Give us a call at 508-209-1972, or email us via our contact page.  We'll come look at your project and provide a written work proposal.  

We charge by the job, not the hour, but our minumum powerwashing serivice fee is $350 and covers the first 2 hours of powerwashing.

For routine exterior cleaning, we service the towns from Eastham to Dennis here on Cape Cod.  This incudes the towns of:

• Eastham
• Orleans
• Brewster
• Harwich
• Chatham
• Dennis

We occasionally do jobs "over the bridges" but those are on a case-by-case basis.   If interested in having us work outside our normal service area, please contact us, share details, and understand that we need to pick and choose the jobs we get involved in.  

For homeowners in towns I don't service, I've made a brief video to share my suggestions on how to hire an exterior cleaning service.  Here's the link.  

As far as possible.  These days (since COVID and the latest influx of new residents to the area), we're busier than ever!

Since we focus on quality rather than quantity, and since we have a good reputation, we always have a to-do list.  For this reason, please call us as soon as you realize that you'll have a cleaning need, and we'll do everything we can to help.  

Yes.  In 2023 we starting accepting bookings for the following years(s).  Please contact us with inquiries.  

Take you pick:

1. We are a true local family business: Nate, Leah, and (sometimes) Alex.  No other employees, no seasonal help, no part-timers, no "subs"... just us.  
2. We are FULLY insured (liability, workers comp, commercial auto).  No "painter's policy;" big-boy insurance for big-boy cleaning.    
3. Owner (Nate) does all the delicate hands-on dirty work.  That's 10,000+ hours of cleaning experience brought to each and every job
4. Cleaning is all we do.  No painting, carpentry, landscaping, etc.  JUST cleaning.  
5. We give back to the community, regularly cleaning on a volunteer basis and donating the proceeds of our Friday jobs to local charities.
6. We are awash in work (dad pun!), and so have no motivation to talk you into a service which you don't need.    

Nobody is.  Exterior cleaning is an unregulated, unlicensed industry in Massachusetts; no licenses are available for what we do.  Keep that in mind when somebody tells you they are "licensed" for this type of work! 

As soon as a state or federal license becomes available for exterior cleaning, we'll get one.  In the maintime, we have a decade of experience in the local exterior cleaning industry.  Outside Cleaners is highly rated with impartial customer review sites such as the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and Google.  Additionally, we are members in good standing with professional organizations such as the Power Washers of North America and the Cedar Cleaners.  

Are we ever!  Yes, we are fully insured.  That means we have liability, worker's compensation, and commercial auto insurance.  But don't take our word for it... We'll happily provide you with certificates of insurance upon request.  Please allow 2-3 business days for processing from the underwriters.

There are TWO types of insurance which EVERY service provider should have:

1) LIABILITY insurance covers accidental damage to property.

2) WORKERS COMPENSATION insurance covers expenses due to workplace injuries.

Liability insurance is the cheaper of the two.  But what if a service provider gets hurt working on YOUR property?  In this age of lawsuits and high medical bills, it's the property owner who commonly gets targeted with a lawsuit when there's a serious workplace injury and no Worker's Compensation.

Massachusetts law requires that business owners obtain workers compensation insurance for their employees but it's OPTIONAL for the business owner themselves.  As a result, most small business owners and "owner/operators" around here are NOT covered by workers compensation insurance.  Sole proprietors often say, "I have all the insurance that I'm required to have."  That may be true, but do yourself a favor and make sure that EVERY person working on your property is insured with both liability and worker's compensation insurance. Ask for a certificate of insurance to be mailed or e-mailed directly to you from their insurance provider. If they ARE "fully insured," they'll be happy to do this.  

Additionally, although more of a help to the service provider than the customer, professional companies have COMMERCIAL AUTO insurance to cover work-related auto accidents.  

Bottom line: exterior cleaning is a messy, slippery job. In case anything serious injuries or accidents occur, rest assured that Outside Cleaners, LLC is FULLY insured with liability insurance, commerical auto, and workers compensation insurance.... for our protection and yours.

We've heard it all.  

Keep in mind that exterior cleaning is an unregulated industry; there are no uniform industry codes or standards and there is zero oversight.  In other words, exterior cleaners can say and claim whatever they want, whether its truthful or not.  

Within the industry, lots of money is spent fighting for business through deceptive marketing, and homeowners hear many conflicting claims about which cleaning methods are "best."

