Spring Cleaning in Santa Monica.
Ready on Arrival

Spring works differently on the coast. Inland the season is about pollen and open windows; here it is about what the winter left behind and what the next few months are about to bring. Storm-driven spray coats glass through the wet months, and then a long stretch of low overcast arrives to keep everything slightly damp. The gap between those two conditions is the window worth using.

The visit is organized around that timing. Window tracks, frames, and sills get the salt load lifted first, because film left in place through weeks of damp weather can turn into spotting that no longer wipes away. Closets and storage are emptied and aired while the air is dry enough for it to help. Grout, baseboards, vents, and light fixtures come next, then floors. In North of Montana and Sunset Park houses we work from the top floor down. Inside the oven, inside the refrigerator, inside cabinets and drawers, and interior window cleaning are optional paid add-ons, selected and priced separately before the visit.

Households book it around a familiar handful of moments — before summer guests, after a winter of everyone indoors, or simply when the house has stopped feeling like it started the year clean. Franklin and Bergamot clients often pair it with a storage reset. Once it is done, most people move onto a recurring schedule so next spring is a smaller job.