh and Otterton villages, Budleigh Salterton Golf Club).