Cleaning Descriptions

House Cleaning Checklist

Your home is a highly personal space, so shouldn’t the way your home is cleaned be tailored to your needs? Each and every cleaning performed by McGuire’s Cleaning Service begins with a custom work order that our business owner Karen McGuire will work with you to create.

Whether you are looking for a one-time deep cleaning, or if you are interested in ongoing services, your first cleaning service as a McGuire’s client will be our Top-to-bottom deep cleaning to get all areas of your home to a maintenance level. Should you wish to continue services on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, smaller maintenance cleanings will keep your home looking its very best.

Top to Bottom Cleanings

At McGuire’s Cleaning Service our signature deep cleaning we refer to as “Top-to-bottom” cleanings. Top-to-bottom cleanings are just that, our skilled cleaning technicians clean each room from ceiling fans to baseboards and everything in between! These highly customizable cleanings are performed at our hourly rate, and ensure you are only paying for the time your team spends cleaning your home.

Ongoing Maintenance Cleanings

Ongoing maintenance cleanings take place after you have had your Top-to-bottom cleaning, with the goal of maintaining the deep cleaning achieved at your first service.

Ongoing cleanings are also highly customizable, and can be adapted to suit your budget. For instance, maybe you have guest rooms that are rarely used. We offer the option of alternating “half house” and “full house” cleanings so that these rooms are cleaned every other visit while heavily used rooms like your kitchen and baths would be cleaned each time.

There are standard items that happen in each and every room, and then there are particular items that are cleaned based on the type of room, and lastly we have special add-on items that can be added to any cleaning by request.

Standard Cleaning Tasks

In every single room a McGuire’s Cleaning technician will:

Cleaning Task Top-to-Bottom Cleaning Ongoing Maintenance Cleaning
Dust blinds ✓ ✓
Dust light fixtures ✓ ✓
Switch plates cleaned and sanitized ✓ ✓
Empty any wastebaskets ✓ ✓
Mirrors cleaned ✓ ✓
Dust all furniture top-to-bottom ✓ ✓
Hand-wipe and sanitize all flat surfaces ✓ ✓
Remove any cobwebs ✓ ✓
Dust ceiling fans ✓ ✓
Dust all window sills, ledges and frames ✓ ✓
Dust all door frames, inlets and tops of door ✓ ✓
Sliding glass door cleaned ✓ ✓
Door knobs sanitized ✓ ✓
Dust all picture frames, lamps and light fixtures including lampshades ✓ ✓
Wipe baseboard moldings by hand ✓ ✓
Vacuum all readily accessible floors ✓ ✓
Clean hard surface floors (vacuumed and damp mopped) ✓ ✓

 

Room Specific Maintenance Tasks

In addition to the above general cleaning tasks, we also have room specific tasks:

Kitchen

Kitchen Cleaning Task Included Optional Add-on
Table and chairs cleaned top-to-bottom ✓
All appliance exteriors cleaned and shined ✓
Fixtures cleaned and sanitized ✓
Top of refrigerator cleaned ✓
Window over sink spot checked ✓
Interior of the oven ✓
Interior of the refrigerator ✓
Cabinet exteriors thoroughly wiped down ✓(Top-to-Bottom Cleanings only) ✓
Cabinet interiors thoroughly wiped out ✓

Bathroom

Bathroom Cleaning Task Included Optional Add-on
Sink, tub, shower & tile thoroughly cleaned and sanitized ✓
Vanity side and countertop cleaned ✓
Tile ledge cleaned ✓
Toilet scrubbed and sanitized inside, outside and behind ✓
Floor vacuumed then hand-wiped ✓

Dining Room

Dining Room Cleaning Task Included Optional Add-on
Table and chairs cleaned top-to-bottom ✓
Carpet thoroughly vacuumed, paying attention to crevices ✓
All floors swept, vacuumed and mopped including underneath furniture (if accessible) ✓
Remove and dust items in a hutch or china cabinet ✓

Living Room/Family Room/Office/Den

Living Room/Family Room/Office/Den Cleaning Task Included Optional Add-on
All floors swept, vacuumed and mopped including underneath furniture (if accessible) ✓
Sofa and chair cushions straightened and fluffed ✓
Fold throws ✓
Straighten magazines ✓
Upholstery vacuumed ✓

Stairs, Halls & Foyer Items

Stairs, Halls & Foyer Cleaning Task Included Optional Add-on
Front door wiped ✓
Banister spindles fully dusted ✓
Stairs vacuumed, swept and wiped by hand ✓

Bedrooms Standard Items

Bedroom Task Included Optional Add-on
Bed straightened/made if needed ✓
Under bed cleaned (if accessible) ✓
Fold throws ✓
Change sheets ✓