After Party Cleaning in Los Angeles

What after party cleaning covers

• Cups, bottles, cans and plates collected room by room
• Trash bagged and taken out to the curb or dumpster
• Spills on carpet and upholstery treated while they are still fresh
• Kitchen counters, the sink and the stovetop after a night of cooking
• Bathrooms cleaned and restocked after a night of heavy use
• Furniture moved back where it was, decorations and tape taken down

What is usually not included

• A stain that has already dried into a rug, which needs an extraction machine rather than a spot treatment
• Damage: a scorched countertop or a cracked table is repair, not cleaning
• The yard, the patio and the pool area, unless you ask up front

When to book after party cleaning

Book this for the day after an event at home or in a rented venue, and book it in advance — the good slots the morning after a weekend go early.

How long it takes

How long it takes is driven by the number of guests, not by the size of the place. A house left until Monday takes longer than one done the morning after, because everything has had time to set.

What makes the price go up

• Confetti, glitter and balloon weights, all picked up by hand before anything else starts
• Red wine, candle wax or grease that has had all night to set
• A rented venue with a handover time the next morning
• Glassware and dishes washed by hand because they will not all fit in one load

What to ask before you book

• Can you come tomorrow morning, and what time would you start?
• Do you take the bags away, or leave them by the door?
• There is red wine on the rug. Can you treat it, or do I need carpet cleaning?

What after party cleaning looks like in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is not one place. A Spanish bungalow on a flat street, a hillside house that is mostly glass and stairs, an apartment over a garage in between. Neighborhoods sit far apart with freeway between them. Traffic keeps a fine road grit in the air, and when there is a fire in the hills, ash settles on patios, sills and outdoor furniture.

Two things change here. Distance: a job across town is a different day than one two streets over, so the schedule is built around driving. And the housing does not repeat from one street to the next, so the work shifts from hardwood floors in a bungalow to stairs and floor-to-ceiling glass on a hillside.