Cleaning is priced on time and time is set by the condition of the property rather than by its floor area. That single fact explains most of the confusion when a homeowner collects three quotes and finds they are far apart. Two companies looking at the same house can reach different numbers because they are estimating different amounts of work, not because one of them is trying it on.
The figures below are typical market ranges for the Georgia metro, given as context for comparing quotes. They are not All Clean Pro prices. For an exact number on your property, request a quote.
What the market typically charges
Across the Atlanta metro and the larger Georgia cities, residential cleaning is normally quoted in one of three ways: a flat rate for the job, an hourly rate per cleaner or a rate derived from bedroom and bathroom count. Flat rate is the most common for recurring work because both sides know what the number is in advance. Hourly is more common for one off deep cleans, where nobody can be certain how long a property will take until the work starts.
As a rough frame, standard recurring cleaning of a mid sized home in this market is usually quoted in the low to mid hundreds of dollars per visit, deep cleaning of the same property commonly runs one and a half to two and a half times a standard visit and move out cleaning of an empty property tends to land near the deep cleaning figure or above it. Post construction work is normally quoted separately after a site visit, because the dust load varies far too much to estimate blind.
Treat those as bands rather than as numbers. Any company giving you a firm figure over the phone without asking about bathrooms, pets, flooring and the date of the last full clean is guessing and a guess that comes in low is the most expensive kind of quote, because it either gets revised on the day or it gets delivered as a short visit.
The six things that move the price most
Bathroom count, not square footage
A bathroom is the densest hour in any house. A toilet cleaned inside, outside, around the base and behind the seat hinges, a shower or tub scrubbed, glass treated, a vanity, a mirror, a floor and the edges around it. None of that is fast and none of it can be done with a machine. Two homes of identical square footage can differ by well over an hour on bathroom count alone. When you compare quotes, compare what each company assumed about bathrooms.
How long since the last full clean
This is the factor homeowners most often leave out of the conversation and it is the one that moves the number most. A home cleaned every other week holds at a level where each visit is short and predictable. A home that has not had a full clean in a year needs to be pulled back a long way first, which is a different service. If the honest answer is that it has been a while, say so and expect the first visit to be quoted as deep cleaning rather than as a standard clean.
Flooring type and quantity
Hard floors are vacuumed and then mopped, which is two passes. Carpet is vacuumed, which is one pass but slower per square foot on stairs and edges. Original hardwood in an older home takes longer than new engineered plank because it needs a crevice pass along the board gaps and a damp clean with drying rather than a wet mop. Large format tile shows streaks under downlights and has to be worked in sections. None of these are exotic requirements and they all cost time.
Pets and people
Pet hair changes vacuuming from one pass to several and it collects along baseboards, under furniture edges and on upholstery in a way that dust does not. Children add surface clutter, which is not the cleaner's job to sort but is time spent moving things to reach the surface underneath. Both are normal, both are quotable and neither should be a surprise on the day.
Levels, stairs and basements
A three level house is not a two level house with more area. Equipment has to be staged on each level and two flights of carpeted stairs with spindles and rails take longer than a bedroom. A finished basement is effectively another floor, often with its own bathroom and its own flooring type. If a quote does not mention your basement, the company that gave it has not counted it.
Frequency
Per visit, a recurring schedule is normally the lowest cost way to have a home cleaned, because each visit starts from a better baseline. That is a genuine efficiency rather than a discount. A home on recurring cleaning every other week never accumulates the build up that makes a visit run long, so the visit stays short and the price stays stable.
What is normally quoted as an extra
- Inside the oven, which needs product and dwell time
- Inside the refrigerator, which has to be emptied first
- Interior window glass, sills and tracks
- Cabinet interiors, which need to be empty to clean
- Wall washing beyond spot cleaning marks
- Garages, screened porches, sunrooms and finished basements
None of these are unreasonable exclusions. They are jobs that would otherwise take time out of the rest of the house without anyone agreeing to it. What matters is that they are stated. A quote that lists what is not included is easier to compare than one that lists only what is.
How to compare three quotes properly
- Give all three companies the same information: bedrooms, bathrooms, levels, flooring types, pets and how long since the last full clean
- Ask each one what is excluded, in writing
- Ask whether the number is per visit or per hour and per how many cleaners
- Ask what happens if the property takes longer than estimated
- Ask whether the first visit is quoted as a deep clean and why
- Compare the three on scope first and on price second
A quote that is materially cheaper than the other two is usually cheaper for a reason you can identify from the scope. Sometimes the reason is fine: a smaller crew, a longer window, no oven. Sometimes the reason is that the estimate assumes a house in better condition than yours. Either way the scope tells you before the invoice does.
Getting an exact number for your home
We quote from the details of the property rather than from a table. The quote form asks for the ZIP code, the service, the bedroom and bathroom count and a notes field and the notes field is the one that matters most. Tell us about the pets, the basement, the flooring, the screened porch and the date of the last full clean and the number you get back will be the number.
If you would rather talk it through, call. It usually takes a few minutes to work out whether you need a standard house cleaning visit or a deep clean first and that single decision moves the price more than anything else on this page.