Guides
What we tell owners before we book the day.
Soft wash or pressure: which one the house actually needs
Pressure is a tool. It is not a personality. Most of the houses we are hired to save were hurt by the wrong one.
Those black streaks on the roof are not dirt
Shaded architectural shingles in West Georgia grow algae. Pressure is how a roof gets shorter.
Red clay does not rinse off
A hose smears it. The orange line at the bottom of the brick is the same problem in a different place.
What we do about the plantings
A careful house has beds that matter. The wash should not be the thing that cooks them.
Before the crew arrives
An hour of yours saves an hour of ours, and the result shows in the corners.
Winter gutters are the unglamorous job that protects the brick
Overflow in January stains the same wall you paid to soft wash in June.
Holiday lights for a brick house that is trying to look quiet
Warm white, the eaves, the columns. Not a yard full of inflatables.
The lake house when you are not there
West Point Lake places fail in small ways. A check is cheaper than a Friday surprise.
What listing photos punish first
The thumbnail is the front walk, the glass, and the driveway. The kitchen is page two.
One house call instead of five trades
The odd jobs are how a careful house stays careful. They are also how a winter stays paid.