Mountain Marvel Cleaning Company

08/20/2026

Your cabin never burned. That doesn't mean it's safe.

On Sunday, an 80-year-old man was swept away and killed by flash flood water near Beulah — runoff pouring off the Aspen Acres burn scar. Wednesday, it happened again: roads washed out, Highway 165 shut down. Meanwhile up in Larimer County, the Cameron Peak burn scar has been triggering "life-threatening" flash flood warnings all summer.

Here's what most mountain hosts don't realize: you don't have to own a burned property to be in danger. If your rental sits downhill or downstream of ANY recent burn scar — even miles away — you're exposed to flash flooding every time it rains, for years after the fire's out.

We broke down why this happens, which Colorado burn scars are actively flooding right now, and what to actually check before your next guest checks in 👇

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/08/20/your-cabin-never-burned-that-doesnt-mean-its-safe-from-the-fire/

08/05/2026

07/28/2026

🛏️ Quick question for our STR hosts: how many sets of sheets do you actually have for each bed?

If you said "one on the bed, one in the closet" — that's the setup that works for a family home, but it's not enough for a rental. Stains happen more often than people think (wine, self-tanner, muddy boots after a hike... you name it), and they don't wait for a convenient week to happen. They show up on your busiest weekend, right when there's zero room in the schedule to deal with it.

We broke down the real number you need per bed (hint: it's not 2), plus a laundry setup mistake that's quietly adding time — and cost — to almost every turnover in the foothills. 👇

🔗 https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/07/28/why-your-airbnb-needs-5-sets-of-sheets-not-2-and-the-washer-dryer-mistake-thats-costing-you-turnovers/

📍 Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, Bailey, Kittredge, Indian Hills hosts — this one's for you.

07/20/2026

The Airbnb wave in the foothills hasn't crested — it's still climbing, and it's moving toward the quieter pockets Denver guests love.

I pulled the numbers on Conifer, Bailey, and Park County, and one neighborhood jumped out as the one to watch: Harris Park. Lower buy-in than its neighbors, big seclusion, and it sits on the Park County side of the new Jeffco rules — the exact combo that pulls new hosts in.

If you own a cabin up here (or you're thinking about it), here's what's actually happening with the market, the two counties' very different rulebooks, and the well/septic piece most out-of-town owners miss:

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/07/20/the-airbnb-boom-is-climbing-the-foothills-and-harris-park-is-the-one-to-watch/

Hannah | Mountain Marvel Cleaning Company | (720) 513-9689

07/13/2026

Unpopular opinion from a cleaning company: guests are right to be mad about cleaning fees.

Not all of it. But there's a specific thing a lot of hosts are doing, and our industry mostly doesn't talk about it.

So I wrote down what a foothills turnover actually costs — real numbers, mine, not a national average. What's inside a $250 Bailey turnover. Why wood stove ash and hot tub chemistry aren't optional. And the two moves that turn a fair fee into a one-star review.

Also the fix that most hosts up here haven't tried, and it isn't lowering your fee.

Read it here: https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/07/13/what-your-cleaning-fee-actually-pays-for-and-what-it-doesnt/

Hosting in Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, Bailey, Kittredge, or Indian Hills and not sure what your turnover should cost? Happy to walk through the numbers.

Hannah — Mountain Marvel Cleaning Company
(720) 513-9689
Reaching to New Heights of Cleanliness!

07/06/2026

Ever done the actual math on what it costs to run your foothills Airbnb?
I ran the numbers on a typical 3-bedroom Bailey cabin grossing $50K/year — self-managing vs. hiring a full property manager vs. bringing on a co-host. The gap between them is bigger than most owners realize, and there's a sneaky 15.5% Airbnb platform fee that quietly eats thousands off the top before a manager even takes their cut.
But here's the part the generic "is a property manager worth it" articles never tell you: managing an STR at 8,000 feet is a different animal. The hot tub throwing a FLO error at 9pm before a noon check-in. Turnovers that double in time after an overnight snow dump. Well, septic, and wildfire rules now tied to your license. Bear-proofing the trash.

I broke it all down — the real dollar math and the mountain-specific stuff nobody warns you about — in this week's post. Whether you manage your own place or you're thinking about handing it off, this'll help you make the call with clear eyes.
👉
https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/07/06/self-managing-your-foothills-airbnb-vs-hiring-help-the-real-math-and-the-mountain-stuff-nobody-warns-you-about/

Hannah, Mountain Marvel — (720) 513-9689
Reaching to New Heights of Cleanliness! 🏔️

06/26/2026

Heads up, foothills hosts — if you rent out a place in Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, or Bailey, the Jeffco short-term rental rules just changed, and most people up here have no idea.

The good news: the old painful permit process (Board of Adjustment, full acre, lots of hoping) is GONE. There's now an actual, doable licensing path through the county.

The catch: enforcement got real. Airbnb and VRBO now have to show your county license number, there's a 24/7 complaint line, and there's a public map of every rental in the county your neighbors can pull up.

And the deadline almost nobody's watching: the new Wildfire Resiliency Code kicks in July 1. Up here, your defensible space and your STR license are now tied together — so this one's worth a look before fire season.

I broke the whole thing down in plain English (engineering background and all) — what changed, what to check, and what I'd do this week if it were my rental 👇

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/06/26/the-new-jeffco-str-rules-are-here-what-foothills-hosts-actually-need-to-know/

06/09/2026

Mountain homeowners: when's the last time you tested your well water? Here's the part most people up here don't know — the granite our homes sit on naturally contains uranium, which means both uranium and radon can show up in your well water. And a standard annual well test? It doesn't check for either. You have to ask.
I spent my career as a water and wastewater engineer before starting Mountain Marvel, so this one's near and dear to my heart. I put together a plain-English guide to keeping your septic and well healthy up here — including what to test for, what it actually costs, and the simple habits that keep a five-figure emergency from ever happening.
No fear-mongering, just the stuff I wish every foothills homeowner knew. 👇

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/06/09/what-your-mountain-homes-septic-and-well-are-trying-to-tell-you-and-why-you-should-listen/

— Hannah, Mountain Marvel Cleaning Company

06/03/2026

I clean short-term rentals all over Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, and Bailey. I'm in these properties between every single guest — and there are three fire hazards I find again and again that hosts never think about and guests never take seriously.

During a burn ban. Coals still glowing. Pine needles inches away.

If you own a rental up here (or live next to one), this one's worth a read before the summer crowds roll in. 👇

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/06/03/your-airbnb-could-burn-down-the-whole-mountain-and-most-hosts-have-no-idea/

05/14/2026

If you own an Airbnb in the Colorado mountains, your guests are unknowingly feeding the wildlife — and most of them have no idea. 🐻

We see it every week on turnovers: trash bags left on porches, recycling stacked by the garage, pizza boxes balanced on top of overflowing bins. The guests leave 5-star reviews and head home. The bears come back the next night, then the next, and eventually a tagged bear ends up dead.

We just published a no-fluff guide on what every mountain host needs to do before summer — including why we think every Airbnb up here should have a bear-resistant dumpster, the garage method (and where it fails), and exactly what to put in your house rules. 👇

https://mountainmarvelcleaningcompany.com/2026/05/14/bears-trash-and-your-airbnb-what-every-mountain-host-needs-to-know-before-summer/

Need help getting your turnovers dialed in before Memorial Day? Call or text us at (720) 513-9689 or email [email protected].

PineCO ColoradoAirbnb BearCountry ColoradoWildlife MountainHosting