House Cleaning in Newark

What house cleaning covers

• Every bedroom and bathroom in the house, not only the main floor
• Kitchen counters, the island where there is one, the stovetop, the sink and the fronts of the fridge, oven and dishwasher
• Floors vacuumed and mopped, stairs and hallways between floors included
• Beds made, and sheets changed when you leave clean ones out
• Trash emptied room by room and the liners replaced
• Mirrors, glass doors and the marks around the light switches

What is usually not included

• The garage, the attic and unfinished basement space
• Laundry: washing, folding and putting clothes away is usually priced separately
• Windows from the outside, plus screens and gutters

When to book house cleaning

This is the regular clean most homes book every week, every two weeks or once a month. If the home has not been cleaned in a long time, ask for a deep clean the first time and then switch to this.

How long it takes

Bathrooms usually drive the time more than bedrooms do, so a three-bathroom house runs longer than a bigger house with one. A half bath off the hallway goes fast; a full bath with a tub and a glass shower door is what stretches the visit.

What makes the price go up

• A third or fourth bathroom, which adds more time than another bedroom
• Stairs and a second floor, since equipment and water go up and down
• Carpet on the stairs and in the bedrooms, which takes longer than hard floors
• A monthly visit usually costs more than the same house done weekly

What to ask before you book

• Do you bring a vacuum up to the second floor, or is it easier if I keep one upstairs?
• Is it the same person every time, or does it change week to week?
• What happens if I need to skip a week or move the day?

What house cleaning looks like in Newark

In Newark a lot of the housing is two- and three-family houses with a unit on each floor, plus older apartment buildings and some blocks of rowhouses. The blocks are built right up to the sidewalk, so what comes off the street lands first: salt in winter, street dust the rest of the year, on the sills, the stoop and the entry floor.

Shared hallways and stairs in a two- or three-family house are their own question, and it has to be settled up front: what is inside the unit and what is not. Parking and street access shape when a visit can happen. Window sills and entry floors need more attention than the rest of the home.