North Highlands is mostly modest single-story homes from the mid-century, many of them base-era houses built around the old McClellan base. Lots run smaller than in newer subdivisions, and so do the closets. Floor plans are compartmentalized, with a separate kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms rather than one big open room.
That housing shapes the work in a few plain ways:
- Everything is on one level, so there are no stairs to carry equipment up and a crew moves through the rooms quickly.
- Built-in storage is limited, so more of a household's things sit on counters, shelves and in the garage, and dusting around them takes care.
- Original kitchen and bathroom fixtures are common and get a gentler hand than new finishes.
- The terrain is flat and open, with less mature tree cover than the river-adjacent suburbs, so dust reaches entryways, sills and window tracks with little to stop it.
The dry months are the dusty season here. Wind carries valley dust across the open streets, and it shows up first on glass, screens, driveways and entry floors. Sap and heavy leaf litter are less of an issue than in the tree-heavy parts of the Sacramento area.
Commercial space concentrates around McClellan Park, the business and industrial area on the old base. We cover all of North Highlands, residential streets and McClellan Park alike, with no travel surcharge.