We clean homes throughout Haverhill

Older Haverhill houses hold more dust

A lot of Haverhill went up while the shoe factories were running, and the houses still show it. Walk through the Highlands or around Mount Washington and you'll see big Victorians and multi-family homes with tall ceilings and plaster walls. Old plaster sheds a fine grit as it ages. It lands everywhere. The deep door casings and picture rails in these homes give it plenty of places to sit, and nobody looks up there.

Skip that dust for a few months and it stops being loose dust. Kitchen grease and bathroom steam mix into it, and it dries into a gray film on the tops of door frames and along the blinds. A dry cloth just smears it. Radiators are the worst spot. Dust packs into the narrow gaps inside them, and the first time the heat comes on in the fall, you'll smell it burning.

So in an older Haverhill house we start high and work down. Ceiling fans and the tops of door frames come first. Floors come last, so nothing we knock loose lands on a floor we've already vacuumed. Haven't had a cleaning in a while? Ask for a deep clean before regular visits start. That gives the crew time for the dust that's built up on ledges and in corners.

• Door frames and wall hangings dusted
• Ceiling fans and mini blinds cleaned
• Windows cleaned inside and out
• Carpets and floors vacuumed
• Oven and microwave cleaned inside

Haverhill winters bring road salt indoors

Haverhill sits inland on the Merrimack, up near the New Hampshire line, and it gets cold, snowy winters. Streets and sidewalks get salted and sanded from the first storm on, and every trip in from the driveway carries some of it inside. Salt dries into a white crust on hardwood and tile by the door. Then there's sand. It works into rugs, and every step grinds those grains against the floor finish underneath.

Spring brings a different mess. Once the snow melts, yards around Haverhill stay soft and muddy for weeks, so mud comes in on every pair of shoes. It dries into dust on baseboards and sills. Then the pollen. The north end and the streets around Kenoza Lake are thick with trees, and when they bloom in late spring, pollen blows through window screens. It leaves a yellow film on sills and patio door glass.

That's what our seasonal cleaning is for. In the fall, before the storm windows come down, have the windows cleaned inside and out while it's still mild. After the thaw, the crew works on the floors by each door and vacuums the carpets and rugs that held sand all winter. Tell us which season you're calling about, and we'll plan around it.

Haverhill apartments need cleaning between tenants

Haverhill has a lot of multi-family housing, from the triple-deckers near downtown to old shoe factories that now hold apartments and lofts. Tenants move a lot more often than homeowners do. When a unit empties, the next tenant should walk into a clean place. And the owner wants a unit that's ready to show. We do move-in and move-out cleaning for both of them.

An empty apartment shows everything. With the furniture gone, you'll see the grease on the wall behind the stove and the dust line where a dresser stood. A move-out clean goes inside the oven and the microwave, and the laundry room gets wiped down too. Foreclosed houses in Haverhill are a heavier job. A place that's sat empty for months often has trash left behind, and we can take that trash out as part of the job.

When an old Haverhill house gets a new kitchen or a redone bathroom, the dust goes through the whole place. Sanded plaster and drywall dust is finer than everyday house dust. It gets inside cabinets and onto every door frame, and it keeps settling for days after the work stops. That's the stage our post-construction cleanup is for. Here's Patricia Weibel's Google review. "Called for a one-time clean after renovations and they handled all the dust and leftover mess without complaining."

Getting a price in Haverhill

Call (617) 803-6705 and tell us about the place. It might be a Victorian in the Highlands, a triple-decker unit, a downtown loft or a newer house out by the lakes. Say whether you want a one-time deep clean or regular visits. Rather not call? We also give estimates online. Either way, you'll get a free quote for your Haverhill home before you decide anything. We're open seven days a week.