House Cleaning in Manhattan
Brownstones, townhouses, and multi-floor homes from Harlem to the West Village. A two-person crew that knows old floors, tall staircases, and how you want the house run.
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House Cleaning for Manhattan Brownstones and Townhouses
A Manhattan house is not a big apartment. A brownstone on a side street in Harlem or the West Village has a stoop, a parlor floor with twelve-foot ceilings, two or three floors of bedrooms above, and a garden level below that may be its own apartment. There are more bathrooms than there are people, a staircase that everything has to be carried up, and original details that a careless mop can damage. Cleaning it well takes a crew that has stood in a house like yours before.
We schedule townhouse and brownstone work with two cleaners and start at the top. Bedrooms and upstairs bathrooms come first, then the parlor floor with the kitchen and living rooms, then the garden level, and the stairs get done on the way down so nobody tracks dust back through a finished floor. Old heart pine and parquet get a damp mop, not a wet one. Plaster walls and ornamental moldings get dusted with an extension pole, not scrubbed. Marble mantels and vanities get a neutral cleaner, never an acid.
Owners of Manhattan houses tend to want the same thing: a consistent crew that treats the house as a whole, not a rotating set of strangers who each need the layout explained. Recurring clients are assigned a regular team wherever our schedule allows. They learn which door sticks, where the dog sleeps, and that the third-floor bath is the one guests use.
Weekly service is common in houses with children, pets, or a nanny in and out all day. Every-other-week visits suit couples and owners who travel. A monthly visit works for a smaller house that stays tidy on its own, and some owners pair it with a heavier seasonal deep clean when the heat goes off in spring. Whatever the interval, the price is set by the size of the house and the number of bathrooms, and it does not change from visit to visit.
Access in a house is usually simpler than in a doorman building, but we still confirm the details up front: alarm codes, the gate under the stoop, which entrance to use when the parlor door is for guests only, and how to handle a dog walker or contractor who might overlap with our visit. Tell us once, and it goes in your file.
What a Manhattan House Cleaning Covers
The same room-by-room checklist runs on every floor of the house, from the garden level to the top bedroom:
Kitchen
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust all windowsills, window frames, and ledges
- Dust blinds
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dry dust decor and picture frames
- Clean and dry sink and soap dish
- Clean countertops and backsplash
- Clean microwave (inside and outside)
- Clean stovetop, burners, and control panels
- Clean exteriors of large appliances (fridge, oven, dishwasher)
- Clean stationary items (toaster, coffee maker, etc.)
- Wipe down table and chairs
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Spot clean cabinets and clean all handles
- Empty trash can and wipe down exterior
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
Bathroom(s)
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures and shelves
- Dust doors, windowsills, and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust and tidy personal items and hand towels
- Clean and dry shower and tub
- Clean and dry sink, countertops, and soap dish
- Clean all mirrors and glass
- Polish towel racks and toilet paper holder
- Clean inside, outside, and around toilet
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Wipe down and disinfect cabinets
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Empty garbage and replace bag
Bedrooms
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust and tidy decor and personal items
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Tidy areas, fold blankets, arrange pillows
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Make beds and change sheets (if left out on edge of bed)
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Empty garbage and replace bag
Living Areas & Common Spaces
- Remove cobwebs
- Dust light fixtures
- Dust windowsills and window frames
- Dust blinds
- Dust and tidy decor and personal items
- Dust ceiling fans
- Dust furniture, lamps, and lampshades
- Tidy areas, fold blankets, arrange pillows
- Clean all mirrors
- Clean all light switches and doorknobs
- Sweep, vacuum, and mop floors
- Empty garbage and replace bag
When Manhattan Homeowners Book House Cleaning
1Households With Kids and Pets
Sticky rails, crumbs on the parlor floor, fur on every stair runner. Weekly service keeps a busy family house from ever getting away from you.
2Owners Who Rent the Garden Level
Keep the owner floors on a recurring schedule and add the garden apartment when tenants turn over. One crew that already knows the house makes both easier.
3Hosting Season
Thanksgiving, a holiday party, a milestone dinner. Book an extra visit the day before and the bathrooms, kitchen, and guest rooms are ready when the first coat comes off.
