Blossom Valley, from a cleaner's point of view
There is a genuine advantage to a district this uniform. A few builders put up the whole of it on former orchard land, so the four-bedroom on Snell Avenue has the same hallway, the same linen closet and the same hall bath as the four-bedroom two streets away. Crews learn the plans, and a quote given from bedroom and bathroom counts turns out to be the real job with unusual reliability.
What varies is the inside. Some of these houses have not been touched since the seventies — tiled counters with dark grout lines, sliding closet doors, a sunken tub. Others were gutted in 2015. Around Martial Cottle Park and over toward Westfield Oakridge the mix runs both ways on the same block, so the first visit is where anyone finds out which sort yours is.
Inside a typical Blossom Valley home
Single story, slab, attached two-car garage, and a covered patio out back onto a lawn. Interiors run to carpet in bedrooms and living areas with sheet vinyl or tile in the wet rooms, though plank flooring keeps spreading. Original kitchens have tiled counters whose grout lines hold grease and need a brush rather than a cloth. Ceilings are eight feet, which keeps high work simple. Almost no association property outside a few townhome courts.