House cleaning in Santa Monica, CA

Cleaning a home in Santa Monica

Santa Monica sits right on the water, and the ocean sets the terms. Morning fog rolls in off the bay most of the year and burns off by midday, so windows, mirrors and metal spend hours damp with air that carries salt in it. Sand travels further inland than anyone expects: it comes off the beach on feet, on towels and in bags, and it turns up on floors a mile from the sand.

Salt is the difference here, not dust. Faucets, shower fittings, door handles and window frames pick up a dull film that a dry cloth just moves around, so they get cleaned wet and dried straight after. Glass facing the water needs doing more often than glass on the street side. And sand gets vacuumed before anything wet touches the floor, because wet sand scratches whatever it is dragged across.