Deep clean, spring clean, regular clean - the terms get used loosely. Here is the real difference, and how to know which one your home needs.
The three levels, plainly
A regular clean keeps a home ticking over: kitchen and bathroom surfaces, dusting, floors, bins. It assumes the home is already in reasonable order.
A spring clean is a regular clean plus the detail work that gets skipped week to week - cobwebs, skirting boards, doors and frames, light switches, ceiling fans, interior windows and tracks.
A deep clean is a spring clean plus the intensive jobs: oven interior, rangehood filter, inside the microwave, inside accessible cupboards, descaling tiles, grout, taps and showerheads, and cleaning behind moveable furniture where we can reach.
Which one do you need?
- Cleaner has been in recently and you want upkeep: regular clean.
- It has been a few months and things feel dull rather than dirty: spring clean.
- Build-up you cannot shift yourself, or you have never had it done: deep clean.
- Moving in or preparing for guests: deep clean, then regular after.
Why deep cleans take longer
Almost all of the extra time goes into three things: the oven, the bathroom descaling, and detail work at height or behind furniture. These are slow, physical jobs that cannot be rushed without doing them badly.
A note on tailoring
Not every home needs every item on a deep clean list. If your oven is spotless but your bathrooms need serious work, say so - we would rather build a personalised checklist with you than charge for work you do not need.
One thing worth flagging: we do not offer bond or carpet cleaning. We focus on commercial cleaning, builders cleaning and everyday residential care.
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