Exterior window cleaning in Pelican Bay.

Pelican Bay sits behind a band of mangroves, so most homes here don't look straight at the Gulf the way a beachfront house does. The salt still gets in on the onshore breeze, and the landscaping is watered constantly, so the glass ends up with both. The single-family homes tend to put most of their glass on the lanai side, facing a lake, the golf course or the preserve.

A lot of owners here are gone for the summer, which is when the glass gets the most rain, sun and sprinkler spray. The plan keeps running while you're away. We set up gate and building access once, and after that nobody needs to be home. For condo units, tell us your building and floor first so we can be straight about what's reachable.