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May 27, 2025

Grime Fighters

Barry Kaufman

Photography By

Hunter Acker
Home looking a little green around the gills? Send in the Mod Squad.

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It’s coming. With every bright sunny summer day, its breadth expands. 

It starts out innocently enough, just a slight greenish tint to your walls and windows – almost unnoticeable. But before long, fueled by the damp humidity of summer and the thick shade of the island’s tree canopy, it spreads. Like bruises of dark emerald against crisp white clapboard or earthy stucco, these stubborn patches of algae make it clear they’re not going anywhere. They won’t stop until your entire home has been re-painted in hues of green and black, mold and algae claiming surfaces as their own.

The Mod-Squad team is shown surface cleaning a driveway and soft washing a house. 

“We have a lot of tree coverage here, and when moisture gets on something and doesn’t have the sun to dry it off, that’s when algae starts to develop,” said Jeremy Modzelewski. “When you have a lot of roofs under a lot of trees, it’s only a matter of time.”

Before it comes to that, you have a local business on your side whose hundreds of five-star reviews and dedication to the latest technology makes them algae’s worst enemy. They’re Mod Squad Services, and they’re here to clean up this town.

“We have a large crew, and we’re able to get a lot done, but we’re also a family-owned business,” said Modzelewski, who is part of the squad with his brother, Rick, and son, Alex. “The whole squad grew up here, so we’re proud to be in business and working here and want to make sure it’s clean.”

Alex Modzelewski, Rick Modzelewski, Jeremy Modzelewski, Allan Hayes, & Rez Green.

They do so by utilizing the latest equipment that the industry has to offer, like the pure water system they use for high exterior windows. Feeding your home’s own water through a resin chamber filters out any and all impurities, ensures that what comes flooding out of the end of the brush is as crystal clear as your windows will soon be. 

You’ll find the same high-tech approach in all their services, from window cleaning to soft and power washing and dryer vent cleaning. Behind it all is a dedication to professionalism that has set the Mod Squad apart. Those five-star reviews we mentioned? Look them up. You’ll see how the Mod Squad operates on a higher level than most. 

“Our squad has become a working family, who work well together and collaborate to make everything shine,” Modzelewski said. Their high-quality work speaks for itself. Their ultimate goal is to form trusting, sustainable relationships with clients so they know they will always be taken care of (and seeing their post-wash smiles is an added bonus).”

Modzelewski learned early on the importance of professionalism while running a family business, Ugly Duct Cleaning, for years. With Mod Squad Services, he’s married that expertise with new technologies to expand his scope and take on the worst that algae season has to offer. 

“It’s that time of year right now. There are a lot of short-term rental companies getting houses prepared for the season, so we’re getting whupped right now. But we’re keeping up,” he said. Because algae never stops growing, the Mod Squad never stops fighting it back. 

Mod- Squad offers an array of services, including exterior power and soft washing of homes,  pool decks, driveways, porches, patios, decks, and walkways, as well as interior and exterior window cleaning, dryer vent and gutter cleaning. 

To protect your home against the annual incursion of algae and mold, visit modsquadserv.com or call 843-895-2800.  

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