House Cleaning Prices - What To Expect 

Are you considering the use of a house cleaning service or maid service and wondering what to expect? If so, this article will give you some good tips and advice on house cleaning prices and services.

What Is Included

Several different factors go into the cost of housecleaning, such as the size of your home, cleaning frequency, home condition, number of rooms and other minor factors.

Generally speaking, a typical house cleaning will include:

• Vacuuming
  
  
• Dusting
  
  
• Bathroom cleaning
  
  
• Kitchen cleaning
  
  
• Floors
  
  
• Microwave
  
  
• All countertops
  
  
• Laundry
  
  
• Bed linen changing

Optional services that will result in extra charges may include:

• Refrigerator or oven cleaning
  
  
• Mini blind cleaning
  
  
• Window washing or wall washing
  
  
• Basement cleaning
  
  
• Garage cleaning
  
  
• Pool cleaning (if offered at all)

What You Can Expect

After making an appointment with the house cleaning service you can expect the employee's to arrive with all cleaning supplies. They will work around whatever you are doing at home, but be sure to try and stay out of their way. When they have completed the job, you can look everything over to be sure it meets your satisfaction. You can also request additional services as well.

Whether you want to be at home is entirely up to you. Leaving a key for the cleaning service to use is an option, although I would not recommend that until you have used the service a few times and know what to expect from them. Just be sure not to miss the appointment time or you may incur a lockout fee from the cleaning service.

The payment process can go one of two ways, either at the time of completed service in person, or over the phone with a credit card. You can even pre-pay in some cases if you are a regular customer.

What Are House Cleaning Prices

As mentioned earlier, there are many factors which go into the cost of house cleaning, but generally speaking the rates should typically cost:

• $50-$125 for a one bedroom apartment
  
  
• $75-$175 for a two bedroom apartment with six rooms
  
  
• $75-$250 for a 1000-1500 sq ft home with seven rooms
  
  
• $150-$400 for a 2000-2500 sq ft home with two stories and nine rooms.

Home larger than this will usually always be custom quoted.

Discounts are offered on bi-weekly or weekly cleanings in most all cases. If you are not offered a discounted rate for multiple monthly cleanings, go with a different house cleaning service.

Finally, before you decide on any one particular service, be sure you check the company out. Look online for any discussions about the company. You can also check your local BBB. This will reduce your chances of using the wrong service.