Category: Deep Cleaning

Your home is your personal oasis – and it’s important to keep it clean and safe for you and your loved ones.

Deep cleaning involves finding all those little nooks and crannies were dirt and grime can collect. It can be difficult to admit that you just aren’t able to reach all those specific areas, but that’s where the pros come in.

Although you can clean regularly, it takes a really good, professional deap clean to make sure you’ve tidied up completely. In this blog we take a look at 7 reasons you should hire residential deep cleaning services to keep your home clean and looking its best.

1. Helps remove allergens

If you suffer from allergies, deep cleaning your home removes unseen allergens. While regular vacuuming helps, vacuums don’t remove all the allergens that get kicked up every time you walk, such as residue, dust, and tiny germs and microbes.

If you have pets, it’s even more important as traces of feces and urine, as well as fur and dander, all add to the impurities in the air. A good professional deep cleaning removes everything your vacuum leaves behind.

Think of it as a deep dental cleaning for your home. Your professional maid cleaning gets everything between the fibres that your regular vacuuming doesn’t!

2. It’s more affordable than you think!

When you call in our residential deep cleaning services to clean your home, it’s much more affordable than you think. We can provide a professional deep home cleaning well within your budget.

It’s worth the investment because it keeps your house looking its best while also helping to keep the air in your home healthier. And remember, you really only need to do it every few months, so you can put a few dollars aside each month for your annual fall or spring deep cleaning.

3. Safer than your DIY clean

Our maids are highly trained professionals with the equipment required to not just get in a good clean, but also ensure nothing is left behind – safely

We take the time to assess all the surfaces in your home not only to determine how they should be cleaned, but what specific products and techniques should be used to clean them. Understanding what we have to clean allows us to use the right solutions to beautify all areas of your home and remove any unsightly stains or pockets of grime.

4. Stain and odour removal

If areas in your home have lingering odours from the food you cook, pets, or smoke, a professional cleaning will get rid of the smell.

Stains, especially those from pets, are the worst for germs and stink. Our cleaning products and equipment force those smells and stains out, so your home is spotless and odourless. If you’re tired of coming home to that smell that just isn’t right, a deep cleaning is definitely in order.

5. No hassle

You might think it’s cheaper to just DIY your home’s deep clean, but this process won’t have the same long-lasting effects of a professional deep cleaning.

Deep cleaning your own home takes time and effort that, frankly, most of us just don’t have anymore. With professional home cleaning, you just make a call, we come and clean your plaxe, and we leave behind nothing but the home you know and love – only looking and smelling better and fresher than ever before.

Even if you’re no slouch when it comes to keeping your house clean, it’s always best to trust the experts to get into the nooks and crannies you might not have thought of. It’s your home, but having a fresh set of eyes on it means often overlooked areas will be tended to.

6. Improved comfort

When your home is professionally cleaned, it feels even more comfortable. You worked hard to call your house a home – so why not treat it with the care it deserves?

A professional deep cleaning can turn up the dial on any home, and make it that calm oasis you always imagined it would be.

7. Reduce flooring damage

Last but not least, when you regularly deep clean your home, you also eliminate anything that can wear down your flooring. All those little pieces of dirt rub against your flooring, which can slowly break it down and make it appear worn and uneven. Deep home cleaning removes debris, leaving behind clean floors that look and feel better longer.

Speak to our team at Maid4Condos today about our residential deep cleaning services to help keep your entire home looking and smelling great. You can also call us at 647-822-0601.

Cleaning your home is a painful ordeal, unless you happen to be like Monica on Friends! Hopefully, most of us are trying to keep things under control with a regular weekly cleaning. Of course, it all depends on your schedule and the level of mess you tend to make each week. As well, some areas of the home need more attention like the kitchen and bathroom, which tend to be grimier and more germy.

Therefore, while light cleaning every week or so helps, you also want to do a deep cleaning once in a while too. But how often do you need a deep cleaning? Here, we break it down for you so you can keep on top of things.

Consider the Room

Deep cleaning really depends on the room. And this varies from home to home as well because you might not use your rooms in the same way a typical home is used. Some rooms are obvious, like the kitchen and bathrooms, but you might have a room you use for something specific, such as arts and crafts or other messy hobbies or work that can get dirtier than the average spare room. So, ask yourself a few questions to help determine the level of dirt and germs in the room:

• How often do you use the space?
• Do you have pets?
• Is the room used to prepare food?
• Do you eat and/or sleep in the room?
• Does the room need to be more hygienic?
• Do you tend to your personal grooming in the room?

