On the Isle of Palms the week has a shape and everybody knows it. Saturday morning the island empties, Saturday afternoon it fills again, and in between somebody has to reset several hundred houses full of sand. Between seasons the diggers arrive and another cottage comes down for something taller. Prestige Cleaning covers all of it — changeovers, new builds handed over, and the businesses on Front Beach.
Almost everything here follows the rental calendar or the building calendar. In season it is changeovers, and the deadline is not negotiable because the next family is already over the Connector. Out of season it is construction — this island rebuilds constantly, and a newly finished house is full of dust the builder’s tidy did not touch. Running alongside both, the restaurants and shops at Front Beach need resetting before they open. Nine services on the list; on this island these three are the business.
Sand is the permanent condition here, and it is not the same problem as dust. It is heavy, abrasive and it settles into stair treads, deck boards, outdoor showers and the gap under every sliding door, where a mop will simply push it further in. Then there is the vertical geometry — almost everything is raised, so a house is three flights of work rather than a floor plan. And the deadline arrives every Saturday regardless. We vacuum before anything wet goes down, work top floor downwards so nothing is carried back up, and size the crew to the stairs rather than the square footage.
Raised beach houses let by the week, resort villas at the north end, brand-new properties waiting on a handover, and the restaurants and shops at the front. Each runs on a different clock — a booking calendar, a construction programme, a trading day — and we schedule against whichever one applies.
A six-bedroom raised house does not get turned over by two people in ninety minutes, and every owner on this island has been let down at least once by someone who said it would. We staff changeovers to the property: more cleaners, shorter window, house finished before the arrival. Everyone on the crew is background-checked, which matters on an island where most of the work happens behind a lockbox.
Multi-Storey Turnovers
Three floors and a deck reset inside the changeover window, every week of the season.
Builders’ Dust, Properly Extracted
Ducts, tracks and housings emptied so the new owner is not still finding it in October.
Because the season is short and there is no recovering a wrecked Saturday. One late changeover in July costs a review, and reviews here are money. We would rather turn down a house than take on more than the route can finish, and property managers on this island have worked out that this is the useful kind of answer to get in February rather than the unpleasant kind to discover in July.
Bed and bathroom count, number of storeys, decks and outdoor showers all go into the figure, plus turnover frequency in season. A raised house is more work than its square footage suggests and we price it honestly rather than discovering it later.
Changeovers finish inside the window, every week of the season.
Breakages and shortages photographed and sent while there is still time.
Methods that lift grit off decks and treads instead of grinding it in.
Top storey down, outdoor spaces included as standard.
Get in Touch:
Address, bedrooms, storeys and whether it is let by the week.
We Walk It:
Stairs, decks and outdoor showers counted, not estimated.
Crew and Price:
Staffing set to finish the property, fixed price against a written list.
Service:
Top floor down, sand out first, wet work after.
Report:
Photographs and findings before the next guest arrives.
Repeat:
Same slot in the route for the whole season.
Can you turn over a large raised house between Saturday bookings?
Yes, and we staff it to the property rather than sending a fixed pair. Multi-storey houses get the crew it takes to finish inside the changeover window.
What does a cleaning on Isle of Palms cost?
Beds, bathrooms, storeys, decks and turnover frequency all count. Call (843) 696-9021 and we will walk the property — raised houses are more work than the floor area suggests.
Do you clean new builds before the owner moves in?
Regularly. A builder’s sweep moves dust around; we extract it from ducts, tracks and fixture housings, and a second pass a couple of weeks later is normal on a new build.
Do you cover restaurants and shops at Front Beach?
Yes. Front Beach premises are cleaned overnight to food-safe standards, nightly through summer and reduced in winter, with documentation supplied on request.
How do you deal with sand on decks and stairs?
By lifting it rather than pushing it. Sand is abrasive, so it comes off dry first — treads, deck boards, door channels and outdoor showers — before anything wet is used.
The island route fills before summer and we cap it deliberately so every house finishes on time. Take a slot now rather than looking for one in June.
Prestige Cleaning runs seasonal routes across the Isle of Palms and works throughout the Lowcountry year-round. Rentals, handovers and hospitality, fully insured with every cleaner vetted.
