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Drone Building & Facade Cleaning in Massachusetts

We clean facades, windows, roofs, solar arrays and parking structures with tethered cleaning drones and, where flight is not the right tool, water-fed poles and ground crews. Crews and equipment mobilize to Massachusetts with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.

Coverage: Statewide, nationwide service
Season: NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals put the average first fall frost around November 3 and the average last spring frost around April 8 at Boston Logan, leaving roughly a seven month exterior washing window.
Reach: Up to 200 ft per staging position
Insurance: FAA Part 107 · $2M liability

Where we work in Massachusetts

Boston
Boston's Financial District and Back Bay mix low-rise historic masonry with dozens of modern high-rises, concentrating the state's tallest commercial towers in one downtown core.
Worcester
Massachusetts' second most populous city, with a metro population over 860,000 and a 19th century industrial building stock of brick mill and factory structures.
Springfield
The state's third most populous city and the anchor of a second, separate Massachusetts metro area away from Greater Boston, with a historic downtown of masonry commercial buildings.
Cambridge
Directly across the Charles River from Boston, Cambridge's Kendall Square area is a dense concentration of biotech and tech lab and office buildings.
Lowell
A historic mill city with a large stock of 19th century brick textile mill buildings, many now converted to offices, housing and mixed use.

Season and scheduling

NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals put the average first fall frost around November 3 and the average last spring frost around April 8 at Boston Logan, leaving roughly a seven month exterior washing window.

Boston's average first freeze is early November, and the average last freeze is early April.

Water-based washing pauses in freezing weather, and recurring clients are booked at the start of the window.

Regulatory notes

How we operate in Massachusetts

These are the rules that shape a job here; we plan around them at the survey, not on site.

A federal court in Singer v. City of Newton struck down four provisions of a Massachusetts city's 2016 drone ordinance in 2017 as conflict preempted by federal aviation law, and Massachusetts had no state level drone statute at the time.
The state Department of Conservation and Recreation's parks rule, 302 CMR 12.00, bars taking off, landing, or operating a drone on the roughly 450,000 acres of DCR managed land without a Special Use Permit.
Massachusetts has no dedicated drone privacy statute; its all party consent wiretap law, G.L. c. 272, section 99, makes secretly recording audio of a conversation a felony, which reaches a drone operated with live audio.
Massachusetts has not enacted a statute restricting commercial drone flight near critical infrastructure; bills proposing such distance limits have been filed but had not become law as of 2026.
Boston: Drone photography is currently not permitted in Boston Common, the Public Garden, or the Commonwealth Avenue Mall under Boston Parks and Recreation Department rules.
Boston Logan International Airport anchors Class B airspace over downtown Boston, the Seaport, and parts of Cambridge; LAANC covers it, but many grid ceilings are zero feet, so much of the core needs manual FAA DroneZone authorization instead of instant LAANC approval.
Massachusetts requires contractors performing work, including exterior repair or cleaning, on an existing owner-occupied residential property with one to four units to register as a Home Improvement Contractor; commercial and non-owner-occupied properties are not covered.
Boston's separate storm drain system, run by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, operates under an EPA NPDES stormwater permit, and BWSC's Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program treats non-stormwater discharges to storm drains as violations requiring correction.
Boston's Building Code, sections 9-9.12, requires exterior wall inspections of buildings over 70 feet tall or classified as high rise at least once every 5 years, administered by the city's Inspectional Services Department.

Building stock

Boston has 59 buildings taller than 100 meters, 26 taller than 150 meters, and 6 taller than 200 meters, giving it the second largest count of skyscrapers over 150 meters in the northeastern United States after New York City.

What to expect in Massachusetts: two documented projects

We have not yet published a documented project in Massachusetts. Until we do, the two jobs below are the reference for scope, duration and price. Both were delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning, with the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet that crews bring to Massachusetts.

Documented project · Florida

Reference project: Belmont Village

Belmont Village Senior Living · Coral Gables, FL, a 130,000+ sq ft luxury senior living high-rise. Delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning.

