Soft washingin Sunrise, FL.

Sunrise Golf Village was started around 1960 by Norman Johnson, and its Spanish-eclectic houses are the oldest part of the city. Sixty years on, most walls carry patches, cracks that were filled and several coats of paint, and each patch takes water and algae a little differently from the wall around it.

Pressure opens those patches back up and pushes water into the fills. The soft wash puts the solution on at low pressure, lets it kill the growth, and rinses it off, so the stucco is cleaned without being tested. Chalking paint and loose patches are pointed out before anything goes on. The canals through the Golf Village also keep the rear walls damp, so the back of the house usually needs more attention than the front.

Sunrise runs west to the Everglades, with Markham Park on the line. In the dry season, brush fires out there can drop ash and soot on the western neighborhoods, and in June 2026 the Atlantic Fire burned more than 4,700 acres just west of the city. Pool cages catch it in the screen and along the top rails. The top rails and the frame corners hold the most.

Wait until the fire is out and the smoke has cleared, then wash rather than brush. Dry brushing grinds soot into the screen mesh. A soft wash at the lightest mix lifts the soot and any algae under it together, rinsed from the top down so nothing lands on screen that is already clean.

Welleby's communities went up between 1984 and 1992, around Welleby Park, with townhomes and single-family homes side by side. Stucco that age is past the point where the original paint still sheds water well, and the shaded sides show it first. Welleby Park and the trees around it put a lot of those walls in afternoon shade.

Townhome rows share walls, so the wash on one unit stops at the line and the neighbor's side is protected from overspray. On detached homes the whole house is done, eaves and soffits included, and the beds under the walls are soaked before and rinsed after. Screened patios behind the townhomes are washed in the same visit if they are yours. Soffits and fascia are part of every wash.