4Back From the Country House
Summer away leaves a shut-up city house stale and dusty. Schedule a visit for the day before you return and walk into fresh sheets and clean floors.
Put Your Manhattan House on a Schedule
Weekly, every other week, or monthly visits with the same crew, priced by house size
Weekly
For full households, pets, roommates, and anyone who entertains
15% OFFBi-Weekly
The rhythm most New York apartments settle into
10% OFFMonthly
A reset for studios, one-bedrooms, and tidy solo households
Quarterly
A seasonal deep clean four times a year, radiator dust included.
Nobody in this city has spare hours for scrubbing. Between the commute, late nights at work, and weekends that fill up on their own, the apartment gets pushed down the list. A standing visit takes it off the list entirely. Choose weekly, every other week, or monthly, and we hold the slot for you. Traveling or hosting on a different day? Move the visit with a day's notice at no charge.
Why Manhattan Homeowners Choose NYC Cleaning Service
Staffed for Stairs and Square Footage
Two cleaners, equipment for every floor, and a top-down order of work. A four-story house is finished in one visit, not split across two.
Gentle on Original Details
Heart pine, parquet, plaster, marble, and brass each get the right product. We do not learn on your finishes.
The Same Team Each Visit
Recurring Manhattan houses are matched with a regular crew that knows the layout and your preferences.
House-Size Pricing
Quotes are based on bedrooms and bathrooms, so you know the number before we arrive and it holds every visit.
Other Cleaning Services for Manhattan Homes
Beyond recurring visits, our Manhattan crews handle a full deep clean when the house needs a reset, turnovers for a rental floor, and cleanup once a renovation wraps.
Apartment Cleaning
Studios, one-bedrooms, and shared units in walk-ups and doorman buildings alike. We work quietly, follow your building's rules, and leave every room ready for company.
Apartment Cleaning ManhattanHouse Cleaning
Brownstones, row houses, and multi-floor homes across the boroughs. Kitchens, bathrooms, floors, and dusting handled on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly rhythm you set.
House Cleaning ManhattanDeep Cleaning
For the buildup a routine visit skips: radiator dust, grease above the stove, grout, baseboards, and the space behind and under the furniture nobody has moved in years.
Deep Cleaning ManhattanMove-In Cleaning
The previous tenant's dust, the contractor's grit, the empty fridge. We scrub the whole unit while it is still empty so your boxes land in a clean apartment.
Move-In Cleaning ManhattanMove-Out Cleaning
A walkthrough-ready clean built around what New York landlords and management companies check: appliances, closets, cabinets, bathrooms, and floors, top to bottom.
Move-Out Cleaning ManhattanPost-Construction Cleaning
Renovation over? Drywall dust settles on every surface and inside every vent. We clear the fine debris, wipe down the millwork, and bring the space back to livable.
Post-Construction Cleaning ManhattanManhattan House Cleaning Questions
By size. A one- to two-bedroom house runs $150 to $190 per standard visit, a two- to three-bedroom home with two baths is $190 to $250, and larger three- to four-bedroom houses are $250 to $320. Homes with four or more bedrooms are quoted from $320.
Yes. Some owners keep the top floors on the schedule and skip a rental garden unit, or have us alternate the guest floor every other visit. Tell us what you want covered and we will price it that way.
Every time. Stairs, landings, banisters, and the entry vestibule are part of a house clean. The exterior stoop and sidewalk are not, though we will sweep the inside of the front door area.
Original wood gets vacuumed and damp-mopped with a cleaner made for finished wood, never soaked. Marble, whether a mantel or a bathroom vanity, gets a pH-neutral product. If you have a preferred product for a particular surface, leave it out and we will use it.
That is normal in a Manhattan house. Let us know who to expect and which floors are in use, and the crew will work around them. We can also start on the floors that are free and circle back.
A standard visit for a three- or four-story house usually takes a two-person crew three to five hours, depending on the number of bathrooms and how the house was left. We give you a time estimate with the quote and update it after the first visit.
Get a Quote for House Cleaning in Manhattan
Tell us the number of floors, bedrooms, and bathrooms. We will send a price and the first available date for your house.