Buyers decide how they feel about a house in the driveway. A year of Sacramento sun, dust, and winter rain leaves concrete gray, patios and north-facing walls green, and stucco streaked below every window. None of it is damage, but all of it reads as neglect in listing photos and at the first showing.
Pressure washing resets it in an afternoon. Driveways, walkways, and patios come back to their original color; fences and gates lose the gray; and stucco and siding get a lower-pressure wash that removes grime without forcing water behind the surface. The difference in photos is immediate.
The order matters. Wash exteriors first, then windows, then the interior clean, so nothing gets re-dirtied. For vacant listings and post-renovation homes, we schedule pressure washing, window cleaning, and the interior vacant-home clean as one package so the property is photo-ready in a single visit.
A few cautions: painted and older wood surfaces need lower pressure and the right nozzle, oil stains on concrete need pre-treatment or they smear, and runoff should be directed away from plantings. A crew that matches pressure to the surface gets the result without the damage.