Our House Cleaning Checklists
When you partner with Baltimore Home Cleaning to clean your house, apartment, or rental, you’re covering all your bases. Our house cleaning service packages cover the areas and tasks listed below.
Hourly Cleaning Checklist
When booking an hourly cleaning, you create your own cleaning checklist. You can request pretty much any indoor cleaning task that doesn’t require the use of a ladder or contact with bodily fluids/waste (human or otherwise).
Standard House Cleaning Checklist
All Areas
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Vacuum couch cushions
- Clean all light fixtures
- Clean inside of window in entry
Bathrooms
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean shower/tub
- Clean toilet
- Fold towels
- Dust decorations
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures
Kitchen
- Empty toaster crumb tray
- Clean counter tops, trim, and backsplash
- Clean items on countertops
- Spot clean cabinet doors and drawers
- Polish stainless steel
- Clean microwave (inside and out)
- Clean exposed exterior of appliances
- Clean backsplash behind stove
- Clean stove top and stove front
- Clean outside of range hood
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean inside of window over sink
- Load and run dishwasher*
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures
Bedrooms
- Make beds and change linen (if provided)
- Clean under beds
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Vacuum couch cushions
- Clean all light fixtures
Available Add-on Services
- Oven Cleaning
- Refrigerator Cleaning
- Interior Window Cleaning
Deep House Cleaning Checklist
All Areas
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Vacuum couch cushions
- Clean all light fixtures
- Clean inside of window in entry
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean sliding glass doors
Bathrooms
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean shower/tub
- Clean toilet
- Fold towels
- Dust decorations
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean inside cabinets
- Clean cabinet doors and drawers
Kitchen
- Empty toaster crumb tray
- Clean counter tops, trim, and backsplash
- Clean items on countertops
- Spot clean cabinet doors and drawers
- Polish stainless steel
- Clean microwave (inside and out)
- Clean exposed exterior of appliances
- Clean backsplash behind stove
- Clean stove top and stove front
- Clean outside of range hood
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean inside of window over sink
- Load and run dishwasher*
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean underside of range hood
- Clean behind and under refrigerator
- Clean sliding glass doors
Bedrooms
- Make beds and change linen (if provided)
- Clean under beds
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Vacuum couch cushions
- Clean all light fixtures
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
Available Add-on Services
- Oven Cleaning
- Refrigerator Cleaning
- Interior Window Cleaning
Move-In / Move-Out House Cleaning Checklist
All Areas
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures (inside and out)
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean sliding glass doors
- Clean windows
Bathrooms
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean shower/tub
- Clean toilet
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures (inside and out)
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean inside cabinets
- Clean cabinet doors and drawers
- Clean windows
- Clean inside closets
Kitchen
- Clean counter tops, trim, and backsplash
- Clean cabinet doors and drawers
- Polish stainless steel
- Clean microwave (inside and out)
- Clean exposed exterior of appliances
- Clean backsplash behind stove
- Clean stove top and stove front
- Lift stove top and clean underneath
- Clean outside of range hood
- Clean sink & faucet
- Clean inside of window over sink
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean tables and chairs
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Dust decorations
- Polish wood furniture
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Clean all light fixtures (inside and out)
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean inside cabinets
- Clean underside of range hood
- Clean behind and under refrigerator
- Clean sliding glass doors
- Clean windows
- Clean inside refrigerator
- Clean inside oven
- Clean inside oven drawer/broiler
- Remove oven drawer/broiler and clean floor underneath
- Clean inside kitchen pantry/closets
Bedrooms
- High dust / remove cobwebs
- Dust fans/ceiling fans
- Clean outlets, switches, panels, door knobs
- Clean mirrors
- Dust doors and door frames
- Sweep and mop hard floors
- Sweep and mop/vacuum stairs
- Vacuum carpets and area rugs
- Vacuum couch cushions
- Clean all light fixtures (inside and out)
- Clean baseboards
- Clean vents
- Clean windows
What’s Not Included in a House Cleaning
Although we strive to be as thorough as possible and honor all special requests, there are some areas and tasks that are not included as part of any of our house cleaning service packages:
- Organizing
- Unfinished basements
- Garages
- Inside of appliances (except microwave)
- Hand washing dishes
- Laundry
- Washing walls
- Windows
- Blinds
- Outdoor spaces such as balconies and patios
- Any cleaning that requires more than a step ladder
- Packing and unpacking
- Heavy lifting (objects over 35 pounds)