Pressure washing and house washing in Blue Bay

What do Blue Bay's townhouses and holiday homes need between visits?

Only half of Blue Bay's homes are separate houses (50.5% in 2021); townhouses and semi-detached homes make up 34.0% and flats 14.9%. A home that stands closed for weeks this close to the ocean gathers salt and grime on its sheltered surfaces, and COLORBOND's advice is to hose the parts rain never reaches at least every six months, more often where salt spray is common. A low-pressure house wash covers walls, eaves and garage doors, and driveway pressure washing the paving; in a townhouse complex the shared driveway is common property, which the owners corporation maintains.

Key figures

26.7%

of private dwellings unoccupied on Census night, 2021

34.0%

of occupied dwellings were townhouses or semi-detached

Sources

• Wikipedia, Blue Bay, New South Wales
• ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Blue Bay
• BlueScope TB-4, maintenance of exterior coated steel (January 2021)
• NSW Government, Strata repairs and maintenance
• NSW Spatial Services, Administrative Boundaries (postcode, council, distance, neighbours)