It makes sense that the more the room is used, the more you will need to clean. As well, hygiene is very important, so if you eat, prepare food, or attend to personal grooming in a room, it is going to have a different amount and type of dirt that requires a more frequent and deeper level of cleaning. Therefore, the following rooms require a germ-free, deep cleaning more often:

• Kitchen
• Dining room (if used as the main place where you eat)
• Bathroom
• Bedroom (if you do a lot of grooming here)
• Any room you use for messier work like arts and crafts 

Rooms Requiring Daily Deep Cleaning

Based on the above, the following rooms need a daily deep cleaning:

• Kitchen: Not surprisingly, the kitchen tops the list. This is where there is a higher chance for germs and bacteria to lurk, which can make you sick if your meal prep area isn’t cleaned properly. So, every day after every meal you need to ensure you are completely wiping down your counters with a germ-cleaning, food-prep-friendly cleaner. As well, you want to remove food debris, including dirty dishes from the sink. Your floors need to be swept too. Doing this will keep your home germ-free, as well as reducing the risk for pests.
• Bathrooms: The “ick” factor goes up exponentially for the bathroom because of obvious reasons. The main areas to focus on here are your toilet bowl using a toilet brush and disinfecting cleaner, as well as your sink where you brush your teeth. Because you are often barefoot in the bathroom, your floors also need attention, as does the shower/bath. Handy cleaning tools like a Swiffer for the floors and bacterial wipes for the counters make it easy to disinfect each day.  

It’s always a good idea to ramp up your disinfecting cleaning in the cold and flu season. With COVID-19 posing an even higher risk of infection, it makes sense to wipe down those frequently touched surfaces including switches, taps, and door knobs daily using sanitizing wipes or sprays.

Rooms Requiring Weekly Deep Cleaning

The good thing about daily cleaning is that it helps make other cleaning tasks easier. When you pay attention to surfaces in your bathroom and kitchen, you reduce the elbow grease required for your weekly deep cleaning. So, what tasks should you tackle weekly? Here’s our list:  

• Dust all the surfaces in your home, including your wood furniture.
• Clean your kitchen appliances, including the doors, handles, and tops.
• Use a disinfectant cleaner on your kitchen and bathroom floors.
• Vacuum the whole home.
• Do a thorough scrubbing and disinfecting of your bathtub/shower and sink.
• Replace your dish towels, bathroom towels, and face cloths with clean ones, and toss the used ones in the laundry.

Also, this might sound odd, but be sure to sanitize your sponges and/or cleaning tools. They actually can do more harm than good if they have a buildup of germs and bacteria, even if used with disinfecting cleaners.

Bi-Weekly Deep Cleaning Recommendations

We recommend you tackle these deep cleaning tasks bi-weekly:

• Clean your bed sheets and pillow cases.
• Clean your pet blankets.
• Clean the inside of your fridge shelves and drawers using a clean cloth and all-purpose cleaner, preferably on grocery day before you put your groceries away.  
• Sweep and then clean your floors with disinfectant.

This will help keep you on top of the germs and allergens in your home.

Monthly Deep Cleaning Tasks

Every month, set aside time for the following deep cleaning tasks:

• Wipe and vacuum your vents.
• Wipe and dust your baseboards.
• Dust your window blinds.
• Dust your light fixtures and ceiling fan blades.
• Run your dishwasher with a dishwasher cleaner.
• Turn on your self-cleaning oven.

If you don’t have a self-cleaning oven, use an oven cleaning product. Be sure to keep the windows open and turn on your kitchen fan to reduce the fumes.  

Occasional Deep Cleaning Tips

A few things to keep your eye on include:  

• Every few months or so, toss your mattress cover in the laundry.
• Sprinkle your mattress with baking soda, and then vacuum it all up to sanitize your mattress, reduce odours, and remove dust mites (don’t do this if your vacuum doesn’t have a handheld attachment, as you won’t get all the baking soda).
• Use a grease-cutting cleanser to wipe down your range fan in the kitchen.
• Wipe down your kitchen cupboards with a grease-cutting cleanser.

We also highly recommend hiring professional deep cleaning services every year to set a clean base for your own deep cleaning regime. For more information, speak to our pros at Maid4Condos today. You can call us at 647-822-0601.

Even if you are a thorough cleaner and clean your home on a regular basis, there are certain aspects of cleaning that require more attention. Most of us have our own cleaning routines that range from hardly ever, to daily. Also, depending on the task, you can get away doing some things monthly while other areas of the home need attention a few times a day.

