We clean homes all over Tewksbury

Many Tewksbury homes are postwar ranches

A large part of Tewksbury filled in during the decades after the Second World War. Many streets off the main roads are lined with capes and ranches on wooded lots. Newer colonials and condo complexes came later. These are solid houses, but they were built long before anyone thought about easy cleaning. Baseboards run the length of every room. In plenty of these houses, the original wood floors still sit under wall to wall carpet.

Ranches put every room on one floor, which keeps a cleaning visit simple. Raised ranches and split-levels are laid out differently. The lower level is often a family room or office sitting partly below ground. It picks up more dust and damp than the rooms upstairs. We clean that level like any other floor of the house. It gets the same vacuuming and dusting as the main floor.

The small surfaces are where these homes show their age. Mini blinds in older windows hold a film of dust on every slat. Ceiling fans throw whatever sits on their blades back into the room each time they turn on. We dust both and wipe down the door frames. Carpet gets vacuumed in every room, because a mid-century house with carpet throughout holds far more dust than its counters show.

• Lower levels cleaned like the main floor
• Mini blinds and ceiling fans dusted
• Carpets vacuumed in every room
• Door frames and wall hangings wiped down
• Beds made and linens changed

Tewksbury winters leave salt on the floors

Tewksbury sits inland, so it misses the salt air that the coastal towns deal with. It gets salt from the roads instead. From the first snow until spring the streets get salted, and every trip in from the driveway carries some of it inside. That white film on an entry floor is road salt. Left alone, it dulls wood floors and works into the grout by the door. We clean the entry floors and vacuum the mats on winter visits, so the salt stays by the door.

Spring brings a second round of dirt. The snowbanks melt down to sand and grit along the curbs, and wet lawns send mud onto the mats and the stairs. Then the oaks and pines around these lots drop pollen for weeks. A yellow coat settles on the window sills and in the patio door tracks. We wipe the sills and vacuum out the tracks, and we also offer interior and exterior window cleaning.

Summers here are humid, and houses without central air keep their windows open for weeks at a time. Road dust and pollen blow in and settle on the baseboards and along the tops of door frames. By the time the heat comes on in the fall, the house has been collecting it for months. A deep clean at the change of season clears it out before the house closes up for winter.

Remodels in older Tewksbury homes spread dust

Plenty of Tewksbury houses have had a kitchen redone or a basement finished. The work happens in one room, but the dust travels. Fine drywall dust drifts through the house and settles on shelves and inside cabinets far from the job. We do post construction clean up once the contractors are out. One customer wrote: "Called for a one-time clean after renovations and they handled all the dust and leftover mess without complaining."

When a Tewksbury house or condo changes hands, the move-out clean is the job where nothing can hide. Once the furniture is gone, you can see the dust line where a dresser stood and every scuff along the baseboards. We clean inside the oven and the microwave. Then we vacuum the empty rooms and wipe down the door frames. For houses that sat empty or came back from a bank, we also do foreclosure cleaning and trash out.

Recurring service keeps a busy Tewksbury house clean between deep cleans. On a regular visit we vacuum the floors and dust the living areas. We can also change the linens and fold the laundry if you want that on the list. You choose how often we come and what each visit covers. One client wrote: "I work from home and having them come every other week keeps the place manageable."

Getting a price in Tewksbury

For a Tewksbury home, call (617) 803-6705 or ask for an estimate online. Tell us the size of the house and the kind of clean you need, from a recurring visit to a one-time deep clean. You get the estimate in writing, so you know what the visit covers before you book. We are open 24 hours Monday through Friday. Weekend hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday and 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sunday.