Lanai & Pool Cage Cleaning
Del Webb Naples

Del Webb Naples is the 55-and-over, gated neighborhood inside the town of Ave Maria, with the 18-hole Panther Run course winding between its streets. The community mixes single-level single-family homes, attached villas and two-story carriage homes, so the outdoor space behind a door here can be anything from a compact screened porch to a full pool enclosure. Each needs a slightly different visit, and we price them that way. Single-family pool homes are a bigger job: the cage spans the pool and deck, and the deck inside it collects irrigation iron and sunscreen film, so we price those as a pool cage, with the deck added as a package if you want the floor done properly rather than just rinsed.

Ave Maria sits well inland in eastern Collier County, away from the salt air that dominates coastal Naples. That changes the problem. Instead of salt film, lanais here deal with heat, humidity and summer afternoon storms that leave screens wet for hours. Mildew and green algae thrive in that, especially on the shaded side of a house and along the bottom rail of a screen wall where water collects. Lanai ceilings and frame corners stay shaded and collect webs, pollen and mildew. Aluminum frames also oxidize in the inland humidity and leave a chalky film on your hands.

Golf-side homes take the most. Panther Run’s fairways are irrigated heavily, and when the sprinklers run, spray drifts onto back walls, screens and lanai floors. Mowers add clippings and fine grass dust that stick to wet screens. Over a few months that combination turns a clean enclosure green at the base and gray at eye level. Owners on the course often find they need a lanai cleaning more often than neighbors facing a street or lake. Homes backing onto Panther Run get fairway irrigation and mowing on a fixed schedule.

Irrigation water sometimes leaves orange or brown marks on screen kick panels, pavers and concrete floors. Those stains are minerals, usually iron, rather than dirt, and they don’t respond to pressure. We confirm what the stain is on site and use a rust remover suited to the surface after the general cleaning. Rinsing harder only risks etching the floor while the color stays.

Most lanais in this community are on the ground floor and reachable without tall ladders, which keeps visits quick and safe. Carriage homes are the exception: the upstairs Spoonbill and Cormorant units have raised screened lanais above the downstairs Heron and Egret units. We clean upper lanais from inside and from a stable ladder outside, protect the lower owner’s lanai from drips, and can clean both levels together for an even result. On the two-story carriage homes, when the upper owner cleans, water and debris fall onto the lower lanai, so we prefer to clean both the same day if the neighbors agree.

Shared walls change the conversation on villas and carriage buildings. If one owner’s screens and floor look new and the neighbor’s stay dark, the building looks patchy. We are happy to clean one unit, but we can also quote a whole building or a row of buildings so owners can share the cost. Where an association handles the exterior, we work through the HOA manager.

Governance at Del Webb Naples has layers. Every home is under the Ave Maria Master Association, Del Webb has its own neighborhood HOA, and Mayflower Way condos add a condo association on top. We did not find a published rule on how often lanais must be cleaned. Your documents and HOA manager set those standards, so check before scheduling anything beyond ordinary cleaning, such as sealing a paver lanai floor. Furniture is moved, ceiling fans and TVs are covered, and anything on the floor is lifted so the whole surface gets cleaned.

Lanai floors here are usually pavers, coated concrete or tile. Pavers can lose joint sand when washed too hard, so we keep pressure down along joints and can re-sand afterward. Spray-textured coatings are cleaned with a product that won’t lift the finish. Tile floors get a cleaner that leaves no slippery residue, which matters in a community where safe footing is a priority.

Screens are washed at 300 PSI or less, with a wide fan tip and plenty of distance. We clean frames, gutters and the ceiling first, then screens, then the floor, so dirty water never runs onto a finished surface. Older or sun-worn panels are checked before washing. If a screen is brittle, we show you before we touch it, so you can decide whether to rescreen.

Many owners here are seasonal and head north for the summer, which is exactly when mildew grows fastest. We can clean while you are away, with gate access arranged in advance, and email photos and a written record of the work. Booking a visit in the fall means the lanai is clean when you return and ready for the busy season at the Oasis Club.

Before we come, bring in cushions and anything breakable, switch off any sprinkler zone that sprays onto the lanai for the day, and let us know if a pet will be home. We move patio furniture and put it back where it was. On golf-side lots we start on the course-facing screens and watch for players so no one on the fairway is misted.

Pricing follows size. A small carriage-home lanai or screened porch sits in our lowest tier, a typical single-family pool cage in the standard tier, and larger enclosures above that. Adding the floor, rust treatment or frame brightening is quoted up front so you know the total before we arrive. If you would like the roof done in the same trip, we clean it first so roof runoff never lands on freshly washed screens.