House cleaning price calculator
Extras, tick what applies
$140 + 1 × $20 + 1 × $35
This is an example to calculate from. You set your own price.
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House cleaning price list
These are the starting prices OnsiteBoard gives a new house cleaning account. Change any of them for your area.
| Service | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Standard clean (up to 2 bed / 1 bath) | $140 |
| Deep clean (up to 2 bed / 1 bath) | $250 |
| Move-in / move-out clean (up to 2 bed / 1 bath) | $290 |
| Extra bedroom | $20 |
| Extra bathroom | $35 |
| Short-term rental turnover | $120 |
| Post-construction clean | $0.30 / sq ft |
| Cleaning labor | $50 / hr |
| Inside oven | $35 |
| Inside fridge | $35 |
| Inside cabinets | $40 |
| Interior windows | $6 each |
| Blinds | $8 each |
| Laundry / linens | $20 a load |
| Pet hair | $25 |
| Carpet cleaning | $55 a room |
House cleaning pricing guide
A price for a clean has three parts: the size of the home, the kind of clean, and the extras. Decide each one once, write it down as a price list, and a quote becomes a matter of counting rooms and ticking boxes. The calculator above does that count with the starting prices of a new OnsiteBoard account; put your own in their place.
Price per bedroom and bathroom
Many cleaners set a base price for a small home and add a fixed amount for each bedroom and each bathroom above it. Bathrooms usually carry the larger amount, because they take longer than a bedroom of the same size. The customer can work the price out from the listing of their own home, and you can quote on the phone without seeing it. Say in the quote what the base covers, for example the kitchen, the living areas and the floors, so nobody has to guess whether the hallway was included.
House cleaning rates: by the hour or by the job
A price by the job tells the customer the number before you start, and it rewards you for getting quicker. A rate by the hour protects you when you cannot tell how long a home will take: a first visit, a home that has not been cleaned in a long while, a job after building work. Some cleaners use both: a job price for regular visits and an hourly rate for anything they have not seen. If you price by the square foot instead of by the room, keep one price per square foot for each kind of clean, and write the size you were given on the quote.
Extras and add-ons
The inside of the oven, the inside of the fridge, the inside of cabinets, interior windows, laundry and pet hair are the extras customers ask for most. Give each its own price and its own line. An extra that is priced and listed can be said yes or no to; an extra that is folded into the base price gets asked for free. Things you count, such as windows or loads of laundry, are easier to price each than as one sum.
First clean and repeat visits
A first visit to a home takes longer than the visits after it. Many cleaners price the first one as a deep clean and move to the standard price from the second visit on. If you give a lower price for a regular schedule, put the discount on the quote as its own line with the schedule next to it, so the customer sees what changes if they cancel the schedule.
House cleaning price questions
Should I charge by the hour or by the job?
How do I price a first clean?
Do I charge more for a deep clean?
How do I price extras like the oven and the fridge?
What do I do when the home is bigger than I was told?
This is general information, not tax or legal advice.
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