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Hygiene Maids of Plano

House cleaning · Plano, TX

House cleaning in Plano, TX

The regular, whole-home visit — the one most Plano households actually need.

A standard house cleaning is a full surface-level pass through the kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms and living areas. It is the service that keeps a home at one level rather than rescuing it from a bad one.

Book it once, or put it on a weekly, biweekly or monthly schedule. Everything below is what the visit actually covers — including the parts it does not.

Hygiene Maids of Plano cleaner wiping down a kitchen island during a house cleaning visit

What is included

Room by room, what a standard visit covers

This is the working scope. It is written down because "we clean your house" is not a scope, and because you should be able to check the result against something.

Kitchen

  • Countertops, backsplash and sink cleaned and dried
  • Exteriors of refrigerator, oven, dishwasher and microwave
  • Microwave interior wiped out
  • Cabinet fronts and handles spot-cleaned
  • Stovetop and range hood face degreased
  • Trash emptied and the can wiped
  • Floor vacuumed and mopped to the edges

Bathrooms

  • Toilet cleaned inside and out, including the base and behind
  • Shower, tub and surrounds scrubbed
  • Glass and chrome cleared of everyday water spotting
  • Sink, counter and vanity cleaned
  • Mirrors polished streak-free
  • Floor cleaned along the perimeter, not just the middle

Bedrooms and living areas

  • Dusting of reachable surfaces, window sills, ledges and shelving
  • Ceiling fans and light fixtures dusted where reachable
  • Beds made, or linens changed if you leave them out
  • Mirrors and glass surfaces cleaned
  • Under reachable furniture vacuumed
  • Floors vacuumed and hard floors mopped

Throughout the home

  • Light switches, door handles and frequently touched points wiped
  • Baseboards spot-checked and dusted where visible
  • Cobwebs removed from reachable corners
  • Entry and hallway floors cleaned
  • Interior glass in doors cleaned
  • A final walk-through before we leave

What it does not cover

The honest list of exclusions

Most complaints about cleaning services come from an expectation nobody wrote down. So here is ours.

  • Interior of the oven or refrigerator (part of a deep clean, or on request)
  • Exterior windows, or interior glass beyond reachable height
  • Wall washing, and anything needing a ladder above standard reach
  • Moving heavy furniture or appliances
  • Laundry, dishes left in the sink, or general tidying of personal items
  • Carpet shampooing, grout restoration and other specialist treatments

Several of these can be added — oven and refrigerator interiors in particular are commonly requested. Ask when you book and we will confirm the scope rather than leaving it to chance on the day.

Choosing correctly

Is a standard clean the right call?

Three quick tests. If you answer yes to any of them, a deep clean is probably the better first visit.

  1. 01

    Has it been more than six months?

    Soap film on shower glass, dust settled on baseboards and vents, and grease film above the stove take time to build and time to remove. A standard visit is not scoped for it.

  2. 02

    Have you just taken the property on?

    Someone else lived there. A deep clean, or a dedicated move-in clean, resets it before you unpack rather than cleaning around your things later.

  3. 03

    Is there one thing you keep looking at?

    Baked-on oven residue, mineral film on glass, grout gone dark. Those are deep-clean tasks. A standard visit will improve the room around them but will not fix them.

Read the full comparison in standard cleaning vs deep cleaning, or go straight to deep cleaning in Plano.

Primary bedroom in a Plano home with the bed made and surfaces dusted after a house cleaning

In Plano specifically

Two things that show up in nearly every Plano home

Mineral spotting. North Texas water leaves a film on shower glass, chrome fixtures and faucets. A standard visit clears the everyday version of it. Once it has built into a hard, cloudy layer, it becomes a deep-clean job — which is why regular visits are worth more here than in softer-water regions.

Pollen and fine dust. The overlapping North Texas pollen seasons put a film on sills, blinds, fans and vents, and it comes back faster than most people expect. It is the single most common reason a Plano household moves from monthly to biweekly.

We clean houses throughout the city — see the service area for how coverage works.

On a schedule

A house clean costs less when it repeats

A home that is cleaned regularly never falls far enough behind to need recovering, so a recurring visit is genuinely less work. The discount reflects that rather than being a promotion.

20%off

Weekly cleaning

Homes with pets, young children, or several people in all day.

Weekly cleaning →
15%off

Biweekly cleaning

The most commonly chosen schedule, and the one most Plano households settle on.

Biweekly cleaning →
10%off

Monthly cleaning

Lower-traffic homes where you handle the light cleaning between visits.

Monthly cleaning →

The percentage comes off the rate quoted for your home. That rate depends on size, bathroom count and current condition, so it is confirmed before anything is booked. Read more on recurring cleaning.

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

If an area we cleaned was missed or you are not satisfied with it, tell us and we will come back to address it within 24 hours at no additional cleaning charge, subject to the terms of the guarantee.

4.8 out of 55+ years serving Plano

Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–6:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · Sun closed

House cleaning questions

What Plano homeowners ask us

Specific to this service. General questions about the company are answered on the about page.

Is a standard house cleaning enough, or do I need a deep clean first?

If the home has been cleaned regularly and you are keeping it level, a standard clean is enough. If it has been six months or more, if you have just moved in, or if there is visible build-up on shower glass, baseboards or inside appliances, a deep clean first will get more done. After that a standard schedule holds it. If you are not sure, describe it to us and we will tell you honestly which one fits.

How long does a house cleaning take in Plano?

It depends far more on bathroom count and condition than on square footage. A two-bathroom home in good order is a much shorter visit than a two-bathroom home that has not been cleaned in months. We confirm the expected scope with you before the visit rather than promising a fixed clock time.

Do I need to tidy before you arrive?

Not deep-tidy, but clearing counters, floors and surfaces of personal items genuinely helps. Cleaners clean surfaces; time spent relocating your belongings is time not spent cleaning. Fifteen minutes of putting things away buys noticeably more cleaning.

Can I ask for specific things to be prioritized?

Yes, and it is worth doing. Most homes have one thing that bothers the owner more than everything else combined — the shower glass, the floors, a particular room. Tell us at booking and the visit gets planned around it.

Do you clean homes with pets?

Yes. Tell us what animals are in the home and where they will be during the visit. If a pet needs a door kept closed, or is nervous around vacuums, say so — it makes the visit easier for everyone, including the pet.

What if I am not happy with part of the clean?

Tell us. If an area we cleaned was missed or you are not satisfied with it, we will come back to address it within 24 hours at no additional cleaning charge, subject to the terms of our satisfaction guarantee. Call or text (469) 405-3762.