Window Cleaning at St. Marissa. Mission: every pane.

St. Marissa stands at 6573 Marissa Loop in Crown Colony, the gated section of Pelican Bay with a 24-hour staffed entrance. Completed in 1992, the tower holds 97 residences. Plans are two-bedroom homes of about 1,341 square feet and three-bedroom homes of roughly 1,640 to 1,790 square feet under air, and many have an enclosed lanai. Listings describe floor-to-ceiling windows over the mangrove preserve, and west-facing upper floors see the coast from Marco Island to South Beach. The association recently finished an enlarged pool and updated the social room, fitness area and second-floor deck.

Quick facts for owners

• Address: 6573 Marissa Loop, Naples 34108, inside gated Crown Colony at Pelican Bay
• Completed 1992; 97 residences
• Two-bedroom plans near 1,341 sq ft; three-bedroom plans about 1,640 to 1,790 sq ft under air
• Floor-to-ceiling windows; many homes have an enclosed lanai
• West views over the mangroves to the Gulf; some homes also see the pool and club area
• Recent work: enlarged pool, refreshed social room, fitness area and second-floor deck
• Concierge and controlled access; Pelican Bay beach club, tennis and pickleball nearby

Floor-to-ceiling panes

Windows that run from the floor to the ceiling look wonderful, but they collect marks at every height. Near the floor, you will see vacuum splashes and pet noses. In the middle, fingerprints from opening and closing. At the top, a thin layer of dust and webs that nobody can reach without a step. We clean the full height with extension poles, so the top edge matches the bottom. If your unit has these tall panes in more than one room, mention it when you text photos so the quote reflects the extra glass.

The enclosed lanai

Many St. Marissa owners have closed in their lanai, which turns an outdoor balcony into a bright room with its own layer of windows. That gives you two sets of glass: the original sliders between the living room and the lanai, and the outer enclosure windows facing the view. Both need cleaning, and the enclosure glass usually gets the most salt. We clean the enclosure from inside, along with any panes we can safely reach. Where an enclosure window does not open and can only be reached from outside the building, that pane belongs on the association’s exterior schedule.

Marco Island to South Beach

From the upper floors on the west side, owners describe a view along the shore from Marco Island in the south to the beaches farther north. A wide view like that makes small flaws obvious: a single streak can cross a whole stretch of coastline. At sunset the glass turns into a mirror, and any film shows as a gray haze. We finish the west side with a dry microfiber pass and check it from several angles.

Near the new pool deck

The association has expanded the pool and redone the second-floor deck. Residences on the lower floors facing the pool area deal with chlorine-tinged mist, sunscreen spray and splashes that dry into spots on the lowest glass. A plain water rinse does not remove them; we use a gentle cleaner made for glass and dry it right away.

Crown Colony entry and the concierge

Crown Colony has a staffed gate at its entrance, and St. Marissa has a concierge desk. We arrange gate access with your permission, send our insurance certificate to management and sign in according to the building’s rules. If you are out of town, leave written authorization with the concierge or management and we can coordinate the visit without you.

Two-bedroom or three-bedroom

A two-bedroom St. Marissa residence usually has fewer windows than you might expect, and the tall living room glass and lanai account for most of the time. The three-bedroom plans add another bedroom and often a wider span of glass. Send your unit number and a few photos of each room with windows, and we will send a written price for your exact layout.

Closing up for summer

Before you leave for the summer, a cleaning removes the season’s salt and fingerprints so they do not bake onto the glass during months of heat and humidity while the residence sits closed. Ask your manager to run the air conditioning as the association requires, and leave the lanai sliders locked. When you come back in the fall, the glass needs only a light refresh instead of a heavy cleaning.

Scope of the visit

We clean inside glass, sliders on both sides, enclosure windows from inside, reachable railing glass, frames, tracks and sills, and screens on request. Facade glass that is reachable only from outside the tower is the association’s responsibility.