Lanai & Pool Cage Cleaning
Village Walk

Many Village Walk enclosures have been re-screened over the years, but frames from the 1990s are often original. Aluminum that age commonly carries chalky oxidation that only a brightener removes.

Lake-facing screens catch more moisture and insects, and shaded frame members turn green. That growth comes back faster on the water side.

With lake and reclaimed irrigation in recent listings, overspray staining on lower screen panels and lanai floors is common in communities like this. Rust chemistry, not pressure, removes it.

A water community, not a golf community. Village Walk was built by DiVosta in the 1990s around lakes and canals linked by bridges, with a town center instead of a golf course. Most homes look over the water, and most have a private pool under a screened lanai. That combination means the back of almost every house faces water, and the screens on that side stay damp from morning mist. Expect a green tint on the lower frame and gray film on the mesh, worst on the panels closest to the bank.

Single-family pool homes. The single-family homes are mostly three or four bedrooms and roughly 1,900 to 2,500 square feet, with Spanish-style touches and one-story plans. Their pool cages are usually a standard size, priced from $299. Many still have the original DiVosta frame with newer screen, and the frames are where the age shows. We check every rail for chalky oxidation and tell you before we start if the oxidation treatment is needed.

Old frames, newer screens. After nearly three decades and several hurricane seasons, many Village Walk cages are a patchwork: some panels were re-screened after a storm, others are original, and a few doors and kick plates have been replaced. New mesh is tight and dark, while older mesh may be faded and slightly loose. We adjust as we go, using the lightest rinse on the older panels, and we point out any splines that have pulled out of their channel so you can have them reset before the next storm season. Cleaning does not cause those failures, but it does make them easy to see, and we would rather you hear about them from us first.

Duplex villas. The villas are generally two bedrooms plus a den, about 1,500 to 1,600 square feet, and each pair shares a wall. Their screened lanais are smaller, and two side-by-side lanais often share a common frame post. If only one owner books, we rinse carefully along the shared side so the neighbor’s lanai does not get wet or spotted. If both owners book together, both lanais come out matching, and we can do them back-to-back on the same visit.

Insects from the canals. Water on every side brings midges and other small insects, especially on warm evenings. They gather on the screens, leave dark specks, and attract spiders that string webs across the corners of the cage. A plain rinse moves the webs around; a soft wash dissolves the residue that holds them. We work the upper corners and the screen door frame by hand, since that is where webs and egg sacs collect.

Thirty summers on the deck. Many lanai floors here are original cool deck or pavers from the 1990s. Cool deck picks up mildew in its texture and shows rust spots where old furniture sat, and pavers sink and lose sand along the pool edge. We clean the floor with a surface cleaner where it is safe and by hand around the pool coping. If the pavers need more than cleaning, our Village Walk paver sealing and sanding work can be scheduled the same week.

Spanish-style details. Many homes have barrel tile roofs, stucco columns and arched openings at the back. Where the cage attaches to the house, the roof tile drips onto the screen roof, and mildew collects along that line. We clean the attachment line from inside the cage, keep the solution off any painted trim, and rinse the stucco right after so nothing dries in drips.

Town center convenience. Village Walk is a walking community, with a town hall, post office, fitness center, pools and a restaurant at its center. Plenty of owners like to spend the morning there while we work. We come through the staffed gatehouse on the list you or your manager set up, and we send photos of the finished cage. Small villa lanais under 800 square feet start from $249, and the pool cage plus deck package starts from $399.

When to schedule. The water side of a Village Walk cage regrows algae faster than the street side, so most homes here do best with a yearly clean, timed after the spring pollen drop or before seasonal owners return in the fall. A lanai on the lake that has gone more than two years without cleaning usually needs extra dwell time and a second pass, and we tell you up front if we expect that.