House cleaning in Kyle, TX

Cleaning a home in Kyle

Kyle sits right where the Hill Country gives way to the prairie. West of the interstate the ground is limestone and thin soil, and driveways, ranch roads and new lots are surfaced in pale crushed caliche rock. East of it the dirt turns dark and heavy, old farm ground now filling with subdivisions. Both sides bake and crack through the summer, then run when the rain finally comes.

White rock dust is the one that fools people. It lands pale on dark floors and dark counters and reads as a haze instead of dirt, so it gets missed until the light hits it sideways. Door thresholds and the first few feet of hard floor take most of it. After a wet week the same trip inside leaves dark prints that have to be lifted, not smeared.