Parkville Cleaning and Home Services

The nursery at Evans Homes and Gardens has a wide variety of photosynthesizing sentinels in both annual and perennial models. Check out this year's Proven Winners (specialty flowers in four-inch pots, $4.99), or mix and match to your heart's content with a market flat of annuals ($2.50 per market pack, or a full flat of six for $18). Perennials run from $5.99 for the quart size to $19.99 for three gallons, and ninja plants are available in hanging baskets, dangling in mid-air to surprise your friends and delight your enemies ($19.99). Asiatic lilies make wonderful gifts ($12.99), and for $14.99 you can catch clematis. To completely transform your living room into the tropical utopia depicted in the critically acclaimed Bio-Dome, cover the carpet with a yard of topsoil ($32) or hardwood mulch ($27) and ignore the landlord's angry letters.

The cleaning service professionals at MaidPro take extensive measures to ensure their clients receive quality cleaning—including following a rigorous 49-point checklist and offering a 24-hour re-clean guarantee. Each point on the checklist serves a unique purpose, such as taking out trash, removing fingerprints from woodwork, scrubbing showers and baths, cleaning mirrors, dusting picture frames, and hosing down the hyena pit. MaidPro can schedule weekly, biweekly, and monthly sessions, and they trust their clients enough not to require any signed contracts.

The Steam Brigade pulls nasties from carpets with a hot-water extraction method that utilizes a truck-mounted system to uproot dirt and stains, leaving carpets squeaky cleaner than a newly polished saxophone. Alternatively, the steam team can cleanse an area rug in place of a carpeted room to help homeowners hide footprint-shaped knots on their hardwood floors. And for an additional charge, the crew can launder stairs ($3/step) and remove pet stains ($25–$50/spot). Each two-room service concludes with a coat of carpet protectant to shield floor blankets against spots and stains shaped like Abraham Lincoln.

Since its 1987 inception, NaturaLawn of America’s plant-protecting business has spread to more than 66 locations in 23 states, spreading its passion for eco-conscious, organic, and customizable lawn care to thousands upon thousands of acres of yard. Through two distinct lawn-service programs built around pesticide-free and organic greenery care, the grass whisperers promote deep root growth and replenish spent soils with natural infusions of trace elements, controlled-release nutrients, and warm, fatherly advice.

Designer Diana Firth brings an educated eye to matters of home decoration and organization and can give expert advice on changes that will make houses more attractive to potential buyers. Her real-estate-staging consultations cover everything from the color of the paint on the walls to the arrangement of furniture. She can also give advice to buyers considering major renovation projects or simply looking to spruce up their living space with paintings of major renovation projects.

Mr. Powerwash’s licensed and insured team restores homes and commercials properties by blasting away mold and grime and refinishing exteriors with sealant and painting services. The crew carefully adjusts the pressure of its power-washing equipment to clean decks and play sets without washing the neighbor’s second-story housecat. Once the technicians scour wooden patios and fences, they brush on staining varnish to protect and prolong the life of all wooden surfaces. Never subcontracted, Mr. Powerwash’s painters coat homes and businesses in fresh pigment, and protect garage floors with epoxy paints. They can even tackle projects as large as parking garages or as small as the removal of graffiti from an Easter egg.

Understanding that power washing can help customers as well as the surrounding community, the team enacted and continues to participate in Clean Across Harford County, a program that calls for free power washing of local eyesores. Additionally, for every $199 wash they execute, they donate $10 to Operation Smile, a program dedicated to helping children in third-world countries with cleft lips.