Regardless of how often you tackle your regular housekeeping responsibilities, you can’t forget there is a need for an occasional deep cleaning. A focused deep cleaning of your home or Airbnb vacation rental unit is needed to remove the worst dirt, grease, and grime. Deep cleaning is a big deal because the worst dirt, grease, and grime are hard to reach and often include harmful bacteria.
While you can always hire a top-rated cleaning company like MaidThis Durham, budget concerns may prompt you to handle deep cleaning on your own. There is nothing wrong with this as long as you understand what’s going to be involved in the process. You’ll need to roll up your sleeves, secure the right cleaning supplies, and start scrubbing away with fervor.
To help guide you in this endeavor, we would highly recommend that you obtain a detailed and printable deep cleaning house checklist. Such a checklist will keep you directed while making sure no cleaning chore or chores get missed.
How to get started
As we stated above, you will need to secure the right cleaning supplies if you want to successfully deep clean your home or Airbnb unit. The right cleaning supplies should include commercial-grade cleaning chemicals that can cut through the worst dirt, grease, and grime imaginable.
Note: Always use cleaning chemicals that have been fully tested and certified by a government agency as safe for use around children and pets. If you support the green movement, you’ll also want to focus on purchasing eco-friendly cleaning chemicals.
While we are discussing checklists, here is a checklist of the cleaning tools and supplies that you should include in your deep cleaning kit:
- Extendable dusting tools for ceiling fans, high light fixtures and the cobweb corner where wall meets the ceiling
- Microfiber cloths for picking up dust
- Lint-free cloths for polishing glass
- Shop or bar towels for sanitizing surfaces
- Soft bristle brush for your tub and shower surrounds
- Quality vacuum with a crevice tool
- Toilet brush
- Decluttering containers
What are the steps for deep cleaning?
Armed with the proper cleaning supplies, you should be ready to jump into the deep end of the deep cleaning pool. Before starting, you’ll want to make sure you have a good printable copy of a viable deep clean checklist. FYI: MaidThis Durham does have a printable deep clean hose checklist that’s available on our website.
Once you have your checklist, you can formulate a plan of attack. You should immediately recognize you will need to clean room by room. That will help you stay organized and on track. We would recommend that you start with the room that is at the back of the house and keep moving forward toward a home exit. As you complete one room, close the door if possible to keep dirt and dust from getting into a clean room as you continue cleaning.
We can also suggest how to clean each room. We would recommend that you start cleaning high (ceiling level) and keep moving the dirt and dust toward the floor. Once all the dirt, dust, grease, and grime are at floor level, you are only a good floor cleaning away from finishing the room.
When everything on your deep clean house checklist has been checked off, you are done and can relax.
Note: Deep cleaning chores are usually value-added chores that are added to what you would typically consider general housekeeping chores. That would be chores like dusting/polishing furniture, wiping counters/cabinets, scrubbing plumbing fixtures, and floor cleaning (vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and waxing).
Deep Cleaning Checklist Room-By-Room
As indicated above, the most effective deep cleaning house checklist will be broken down by room. It’s this level of detail that will help prevent you from missing important deep cleaning chores that need to be handled. While MaidTHis Durham does offer a printable deep clean house checklist, we believe it’s prudent to provide a room-by-room deep clean checklist right here for your convenience. You can consider the checklist for each room to be a “mini checklist.”
Entryway
- Sweep the porch
- Clean inside and outside throw rugs and mats
- Organize shoe and coats racks
- Polish all entryway hardware
Kitchen
- Over cleaning – inside/outside, burners, vent, and fan
- Major appliances – scrub inside refrigerator and dishwasher
- Small appliance – complete cleanings
- Tile and grout – clean with vinegar and baking soda mixture
- Clean out drains
- Sweep/mop under appliance
- Clear out and organize the fridge, freezer, cabinets, and cupboard
Living Room Areas
- Clean ceiling fixtures – fan and light fixtures
- Clean hanging wall fixtures
- Remove cobwebs from corners, ceiling, and walls
- Wash windows, sills, window coverings
- Clean glass of kitchen cabinet
- Shampoo furniture cushions and upholstery
- Clean and disinfect remotes
- Declutter rooms
Bedrooms
- Clean ceiling fixtures – fan and light fixtures
- Clean hanging wall fixtures
- Remove cobwebs from corners, ceiling, and walls
- Clean and vacuum under the bed and other furniture
- Wash all bedding (comforter, sheets, blankets, dress
- Wash windows, sills, window coverings
- Declutter drawers and closet
Bathroom
- Scrub mildew off of shower curtain and shower mats
- Clean throw rugs
- Clean the glass of the shower/tub enclosure
- Scrub the base of the toilet and inside the tank
- Clear out and organize cabinets, drawers, and medicine cabinets
- Clean cobwebs from ceiling, walls, and corners
- Tile and grout – clean with vinegar and baking soda mixture
- Polish all bathroom hardware
Special Cleaning Chores
- Clean all HVAC vents and thermostats
- Clean and disinfect the kid’s toys
- Clean pet bedding
- Polish all door hardware
- Wash windows outside
- Clean out the garage, especially if attached
- Shampoo carpets throughout the house
Need Help? Call MaidThis
As you can see, this is a daunting cleaning list. It might be daunting enough to motivate you to hire a professional housekeeping company to handle your deep cleaning responsibilities.
Good news! MaidThis Durham has your back. We offer excellent deep cleaning service by room or for the whole house or Airbnb unit. If you hire us, our cleaners will show up with a deep cleaning checklist in hand.
Why call MaidThis? We offer excellent customer service, our prices are low and affordable, and we always guarantee our cleaning results. It only takes one call to get started.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is typically included in a deep clean?
Without going into too much detail, a deep clean will typically target the dirt, grease, and grime that hides in hard-to-reach places. That would include under things, in between things, and in all those crazy nooks and crannies. A deep clean will require a lot of hard scrubbing with commercial-grade cleaning chemicals that can cut through anything.
How often should a house be deep cleaned?
It would depend on several factors like standard housekeeping frequency and the overall cleanliness and tidiness of you and your family. If pressed, we would recommend a deep clean at least once a month, assuming that standard housekeeping responsibilities are handled on a weekly basis.
