What should I charge for a clean?
Stop guessing. Get a price range you can defend for a deep clean or maintenance clean, based on your rate, the home, and your market. No email required.
The job
Tell us about the home.
Type of clean
First-time, move-in/out, or spring clean. Everything a maintenance clean covers, plus detail work.
Add-ons
Fixed extra time, priced at your rate.
Your rate
Deep clean
$405–$518
Recommended quote per visit
Time on site
10 hrs
10 hrs with you alone
Effective rate
$45/hr
After market adjustment
Per sq ft
$0.25
Useful for comparisons
Add-ons
None
Priced into the total
Benchmark-based estimate. Adjust for condition and access.
How this estimate is built.
Walk the home in hours
We estimate about 1.8 hours per 1,000 sq ft of floors and surfaces, plus 15 minutes per bedroom, 20 per bathroom, and 15 minutes of setup and packing. All-in that works out to roughly $0.12 per sq ft for a maintenance clean at a $45 hourly rate. Condition is priced through the clean type.
Deep clean = 2x the hours
A deep clean covers everything a maintenance clean does, plus detail work: baseboards, grout, cabinet fronts, inside appliances. That lands near 3 hours per 1,000 sq ft, so we use 2x the maintenance time.
Your rate, adjusted for market
You set the hourly rate. We adjust for local cost of living: 0.85x rural, 1.25x major metro. Give recurring clients a discount on top if you want; 10 to 15% is common.
Protect the hours you just quoted.
This estimate assumes you can work start to finish without stopping. In real homes, “just checking in” texts and a client watching from the doorway quietly stretch every clean. Hotlyne is the app we built for that: share one live timeline link and clients follow the progress themselves, so the hours you quoted stay the hours you work.
Clients watch instead of hover
They open your link and see each room checked off in real time. No “almost done?” texts, no audience in the doorway.
Updates take one tap
Mark a room done in seconds. The client sees it instantly and you never break your rhythm to type.
Recurring cleans set up in seconds
Build the checklist once, reuse it every visit with our timeline templates feature.
Common pricing questions.
- How much should I charge for a deep clean?
Most solo cleaners charge $30 to $60 per hour, and a deep clean takes about twice as long as a maintenance clean of the same home. For a typical 3-bed/2-bath house that usually lands between $250 and $450. This calculator uses your hourly rate, the size and condition of the home, and your local market to give you a realistic range instead of a guess.
- How much is a maintenance clean vs. a deep clean?
A maintenance clean covers a home that is already under control: dusting, floors, bathrooms, kitchen surfaces. A deep clean adds detail work like baseboards, inside appliances, tile grout, and cabinet fronts, so it takes roughly twice the hours. Cleaners usually quote deep cleans as a flat rate and maintenance cleans as a recurring per-visit price.
- Should I charge hourly or a flat rate?
Most cleaning companies prefer flat rates for recurring work: clients hate watching a clock, and you get paid for efficiency. Hourly still makes sense for specialized jobs where the scope is hard to predict, like post-construction or heavily neglected homes. Either way, estimate the hours first (that is what this tool does), then multiply by your rate to set the fee. If your estimate is badly wrong on the first visit, adjust the next quote. Never renegotiate mid-job.
- How do pets, add-ons, and location change the price?
Pet hair means extra vacuuming and lint rolling, so the calculator adds about 10% to the time. Add-ons like cleaning inside the fridge or oven are quoted as fixed extra hours. Your market matters too: cleaners in major metros charge 20 to 25% more than in small towns for the same work.
- How much should recurring cleanings cost per month?
Give recurring clients a discount; 10 to 15% is standard. Weekly visits cost less per visit than monthly ones because the home never gets bad. Multiply your per-visit price by the number of visits per month to quote a recurring plan.
- Is this calculator really free?
Yes. No email required to use it, no signup, no limits. It is one of the free tools we build for cleaning business owners. If you like it, share it with a fellow cleaner.
Turn this estimate into a live job timeline.
Set your price, then share a link your client can watch in real time. One-time deep cleans turn into weekly regulars.