Yard clearing for fire season
Needles, leaf litter and dead brush cleared back off the house and away from the roofline, then loaded up and hauled off the property the same day. Not raked into a pile by your kerb for somebody else to worry about.
Santa Rosa, California
Make the outside of your house look like you still live there.
Gutters, roof moss, grimy siding, filthy windows and a yard full of fire fuel. One call to Mark and the whole lot gets handled.
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Gutters & moss
Gutters emptied, downspouts flushed and run clear, moss lifted off the shaded side before it starts working under the shingles.
Concrete & siding
Driveways, walkways, patios, fences and house siding. Full pressure where the surface can take it, soft wash where it cannot.
Glass, frames, screens
Inside and out, sills wiped down, screens pulled and washed rather than shrugged at.
Exterior presentation
Everything brought up together, for a listing, an open house or your mother in law's visit.
Roof & gutters
Moss removal · gutter clearing · downspout flush
Rincon Valley ranch house. Two seasons of bay leaf packed solid in the gutters and moss along the whole north face. Half a day, everything off the lot by four.
Pressure washing
Driveways · patios · walkways · siding · fences
Fountaingrove driveway. Years of oil spotting and green algae across the shaded half. Surface cleaner, then rinsed all the way down to the street.
Fire season yard clearing
Defensible space · dead brush · roof debris
Oakmont, the first five feet. Juniper and bark mulch sitting right against the wall, taken out and replaced with clear gravel. Two truckloads away.
Every summer, all over this county
Embers land in gutters first.
The part of your property most likely to catch is the part you never look at. Needle pack in a gutter. Leaf litter on a low roof. Dead juniper up against a wall. Mark clears the lot of it and takes it away with him.
Late spring is the time to book it. By July everybody in Sonoma County has worked that out at once.
Book a fire season clear out- 01Roof valleys and gutters cleared of needle and leaf pack
- 02The first five feet around the house opened right up
- 03Dead brush, ladder fuels and low branches cut back
- 04Every bit of it hauled off site the same day
Free estimate
Tell Mark what is bugging you.
Two boxes required, the rest optional. It lands on Mark's phone as a text and he rings you back, usually the same day.
No fee for looking, and nobody turns up afterwards to sell you a package.
Or just ring him
707-328-4139
He quotes it, he does it
No sales visit, no subcontractor you have never met. The man who walks your property is the man on the ladder.
Right pressure, right surface
Old redwood, painted stucco and a concrete driveway all want different things. Soft wash where soft wash belongs.
Fire season, planned not panicked
Roofs, gutters and the first five feet cleared before the dry months, and the debris off the property rather than by the road.
The price holds
You get the number before he starts. If something underneath is worse than it looked he stops and asks you first.
The owner
Hello, I am Mark.
“I have been cleaning houses in this county long enough that the same families call me back every year. I turn up when I say I will, I tell you straight if something does not need doing yet, and I would rather do one house properly than three of them fast.”
“Ring me and ask. If it turns out I am not the right person for the job, I will usually know who is.”
Mark GrumichOwner · ProRosa · Santa Rosa
Call Mark · 707-328-4139You ask
Fill the form in or ring him. Tell him roughly what is going on. Photos help, but they are not needed.
Mark looks
He comes out, walks the property and writes you a price. You do not have to be home and you are not committing to anything.
He cleans it
Booked for a day that suits you. Debris hauled away, hoses coiled, gate shut behind him.
★★★★★
Our gutters had not been touched since we bought the place. Mark found a downspout packed solid that was pushing water into the crawl space, and showed me the photos before he fixed it.
★★★★★
We had a week before the house went on the market. Driveway, windows and the whole front elevation in a day and a half. The listing photos look like a different property.
★★★★★
He cleared the slope behind our house before last summer and hauled every bit away. He also told us which two things could wait a year, which nobody else has ever done.
Where Mark works
Santa Rosa first. Most of the county after that.
If Mark can get there and back in a morning, he will come out and look at it.
- Santa Rosa
- Rincon Valley
- Bennett Valley
- Fountaingrove
- Oakmont
- Larkfield
- Windsor
- Healdsburg
- Sebastopol
- Rohnert Park
- Cotati
- Petaluma
- Kenwood
- Glen Ellen
- Sonoma
Not on the list? Ring and ask anyway.
What is this going to cost?
It depends on the size of the house, how many storeys and how long it has been. Which is exactly why looking is free and why Mark would rather come out than guess down the phone. You get a written number before anything starts, and it does not move unless you ask for something extra.
Are you insured?
Yes. Mark carries liability insurance and will send you the certificate before he starts. Ask for it, it is not a strange request.
Can a pressure washer wreck my siding?
In the wrong hands at the wrong setting, absolutely. That is the whole reason Mark looks at the surface first. Older redwood, stucco and painted trim get soft washed at low pressure, with the solution doing the work instead of the force. Concrete and stone take a lot more. If something is too far gone to wash safely he will tell you rather than take the job.
Do I need to be home?
No. Plenty of people leave a gate unlocked and come home to it finished. Mark texts you when he arrives and when he is done, with photos if you want them. If you would rather be there, that is fine too.
How long does it take?
Gutters and a roof clear on a single storey house is usually a morning. A full exterior with windows, driveway and siding is normally a day, sometimes two on a bigger property. Mark tells you which when he quotes it.
How soon can you come out?
Estimates are usually within a couple of days, the work within a week or two after that. Spring and the run up to fire season are the busy stretch, so if you are thinking about a summer clear out, call early.
Can you just come back every year?
Yes, and most people end up doing exactly that. Gutters twice a year, once after the leaves drop and once before the rain. Fire clearing in late spring. Mark keeps the list and rings you a fortnight beforehand to check the timing still suits. Nothing to sign, no charge for being on it.
Where does the debris go?
On the truck and off your property the same day. Green waste, needle pack, gutter muck and cut brush. It does not get left by your kerb for you to deal with.
How do I pay?
After the work is done and you have had a look at it, not before. Card, cheque or transfer, whichever is easiest.
One call and it is off your list.
Free estimate, no obligation, and Mark on the other end rather than a call centre.