Tile and grout cleaning in Morphett Vale

Seventies and eighties family homes

Morphett Vale is one of the most populous suburbs in South Australia, and most of it went up in a single burst between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s as Adelaide’s southern growth corridor, with Woodcroft, Hackham, Huntfield Heights and Christie Downs filling in around it and Happy Valley and Sheidow Park following in the 90s. The housing is remarkably consistent: single-storey brick-veneer family homes on quarter-acre-ish blocks, three or four bedrooms, a main bathroom with a separate bath and shower, often an ensuite added or renovated later, and a kitchen-meals-family area tiled in the brown, orange, terracotta or beige ceramic of the period. That floor is the typical Morphett Vale job. Forty years of mopping has turned the cement grout the colour of the tiles, and near the cooktop it is darker still. At $8/m² a 30 m² kitchen and family room is $240; grout that has never been deep-cleaned is $11/m², confirmed with you before starting. A clear seal at $5/m² afterwards is what stops it going back.

Bathrooms of the era

The main bathrooms are generous for their age, with the shower in its own recess behind a framed screen and the same ceramic on walls and floor. Grout in those recesses has had decades of use and typically shows black in the bottom rows and the corners, with Adelaide’s hard-water film over the lower tiles. A shower recess is $149, a bathroom $229, and the ensuite $179 at the same visit. Where the grout has stained through, colour sealing gives one even colour; where it has cracked or crumbled, usually along the base of the recess, we quote a regrout through a licensed tiler.

First homes, rentals and vacates

Because it is affordable and close to the Southern Expressway, Morphett Vale has long been a first-home and rental suburb, and leases turn over steadily. Tenants moving out can book the tile clean for the day before the bond clean, with the handover date in the notes; a typical vacate job of bathroom, laundry floor and splashback is $367. Owners and property managers can book between tenancies on the same prices. Noarlunga Hospital and the Colonnades centre bring shift workers, so odd hours are fine.

Dust from the south and the Onkaparinga

The southern suburbs sit between the paddocks of the Onkaparinga Hills and the coast at Christies Beach, and on a north wind the dust arrives in quantity. It settles into floor grout and alfresco tiles alike. Outdoor tiles and verandahs are cleaned at the same floor rate; pavers, concrete and driveways are pressure-washing jobs for our sister brand.

What we do in Morphett Vale

• Showers and bathrooms: mould, soap scum, hard-water film, $149 a shower recess, $229 a bathroom, $179 each extra bathroom
• Floors, splashbacks and alfresco tiles: $8/m² for living areas, kitchens, hallways and outdoor areas; splashback $69
• Grout cleaning on its own: every line pre-treated, scrubbed, rinsed and extracted
• Grout sealing: clear sealing from $5/m², colour sealing for stained grout
• Shower regrouting and grout repair: quoted after an inspection, done by a licensed tiler

Covers Morphett Vale, Woodcroft, Reynella, Old Reynella, Reynella East, Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights, Christie Downs, Christies Beach, Happy Valley, Sheidow Park, Onkaparinga Hills and Noarlunga. Every price is published.