Pressure cleaning and house washing in Waratah

How are Waratah's terraces, units and older houses cleaned?

The name goes back to a house finished by 1848 for Charles Simpson, who named it after the native shrubs growing thickly around it. The station opened in 1858, Waratah was incorporated as a municipality in 1871, and the Calvary Mater hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921. Once a working-class area, it has been widely gentrified since the early 2000s.

Housing is mixed: at the 2021 Census, 62.5% of occupied dwellings were separate houses, 19.4% townhouses or semi-detached and 17.4% flats, and 46.4% of homes were rented. In blocks of units the owners corporation is responsible for common property under NSW strata law. Houses get a house wash and their paving a pressure clean.

Key figures

1858

Waratah station opens

1871

Waratah becomes a municipality

17.4%

of occupied dwellings were flats in 2021

Sources

• Wikipedia, Waratah, New South Wales
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Waratah
• NSW Government, Strata repairs and maintenance
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)