Half the addresses in Ben Lomond end with a steep unpaved drive and a turn you would miss in daylight. Getting there reliably is most of the job; the cleaning is the easy part.
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MaidSimple runs house cleaning and maid service across Ben Lomond, California. Our people are directly employed, not gig labor: W-2, background-verified, insured. Housing up this stretch of the valley is older mountain stock, converted cabins, split-levels on steep lots, decks on posts, plenty of raw and stained wood inside. Tree cover is total, so damp and litter are constants. A three-bedroom, two-bath house here opens at $265. The delivery ZIP is 95005.
Getting to the house is a real part of the work up here. Alba Road climbs in switchbacks. Love Creek and Hubbard Gulch narrow to a lane with a drop on one side. Driveways come off at angles that need a three-point turn, and in winter the last fifty feet can be mud over gravel. Our crews plan the approach in advance and carry in rather than shuttling, which is why a booking here asks for a gate code and a description of the turning.
Once inside, the houses have a character you do not see down on the coast. Cedar and redwood paneling, beams, a stove or an insert, a deck cantilevered over a slope, and windows that face nothing but trees. Very little natural light gets in, which hides dust until someone puts a lamp on. Around Glen Arbor and Newell Creek there are older cabins with sleeping lofts; the Highlands side has larger and later builds. Both accumulate the same brown litter from above.
Vertical is the word. Very few houses here sit flat: they step down a bank on posts, or you climb a flight from the parking pad to the front door, and inside there is another half-level to the bedrooms. Sizes run 900 to 2,000 square feet with one or two baths. Interiors are wood-heavy, with panel walls, beam ceilings and wood floors, and that wood needs the right product rather than a general-purpose spray. Insulation and glazing are often original, so cold corners collect condensation and then mold.
No estimates and no ranges. This is what the quote form will tell you, worked out the same way.
| Ben Lomond home | Standard clean | Every 2 weeks | Deep clean | Move in / out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bed / 1 bath mountain cabinabout 1.25 hrs on site | $190 | $170per visit | $270 | $305 |
| 2 bed / 2 bath home on a steep lotabout 1.5 hrs on site | $240 | $215per visit | $370 | $420 |
| 3 bed / 2 bath valley houseabout 1.75 hrs on site | $265 | $240per visit | $415 | $465 |
| 4 bed / 3 bath multi-level homeabout 2.25 hrs on site | $335 | $300per visit | $515 | $585 |
Flat prices for a lived-in home, supplies and equipment included. A tidier home prices lower and a weekly plan saves 15%; the form above works out your exact number in about a minute. Prices are identical everywhere we work — your ZIP code does not change the number.
The small things that decide whether a visit runs smoothly or runs late.
Loose gravel on a grade is not something to discover on arrival. Crews check the approach before the day, bring the kit up in one carry and leave the vehicle where it can get out again. Winter bookings get a little more time built in.
Single glazing under permanent shade produces water on the inside of the glass most mornings from November. It runs into the frame, then into the corner, and mold follows. Sills, reveals and the wall behind furniture get checked on every winter visit.
Panel walls, beams and exposed joinery make up more of the interior surface than drywall does. General spray cleaners leave a bloom on them. We use products meant for finished timber and dry-dust the high work before anything wet happens.
Every Ben Lomond address in 95005.
Same crews, same standard. Pick the one that fits your week.
The whole-home refresh most Ben Lomond homes book: kitchens, bathrooms, floors, dusting and tidying.
How it works →Baseboards, inside appliances, grout and vents — the detail work that resets a home.
How it works →Empty-home cleaning judged against a landlord’s checklist, for deposits and handovers.
How it works →Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly visits from the same team, at a standing discount.
How it works →Most cleaning companies send whoever is available that day. Our cleaners are our own trained, vetted, W-2 employees — which costs us more in payroll tax, workers’ comp and training, and is exactly why the same people come back to your home and the standard holds.
If anything’s not right, let us know within 24 hours and we’ll come back and re-clean it — completely free. No forms, no fuss, no fine print.
The general FAQ covers access, supplies, rescheduling and the guarantee.
Yes, and a monthly visit suits them better than a fortnightly one. An unoccupied cabin in this valley does not stay clean so much as go musty: dust settles, damp gets into fabric, and mouse traces show up in the kitchen. A regular airing-and-reset visit deals with all three before your next stay.
In normal winter conditions yes. San Lorenzo Valley crews expect mud, standing water and branches down, and they carry footwear for it. Where a slide or a closure actually blocks the route we call and move the visit rather than leaving you wondering. Storm weeks are the only ones that get rescheduled.
Ash first, and from the top down. Hearth surrounds, the front glass, the log store corner and the floor around it all get worked, and the fine ash that has settled on beams and shelves comes off before any surface below is touched. Doing it in the other order just moves the problem.
Ben Lomond sits inside our Santa Cruz & the Coast coverage.
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