Entry, Garage Apron & Paver Care
Olé at Lely Resort

Olé is the Mediterranean-style neighborhood Stock Development built inside Lely Resort, with homes from about 2009 and new sales marketed around 2013. It mixes four home types: two-story casitas joined to their neighbors by trellises rather than shared walls, split-level townhouses with attached two-car garages, townhomes and flats.

Outside Olé, Lely Resort adds three championship golf courses, the Players Club & Spa and bike and jogging paths. Inside it, that mix of home types shapes the paver work. A casita owner on Albion Lane or Rialto Street usually books an entry and apron alone, while flats and townhouses in one building often share walks that look best done together. We check the split in your documents before quoting.

With trucks required in garages, oil drips and tire marks build up on the apron and the first few feet of garage floor. Hot water lifts most fresh stains in one visit; older ones can take a second pass.

Coated garage floors need a different cleaner and water temperature, so tell us when you book.

Hot water does the heavy lifting on aprons, and we do not seal over oil we have not lifted. Stained pavers get a degreaser and a second hot rinse, then must dry completely before sand or sealer touches them.

Landscaping along the walks drops leaves that leave tannin stains, and sprinklers leave orange rust lines where they reach hardscape.

Where entries and drives are pavered, storms and cleanings wash joint sand out. Polymeric re-sanding locks pavers back together, and sealing closes the surface so oil and rust sit on top.

Our sanding follows Alliance Gator’s ten-step method. Pavers must be dry, the sand swept in and plate-compacted, then swept and compacted once more, leaving the joint about an eighth of an inch below the paver’s beveled edge. On a drive, we use a sand rated for cars; Alliance Gator recommends Gator Maxx G2 for driveways and says Gator Nitro and Gator Dust are not for vehicle traffic.

Activation uses a shower-pattern nozzle, working small sections and never letting one dry partway through. The G2 sands need one watering and are rain-safe after about 15 minutes on a drained base, but the maker still suggests a day without rain. Polymeric sand can carry cars 24 hours after drying, which suits owners who have to get trucks back into the garage.

Patched joints fail when shortcuts are taken. Alliance Gator calls for removing old sand to at least 1 1/2 inches and never filling the bottom with ordinary sand under a polymeric layer, and we follow that on every repair.

Some townhouse buildings share a quad pool with a grilling station and a pergola, like the one serving 9063 Capistrano Street North. Those decks belong to the association, so we quote them through management and use a slip-resistant sealer near the water. Techniseal also warns that a second coat on dense, low-porosity pavers can turn slippery, so pool surrounds get one coat.

Casita trellises and walls are best washed before the pavers below them. Doing it in that order means mildew and rinse water from the trellis land on pavers that have not been cleaned yet, and nothing drips onto fresh sand or sealer.

The Village Center, surrounded by green space and pedestrian walkways, is also association property. Its plaza walks are cleaned before the lunch crowd, and the pool deck is closed only for the time the sealer label requires.

White residue on new joints is usually explained by Alliance Gator as humidity or damp pavers during installation. It comes off with an efflorescence cleaner or hot pressure washing before sealing.

For sealer, owners pick between a penetrating look and an enhanced one. SEK’s SB-4000 soaks in, stays breathable and repels water without changing the paver’s color. A wet-look product such as SEK’s SB-6000 darkens and adds sheen, which is why your documents may require approval first.

SB-6000 needs 24 hours after cleaning, sand activation or rain, temperatures between 40 and 95°F and a surface under 120°F. It is touch-dry in about an hour, ready for traffic in 24 hours and fully cured in seven days. Techniseal’s WA asks for 30 days after polymeric sand and 48 to 72 hours before vehicles, so the product decides when the garage can be used again.

Olé has a busy rental market, with some homes on 30-day or three-month minimums. We book paver work between tenants when we can, so the cure time doesn’t fall on a guest’s arrival day.

Resealing follows wear rather than a set schedule. Techniseal suggests at least two years between coats and says heavy traffic shortens coating life, so a hard-used apron may need it before a side walk does.

Re-sanding up to 400 square feet starts at $199 and a clean plus re-sand at $349. A combined entry and apron up to 400 square feet cleaned, sanded and sealed is from $399. A full pavered drive is from $599. And Village Center pool deck sealing for the association is from $499.