The guides
- What a house cleaning includes
Room by room, what a standard visit covers, what a deep cleaning adds, what cleaners do not do, and a checklist you can print.
- Deep cleaning vs regular cleaning
The two side by side: what each covers, how long each takes, how often to book each one, and how a first visit usually works.
- Tipping house cleaners
Whether to tip, what is customary, how it changes for a one-time job, a regular cleaner or the holidays, and cash versus app.
- How to prepare for a house cleaning
What to do before the cleaners arrive: pick up, settle pets, put away valuables, sort out keys and parking, and what you can skip.
Start with the question you have
New to hiring a cleaner? Read what a house cleaning includes first; it sets the baseline for what every visit covers and what is an add-on or a different service. Then read deep cleaning vs regular cleaning to decide which to book: most homes that have gone months without a professional cleaning start with a deep cleaning and hold the result with weekly or biweekly visits. Already booked? How to prepare is the one to read the night before, and the tipping guide answers the question people search for on the day.
Where the guides fit with the rest of the site
The guides explain general practice. The services pages say exactly what we do in each kind of visit, with room-by-room lists for weekly and biweekly cleaning and deep cleaning, and the pricing page explains how we quote and the sales tax in each county. When you are ready, the quote form takes a few minutes, and we usually reply the same day.
No guide states a price or a policy for our own visits. Where a question depends on how we work, the guide says what to tell us or ask us when you book.
Common questions about these guides
Are these guides about Simply Neat Cleaners or about house cleaning in general?
Both. Each guide describes how house cleaning generally works, so the advice holds whichever company you hire. Where the answer depends on your home or on our own list, the guide points to the service page or says what to tell us when you book.
Which guide should I read before asking for a quote?
Read what a house cleaning includes, then deep cleaning vs regular cleaning. Between them they answer the two questions the quote form asks: which service, and how often. Not sure after that? Choose Not sure yet in the form and describe the home.
Do the guides say what a cleaning costs?
No. They explain what changes the time a visit takes, which is what sets the price, but every home is quoted on its own. The pricing page covers what goes into a quote and the sales tax in each county. The quote itself is free, through the quote form.
Can I print a guide?
Yes. Every page on this site prints from the browser. The checklist in what a house cleaning includes is laid out as a table for that reason: mark the rooms and items that matter most, then carry the same notes into the quote form.
