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Deep Home Cleaning
Has it been a long time since your home had a professional cleaning? Want one thorough clean before switching to regular cleaning, or ready for a top-to-bottom spring clean? Your cleaner will do the standard cleaning tasks in your lived-in home, then tackle the spots that are easy to overlook day to day: baseboards, door frames, window sills and tracks, light fixtures and vents, under furniture, bathroom grout and buildup, and kitchen grease. If needed, you can also add cleaning inside the fridge, oven or cabinets, interior windows or wall washing when you book.
- Service area
- Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond
Common issues
It's been a while since a professional cleaning
You've only done quick tidy-ups for a long time, and dirt has built up in the detail areas, kitchen and bathroom. You want it all properly cleaned in one go.
Before switching to regular cleaning
Some cleaning companies suggest doing one deep cleaning first, then keeping things up with regular cleaning. This is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Buildup on bathroom glass, tile and grout
Scrubbing tile surfaces and grout grime, and treating soap scum and hard-water deposits. Loose or missing grout, or grout that needs regrouting, is a different type of job.
Grease on the stovetop and range hood exterior
Degreasing the stovetop, burners, backsplash, cabinet doors and range hood exterior, and washing removable metal filters. The inside of the range hood and the ductwork are not part of this service.
Want the fridge, oven or cabinets cleaned too
When you book, you can add the inside of the fridge, inside of the oven, inside cabinets, interior windows, blinds or wall washing.
What the pro will do
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Share your address, home type, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, when it was last professionally cleaned, how dirty it is, any add-ons, your oven and fridge types, any special surface materials, the age of the home and any known peeling paint, plus entry, parking and elevator arrangements. Photos can help show the situation. Your cleaner confirms the cleaning scope and price.
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On site, your cleaner works room by room from higher areas down to the floor, doing the standard cleaning tasks first, then the detail areas, bathroom buildup and kitchen grease. Add-ons are done within the scope confirmed in advance.
- 3
Your cleaner uses products and methods suited to each material, testing in a hidden spot first when needed. If they find mould spots, rodent droppings, peeling paint or suspect older materials, damage, large furniture or appliances that need moving, or areas beyond a safe working height, your cleaner will stop that part of the work and explain it to you.
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When finished, your cleaner goes over what was done, any areas that couldn't be done, and any marks that couldn't be removed because of existing wear or material limits. Afterwards, you can switch to regular cleaning if you'd like.
Good to know
Empty the fridge and put away clutter
If you've added fridge or inside-cabinet cleaning, please empty them ahead of time or tell your cleaner how to handle the food. Also put away fragile items, valuables and small loose items.
Share appliance and material details
Whether your oven is a standard, self-cleaning or steam clean model, whether your fridge shelves have LED lights, and what your countertops, floors, blinds and wall paint are made of all affect which products and methods can be used. If you have model numbers or care instructions, please share them ahead of time.
Let the oven cool completely
Before oven cleaning, please turn the oven off, let it cool completely and take out any pans. If you have pet birds or family members sensitive to odours, please move them away ahead of time and keep the area ventilated.
Fresh paint and older home surfaces
Please tell your cleaner ahead of time about any walls painted within the past two weeks. Homes built before 1960 likely have lead paint; interior and exterior paint from 1960 to 1990 may also contain small amounts of lead; and homes built before 1990 may have asbestos materials. If there is peeling paint or damaged ceilings or floor tiles, please point out where they are ahead of time. Your cleaner will only gently wipe intact surfaces.
Pets and people with allergies
Keep pets separated during cleaning and let them back in only once floors and surfaces are fully dry. Family members with allergies or asthma may want to stay away during the cleaning as much as possible.
Local tips
Many Metro Vancouver homes were built in or before 1990
More than half of rental units in Metro Vancouver were built in or before 1990. Older homes may have lead paint or asbestos materials. The risk is lower when the materials are intact; peeling or damaged areas need to be handled separately.
Bathroom buildup isn't always hard-water scale
Most of Metro Vancouver is supplied by regional reservoirs, and the City of Vancouver's annual report describes the regional water source as naturally soft; White Rock uses groundwater. Bathroom buildup can be soap scum, water spots or mineral scale, and your cleaner will treat it based on the actual surface.
Building fobs, keys and guest access
Different strata buildings have different rules on handing over fobs or keys, or letting visitors into common areas. Before booking, please check your building's rules and provide concierge, parking and elevator details.
Exterior window cleaning is arranged separately
If your building follows BC's Standard Bylaws for strata, exterior windows fall under strata maintenance, though rules can vary from building to building. This service doesn't cover exterior windows; interior window glass is available as an add-on.
This service covers only deep cleaning of lived-in, furnished homes, plus add-ons confirmed in advance. It does not include: move-in/move-out or post-renovation cleaning; carpet and upholstery steam cleaning; exterior windows; work at heights where a fall of 3 m or more is possible, above stairwells, or that needs a work platform or fall protection; the inside of range hoods and ductwork; regrouting; stone and surface restoration; running oven self-clean programs or defrosting on your behalf; moving heavy items and large appliances; scraping or cleaning up peeling paint and suspected asbestos materials; mould spot removal or mould remediation; biohazards, animal waste, rodent droppings or post-pest cleanup; hoarding cleanup and junk removal; commercial cleaning; and short-term rental turnover cleaning. Deep cleaning can greatly improve built-up grime, but existing wear such as etching, scratches, dents, fading, permanent hard-water stains or grout discolouration won't be reversed by cleaning.
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