Drone Building & Facade Cleaning in New Jersey
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 New Jersey with travel built into a fixed quote after a free site survey.
Quick facts
- Coverage
- Statewide, nationwide service
- Season
- The practical exterior washing window runs from about early April to early November, between Newark's average last spring frost and first fall frost.
- Reach
- Up to 200 ft per staging position
- Insurance
- FAA Part 107 · $2M liability
Where we work in New Jersey
Newark
Newark is New Jersey's most populous city, with a downtown core of office, legal, and government buildings.
Jersey City
Jersey City is New Jersey's second largest city, nicknamed Wall Street West, and has 39 buildings over 100 meters tall, more than any other city in the state.
Paterson
Paterson is New Jersey's third most populous city, with a historic mill-building commercial core along the Passaic River.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth is New Jersey's fourth most populous city and sits adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport and the Port Newark-Elizabeth marine terminal, giving it a large logistics and industrial building stock.
Season and scheduling
The practical exterior washing window runs from about early April to early November, between Newark's average last spring frost and first fall frost.
Newark'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.
How we operate in New Jersey
These are the rules that shape a job here; we plan around them at the survey, not on site.
New Jersey's 2017 UAS law (S3370) preempts local governments from regulating drones in any way inconsistent with the state law.
Owners or operators of critical infrastructure in New Jersey may petition the FAA to restrict drone operations near their facilities under the state law.
Operating a drone in New Jersey in a way that endangers life or property, or that interferes with first responders, is a disorderly persons offense under state law.
Newark Liberty International Airport sits inside Class B airspace. LAANC near-real-time airspace authorization below 400 feet is available at Newark Liberty and hundreds of other towered airports nationwide.
New Jersey requires businesses that repair, renovate, restore, or otherwise improve residential and noncommercial properties to register as a Home Improvement Contractor Business with the Division of Consumer Affairs; the listed categories do not explicitly name pressure or soft washing.
New Jersey regulates stormwater discharges through its NJPDES Stormwater program, and the state's model municipal ordinance prohibiting illicit connections addresses non-stormwater discharges, such as wash water, entering the municipal storm sewer system.
Building stock
Jersey City has 39 buildings over 330 feet (100 meters) tall, including the state's tallest building, 99 Hudson Street at 900 feet.
Newark has 9 buildings over 330 feet tall, with smaller concentrations of high-rises in Atlantic City and Fort Lee.
What to expect in New Jersey: two documented projects
We have not yet published a documented project in New Jersey. 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 New Jersey.
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.
Before
After- 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.
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.
Before
After- 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
Services offered in New Jersey
- Facade and building cleaningStucco, EIFS, brick, painted concrete and metal panel, cleaned from the air without lifts or scaffolding.
- Window cleaningPure-water drone glass cleaning for high-rise and commercial buildings, no swing stage.
- Roof cleaningSoft-wash for tile, metal, shingle and flat roofs with no foot traffic on the membrane.
- Solar panel cleaningPure-water rinse for rooftop and ground-mount arrays, priced per panel.
- Parking garage cleaningDecks, drive lanes, walls and stairwells at a flat per-square-foot rate.
Pricing in New Jersey
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 New Jersey 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.
New Jersey questions
Have you completed a project in New Jersey 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 New Jersey uses the same equipment, method, insurance and price sheet, and the first documented New Jersey project will be published here when it is delivered.
Do you really serve New Jersey?
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 New Jersey project will be published on this page when it is delivered.
When is the washing season in New Jersey?
The practical exterior washing window runs from about early April to early November, between Newark's average last spring frost and first fall frost.
Can you fly a cleaning drone in New Jersey?
New Jersey's 2017 UAS law (S3370) preempts local governments from regulating drones in any way inconsistent with the state law. Newark Liberty International Airport sits inside Class B airspace. LAANC near-real-time airspace authorization below 400 feet is available at Newark Liberty and hundreds of other towered airports nationwide.
Do you need a licence to pressure wash in New Jersey?
New Jersey requires businesses that repair, renovate, restore, or otherwise improve residential and noncommercial properties to register as a Home Improvement Contractor Business with the Division of Consumer Affairs; the listed categories do not explicitly name pressure or soft washing.
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.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_New_Jersey
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_Jersey
- https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates/NJ/Newark
- https://uavcoach.com/drone-laws-new-jersey/
- https://skyvector.com/airport/EWR/Newark-Liberty-International-Airport
- https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/hic/Pages/default.aspx
- https://dep.nj.gov/stormwater/municipal-stormwater-regulation-program/example-ordinances/
Our core services
- Facade & building cleaningStucco, EIFS, painted concrete, glass and metal panel, cleaned from the air.
- Roof cleaningSoft-wash for tile, metal, shingle and flat roofs with no foot traffic.
- Window cleaningPure-water drone glass cleaning for high-rise and commercial buildings.
- Parking garage cleaningDecks, drive lanes, walls and stairwells at a flat per-square-foot rate.
Get a free site survey in New Jersey
Tell us the property. We survey it for free and send a fixed price.