Cleaning-industry pricing has a reputation problem: vague quotes, phone-tag "specials," and a final number that appears only after you're committed. We built our process to be the opposite — our pricing is published, the factors are explainable, and this page is the whole explanation.
The four factors
Every quote we give comes from the same four inputs:
- The type of home. Single-story, two-story, townhome, or apartment — layout drives how long a clean takes (stairs, bathroom counts, and floor plans matter more than square footage alone).
- The rooms. The number and kind of bedrooms and bathrooms is the best predictor of cleaning time there is — bathrooms especially, since each one is its own small project.
- The service. A recurring maintenance clean, a first-time deep clean, a move-out — same house, genuinely different jobs, priced as what they are → the difference explained → Regular Cleaning vs. Deep Cleaning: Which One Does Your Home Need?
- The condition. A maintained home and a hasn't-been-cleaned-in-a-year home need different hours. Most homes are normal; the exceptions deserve honest scoping rather than a surprise on the day.
The process
Start with the published price for your home's size and the service you need — a real range, in writing, before anyone calls you. Then a short phone estimate pins it down; for normal homes and normal circumstances, we'll typically book you the same day at standard rates. For genuinely heavy first cleans, we come look in person — a walkthrough where we explain the process, inspect each room, and give you a firm number before anything is scheduled. Nobody benefits from a quote that guesses.
And because the ranges shouldn't be a secret either, they're published, service by service, on our pricing pages — read them before you ever talk to us → Deep cleaning prices · Customized cleaning prices · Move-in and move-out prices
Why per-home pricing beats flat rates
Flat-rate pricing sounds simpler, but it means someone's subsidizing someone: small tidy homes overpay so large first-cleans can underpay. Per-home pricing means your number reflects your house — and it's why our recurring clients' rates settle down as their homes reach maintained baseline (the deep-first sequence, explained → Deep Cleaning or Regular Cleaning: Which Should You Book First?).
Questions the estimate doesn't cover — unusual homes, add-ons, scheduling — are what the phone call is for. Ask anything; the answer will be a number, not a pitch → Contact us
