We clean homes all over Merrimac

Older Merrimac houses take more detail work

A lot of Merrimac's houses have been standing a long time, especially near the center of town and down by the river in Merrimacport. An older home has more to clean than its size suggests. Think of the wide trim around every door, the deep window sills, the built-in shelves and the stair spindles that catch dust on every side. That detail work takes time, and a rushed cleaner tends to skip it.

Dust left on trim and sills does not stay there. Heat from radiators and forced air lifts it and moves it around the room. A house can look clean on the floor and still feel dusty a day later. Older wood floors also tend to have gaps between the boards that hold grit. If nobody vacuums along those seams, the grit gets walked on and slowly wears down the finish.

The sensible order on a house like this is top to bottom. Ceiling fans and mini blinds get dusted before anything else, then wall hangings and door frames. The floors get vacuumed last, so nothing falls onto a clean surface. If the house has gone a while without a real clean, a deep clean is the place to start. After that, recurring visits keep the dust from building back up in all those corners.

• Ceiling fans and mini blinds dusted
• Door frames and wall hangings wiped down
• Carpets and wood floors vacuumed along the edges
• Inside of the oven and microwave cleaned
• Beds made and linens changed

Merrimac winters put salt on your floors

Merrimac sits inland on the north bank of the Merrimack River, right up against the New Hampshire line. It gets a full New England winter. That means snow, then sand and salt on every road and driveway, and all of it comes inside on boots. Salt dries into a white film on wood floors, and sand gets ground into the carpet at every door. By late winter, the entry of most houses here needs more than a quick sweep.

Spring brings its own mess. When the ground thaws, yards and dirt driveways turn to mud for a few weeks, and it ends up on the stairs and in the laundry room. Then the trees leaf out. Merrimac is a wooded town, and pollen from oaks and pines settles in a yellow layer on sills and in patio door tracks. In the fall, leaves come in on shoes and on the dog.

Salt and grit do real damage when they sit. Salt left on a finished wood floor dulls it, and grit in carpet wears down the fibers near the door. A recurring cleaning schedule catches it before that happens. Tell us which rooms take the worst of the winter, and we will plan the visits around them. A customer who works from home wrote on Google: "I work from home and having them come every other week keeps the place manageable."

Merrimac renovations leave dust in every room

Say your older Merrimac house gets a new kitchen, or the wood floors get sanded and refinished. The dust from that work does not stay put. It travels through the house and lands in rooms the contractor never touched, on top of door frames and inside the cabinets. A standard cleaning visit is not set up to reach most of it, and a quick dusting only moves it around.

Post construction clean up is on our service list, and we treat it as its own job. It is a one-time clean aimed at the dust and the leftover mess, from the tops of the door frames down to the floors. A customer wrote this on Google: "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."

The easiest time to clean a house properly is when it is empty, whether you are moving out of a Merrimac home or moving in. Move-in and move-out cleaning covers the empty rooms, down to the inside of the oven and the floor where the beds stood. We also offer foreclosure cleaning and trash out for a house that was left with things still inside. Tell us what shape the place is in when you ask for a price.

Getting a price in Merrimac

Call (617) 803-6705 or ask for an online estimate, and tell us how big the house is and what kind of cleaning you want. Mention anything that changes the job, like a recent renovation or a move date. If you want recurring visits, say how often, and the estimate will reflect that schedule. We give you a free quote before any work is scheduled, so you know the price for your Merrimac home up front.