About Drift

A local crew with
a coastal eye.

Drift Window Services is an owner-run window cleaning and exterior care company based in downtown St. Petersburg. We started in 2023 with one truck, one ladder, and a stubborn belief that this work deserved more care than it usually gets.

Aerial view of the Pinellas Gulf coast
Founded
2023
Homes serviced
600 +
Team size
Five on staff
Service area
All of Pinellas

Our
story.

Drift started the way a lot of small Florida businesses start — one truck, a stack of microfibers, and a list of neighbors who needed their salt-spotted windows back. The first job was a 1920s Mediterranean in Old Northeast. Three hours, an absurd amount of vinegar, and one very patient homeowner.

Three years later, we still service that home. Most of our customers were referred by a neighbor — which is the only way this works, when you think about it. You don't get a second window-cleaning company unless your first one let you down.

We took our name from the slow drift of a sailboat past a Snell Isle dock — patient, unhurried, headed somewhere clear.

The crew is still small on purpose. Every Drift employee is on payroll, in uniform, and trained on every service we offer. We don't subcontract. We don't send rotating crews. The people you meet on the quote walk are the people who show up to clean.

What we care about, in order: doing right by your home, doing right by our team, and being the kind of business that's still here in twenty years when your kids buy their first house up the street.

What we stand for

Principles, not
slogans.

/ 01

Show up on time.

If we say 9 a.m., we mean 9 a.m. The clock matters; it's how you measure respect. If we're going to be late, you'll know before we are.

/ 02

Quote in writing.

Every job is walked, measured, and quoted on paper before a hose comes out of the truck. No surprises in the final invoice — ever.

/ 03

Leave it better.

Not just the windows. Drop cloths down, shoe covers on, landscape protected. You shouldn't be able to tell a crew was there — except for the view.

/ 04

Fix it ourselves.

If something isn't right, tell us before we leave. If we miss it, we come back. No deflection, no charge, no awkward conversation.

Matthew, founder of Drift
From the founder
"I started Drift because I couldn't find a window cleaner I'd trust with my own house. Three years in, we still answer the phones ourselves — and we still quote every job in person. That part isn't going to change."
Matthew Founder · St. Petersburg, FL
Come work with us

Ready for a clearer view?

We're booking now for the rest of the season. Send us a note and we'll walk the property within the week.

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