Exterior cleaning in Bondi Beach

Iconic beachfront strip of art-deco apartment blocks, modern penthouses and renovated semis within metres of salt spray.

Art-deco and inter-war apartment blocks, semi-detached homes and new beachfront strata. Around Bondi Pavilion, Icebergs, Campbell Parade and the coastal walk to Bronte, on streets such as Campbell Parade, Hall Street, Ramsgate Avenue and Notts Avenue, the defining exterior problem is constant salt spray on balconies, balustrades and painted facades, with sand abrasion on ground-floor glass.

Salt spray is the dominant force on Bondi Beach exteriors. Glass hazes within weeks, render streaks under sills and fixings rust-run within a season, and black algae colonises the shaded southern walls. We schedule Bondi Beach homes on quarterly glass and six to twelve-monthly soft-wash cycles rather than waiting for the grime to become visible.

Waverley Council. Waverley Council manages Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches and operates a stormwater-to-ocean catchment, so it is particularly vigilant about detergents and debris entering street drains. Coastal salt load means render, glass and metal weather fast here and benefit from a regular soft-wash schedule.

Our approach in Bondi Beach: We mix sodium hypochlorite, surfactant and water to a strength matched to the growth on the wall, usually 0.5 to 1.5 percent, apply it with a 12 volt soft-wash pump at under 100 psi, allow a 10 minute dwell, then rinse with fresh water from the top down. Every job is led by a named technician, carries $20 million public liability and finishes with same-day photos. Pricing is on request: we measure, test-patch any stone and send one fixed written figure.