Cobb County, GA

House cleaning in Marietta, GA

Marietta covers a wider range of housing than most Cobb County cities. There are antebellum and Victorian houses around the Square and along Kennesaw Avenue, a very large stock of mid century brick ranches through the middle of the city and newer construction spreading east toward the Johnson Ferry corridor. The age gap between those three is close to a century.

We work across the city on one off visits and repeating schedules. The most common request here is a deep clean on a house that has been in one family for a long time, followed by a regular schedule. Long occupancy is the reason: kitchens that have been cooked in daily for twenty years hold grease on cabinet doors and range hood filters that a standard visit does not have time to reach.

Housing here

A large share of Marietta housing is mid century brick ranch on a crawlspace, with older historic homes near the Square and newer two story construction toward East Cobb.

Coverage

Neighborhoods and areas we cover in Marietta

If your street is not named here, call and ask.

  • Marietta Square
  • Kennesaw Avenue
  • Whitlock Avenue
  • East Cobb
  • Chestnut Hill
  • Fair Oaks
  • Sandtown

Local conditions

What the housing here needs

What cleaning a Marietta home involves

The brick ranch is the defining property type here and it comes with a specific set of surfaces. Single story layouts on crawlspaces, hardwood or original oak under carpet in the bedrooms, tiled hall bathrooms with mid century ceramic and kitchens that have usually been remodeled at least once. A ranch is quick to clean when it is in good order and slow when it is not, because everything is on one level and there is nowhere to stage equipment.

Crawlspace houses also bring a humidity problem that two story homes on slabs do not have as badly. Air moves up from the crawlspace through floor penetrations, which is why baseboards and closet floors in older Marietta ranches can hold a musty film even in a house that is otherwise well kept. Those surfaces get washed rather than wiped and closet floors are part of the deep clean list here more often than elsewhere.

Historic houses near the Square and along Kennesaw Avenue need a different approach again. Original heart pine floors, painted plaster, wood windows with wavy glass and older painted trim all limit what can be used on them. Nothing abrasive touches those surfaces and painted trim in a house of that age gets tested in a low visibility spot before anything is worked across a whole run.

Yards are the other Marietta factor. Cobb County lots are generous and heavily wooded with oak and pine and the red clay underneath comes into the house on shoes, paws and sports equipment. Clay is the hardest common household soil to remove because it is fine enough to sit inside a grout line and it stains light tile. Entry floors, grout at the door lines and mudroom areas get worked directly here rather than covered by a general floor pass.

For move cleaning, East Cobb rental turnover concentrates in the summer around the school calendar. If you are working to a lease end date in June or July, book earlier than you would expect, because that is the busiest window in this part of the county.

Questions

Marietta questions

We also work nearby in Roswell and Sandy Springs.

Do you clean older historic homes near Marietta Square?
Yes. Original heart pine floors, plaster and older painted trim limit what can be used on them, so nothing abrasive goes on those surfaces and products are tested in a low visibility spot before a full run.
Why do baseboards and closet floors need more work in an older Marietta ranch?
Ranches on crawlspaces pull humid air up through floor penetrations, which leaves a film low on the wall and on closet floors. Those surfaces get washed rather than dusted and they are part of the deep clean list in these houses more often than in newer builds.
Can red clay be removed from tile and grout?
Most of it, yes, with a brush and the right product rather than a mop. Clay that has sat in unsealed grout for years may lighten rather than disappear and we will tell you which one you have once we have worked a test area.
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