We keep Burlington homes clean

Many Burlington homes are ranches and capes

Burlington was mostly farmland until the highway came through in the middle of the last century. After that the town filled in fast. The side streets off Cambridge Street and Winn Street are lined with ranches and capes from that building boom. Some have been added onto since, so one house can have original hardwood in the bedrooms and a newer kitchen at the back. We match the cleaning to the floor in each room, whether that is old oak or new tile.

A ranch keeps everything on a single level, which makes it quick to vacuum and easy to hurry through. Many houses this age have hot water baseboard heat along the outside walls, and the covers catch dust and pet hair all winter. Split-levels put the family room a few steps down, where dust settles on shelves and the TV stand between visits. We dust along the baseboards and door frames in every room, including the ones guests never see.

Many of these older floor plans have been opened up, with a wall taken out between the kitchen and dining room or a basement finished. Drywall dust from that work settles on mini blinds and inside cabinets, and it keeps drifting down for weeks after the contractor leaves. We offer post construction clean up for exactly this. One customer wrote, "Called for a one-time clean after renovations and they handled all the dust and leftover mess without complaining. Communication was easy and the price was fair."

• Baseboards and door frames dusted in every room
• Ceiling fans and mini blinds dusted
• Carpets and bare floors vacuumed
• Inside of the oven and microwave cleaned
• Drywall dust cleared after a renovation

Road salt ends up on Burlington floors

Burlington is inland, so the salt here does not come off the ocean. It comes off the roads. Plows and salt trucks work the main roads and side streets all winter. Every pair of boots brings some of that salt inside, along with sand. Left on hardwood, the sand scratches the finish, and the salt dries into a white film by every door. We clean that film off the floor by each entry instead of vacuuming over it.

Spring brings a different mess. Melting snow turns yards to mud for a few weeks. Then the oaks and pines drop pollen that coats cars and windowsills in yellow dust. Burlington has a lot of tree cover, from the woods around Mary Cummings Park to the big oaks on older lots. That pollen comes in every open window and shows up first in the tracks of a sliding patio door.

That is why we offer seasonal cleans on top of regular visits. A spring clean here is mostly about the salt film by the doors and the pollen on the sills. We also wash windows inside and out, which is worth booking once the pollen stops falling. A fall clean takes the summer dust off ceiling fans and baseboard covers. Do it before the heat comes on, and the house will not smell like burning dust on the first cold night.

We clean once or on a schedule

If you work from home in Burlington, the house is lived in all day, and it gets dirty all day. A recurring visit keeps that from piling up. You choose how often we come, and we agree on what gets done each time, down to making the beds and emptying the trash. One customer on an every-other-week plan wrote, "I work from home and having them come every other week keeps the place manageable. They’re quiet, respectful and do a really good job."

Burlington has condos and apartments as well as single-family houses, and people move in and out all year. A move-out clean is a different job from a weekly one. The rooms are empty, so a dusty baseboard or a greasy oven is the first thing the next person sees. We clean inside the oven and the other appliances, and we take the trash out with us. We also handle foreclosure cleanouts, which tend to come with more left behind.

Burlington has a lot of workplaces too, with office parks along the highway and around the mall. North Shore Maids does office and workplace cleaning as well, so if you run a small office here, we can take care of it. That can mean emptying every trash can and cleaning out the break room microwave. Tell us how the space is used and we will set up each visit around that.

Getting a price in Burlington

Call us at (617) 803-6705, or request an online estimate from this page. Tell us about the house and the kind of clean you want. We will give you a free quote before anything is booked, so you know the price up front. If you are planning a move or finishing a renovation, give us the date you need it done by.