We clean homes across Avon

Avon capes and ranches clean differently

Avon is mostly single-family houses on quiet side streets off Main Street, and a lot of them are capes and ranches. They clean differently from a new condo. In a cape, the upstairs bedrooms sit under a sloped ceiling. Dust settles along the low side walls where an upright vacuum won't fit. We do those edges by hand with a crevice tool and a damp cloth, since that is the part a quick clean always misses.

Winter is hard on floors in Avon. Sand and road salt come in on boots for months, and the salt dries into a white film on hardwood and tile. A dry mop only spreads it around. Left there, it dulls the finish on a wood floor and works into the grout lines. So in the cold months we rinse the salt off entry floors first, then clean them properly. The back entry and the basement stairs get the same care as the front hall.

Avon has plenty of tree cover, and in late spring the oaks and pines drop a yellow pollen that coats screens and outside sills. When the windows open for the season, it blows inside and settles on sills and ceiling fan blades. Spring is a good time for a deep clean, and it pairs well with window cleaning, since we do the glass inside and out. We wipe out the window tracks too. Grit packs into them over the winter, and the pollen lands right on top.

• Salt film rinsed off entry floors in winter
• Low walls under sloped ceilings dusted by hand
• Basement stairs cleaned with the rest of the house
• Window tracks wiped out after pollen season
• Non-toxic, eco-friendly products in every room

We handle Avon moves and regular visits

When a house in Avon changes hands, the empty rooms show everything the furniture used to hide. Dust lines the baseboards where the couch sat, and the kitchen cabinets hold crumbs from years of use. We like to do a move-in or move-out clean with the house empty, so we can get inside every cabinet and along every wall. For a seller, that means a clean house at the final walkthrough. For a buyer, it means unpacking into rooms somebody else has already scrubbed.

Plenty of houses in Avon have a basement, and it is the part of a move everyone forgets. Lint piles up behind the washer and dryer, and cobwebs build in the corners around the furnace. Basements here also run damp in the summer, and damp dust turns into a grime that a broom will not lift. We wet-clean the floor and wipe down the stairs and shelves, so the basement starts out as clean as the kitchen.

If you are not moving, regular cleaning is what keeps a house from sliding back after a deep clean. We set the visits on a schedule that suits your week, and that can mean evenings or weekends. That helps if you work during the day and would rather be home when the crew is there. Every job carries a satisfaction guarantee. If a room is not right after a visit, call us and tell us what was missed.

Avon offices and renovations need cleaning too

For a small town, Avon has a busy commercial side, with offices in the industrial park and shops along Main Street. We clean offices and retail stores as well as houses. For a business, the timing matters as much as the cleaning. We can come in the evening or on a weekend. That way the floors and restrooms get done while the doors are closed, and nobody works around a wet floor sign.

Older houses in Avon get kitchens and baths redone, and some get additions. Either way, the work leaves a fine dust in every room, even the rooms nobody touched. Drywall dust is the worst of it. It gets inside closed cabinets and into the heating vents, and a household vacuum just blows it back into the air. Our post-construction cleanup starts at the ceiling and works down. Every surface gets wiped, because that dust keeps settling for a while after the saws stop.

Carpet takes a beating over a New England winter. Salt and sand work down into the pile by the doors, and a vacuum only picks up what sits on top. Our carpet and upholstery cleaning is a deep clean of the carpet itself and of the couches and chairs people actually sit on. We also do sanitization, which means disinfecting the surfaces hands touch. It makes sense after a stomach bug goes through a house, or in an office where everyone shares the same door handles.

Getting a price in Avon

Call us at (781) 414-1969, or send a quote request from this site with your Avon address and what you need cleaned. We will set a time to come out and look at the house or office, and the estimate is free with no obligation. Seeing the place first matters, because a cape with a finished basement and an office in the industrial park are two very different jobs. We do not post prices, so the estimate is where you get your number.