In our experienced view, the "best" or "right" way to clean something depends upon 5 things:

1. WHAT is being cleaned
2. It's CONDITION
3. The LONG-TERM PLAN for the property
4. The customer's BUDGET
5. Your ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES.  

So, unlike most exterior cleaning services, we offer multiple cleaning options so that we truly arrive at the best cleaning option for YOUR situation.

We don't push "secret recipes" or any of those shenanigans.  We don't offer B.S. guarantees with so much fine print that they're useless.  We simply tell you all you want to know about how we'll approach your cleaning project.  

Just like having your teeth cleaned, it helps prevent bigger, more expensive problems in the future, while making everything look nicer today.

Most people don't realize that the lichen, moss, algae, and mold that can accumulate on houses, decks, roofs, and fences isn't just unsightly: much of it causes expensive damage to these surfaces.  

Lichen, for example, will feed upon the limestone grains which make up the outer layer of modern composite shingles, ruining a roof long before it should need replacing.  Algae on cedar siding will trap moisture, promoting rot.  Moss on a cedar roof will do the same thing.  And, of, course, it all looks unsightly to both the homeowner and perspective buyers.  On top of all that, algae on a deck or walkway can make it dangerously slippery.

Here on Cape Cod, we seem to have a nearly ideal environment for growing mold: lots of moisture in the air, wind to blow spores from place to place, and many buildings roofed and sided with porous organic materials (i.e. cedar) on which these growths can live. 

Options to prevent this growth are limited, but there are many ways to remedy it.

Unwanted organic growth can cause many problems for your home's exterior.  Algae can promote rot; moss can lift up shingles; mold can make decks slippery;  lichen will eat into asphalt (composite) roofing as shown in this brief video.

It may be moss, lichens, algae, fungus, or mold... or a combination of them all!  These growths thrive in our damp seaside environment.  Some are just unsightly, and others can cause expensive damage.

When it’s appropriate.   Chlorine bleach - sodium hypochlorite - has it's place in exterior cleaning, but it's just another tool in the toolbox.  No tool is the right choice for EVERY cleaning job.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Many cleaning contractors and do-it-yourselfers attempt to rely upon "bleach" to perform ALL aspects of exterior cleaning.  While bleach can provide and quick "brightening" of decks or siding, it has real limitations and potential downsides, including the potential to leave chemical burns on nearby unpainted wood surfaces.  

So, while we'll use sodium hypo when it's appropriate, our cleaning "toolbox" has many, many other tools in it as well.  

It can.  Check out this video for some examples of that.  This is why I’d never rely upon pressure alone when cleaning a wood surface. 

Powerwashing relies upon brute pressure to clean a surface.  That can be OK when the surface is very hard (such as a metal or certain types of stone), but it's a bad idea when cleaning soft, porous building materials.  I use sensible liquid cleaners to soften and/or kill what's growing, so that I can powerrinse it away with far less pressure than would otherwise be needed.

No thank you.  We're excellent at cleaning, but we leave staining and painting to the painters.  We commonly work closely with several reputable local painters here on Cape Cod; please check out this page for our recommendations.  

Here on Cape Cod, "soft washing" is a euphamism for spraying chlorine bleach on things.  Yes it makes things brighter.  No, it's not always the best approach to cleaning an exterior surface.

In the broader industry of exterior cleaning, "soft washing" relies more upon chemicals to clean a surface, while "power washing" relies more upon rinsing pressure.  Neither method is suitable for every situation.

As I show in this video, a combination of the two is often key to cleaning a surface as well as possible.  

For sure.  "Green" or eco-friendly cleaning chemicals and processes are available, and we'll be happy to explain the in's and out's.  

Absolutely.  Although the building contractor may have told you that it doesn't "need" to be painted, experience shows that it definitely SHOULD be. Here's why.  

Not really.  Nate "retired" from training and consulting other cleaning services back in 2020.  For more info on all that, check out this link.

We're a small company and have a necessarily limited service area.  We're not a franchise and we don't have "partner companies" around the country to refer to.  For folks wondering how to find a good exterior cleaner in your area, we've made a video!  Here's the link.  

Ok, so you want your house sprayed down with chlorine bleach....  sometimes that's an acceptable approach, and sometimes it isn't. 

We'll take a look at your project and let you know what we suggest.  If "soft washing" (bleach washing) isn't appropriate for your project, we won't offer it.   

Yeah, it's a common tale these days.  The home insurance company peeks at your house, sees organic growth on your roof, and now they're talling you to get it cleaned within 60 days.  

We can help, but there are some things about this situation which you should know.  Here are my thoughts on the topic.