What's on a deep cleaning checklist? (printable)
A deep cleaning checklist adds the detail work a standard clean skips: hand-wiped baseboards, door frames, and switch plates; scrubbed build-up in bathrooms and the kitchen; wiped vent covers; and the edges and corners routine visits miss. It is what we do on your first visit, and it runs standard plus sixty percent.
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What a deep cleaning checklist actually covers
A deep clean is not a faster version of a standard clean — it is a slower, more thorough one. A standard visit keeps up the surfaces you touch every week: counters, sinks, toilets, floors, and the visible dust. A deep clean goes after everything underneath and behind that, the build-up and detail work that no quick weekly pass ever reaches.
That is why a deep clean takes longer and costs more. By policy it runs standard plus sixty percent, and your first visit with us is always a deep clean — we bring the whole home to a clean baseline so every routine visit afterward stays light. You can see your own flat-rate price in about a minute on the pricing page.
Use the checklist below to know exactly what to expect, whether you are hiring it out or working through it yourself. It lists the jobs a deep clean adds on top of a normal tidy, room by room. Add-ons like inside the oven, inside the fridge, inside cabinets, and interior windows are extra and are not part of the base deep clean.
What a deep clean adds beyond a standard clean
Every item here is something a routine visit skips for time. A deep clean works each of these by hand, top to bottom, so nothing gets a quick spray-and-wipe.
- Baseboards are hand-wiped along their full length, not just spot-dusted, to lift the grime and pet hair that settle where the wall meets the floor.
- Door frames, door tops, and the doors themselves are wiped down, since these collect a film of dust and handprints that a weekly clean never touches.
- Light switch plates, outlet covers, and around handles and knobs are cleaned, because these high-touch spots hold the most fingerprints and grime in the house.
- Bathroom build-up is scrubbed out — soap scum on glass and tile, hard-water scale on fixtures, and the grout lines where mildew takes hold in our humidity.
- Kitchen build-up is degreased, including the backsplash, the range hood, cabinet fronts, and the greasy film that settles on surfaces around the stove.
- Vent covers, supply and return registers, and ceiling-fan blades are wiped, trapping the airborne dust that recirculates through every room.
- Edges, corners, and along the baseboards are vacuumed and detailed, the perimeter strips that a center-of-the-room pass always leaves behind.
- Hand-wiped surfaces throughout — windowsills, blinds, ledges, and the tops of frames and trim — get individual attention instead of a single quick dusting.
Why a deep clean matters more in Savannah
Our coastal climate makes deep-clean detail work pay off faster here than almost anywhere. From late winter through spring, oak and pine pollen coats sills, blinds, fan blades, and vent covers in a yellow-green dust — exactly the surfaces a deep clean hand-wipes rather than skips. Trapping that pollen with a damp cloth keeps it from recirculating all season.
Savannah's humidity is the other reason build-up gets ahead of you. Bathrooms and kitchens grow mildew in grout and along caulk lines, and a standard visit rarely has time to scrub it back. A deep clean treats that build-up directly. Homes nearer the marsh also pick up a fine salt film on glass and fixtures that dulls shine until it is wiped down.
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- Every deep-clean job a standard visit skips, in order
- Baseboards, door frames, build-up, vents, edges, and detail work
- The Savannah pollen, humidity, and salt-air extras built in
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FAQ
Common questions
What is included in a deep clean that a standard clean leaves out?
A deep clean adds the detail work a standard visit skips for time: hand-wiped baseboards, door frames, and switch plates; scrubbed soap scum, hard-water scale, and mildew in bathrooms; degreased kitchen surfaces and range hood; wiped vent covers and fan blades; and the edges and corners a quick pass misses.
How much more does a deep clean cost than a standard clean?
By our pricing policy a deep clean runs your standard price plus sixty percent, because it takes longer and reaches far more surfaces. It is flat-rate, so you see the exact number for your home before you book. Just enter your details on the pricing page to see your price.
Is the first cleaning always a deep clean?
Yes. Your very first visit with us is always a deep clean, no matter which plan you choose. That first pass brings the whole home to a clean baseline so every recurring visit afterward stays lighter and faster to maintain.
Are inside the oven, fridge, and windows part of the deep clean?
No, those are add-ons and cost extra. The base deep clean covers baseboards, build-up, vents, and detail work throughout the home. Inside the oven, inside the fridge, inside cabinets, and interior windows can be added on when you book if you want them done.
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