The right tip for a house cleaner depends on two things: the type of cleaning and how often the cleaner visits. Below, you’ll find tip amounts for one-time, deep, move-out, and recurring cleanings, plus holiday tips, the $200 cleaning example, and how to split a...
The right cleaning frequency depends on how fast your home generates mess, not on what your neighbor chose. Weekly cleaning suits high-traffic households with kids or pets. Biweekly cleaning fits most standard households and is the most common schedule homeowners...
A move-out cleaning typically takes 2 to 8 hours, depending on the size of the home and how deep the clean needs to be. A studio or one-bedroom apartment usually takes 2 to 4 hours, while a larger 3- or 4-bedroom home can take 6 to 8 hours or more with a full team....
Yes, in most rental agreements. Your lease almost certainly requires you to return the unit in the same condition you received it, normal wear and tear excluded, and that condition clause almost always covers basic cleanliness. What “clean enough” actually...
A move-out cleaning checklist only matters if it matches what your landlord is actually going to check. This one is built around the areas Madison landlords and property managers inspect most closely at a final walkthrough, room by room, so you know where your...
A deep cleaning checklist is most useful as a way to spot what your regular cleaning has been skipping, not as a step-by-step manual for redoing the whole job yourself. Below is the same room-by-room list our team checks against in Madison homes. Go room by room, and...
A deep clean takes 3 to 9 hours for most homes, depending mainly on square footage and how long it has been since the last one. A typical 2,000 to 3,000 square foot home runs 5 to 8 hours with a trained two-person team. Below is the full breakdown by size, plus what...
Most homes need a deep clean every three to six months. Regular cleaning keeps the surface of your home in shape between visits, but dust and grime work their way into places routine cleaning never reaches: baseboards, cabinet fronts, behind appliances, window sills....
Drive down Grand Avenue on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll see what Sun Prairie’s growth looks like in real time: new subdivisions filling in where farmland used to be, retail construction underway on the west side, and a steady stream of moving trucks in...
By the time winter finally loosens its grip in Wisconsin, most homes in Cottage Grove are carrying months of hidden buildup. Even houses that were cleaned regularly tend to feel heavier after winter ends. Floors look dull. The air feels stale. Certain rooms just do...
