Customers judge a business from the parking lot — before the signage, before the lobby, before anyone says hello. Gum-spotted sidewalks and a streaked entryway are a first impression you’re paying rent on. We fix that, on a schedule that never interrupts business.
What We Service
Storefronts & entryways
Sidewalk gum, entry-mat grime, awning dust, window-line splash — the twenty feet your customers actually look at.
Restaurants
Grease-track walkways, patio slabs, drive-thru lanes, and dumpster pads — with degreaser and heat, not just water.
Offices, churches & schools
Building washes, covered walkways, monument signs, and hardscape — scheduled around services, classes, and office hours.
HOAs & multifamily
Community entrances, sidewalks, pool decks, clubhouse exteriors, and breezeways — bid per property with one point of contact.
Maintenance Programs That Behave Like a Utility
The best commercial exteriors are never “cleaned” — they’re maintained. Monthly or quarterly service, the same crew, before-hours scheduling, consistent per-visit pricing, and an invoice your bookkeeper recognizes. Property managers like us for a boring reason: the property stops being a thing they think about.
The Professional Details
Certificate of insurance on request. Wet-surface cones and controlled runoff on every job — we’re conscious of where wash water goes and what’s in it. Crews that look and act like people you’d let represent your storefront, because for an hour or two, they do.
Upstate Properties We Handle
- Restaurants and bars — downtown Main Street, the West End and Augusta Road. Kitchen entries, dumpster pads, patios and sidewalk frontage, almost always outside service hours.
- Retail centers — Woodruff Road, Laurens Road, Wade Hampton. Walkway frontage, entry aprons, and the gum and grease that build up at doorways.
- Office parks — Verdae, ICAR and the Pelham Road corridor. Building exteriors, parking decks, canopies and entryway concrete.
- Apartment and condo communities — breezeways, stairwells, mail kiosks, pool decks and trash enclosures, usually on a recurring schedule.
- Industrial and warehouse — loading docks and bay aprons along the I-85 corridor.
- HOA common areas — clubhouse walkways, pool surrounds, monument signage and shared fencing in Simpsonville, Mauldin and Five Forks.
Off-Hours Work
Most commercial exterior cleaning here happens between 10pm and 6am, and that suits us. Wet walkways and hoses across an entrance are a liability problem during business hours and a non-issue at two in the morning. We bring our own lighting, we can work from our own water where a site cannot spare a spigot, and we leave surfaces walkable before opening.
If your site can only be done at a weekend or during a shutdown window, say so up front and we build the schedule around it rather than treating it as an exception.
Wash Water and Doing This Properly
This is the part low-bid contractors skip and the part that creates real exposure for a property owner. Wash water carrying grease, detergent or heavy sediment is not supposed to enter a storm drain — storm drains discharge to the Reedy and on downstream, not to treatment.
On site that means containment: blocking or berming inlets, recovering wash water where the work generates it, and disposing to sanitary rather than storm. On a kitchen entry or dumpster pad we do not treat that as optional. We would rather quote honestly with recovery included than win the job by pretending the water disappears.
We carry general liability coverage and provide a certificate naming your entity before the first visit, without being chased.
How Commercial Is Priced
- Soil type and age — fresh spills come up quickly; four years of embedded kitchen grease on porous concrete is a different scope.
- Containment requirements — sites needing full recovery cost more than an open lot draining to landscaping.
- Access windows — overnight and weekend work is priced accordingly.
- Frequency — recurring service is meaningfully cheaper per visit, because maintained surfaces never reach the hard stage.
- Height and equipment — anything needing lifts or extended reach adds cost.
Residential ranges are on the pricing page. Commercial gets a written scope and a fixed number before anyone starts.
Where We Stop
- We will not run wash water into a storm drain to save time.
- We will not promise new concrete. Old oil and grease in porous concrete lightens substantially but rarely disappears — we show you a test patch first.
- We will not work without a COI on file.
- We will not take a recurring contract we cannot staff. If your frequency does not fit our schedule we say so rather than miss visits.
Commercial FAQs
Can you work before we open or after we close?
Yes — early morning and overnight windows are normal for us, especially for restaurants and storefronts where a wet entryway during business hours is a liability. Cones and wet-surface signage are standard on every commercial job.
Do we need a contract, or can we do a one-time cleaning?
Both work. Plenty of clients start with a one-time cleanup before an inspection, a reopening, or a lease showing, then move to quarterly maintenance once they see what regular service costs versus the one-time scramble.
Will you get the grease out of our dumpster pad?
Degreaser plus hot-water pressure takes dumpster pads from biohazard to presentable, and regular service keeps the odor and pest pressure down. Set expectations on old, saturated pads: dramatically better, not showroom.
How do you price commercial work?
By square footage, surface type, soiling level, and frequency — recurring schedules price meaningfully lower per visit than one-offs. Send a photo and an address and we will have a number for you quickly, with a certificate of insurance available on request.
Do you provide a certificate of insurance?
Yes, naming your entity, before the first visit. We send it without being chased.
Can you work overnight?
Yes, and most of our commercial work is done that way. It avoids the liability of wet walkways during business hours.
What is realistic on old grease?
Substantial improvement, not erasure. Grease soaking into porous concrete for years has penetrated below the surface. We run a test patch so you are looking at a real result rather than a promise.
Can you do a whole shopping center at once?
Yes, and it is cheaper per storefront than piecemeal. We coordinate with tenants on access and timing.
Do you handle dumpster pads and grease trap areas?
Yes. Those most need proper containment, and they are where a maintained schedule pays for itself fastest.
How is commercial priced?
Per site, from a written scope. Square footage alone does not predict labor, so we walk the property and give you a fixed number.