Owner Screened Lanai Cleaning
The Pointe at Pelican Landing

The Pointe is a group of three-story condo buildings on Pointe Creek Court in Pelican Landing, built in 2001, with 160 units, elevators and tile roofs. The association looks after roofs and building walls. The inside of each screened lanai is usually the owner’s job, so this page is written for owners. Your condo documents set the exact split, and the manager can confirm it.

Units are three-bedroom, two-bath homes, with sizes in recent listings from about 1,360 to 1,670 square feet, and many lanais look across a lake with lighted fountains. That view is why people buy here, and it is also why those screens stay damp most of the year.

Fountain spray and morning dew carry fine mist onto the screens. Pollen sticks, algae follows, and the mesh turns green from the bottom up. The lanai floor grows a slick film in the shaded corners.

Second- and third-floor lanais have a neighbor underneath, so water control matters as much as the cleaning. We use a low-volume rinse, lay towels along the floor edge and squeegee toward the drain or the screen base, so nothing runs down onto the lanai below. If the downstairs owner is home, we let them know before we start.

Ground-floor lanais have the opposite problem. They catch drips from above after every rain, mulch and soil splash from the planting beds, and sprinkler spray on the lower panels. The bottom foot of screen and the kick plate usually look worst. We spend more time there, and treat any orange irrigation marks with a rust remover that is safe on aluminum.

The sliding glass door is part of the job. Its track collects sand, leaves and dead insects, and in a damp lanai that turns into black mildew that is hard to reach. We vacuum and wipe the tracks, clear the small drain holes so water can escape, and wipe the frame and screen door. It is a small detail, but it is the one owners notice every time they open the door.

Ceilings and fans get overlooked. A lanai ceiling over a lake picks up gray mildew spots, and fan blades and light covers collect dust that turns to grime in the humidity. We wash the ceiling gently, wipe the fan and the fixtures with the power off, and rinse the walls from the top down so the dirty water ends up on the floor we clean last.

After twenty-five years, some screens here may be original or close to it. Older fiberglass mesh gets brittle and can split if it is pushed hard, which is why we never aim a pressure washer at it. If a panel is near the end of its life, we tell you before we wash, and we note loose spline or a sagging door so it can be fixed.

Aluminum frames that have gone chalky white can be brightened during the visit. That adds $75 to $150 depending on how far it has gone, and we show you a test spot first. Most Pointe lanais fall under 800 square feet and start at $249; larger end-unit enclosures start at $299.

Owners here may lease the unit up to three times a year, and many book a lanai and window clean between tenants. A turnover day is a good time: the unit is empty, the furniture can be moved freely, and the next guest arrives to clear screens. Green mesh is one of the first things a renter photographs and complains about.

Clean screens and a clear floor also photograph better, which matters whether you are listing the unit for rent or for sale.

The association washes the buildings on its own schedule. If you book your lanai for the same week, the whole stack of units looks finished at once, and you avoid fresh building rinse water splashing onto a lanai you have just had cleaned. Ask your manager for the building date, or ask us and we will check.

All of our work at Pelican Landing stays within the community’s vendor hours, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. We clear the guard gate ourselves. If you are away, leave the screen door unlocked or a key with the manager, and we send photos and a written record once the lanai is done.

Owners can join Pelican’s Nest Golf Club as non-equity members, and many are out early. Lanai visits can be timed around tee times or done while you are away, with access through an unlocked screen door or a key left with the manager.

For most owners, once a year is enough. Lake-facing lanais and units that are rented often tend to look better on a nine- to twelve-month cycle. Either way, you get a clean, dry lanai, a short note on anything that needs repair, and before-and-after photos for your records or your rental listing. If you also want the windows or the garage door and apron in front of your unit done, we can add them to the same visit.