How we clean Brentwood
Brentwood Park sets the tone people expect: half-acre lots, hedges out to the sidewalk, formal plans with a wide entry hall, a stair that turns twice, and hardwood or stone across the whole ground floor. Those houses take a morning rather than a slot, and most run on a fortnightly rhythm with a deeper reset in spring. Nothing about the approach is awkward, since the drives are level and there is room to leave a vehicle.
Then the ground tilts. Kenter Canyon and Mandeville Canyon Road climb narrow and blind, with houses cut into the slope, retaining walls holding up the garden, and living space running downhill from the entry. Along San Vicente Boulevard sits a third Brentwood altogether: two- and three-story apartment buildings from the 1950s and 1960s, small kitchens, original bathroom tile, subterranean parking with low clearance and a gate code.
What we walk into in Brentwood
The detached stock splits by elevation. Below Sunset, on the flat blocks of Brentwood Park and through Brentwood Glen, you get 2,500 to 6,000 square feet of traditional or Colonial-revival plan with oak floors and several full baths. Above Sunset the canyon houses turn mid-century and modern, glass-heavy, with decks and steep site access. The apartment belt near the boulevard is the oldest and smallest housing in the ZIP code: one and two bedroom units, wall heaters, a shared laundry downstairs.