Why it matters
People underestimate deep cleans more than any other service, and the gap causes real problems on the day.
Say you have family arriving Friday at 4pm and you book a deep clean for Friday at 1pm, expecting it to be done in two hours because that is how long your regular clean took at your last place. A deep clean is not a longer version of a regular clean. It adds the slow work: baseboards by hand, the tops of door frames, built-up soap scum on shower glass, grease on the range hood, the inside of the window tracks. On a three-bedroom house the crew is still in the bathrooms when the doorbell rings.
A realistic time helps you in three ways:
You can schedule it properly. Book a deep clean for the morning or the day before anything important. Leave a buffer rather than booking to the minute.
You can tell if a quote is honest. If someone quotes a deep clean of a four-bedroom house at two hours for one person, either it is not really a deep clean or the bill will grow once they are inside.
You know what is slowing it down. Bathrooms and kitchens take the most time by far. An extra bathroom adds more than an extra bedroom. Heavy buildup, pet hair in carpet and cluttered surfaces add the rest, because the crew has to move things before they can clean under them.
The type of home matters too. A one-level condo with hard floors goes faster than a split-level with carpeted stairs at the same bedroom count, because stairs and carpet edges are slow, hands-on work. A first deep clean also runs longer than a repeat one, since the buildup has had more time to set.
How Honourable Cleaning helps
We price by time, so we have had to get our time estimates right. Every booking shows a flat price that is built on how long the job takes a crew of two, and the calendar blocks that same amount of time for you.
Here is a real number from our own records. A four-bedroom, two-bathroom home between 1,500 and 2,500 square feet was estimated at 9.5 cleaner-hours for a deep clean. It took 11, which is five and a half hours for two people. We changed our estimates for every home size after that job, so the times and prices on the site now reflect what deep cleans take in lived-in Fraser Valley homes, not what a spreadsheet says they should.
If the crew arrives and the home needs more time than a normal lived-in house, they will tell you before going further. Extra time is only charged if you approve it first. A deep clean starts at $210 plus GST for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom home and $335 for three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Key takeaways
- Plan on about 3 hours for a small apartment and 4.5 to 5 hours for a three-bedroom house with a crew of two. Double it for one cleaner.
- Bathrooms and kitchens drive the time. Count those first when you estimate.
- Book the day before an event or first thing in the morning, never right before guests arrive.
- Clear counters and floors before the crew comes. Every surface they do not have to empty is time spent cleaning.
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How long does a deep clean take?
For a crew of two, a deep clean takes roughly three hours for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom home and four and a half to five hours for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house. One cleaner working alone will take about twice as long. Homes that have not been cleaned in many months, or that have pets, extra kitchens or a lot of square footage, take longer.
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