About, Services, & Rates

Greetings! I’m AJ Stutzer, owner of Familiar Spaces, a home cleaning business in Kansas City, Kansas, that aims to help seniors and their caregivers (and animal companions) keep a clean, joyful, healthy space. I developed my concept after my dad died in May of 2024. When I came home to help my mom go through his things, I noticed that some cleaning tasks were more challenging for her to do.

While I welcome folks without pets, I hope to take on clients with animal companions who would benefit from cleanings that could help them keep their pets in their homes, even when mobility becomes more challenging.

I come to this work with years of experience in residential home cleaning, animal shelter caregiving, and animal death guide work.

• I have worked at residential cleaning companies off and on since 2010.

• I have over 6 years of experience caring for companion animals in homes and animal shelters as a vet assistant and kennel technician.

• I became a certified death doula through CareDoula School of Accompanying the Dying in 2018.

• I have supported many foster and hospice pets and stray and owned animal companions as they pass on.

• I’m also in the process of becoming a certified animal chaplain and will receive my ordination in June 2025.

Below are my cleaning services and rates (I also offer sliding scale or “pay what you can” options). I’m also open to hearing what tasks you need assistance with.

Familiar Spaces LLC is a fully insured cleaning business that operates in Kansas and Missouri.