What Fort Myers homeowners pay to pressure wash a house, what drives the price by size and siding, and why soft-washing is worth it.
Most Fort Myers homeowners pay roughly $250 to $500 to have a single-story house washed, and $500 to $900 or more for a two-story home. Measured by area, exterior wall soft-washing here works out to about $0.20 to $0.45 per square foot of wall surface. House washing is the service homeowners ask about most, because the walls are the biggest surface on the property and the one salt air and Gulf humidity hit hardest. Below is what those numbers are actually built from, what a wash normally includes, and where Fort Myers homes differ from the national averages you find online.
Size is the single biggest lever, so it helps to see honest working bands rather than one average. For the Fort Myers and Lee County area:
These are working ranges, not a quote. Two homes with the same square footage can be several hundred dollars apart if one is two stories with heavy trim and the other is a simple single-story rectangle.
Per-square-foot pricing is useful for sizing a job, but almost every Lee County crew quotes a flat price for the whole house. Our per-square-foot breakdown by surface explains why.
A standard Fort Myers house wash covers the exterior walls, soffits and fascia, the outside faces of gutters, entry doors and trim, and a rinse of exterior window glass. What is usually quoted separately: the roof, the driveway and walkways, the pool cage or lanai, and gutter brightening, which is a separate chemical process for the oxidized tiger-striping on the gutter face. Ask any contractor to list those lines explicitly - a quote that is lower because it stops at the walls is not really lower.
Screen enclosures are close to universal here and they are the most common add-on. Expect roughly $150 to $350 depending on the size of the cage and how much algae has grown into the screen and the frame. It is almost always cheaper to add it to a house wash than to book it on its own, because the crew, water source, and setup are already on site.
You will sometimes see rock-bottom quotes from crews planning to blast the walls at high pressure. On a Fort Myers home that is a false savings: high pressure drives water and salt behind siding, strips paint, and can crack or etch stucco, turning a cleaning into a repair bill. A proper house wash is a low-pressure soft wash that dissolves mildew and salt film at the source, then rinses it away. It costs a little more because it protects delicate coastal finishes and lasts far longer. If the difference is not clear, read soft washing versus pressure washing, then see how our house washing in Fort Myers works.
On paper, yes; in practice it is closer than people expect. A consumer pressure washer rental runs about $50 to $100 a day, and house-wash solution for a full home adds $30 to $75, so a DIY wash lands near $100 to $175 plus most of a weekend. That saves real money on a small single-story home. It saves much less on a two-story house, where you are on a ladder with a wand over your head, and it can cost far more than the wash if you etch stucco, force water behind siding, or strip paint. The honest rule: single-story and lightly soiled is a reasonable DIY job, two-story or heavily stained is not.
Algae grows fastest through the June to September wet season, so a wash done at the start of the dry season, roughly October or November, tends to look clean the longest. That is also when seasonal residents return and schedules fill, so booking early matters for the calendar more than for the price. Washing in the middle of the rainy season is fine and still worth doing - it simply will not hold quite as long.
The single biggest way to save is to wash before the growth gets severe, since a lightly soiled home needs far less product and dwell time than one left for years. Bundling the house wash with a driveway, pool deck, or roof cleaning almost always earns a better combined rate, and it means the whole exterior matches when the crew leaves.
Because so much depends on size, siding, and buildup, the best way to know your exact cost is a quick look or a couple of photos, which lets us give upfront, flat pricing before any work starts. Get a quote across all of our Fort Myers pressure washing services.
How long does a house wash take? Most single-family homes are done in two to four hours, depending on size and how much buildup has to be dwelled and rinsed. You do not usually need to be home.
Will soft washing damage my plants? No, when done properly. Landscaping is pre-wet and protected, and the cleaning solution is rinsed and diluted so beds against the walls are not harmed.
Is house washing worth it before selling? It is one of the cheapest exterior improvements available - a few hundred dollars to remove the green and grey film that reads as neglect in listing photos, usually done in a single morning.
How often should I wash the house here? Most Fort Myers homes benefit from a wash every twelve to eighteen months, and sooner near the water where salt film builds fastest.
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