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House Cleaning Cost Calculator

Price a house cleaning by the square foot. Enter the home size, pick the clean and how often you come — get the per-visit price, a fair range, and your real profit after supplies.

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You priced the job. Now run it like a business.

That's the hard part done. SideWRK runs the rest from your phone: text the estimate, your customer taps approve, and the money hits — card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle, no merchant account, no three-percent bite. It keeps a line on who still owes you, logs every material and cost so your real profit and your tax write-offs tally themselves, and stands up a free website with reviews that feeds you the next job. A free estimate today, or your whole operation in one app. Built for house cleaning and every trade.

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Price the house, protect the visit

Cleaning money is made on repeat visits, not hero one-timers. Build every quote from the square footage so the price scales with the house, charge deep cleans and move-outs like the separate jobs they are, and give your discount to frequency — the weekly customer who keeps your Tuesday full is worth more than a one-time deep clean across town. Then hold a per-visit minimum so the little apartment still pays for the trip.

Questions

How much should I charge to clean a house?
Regular cleaning runs about $0.10–$0.17 per square foot, so a 2,000 sq ft home lands around $200–$340 per visit. Deep cleans run roughly $0.15–$0.25 per square foot and move-out cleans $0.22–$0.33. Hold a per-visit minimum (often $100–$130) so a small apartment still covers your drive, supplies, and setup.
Should I price cleaning per square foot, per hour, or per room?
Build the price per square foot, then quote the customer one flat per-visit number. Square footage scales with the actual work, it is easy to get over the phone, and it stops a 3,000 sq ft house from sneaking in at a 1,500 sq ft price. Hourly pricing punishes you for being fast.
How much more is a deep clean or a move-out clean?
A deep clean is about 1.5× a standard visit — baseboards, inside the oven and fridge, and the buildup a maintenance clean skips. Move-out cleans run 1.8–2×: the home is empty, so everything gets done, including inside every cabinet and closet. Quote them up front as their own service, not a standard clean that ran long.
Should weekly or biweekly customers pay less per visit?
Yes — a house you clean every week never gets truly dirty, so the visit is faster. Most cleaners take roughly 10–15% off for biweekly and 20–25% off for weekly against a one-time price. The discount buys you the thing that actually makes cleaning money: a steady route.
Is this calculator free?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, there is no sign-up, and nothing is stored anywhere but your own device.

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