Your trusted house cleaning company can help with even more than you might think
House cleaning services may offer a wide variety of additional cleaning services for your home.
Pricing varies widely depending on various factors, but cleaning services will often provide free estimates for things that aren’t on their pricing schedule.
House cleaners can tackle annual projects, like appliance cleaning, as well as weekly and monthly cleaning tasks, like cleaning baseboards.
Keeping up with all the cleaning and maintenance tasks in your home is no easy feat. After all, tidying up after dinner each night is one thing, but add in all the other deep cleaning tasks on your plate each season, and it’s no wonder things slip through the cracks.
Never fear: Professional cleaning services can help you tackle these and many other items on your to-do list. In fact, you can often ask your local cleaning service to perform additional cleaning tasks outside of their regular routine so your home stays running smoothly.
While not every cleaning service will be able to tackle all of these tasks, it’s worth asking about these additional cleaning services to get them off of your plate and into the hands of a professional.
Baseboards are rarely on anyone’s weekly (or even monthly) to-do list. And while they’re often neglected, that doesn’t mean they’re not quietly sitting around your home collecting dust, dirt, and grime each day.
By the time your baseboards are dirty enough for you to notice, they may require more than a quick wipe to restore them to their former glory. Lucky for you, most home cleaning services offer baseboard cleaning as an additional service—you just have to call and set it up.
Typical cost: $25–$75
Laundry is a fact of life and one that’s endlessly on repeat. If you find that you need help getting out from under a mountain of clothes, your house cleaning service could be the miracle you’ve been waiting for.
“As a homeowner, make sure to have specific guidelines for how you would like your laundry washed, including cold or hot water and delicate or regular cycle,” said Asya Biddle, Angi Expert Review Board member and manager of The Dustbusters, a family-owned and operated janitorial company in Williamsport, PA.
When arranged beforehand, your house cleaners will likely load the washer and let it run while they go about the business of cleaning your home. Additionally, if you leave fresh linens out, your cleaning team can also swap out your bed linens, replace them with a fresh set, and launder the old ones for you.
Typical cost: $5–$20 (per load)
We’re all guilty of it: When we don't know what to do with something, we shove it in a closet, a basement, or a garage where it's out of sight, out of mind. These spaces make great catch-alls, but eventually, they'll become too cluttered to find anything when you need it.
When it's time to get the clutter under control, a cleaning service might be a great place to look for help. While basements and garages might be something you only need to be spruced up seasonally or annually, you can also engage a cleaning team for more frequent projects like getting your pantry organized or doing a deep dive into your kid's playroom.
Typical cost: $55–$100 per hour
Short and long-term rentals can be difficult to manage on a good day. And when you add in the minutiae of cleaning and maintenance between guests and renters, that’s a lot for anyone to handle.
Luckily, home cleaning services often offer vacation and property rental cleaning as additional cleaning services. A good team can take care of the cleanup between guests, and you’re on to the next, no fuss, no muss. Similarly, cleaning services can also help with move-in and move-out deep cleaning.
Cost: $175–$500
If you’re hoping that hiring a cleaning service is your way out of cleaning your oven’s interior, you’re technically not wrong. House cleaning businesses do offer this service, but it’s usually an add-on or only done during deep cleaning.
So, yes, you can skip the time-consuming task of cleaning your oven, but you’ll have to pay extra. Similarly, cleaning services are a great place to look for help cleaning kitchen cabinets, as well as the interiors of your fridge and freezer, but again, it will cost you.
Cost: $20–$80 (per appliance)
Between flying grease in your kitchen and scuffs from moving, your walls can get a bit worse for wear. However, washing your walls is a task that can often fall by the wayside in your typical cleaning routine. This task is considered deep cleaning (with good reason!) and will be classified as an additional service for your cleaning company.
Your cleaning pro will wipe down your walls for an extra fee, making the whole house look cleaner. The cost you’ll pay for wall cleaning will depend on the size of your home and even the materials of your walls.
Cost: $170–$480
A remodeling project is always a great way to add value to your home, but post-project cleanup is not always easy. Not only are you likely dealing with a lot of dust and debris, but there may be all sorts of sticky residue and paints that you may not know how to handle.
This might be a good job for experts, and lucky for you, many cleaning services offer post-construction cleanup as an additional cleaning service. However, speak with your remodeling contractor first—they may handle a lot of cleanup themselves.
Cost: $275–$696
While cleaning services offer a wide variety of services, carpet cleaning is usually never included, but that doesn't mean it's not on the menu, so to speak. If it's time for an annual carpet cleaning, you can certainly ask your house cleaning service to help you tick this one off your house cleaning checklist.
If they don't offer it, not to worry; you can also contact a local carpet cleaning service for this task.
"We always refer our customers to a professional carpet cleaning service,” Biddle said. “The service utilizes commercial cleaners and equipment that are more effective at removing debris, dirt, and any surface that may lead to bacteria and mold growth."
Cost: $120–$230
Like carpet cleaning, window cleaning is usually never part of a standard cleaning package, but again, the service may be available to you; you just have to ask. The cost for window cleaning is often based on the number of windows, any special equipment required, and the number of windows in the home. Note that this often involves cleaning the interior window and the sill, but will vary by company.
More often than not, the cleaning service can provide a free estimate, especially if you’re already a customer. If you’re looking for external window washing, and the cleaning company doesn’t offer it, you can also speak to a local window cleaning company for that additional service.
Cost: $150–$300
Keep in mind that cleaning services often branch out into commercial cleaning as well. So, if your place of business is in need of office cleaning, house cleaning services are a good jumping-off point in your search for a provider. Prices will, of course, vary widely depending on the size of your office and the cleaning tasks involved, so your best bet is to request a quote.
