Soft Wash in Budleigh Salterton

The Moore & Franks approach in Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton's quiet streets of white-rendered villas and well-kept period homes sit close enough to the sea to catch the salt air and the lichen that comes with it. This is a town that takes care of how it looks, and that means render and paintwork stay smart, which a pressure washer simply can't deliver on a delicate older finish. Soft washing keeps things pristine the gentle way: low pressure, the correct biocide, and growth treated at source so it stays clear for longer. We work Budleigh regularly from Exeter, treat period property with the respect it deserves, and back every job with £5m cover. Clear quotes, careful hands.

Budleigh draws an older, settled crowd, and that shows in the housing: a lot of larger detached homes with generous mature gardens, particularly up around West Hill and Coastguard Road. Big rendered elevations and long roof runs mean plenty of surface for algae to work on, and the tree cover that makes these gardens lovely also keeps the north sides shaded and damp. We soft wash the render and roof at low pressure, treating the growth at root and leaving well-kept homes looking properly cared for.

Still mornings bring the sea frets drifting up the Otter valley and along South Farm Road, and that damp is the engine behind the town's green walls. Salt crystallising in rendered surfaces holds moisture and keeps lichen and algae fed long after the last rain. Scrubbing barely dents it, so we treat the wall chemically at low pressure and reach the growth where it lives in the surface, which is why the clean lasts through Budleigh's mild, humid seasons.

The seafront villas along Marine Parade take the full salt load off Lyme Bay, and their north-facing slate and clay roofs hold moss in the shade the year round. Roofs like these want the gentlest possible clean, so we apply a low-pressure biocide that kills the growth at root without disturbing a single tile. For the more exposed frontages, a light repeat visit keeps the render and roof from greening straight back over.

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).