Rachel Nguyen

Home Services Researcher

Rachel is a home-services researcher who spent four years covering the residential trades for a national consumer publication. She specializes in Florida-specific home care — humidity, salt air, mold, HVAC — and vets every claim on this site against a written source, a licensed pro, or her own testing in her Sarasota home.

4 years covering residential home services
Sarasota, FL resident (Gulf Coast humidity firsthand)
IICRC-familiar (mold and moisture remediation)
Fact-checks against Florida DBPR and NOAA data

Articles by Rachel Nguyen

Florida Living

Salt Air Damage: Cleaning a Florida Coastal Home

Salt air etches stainless in 60–90 days if left uncleaned. Here's what to wipe, how often, and the specific cleaning cadence coastal Florida homes need.

2026-07-25 · 8 min read

Florida Living

Why Florida Homes Need More Frequent Cleaning Than Northern Homes

How often to clean a house in Florida is not the same as up north. Humidity, pollen, salt air, and 12-month AC use push the right cadence 30–50% higher.

2026-07-22 · 8 min read

Pricing

House Cleaning Prices: Tampa vs Miami vs Orlando vs Naples (2026)

House cleaning prices Tampa vs. Miami, Orlando, and Naples: real 2026 quotes side-by-side. Miami/Naples run 15–25% above state average; Jacksonville sits below.

2026-07-16 · 8 min read

Florida Living

How to Stop Mold in a Florida Home: Humidity, AC & Cleaning

How to prevent mold in a Florida home: the specific humidity number, AC settings, and cleaning routines that keep mildew from forming in the first place.

2026-07-14 · 9 min read