Through it all, however, there are germs, dirt, bacteria and all kinds of nasties building up in the less obvious areas of the home. So even the most dedicated home cleaner needs a little help now and then with the professional deep cleaning services that reach every inch of your home. Here’s why.

Deep Cleaning Reaches Every Corner

Deep cleaning is the nitty gritty of cleanings. It looks at every corner of the home that tends to go untouched for years. We’re talking behind the fridge and stove, the base boards and crusty areas of your window frames, dusty blinds and the tops of your ceiling fans. While most of us go about our daily business without giving much thought to these hard-to-reach spots, they continue to build up with tons of dust bunnies, dust, tiny particles of who knows what and germs. This makes for a less than healthy environment.

Tackling the Invisible and Hidden Dirt

Most of us clean our homes by taking care of the messes and dirt we see. However, as mentioned, our homes are filled with areas we can’t see, and these are the areas targeted by a deep clean. Having areas in the kitchen, for example, where you have a buildup of grease and grime can attract pests. Areas of the bathroom that go untouched become more and more unhygienic and unsanitary.

All those hidden dust bunnies contribute to fine particles in the air we breathe in day after day and night after night. When you have a deep cleaning, all of these issues disappear. It just takes two deep cleans a year to help reduce the presence of germs and other nasties in the home that contribute to poor air quality which in turn can lead to allergies and worsening symptoms of asthma.

Discourage Mould and Mildew Growth

Deep cleanings spot issues such as mould and mildew growth in areas such as the bathroom or under the kitchen sink. A good wipe down with disinfecting cleaners in trouble areas helps kill mould and mildew so you avoid costly damage and worsening health issues.

A Check List of Cleanliness

A condo deep cleaning checks all the boxes to leave your home gleaming and spotless. It addresses every inch of your home. Deep cleaning also prepares your home so that your regular cleaning maintains your home in pristine condition for the next six months or so. Our deep cleaning checklist includes:

• Bathtub and shower enclosure
• Inside, out and behind the toilet
• Bathroom lights, mirrors, sink, countertops
• Vacuum all ceiling fan covers
• Wipe all light switches, doorknobs
• Empty all garbage bins
• Vacuum/mop all floors
• Wipe baseboards
• Make bed
• Tidy any clothing
• Dust counters, tabletops, picture frames
• Clean mirrors and polish ornaments
• Wipe window ledges
• If dishwasher empty, start new load
• If dishwasher full, put away clean dishes
• Microwave inside
• Stove top
• Fridge front polished
• Backsplash, counter tops, cupboard fronts
• Clean kitchen sink
• Replace garbage and recycling liners
• General tidying
• Tidy sofa seating
• Tabletops, picture frames, window ledges
• Clean mirrors and dust ornaments
• Wipe telephones, switches, doorknobs
• Clean under/ behind furniture
• Vacuum sofa seating
• Clear air vent and lint trap in laundry room
• Wipe washer/ dryer

We assess your home and take over with a team of expert cleaners. You can also request our Germ Blasters service for complete disinfection of your home. We use the latest technology and safety methods to treat, prevent and protect living environments without risk of harm to you, your children or pets. Germ Blasters Solution also rids your home of foul odours and reduces airborne pathogens including COVID.

Healthier Environment

As mentioned, a thorough deep cleaning rids your home of a long list of unhealthy elements including mould spores, bacteria, grime and allergens. Although you can wash the surfaces in your home with a strong disinfecting cleaner you don’t have time to tackle the unseen areas which leave your home open to health risks.

Less Stress

Nothing is worse than coming home after a long day at work to a messy home. If you feel your home is unsanitary it adds to your stress and makes you feel uncomfortable so you can’t relax. The stress of not having time to clean can also make being at home unpleasant. When you know your home has been deep cleaned you can relax knowing a good weekly cleaning either by you or our team will keep your home germ-free and healthy.

How often should you clean deep?

It just takes a deep cleaning twice a year to set the foundation for your weekly cleaning routine. We take care of the serious cleaning, and you contribute with weekly upkeep. If you don’t have time, we can do it for you. We always suggest a spring and fall schedule to tackle the deep cleaning. It prepares your home for the new season ahead by removing the last six months of dirt and grime accumulation.

Maid4Condos works with you to come up with a custom deep cleaning that’s best for you. Book a deep cleaning for your condo based on the number of bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage, then receive a great quote on the best condo cleaning you will ever have!

If you want to find out more about deep cleaning your home, call Call Maid4Condos today at (647) 822-0601 or contact us here.