House Washing Melbourne — Draper Street, McKinnon

The rendered walls had darkened unevenly, and from the street the three townhouses no longer read as the same colour. Render is porous, so grime and biological growth settle into the texture rather than sitting on top of it, and shaded or sheltered elevations stay damp long enough for that growth to keep spreading. Left alone it holds moisture against the surface and the staining becomes harder to lift with each season.

Cleaning was done from the ground using telescopic poles, so the full height of the render could be reached without ladders or scaffold on a tight townhouse frontage. Render will not take aggressive pressure without marking, so the approach relied on controlled washing across whole panels rather than concentrated blasting, which keeps the finish intact and avoids the streaking that shows up once the wall dries.

• Assessment of all three townhouse facades and access points
• Telescopic pole cleaning of rendered walls, including high and hard-to-reach sections
• Controlled washing worked panel by panel to keep the finish even
• Final rinse and check of all elevations once dry

• Original render colour restored across all three townhouses
• Even tone from ground level to the top of the walls, with no streaking
• Hard-to-access areas cleaned without ladders or scaffold