Service

Deep Cleaning in Georgia

A deep clean is a longer visit that goes after accumulated build up rather than surface mess. It reaches the places a standard clean has no time for and it is the visit that resets a home to a level a regular schedule can hold.

Cleaner scrubbing tile grout beside a bathtub with a hand brush

Scope

What it covers

Best forHomes that have not had a full clean in six months or more and any home starting a recurring schedule.

What a deep clean covers

The difference between a standard clean and a deep clean is not effort, it is reach. A standard visit cleans the surfaces you see and use. A deep clean cleans the surfaces you stopped seeing: the top edge of a door frame, the underside of a toilet tank, the seam where a tub meets the tile, the track a window slides in.

Most of a deep clean is hand work. Grout does not respond to a mop, it responds to a brush and time. Cabinet grease does not lift with a general purpose spray, it needs a degreaser and dwell time. Oven interiors need product left to sit before anything comes off. This is why a deep clean runs materially longer than a standard visit in the same house and why it is normally booked once rather than repeatedly.

In Georgia the two conditions that decide how long a deep clean takes are humidity and hard water. Bathrooms that vent badly develop a mildew film along ceiling corners, grout lines and the top of shower walls. Hard water leaves a mineral haze on glass doors and faucet bases that reads as permanently dirty glass and is not. Both come off and both take longer than most homeowners expect, which is the reason a deep clean is a separate booking rather than an upgrade on a standard one.

Once the deep clean is done, the home can be held at that level with shorter visits. Most clients move onto house cleaning afterward, either on request or on a fixed rhythm.

Checklist

What is included

If something on your property is not on this list, say so when you request a quote and we will price it in.

  • Baseboards, door frames and trim wiped by hand
  • Tile grout scrubbed in showers, tub surrounds and floors
  • Shower glass treated for hard water film and soap residue
  • Oven interior cleaned, including racks and the inside of the door glass
  • Refrigerator emptied, shelves and drawers washed and replaced
  • Cabinet fronts degreased, including the top edge of upper doors
  • Range hood filter degreased and the vent face cleaned
  • Window interiors, sills and tracks cleaned out
  • Ceiling fan blades, vent covers and light fixtures dusted
  • Behind and under moveable furniture vacuumed
  • Switch plates, handles and high touch points cleaned individually
  • Interior doors wiped on both faces

Process

How the visit works

  1. Assessment

    We walk the home and identify what needs the extra time. Grout, glass, appliance interiors and vents vary enormously between properties.

  2. Product goes on early

    Oven interiors, grout, shower glass and cabinet grease all need dwell time. Those are treated first so the chemistry works while other rooms are being cleaned.

  3. Hand work top to bottom

    Fans, vents, fixtures, frames, trim and baseboards are worked by hand from the ceiling down, so anything that falls is caught on the floor pass.

  4. Return and rinse

    We come back to everything left to soak, scrub it out, rinse it and dry it. Floors are cleaned last.

Before we arrive

How to prepare

  • Empty the refrigerator of anything you want to keep or discard yourself
  • Take fragile items off open shelves and mantels
  • Clear the floor of any closet or room you want reached
  • Point out grout, stone or any finish that has a product restriction
  • Allow more time in the home than a standard visit takes

Related

Related services and areas

A deep clean and a move in or move out clean overlap heavily, with one difference: a move clean assumes the property is empty and works inside every cabinet and closet. If the home is furnished and you are staying in it, this is the right service. Once it is done, recurring cleaning holds the result.

Deep cleans are common in Decatur bungalows where original tile and older grout hold decades of build up, in Sandy Springs condos where bathrooms vent into interior shafts and in Roswell homes with large kitchens that have been in daily use for years.

Questions

Deep Cleaning questions

How is a deep clean different from a standard clean?
A standard clean covers the surfaces in regular use. A deep clean adds the accumulated build up behind, under and inside those surfaces: grout, oven and refrigerator interiors, vents, window tracks, baseboards and the tops of cabinets. It takes considerably longer in the same house.
How often should a home get a deep clean?
Most homes on a regular schedule need one about once a year. Homes with no regular cleaning, heavy cooking, pets or several people sharing bathrooms tend to need one more often than that.
Can hard water stains on shower glass be removed?
Usually. Mineral film comes off with the right product and mechanical work. Glass that has been etched by years of deposit will improve but will not return to new and we will tell you which one you have when we see it.
Do you clean inside kitchen cabinets during a deep clean?
Cabinet exteriors and the top edge of upper doors are included. Interiors are cleaned when the cabinets are empty, which normally means a move in or move out clean. Ask when you request a quote if you want them emptied and done.
Will a deep clean remove mildew in a bathroom?
Surface mildew on grout, caulk and painted ceilings is cleaned. Growth that has gone into porous material or behind a wall is a remediation job for a licensed specialist and we will tell you if that is what we are looking at.

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