One room
A bathroom or kitchen, up to about 250 sq ft
- Subfloor vacuumed
- Ledges and sills wiped
- Our debris bagged
Stage one
Rough clean, after drywall and before paint
Sanded joint compound gets into everything. We take it out before the painters and floor installers arrive, so they are not working over it.
Homeowners with a kitchen, bath, addition or whole-house remodel
Booked for a day after drywall sanding ends
Two of us, with our own vacuums and runners
What is included
What a rough clean covers
Walk through it by area; your quote lists the ones that apply to your house.
Floors and subfloors
Vacuumed with HEPA-filter machines
Screws, nails and tape ends picked up by hand
Paper and plastic left in place unless your contractor says to lift it
Walls, ledges and sills
Sills, ledges and door tops wiped damp
Window frames and stud bays reachable from the floor wiped
Light fixtures and fans dusted from a stepladder
The rest of the house
A vacuumed path from the door to the work
Return registers wiped
Doors and zip walls left as your contractor set them
Our debris
Dust and sweepings bagged and carried out
Offcuts stacked by the door and listed
Nothing left in your trash cans
By the size of the remodel
Rough clean by the size of the remodel
What each size covers, for a house in average condition. Your written quote lists your own lines and the price for your house.
Kitchen and baths
A kitchen and two baths in a 1,500–2,500 sq ft house
- Every work zone
- A vacuumed path through the house
- Registers wiped
Whole house
Remodeled throughout, 2,500–3,500 sq ft
- Every room and stair
- Fans and fixtures dusted
- Two of us for a working day
The price follows the stage and the size of the whole house. Not included: hauling debris, dried paint or adhesive, and anything hazardous. Each stage has a minimum visit charge, shown on your quote.
On the day
How the visit goes
Emma sets it up with your contractor, and two of us do the work.
- 01
Step 1: Before the day
Emma calls your contractor to confirm that sanding is finished and asks where the dumpster, the power and the water are.
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Step 2: Arrival
We lay floor runners from the door, put on shoe covers and walk the work zone to see what gets bagged and what gets stacked.
- 03
Step 3: The clean
Ceilings, fixtures and ledges first, then sills and frames, then the floors last, with the vacuums running through every pass.
- 04
Step 4: The walk-through
We walk it with you or your contractor, or send photos, and leave a list of what we did not touch because it belongs to someone else.
Before we arrive, and what we do not do
A few things that make the day go well, and a few that belong to somebody else.
Before we arrive
Power on, and water on if the plumbing rough-in is done
A place for one van to park
Doors and zip walls closed until we arrive
Pets and children away from the work zone
What we do not do
Haul demolition debris or your contractor's offcuts
Remove dried paint, adhesive or grout haze
Test for or clean up lead paint, asbestos or mold
Work in rooms where other trades are working that day
Short answers
Questions about the rough clean
Do I need a rough clean before the final clean?
Not always. If the drywall work was small and your contractor swept as they went, you can skip it. Emma will say so when she writes the quote.
Will you take down the plastic walls?
No. Your contractor put them up and decides when they come down. We clean around them.
How long does it take?
A whole-house rough clean is one working day for two of us. A single room is a few hours.
Book the rough clean for the day after sanding
Send the finish date for the drywall and the size of the house.