Co-owner & scheduling
Elena Navarro
Elena joined her mom in 2017, the summer after finishing her degree at Bowie State. She runs scheduling and estimates, answers most of the phone calls, and is usually the first person new clients meet.
She still covers a handful of regular clients every week, so her articles come from the questions she hears on the job: what to expect at a first visit, how to clean with kids at home, and how to get ready before company comes over.
If you email us, there is a good chance Elena is the one writing back.
Writes about
- Recurring cleaning
- First visits
- Busy households
- Hosting & events
- Articles published
- 6
- Total reads
- 10,525
- Minutes of reading
- 19
- With PristineSpark since
- 2017
Most recent article:
Articles by Elena
· 3 min read · 389 views
Leaves, mud, and the front hall: getting through fall
October is when the outside starts coming in. A few changes at the door save a lot of floor scrubbing later.
· 3 min read · 1,893 views
Why we don’t use bleach on everything
Bleach is great at one job. It is bad at most of the others. A quick rundown of what we actually carry in the caddy.
· 4 min read · 1,472 views
What to expect on your first cleaning with us
Who shows up, how long it takes, and whether you need to be home. The questions we get on almost every first call.
· 3 min read · 2,788 views
How often should you really deep clean?
Short answer: less often than you think, if the regular cleaning is done right. Here is how we decide with clients.
· 3 min read · 3,241 views
Maryland humidity and the bathroom mildew problem
July in Prince George’s County means pink rings in the shower. Why it happens and how to keep it from coming back.
· 3 min read · 742 views
Declutter first, clean second
Most of the time a room feels dirty, it is actually just full. Ten minutes of putting things away makes cleaning go twice as fast.