North Hampton is the quiet stretch between Rye and Hampton, with North Hampton State Beach and Little Boar’s Head on the ocean side, the neighbourhoods off Atlantic Avenue and Route 111 in the middle, and the businesses along Lafayette Road on the Route 1 side. It is mostly single-family homes, a lot of them larger and set back, and recurring house cleaning on the published bedroom list is the core of what Perham does here. Ocean-side homes book window washing at $12 a window in spring and fall when the salt film builds. Lafayette Road offices and shops book office cleaning after hours and periodic hard-floor care. The drive from Kittery is down Route 1 through Portsmouth and Rye, and jobs are booked in the same three-hour window with a text when the crew is on the way.
