The short answer
We detail boats and RVs across the Lake Grapevine corridor: Grapevine, Southlake, Flower Mound, Colleyville, and Coppell. Boats are priced per foot of length overall, $16/ft plus a $180 base for our Deluxe Boat Detail, with $5/ft added for in-slip work. RVs are priced per foot of exterior length, $15/ft plus a $240 base for a RV Wash & Wax, plus a flat interior rate by rig class.
We arrive with filtered water and generator power, which is why a storage row off 114 with no hookup is a normal appointment.
What makes this corridor different is not the lake, it is the household. More than anywhere else we work, the boat and the rig live within a few miles of each other and belong to the same family, and there is a real advantage in treating them as one conversation rather than two.
What Grapevine Lake is, and why it matters to a hull
Grapevine Lake is a Corps of Engineers project, run by the Fort Worth District's Grapevine Lake Office, built to provide flood control to the Metroplex and to store and supply water to the cities of Dallas and Grapevine. Recreation sits on top of that, it is not the purpose.
The practical consequence is the same as at Lewisville: the level moves. A lake holding flood storage rises when the watershed delivers and falls as it releases, so a boat that stays in the water does not develop one crisp waterline. It develops a band, because the boundary between wet and dry moved several times over the season and each position left a deposit.
It is a smaller and generally clearer lake than Lewisville, which shows up as less silt staining and more mineral and biological scum line. Different band, same requirement: clean it before it cures, and seal the boot stripe so the next season's deposits sit on protection rather than in open gelcoat.
Why this corridor books both together
Southlake, Colleyville, Flower Mound, and Grapevine share a pattern we see almost nowhere else at this density: a household with a lake boat, an RV or travel trailer, sometimes a pair of jet skis, and a storage space for all of it within a fifteen minute drive of the house.
Those things also share a calendar. They all come out in spring and they all go away in late fall, and they all suffer from the same neglect in the same months. Yet they usually get serviced separately, months apart, by whoever was available.
There is a straightforward efficiency in not doing that. Setup, water, power, and travel happen once. The seasonal timing that is right for the boat is right for the rig. And the single most valuable visit for both is the same one: the lay-up clean at the end of the season, which decides what condition each is in five months later.
One visit, everything in the row
Tell us what is in the space and roughly how long each is, and we will price the whole thing in writing before we come out. Jet skis take $25 off each additional ski in the same visit.
What each thing costs in this corridor
RV interiors are quoted separately at a flat rate by rig class, from a Class B camper van at $249 to a Class A at $449. Boat and RV numbers are starting estimates confirmed after we see the craft, because surface condition swings them further than size does.
| What it is | Typical size | Package | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowrider or wake boat | 22 ft | Deluxe Boat Detail | $530 |
| Travel trailer or fifth wheel | 32 ft | RV Wash & Wax | $720 |
| Class A motorhome | 38 ft | RV Wash & Wax | $810 |
| A pair of jet skis | Flat rate | PWC Deluxe Detail | $373 |
| Motorcycle or side-by-side | Flat rate | Full Powersports Detail | $209 |
Starting prices for what usually shares a storage space
The storage question in this corridor
Most of the specialty work here happens in a storage facility rather than a driveway, because the HOAs in Southlake and Colleyville generally do not allow a fifth wheel to live on the street, and because the lots off 114 and 121 exist precisely to solve that.
Storage facilities come with three things worth confirming before an appointment. Gate access, which usually means a code or a call to the office, and sometimes requires the tenant to be present for a vendor. A washing policy, since some lots restrict or prohibit on-site washing for drainage reasons and would rather you use a designated bay. And clearance, since a covered canopy space blocks roof work and a tight row limits what can be extended.
None of that changes the price. It changes what is possible in one visit, which is exactly why we ask up front rather than discovering it with a truck already parked.
The routine that keeps all of it out of restoration
- Rinse the boat with fresh water when it comes out and dry the waterline. Most of the mineral staining we remove was created in the ten minutes after the boat left the lake.
- Drain everything. Texas law requires removing all water from the boat, motor, bilge, and livewells before approaching or leaving public fresh water, and the habit prevents the sour bilge and standing water lines at the same time.
- Wash the RV roof at least once a year. It is the source of the black streaks on the sidewalls and it is the surface taking the entire UV load.
- Never cover anything damp. A cover over a wet boat, ski, or rig is a humid dark box for five months, which is how vinyl and cushions get mildew.
- Keep protection on every gelcoat surface. Bare gelcoat oxidizes, and oxidized gelcoat is a correction rather than a wash.
- Book the lay-up visit rather than the spring one if you only book one. Damage happens in storage, not on the water.
This is an educational guide written to help DFW drivers budget and decide with confidence. It is not a binding quote. Your price is confirmed up front before any work begins, with no deposit.