Belmont Village needed its entire exterior - facade, windows and floor surfaces - cleaned without closing a single entrance or moving a resident. Lifts, scaffolding, swing stages and rope access were all off the table.

Courtyard facade of Belmont Village in Coral Gables before drone cleaning, dulled stucco above the street — Belmont Village, Coral Gables, the courtyard facade before and after a drone wash. Delivered in Florida.

The same Coral Gables courtyard facade after the drone wash, uniform and bright — Belmont Village, Coral Gables, the courtyard facade before and after a drone wash. Delivered in Florida.

130,000+: sq ft of exterior cleaned
7 days: start to finish
Zero: lifts, scaffolding or closures
2×/year: asked back on a semi-annual schedule

Delivered at $0.20 / sq ft, all in, across the full scope. That is a real project price, not the advertised rate, and it does not move when the published range moves.

Read the full Belmont Village case study on Vista Drone Cleaning All documented projects

Documented project · Florida

Reference project: Miramar Centre II

Workspace Property Trust · Miramar, FL, a four-story Class A office building in Miramar Centre Corporate Park. Delivered in Florida, where we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning.

A prospective tenant walkthrough was booked for Thursday and the job was only confirmed on Monday afternoon. Lifts and scaffolding could not clean the building in the time available, and nothing could block the entrances or take over the parking lot.

The entrance keystone at Miramar Centre II before cleaning, streaked with runoff staining — Miramar Centre II: the entrance keystone, the first thing a tenant sees, before and after. Delivered in Florida.

The same entrance keystone after cleaning, the most visible piece of the facade restored — Miramar Centre II: the entrance keystone, the first thing a tenant sees, before and after. Delivered in Florida.

48 hours: to complete the entire building
~29%: below traditional pricing for the same scope
Zero: lifts or scaffolding on site
Minimal: disruption to tenants and daily operations

Read the full Miramar Centre II case study on Vista Drone Cleaning All documented projects

Services offered in Massachusetts

Pricing in Massachusetts

We publish our prices. The commercial rate of $0.12–$0.25 per square foot, fixed after a free site survey, is our published national rate, and every job in Massachusetts is a fixed price after a free site survey. There is no minimum charge on any job, and a maintenance contract runs 20–30% below the one-off price per visit. The full model is on how we price.

Massachusetts questions

Have you completed a project in Massachusetts yet?

Not a documented one yet. Our reference projects are two jobs delivered in Florida: Belmont Village in Coral Gables, FL (130,000+ sq ft of exterior cleaned, 7 days start to finish, Zero lifts, scaffolding or closures, 2×/year asked back on a semi-annual schedule) and Miramar Centre II in Miramar, FL (48 hours to complete the entire building, ~29% below traditional pricing for the same scope, Zero lifts or scaffolding on site, Minimal disruption to tenants and daily operations). Work in Massachusetts uses the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet, and the first documented Massachusetts project will be published here when it is delivered.

Do you really serve Massachusetts?

Yes. Crews and equipment mobilize anywhere in the United States, with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey. In Florida we operate as Vista Drone Cleaning. The first documented Massachusetts project will be published on this page when it is delivered.

When is the washing season in Massachusetts?

Can you fly a cleaning drone in Massachusetts?

A federal court in Singer v. City of Newton struck down four provisions of a Massachusetts city's 2016 drone ordinance in 2017 as conflict preempted by federal aviation law, and Massachusetts had no state level drone statute at the time. Boston Logan International Airport anchors Class B airspace over downtown Boston, the Seaport, and parts of Cambridge; LAANC covers it, but many grid ceilings are zero feet, so much of the core needs manual FAA DroneZone authorization instead of instant LAANC approval.

Do you need a licence to pressure wash in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts requires contractors performing work, including exterior repair or cleaning, on an existing owner-occupied residential property with one to four units to register as a Home Improvement Contractor; commercial and non-owner-occupied properties are not covered.

How is pricing set?

Commercial work is quoted per square foot, fixed after a free site survey. $0.12–$0.25 per sq ft is our published national rate, and bigger jobs get lower rates. Crews and equipment mobilize anywhere in the United States, with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.

More general answers are on the national FAQ. See every state on the states directory.

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