House Cleaning in Pasadena

Pasadena is the only neighborhood we serve where a meaningful share of homes were designed by named architects. Greene & Greene Craftsmans in Madison Heights and the Bungalow Heaven historic district. Wallace Neff Spanish revivals throughout the San Rafael Hills. Roland Coate and Cliff May mid-centurys scattered across Linda Vista and Altadena's edges. The cleaning has to respect the materials. Original tile from 1908 chips if you scrub it with a stiff brush. Original Douglas fir hardwood from a Greene & Greene buckles if you over-mop. Original leaded glass needs a soft microfiber, never a squeegee. Our Pasadena crews are trained on all of this and our standard recurring visit follows a documented historic-home protocol.

Beyond the historic stock, Pasadena has plenty of normal residential — the 1950s and 1960s ranch homes in Hastings Ranch east of Allen, the new condos along Colorado near Old Town and Lake Avenue, the older two-story Spanish duplexes around Caltech. Different protocols, same eco-friendly product line, same dedicated crew per address.

It is impossible to write about Pasadena cleaning right now without acknowledging the Eaton fire. January 2025 took a meaningful share of homes in Altadena and pushed heavy smoke into Pasadena across 91104, 91106, and 91107. Hastings Ranch and the streets east of Allen got the worst of it. Our Pasadena book has spent most of 2025 doing post-smoke deep cleans, and we expect the fire-detail rotation to continue for at least another year as residents come back from temporary housing and as the air quality slowly resets.

Smoke residue is acidic, bonds to surfaces, and deepens if you do not pull it off properly. We use a documented four-stage protocol — HEPA filtration, microfiber rinse on every surface, soft good rotation, fixture detail with HVAC filter replacement guidance. Pasadena clients are now booking this twice yearly as standing seasonal maintenance, similar to what our Pacific Palisades and Brentwood clients are doing.

Bungalow Heaven — the streets between Washington and Orange Grove east of Hill Avenue — is the densest Craftsman concentration in the country. 1908 to 1925 single- and two-story bungalows, 1,400 to 2,400 sq ft, original everything. Most clients are bi-weekly cadence with a quarterly deep clean rotation that adds light fixtures, baseboards, and interior windows. Our Bungalow Heaven crews have been working this neighborhood for years and know the protocols cold.

Madison Heights — between Washington and California, west of Lake — is similar housing stock with slightly larger lots. Same protocol. San Rafael Hills above the Arroyo, west of the 110, is a mix of Spanish revival and mid-century, 2,400 to 5,500 sq ft, mostly weekly cadence. Linda Vista north of the Rose Bowl is hillside Craftsman and mid-century, 2,000 to 4,500 sq ft, mostly bi-weekly cadence.

Hastings Ranch east of Allen is 1950s ranch country, 1,800 to 2,800 sq ft, family-heavy, mostly bi-weekly cadence. This is the part of Pasadena hit hardest by Eaton fire smoke and the post-smoke detail work has been concentrated here.

Bi-weekly cleans across 91101-91107 run $200 to $440 per visit depending on home size and historic protocol. A 1,400 sq ft Bungalow Heaven Craftsman is $200 to $240. A 2,400 sq ft Madison Heights two-story is $260 to $310. A 4,500 sq ft San Rafael Hills Spanish revival weekly is $390 to $480. A Hastings Ranch 2,200 sq ft ranch is $230 to $290 bi-weekly.

Post-Eaton-fire detail cleans are billed as deep cleans — roughly two times a standard visit — and the price includes the extended HEPA, microfiber, and soft good work. Add-ons are standard: laundry turnover at $25 to $40, bed linen change at $15 per bed, oven and fridge interior at $40 each.