Property maintenance or building cleaning isn’t just for homeowners. If you’re a property developer, building manager, or business owner, then you know that building cleaning is a big responsibility. Ensuring that your apartment or office block is well maintained on the outside is just as important as tidying up on the inside. Keeping your property well maintained has some valuable …
Winter Property Maintenance: What You Need To Know
Winter property maintenance is just as important as maintaining your home in the summer. It helps prevent damage, gutter problems, and leaks while ensuring your home is a safe environment to live in. While it doesn’t seem like the best time to be cleaning the exterior of your home, it’s a key time to ensure your home is prepared and …
Guide to Gutter Cleaning in Vancouver: What You Need to Know
Did you know that Vancouver receives an average of 1,500 mm of rain annually? While this rainfall contributes to the green environment we love, it also presents a number of challenges for homeowners. Keeping your property maintained is important for safety and to prevent long-lasting damage, especially in this rainy climate. Part of maintaining your property is ensuring the outside …
Exterior House Cleaning: A Guide to Washing Your Home
You’ve seen them before: homes on your street or around town that have clearly seen better days. Stained and grimy exterior walls, dusty windows, and overflowing gutters are only a few of the things that can make a house look old and uncared for. And if it’s been a while since you’ve addressed any of these problem areas on your …
Spring Exterior and Gutter Cleaning
Spring Gutter Cleaning & Exterior Home Maintenance Springtime in Vancouver is beautiful – blooming flowers, warm weather, and gentle breezes. However, there are also weeks when there’s heavy rainfall and cold temperatures. This can cause havoc to your home’s exterior. This is why it’s important to spend some time diving into spring cleaning and home maintenance to prevent any damage …
Protect Your Vancouver Home: 8 Benefits of Gutter Cleaning
Vancouver, although known for its stunning mountains, does receive abundant rainfall. While many of us have come to accept the rainy days in exchange for the beautiful mountainside location – it, unfortunately, doesn’t fare well for our homes, especially with little to no gutter maintenance. This presents unique challenges for homeowners. At Umbrella Property Services, we understand the importance of …
How Gutters Protect Your Home
Water is life – it is essential for all humans, plants, and animals. It keeps us hydrated and is fun to play with and swim in when it’s hot out. But water can also rust metal, cause wood to swell and split, and suck the minerals out of concrete. All of which is bad news for your home! Luckily, well-maintained gutters …
7 Signs your Gutters Need Cleaning
How to Tell if your Gutter Needs Cleaning We know that life can get busy – juggling your time between work, PTA meetings, and everything else that fills our days – things such as gutter cleaning can easily take the back burner. Gutter cleaning services are essential to maintain the health of your home’s gutters. Neglecting to clean your gutters …
Moss & Algae: How to Protect Your Home
Vancouver has an average of 166 rainy days per year, allowing moss and algae to thrive in our beautiful (but wet) city. While rain is great for our lush environment, it’s not so great for our homes because it causes moss and algae to build up. The main factors of moss and algae growth are moisture, shade, and close proximity to …
3 Things to Look For When Hiring A Pressure Washing Company
When going about the process of hiring a pressure washing company to clean your home or business, there are 3 very important aspects to consider. Integrity Integrity in any business is very important. It counts especially in the service industry. When trying to choose between different companies in your area, look for the one with the most integrity. Do your …