- What factors affect the price of house cleaning services and deep cleaning services?
What Influences the Cost of House Cleaning Services?
Curious about what goes into pricing a cleaning service? Several factors come into play when determining the cost of both standard and deep cleaning, and understanding them can help you make the best choice for your home and budget.
Key Pricing Factors:
- Size of Your Home: Larger homes naturally require more time and effort to clean. A two-bedroom condo will cost less than a spacious multi-story house.
- Type of Cleaning: Routine maintenance cleaning will always be more affordable than a comprehensive deep clean, which involves tackling hidden grime and more detailed work throughout the home.
- Frequency of Service: Scheduling regular visits—such as weekly or biweekly cleanings—often brings down the per-visit price compared to a one-time appointment.
- Special Requests: If you need extras like the inside of your oven or refrigerator cleaning, window washing, or pet hair removal, expect these add-ons to be reflected in your quote.
- Time Required: Most deep cleans range from 2 to 5+ hours, depending on the size and condition of your space. Crews typically come in pairs or small teams to ensure efficiency, which is factored into your rate.
As a rough guideline:
Smaller homes (around 1,200 sq ft) might take about 2–3.5 hours for a deep clean.
Mid-sized homes (2,200 sq ft) usually require 4–5.5 hours.
Larger homes (3,200 sq ft and up) can take 6-8 hours or more.
Our team always provides transparent quotes and matches the service to fit your unique needs, ensuring you get the most value and satisfaction with every visit.
- What’s the difference between a General Clean and a Deep Clean?
It’s the same difference between a car wash and car detail. General cleaning covers usually visible areas with light feather dusting, basic cleaning of common areas and disinfecting bathrooms.
Deep Cleaning is a top to bottom technique with hand wiping all surfaces including the woodwork such as ceiling fans, baseboards, windows, and door frames. We recommend if a home has not been professionally cleaned in less than 3 months that it’s necessary to start with a deep clean.
Time it takes to clean depends on how lived in the home is and how it’s kept. Two identical sized homes but one has a family of 5 and dogs compared to a home that’s well maintained with no pets and less people occupying, will vary greatly!
- Initial Clean vs Deep Clean?
House cleaning is hard work. The first time we come in to clean may take longer than just maintenance cleaning. So for homes that just want a recurring general clean, an initial clean will be scheduled. Depending on the initial level of grime and clutter, a first-time cleaning can take up to 2 times longer than your subsequent cleanings.
- What do I need to do to prepare for a service?
- We appreciate if any items on the floors are picked up before we arrive.
- Any notes or specific instructions for a clean to be left for us in advance by calling our office staff
- We bring all the cleaning supplies to your home but if you would like us to use your products we’re more than happy to.
- You can either choose to stay at home while we clean or leave for the time. We’re trained to clean in either circumstances, whatever is more comfortable for you.
- If you’d like us to use your cleaning equipment or any special cleaning supplies, just let us know. We’d be happy to do so.
- If you have pets, we ask that you secure them or prevent them from entering the areas that we clean.
- What are your operating hours?
We are open for services Monday – Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM
- Should I tip my house cleaning technician after a cleaning visit?
Gratuities are always appreciated but not expected. After your cleaning service, you’ll be able to rate your service and leave a tip that goes 100% to your cleaning technician.
- What if I’m unsatisfied after a cleaning service?
Rest assured, we have a 24-hour guarantee! Once you’re cleaning tech leaves your home you have 24 hours to report any dissatisfaction and we will immediately schedule to come back and fix it. We will make sure we get the job done right!
- Will you come on the same day and at the same time for each clean?
Openings are available for either a one-time, weekly, bi-weekly, or every 4 week cleaning services. We can accommodate mornings, afternoons and late afternoons. While we can commit to a specific recurring time and date for your cleaning services, please allow grace for arrival times between 10 – 15 minutes depending on the driving variables our techs encounter everyday.
