One of the first questions I get when someone calls for a quote is, "Do I need a deep clean or just a regular cleaning?" After four years of cleaning homes across St. Louis and the Metro East, I can tell you the answer depends on when your home was last cleaned top to bottom — and what you want it to feel like afterward. Here's how the two compare.
What a routine cleaning covers. A routine cleaning keeps a home that's already in good shape looking and feeling fresh. It usually includes dusting reachable surfaces, wiping down kitchen counters and the outside of appliances, cleaning and sanitizing bathrooms, making beds, emptying trash, and vacuuming and mopping floors. It's about maintenance — keeping dust, grime, and clutter from building up.
What a deep cleaning adds. A deep cleaning goes after the build-up that everyday cleaning doesn't reach. Think baseboards, door frames and light switches, ceiling fan blades, vent covers, the insides of the microwave and oven, cabinet fronts, grout lines, soap scum and hard-water spots in showers, behind and under furniture that can be moved, and window sills and tracks. It takes longer, and it's more detailed.
When a deep clean makes sense. Book a deep cleaning if it's been several months since your home was thoroughly cleaned, before or after the holidays, when you're getting ready to host family, after a renovation, after a long illness in the house, or as a spring (or fall) reset. It's also the best way to start with a new cleaner, because it brings everything up to a standard that routine visits can then maintain.
When routine cleaning is enough. If your home is cleaned regularly and you just want to keep up with daily life — kids, pets, work, and busy weeks — routine cleaning on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedule is usually the right fit and the better value over time.
The approach most of our clients take. Start with one deep cleaning to catch up on everything, then switch to routine visits on whatever schedule fits your household. That way each regular visit is spent keeping your home clean, not catching up.
Home Sweet Clean offers both Deep Cleaning and Routine Cleaning in St. Louis, Granite City, Collinsville, and Edwardsville. New clients receive 20% off Commercial Cleaning. Call (618) 250-9789 or request a free quote online and tell me a little about your home.