After successfully completing your regular housekeeping responsibilities, the home will look and smell clean. Unfortunately, trouble might be lurking. You see, there are special little hiding places where dirt, grease, and grime like to hide, and they often get missed during regular house cleaning. It’s the kind of dirt, grease, and grime that can create hazards and health issues.
The best way to get at messes that are hiding out of reach is to include an intermittent deep cleaning process as part of your housekeeping regimen. It’s not something you need to do every time, but our maids at MaidThis MIami would recommend a good deep cleaning at least once a month.
As part of the process, it’s essential that everything gets done correctly and nothing gets missed. Want some advice from a professional cleaning company? The best way to get through a successful deep-cleaning process is to use a professional deep cleaning checklist. FYI: MaidThis Miami offers access to a printable deep cleaning house checklist on this page below.
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.
Why Deep Cleaning is Important
As professional cleaners, we feel compelled to remind you why it’s important to give your home a good house cleaning whenever possible. It goes much deeper than making sure your home is clean and smelling good.
Here are the key issues related to the dirt, grease, and grime that tend to get missed during regular cleaning. Such issues tend to accumulate until they create potential problems. First, accumulated grease and grime can create a fire hazard. Even more ominous is the fact that harmful bacteria like to hide in dirty messes. It’s the kind of harmful bacteria that could expose you and your family to health issues.
If for no other reasons, protecting your home and the health of your family should serve as motivation to roll up your sleeves and do some house deep cleaning.
How to get started
As professional cleaners, our MaidThis Miami maids like to address every house cleaning with a clear plan of attack. That’s why they always start the house cleaning process with a cleaning checklist in hand. When called to provide a deep cleaning, they arm themselves with an appropriate deep cleaning checklist by room to help guide them from one room to the next and to ensure nothing gets missed. Our preferred checklist has two components: a cleaning supply checklist, and a room-by-room checklist of deep cleaning chores that need to be addressed.
Without further ado, we would like to introduce you to a representative deep cleaning house checklist. It’s quite similar to the printable deep cleaning checklist by room that’s available on our MaidThis Miami website.
Note: Deep cleaning chores are included on top of regular cleaning chores like dusting, polishing, wiping surfaces, and floor cleaning. The following checklist will focus on the extra deep cleaning chores.
Cleaning supplies
Your deep cleaning supply checklist must include the tools and the cleaning products/chemicals you’ll need to get the job done correctly. While it might be a little more expensive to purchase commercial-grade cleaning products, the results will justify the extra expenditure. Here’s a viable cleaning supply checklist:
- Microfiber mops (one for dry mopping, one for wet mopping)
- Quality broom and dustpan
- Quality vacuum cleaner with attachments
- Shampooing vacuum (available for rent)
- Sponges and microfiber dust cloths
- Scrub brushes
- Feather duster
- Safety goggles and rubber gloves
- All-purpose liquid cleaner
- Drain cleaner
- Vinegar and baking soda
- Windex or glass/mirror cleaner
- Scrubbing foam for tub and shower
- Scented furniture polish
- Trash bags
Entire Home Deep Cleaning Checklist
Armed with your cleaning weapons, you are ready to go to war with the aforementioned hidden dirt, grease, and grime. While a lot of the following checklist is done room-by-room, there are general cleaning chores that apply to the home as a whole. Here is a list of chores that cover the entire home:
- Clean all HVAC vents and replace air filters
- Clean all ceiling and wall hangings (fans, pictures, etc.)
- Polish all door hardware
- Clean walls, baseboards, door jambs, and door frames
- Clean all electronic security hardware
- Window washing – windows (inside & outside), window sills, and window coverings
- Empty and wash out all wastebaskets, including outside trash bins
Room-by-Room Deep Cleaning Checklist
When cleaning room-by-room, you should move from the back of the house towards your final exit point. Be sure to close the doors of cleaned rooms to protect against flying dust. Here is a viable room-by-room deep cleaning checklist:
Entryway
- Clean and organize shoe and coat racks
- Sweep/mop entryway
- Sweep outside porch
- Shakeout or hose off doormats
Kitchen
- Clean oven (inside & outside) – vent, hood, and burners
- Clean inside & outside all small appliance
- Clean out and organize pantry and cabinets
- Clean out, scrub/disinfect, and organize the fridge and freezer
- Clean inside of dishwasher
- Clean tile and grout – vinegar and baking soda
- Clean out drains and garbage disposal
- Clean under major appliances when possible
Living Room Areas
- Shampoo and or dry clean carpets and furniture upholstery
- Wipe and disinfect table/shelf decoration & remotes
- Feather dust corners to remove cobwebs
- Declutter the rooms
- Clean under furniture cushions
- Clean pillow covering and throw rugs
- Wax hard floor surfaces
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
Bathrooms
- Scrub and disinfect the toilet tank and basin
- Clean out drains
- Clean tile and grout – vinegar and baking soda
- Clean bath mats and throw rugs
- Clean and disinfect the shower curtain
- Clean out and organize cabinets and drawers
- Feather dust corners to remove cobwebs
- Polish all bathroom hardware
Laundry room
- Clean folding table and clothing racks
- Clean out air vents
- Clean and disinfect inside the dryer, including the lint trap
- Clean inside of the washer and drain
Office and play areas
- Clean and disinfect computers & other computer hardware
- Declutter the office – recycle used paper
- Declutter the playroom
- Clean and disinfect toys and toy storage areas
Deep Cleaning Tips
At MaidThis Miami, we contract with no one but the best maids in the area. What makes them the best is they all tend to know the “tricks of the trade.” Holding the potential you might be a customer of ours someday, we would like to offer you the following deep cleaning tips to help make your deep cleaning process a little easier and more effective:
- Clean rooms top to bottom, gradually moving dirt and dust to the floor
- Citrus juices do a good job of cleaning mirrors and glass
- Shampooing machines are available for rent
- Make sure all cleaning chemicals are approved for use around children and pets
- Grease and grime love to hide under the stove/oven area
Need Help With Deep Cleaning?
It’s quite possible you won’t have time to roll up your sleeves and tackle a good home deep cleaning. That would put you in a group with most other people. If you can’t or don’t want to go through the deep cleaning process, MaidThis Miami is ready and willing to answer your call for help.
We use a terrific 5-step cleaner screening process that helps us locate the best contract cleaners in the Miami area. These are true cleaning professionals who pride themselves on delivering exactly what each customer wants and needs. Yes, they fully understand what’s needed to successfully complete a home deep cleaning.
You can schedule your deep cleaning appointment by phone or feel free to use our proprietary online appointment scheduling system. You tell us the where and when, and we’ll make sure a top-rated maid or maids will answer the call on time. When the deep cleaning work is done to your satisfaction, you can access and pay your bill online with our secure payment processing platform. It doesn’t get any easier than this.
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