What a deep clean is, and what a standard clean usually skips

Most cleaning companies sell two tiers. The standard clean is surfaces you can see: counters, floors in the middle of the room, toilets, sinks. The deep clean is the standard clean plus everything a standard clean skips: baseboards, door frames, switches, ceiling fans, inside the microwave, under and behind furniture, grout, shower glass descaled, window tracks.

The problem with two tiers is that the standard clean is what people book to save money, and it is what people complain about, because the things it skips are the things you notice a week later.

Pearl offers one tier, the Deep Clean, at one price by bedroom count, and that price holds whether you book once or every two weeks. A home cleaned two weeks ago takes less time to deep clean, and that time goes into detail, not into a thinner checklist.

The checklist is on the Deep Clean page. If something on it is not done, tell us within 48 hours and the cleaner comes back.