Baltimore area · Maryland
Essex, MD
Essex is a Baltimore County community of postwar homes, half attached and half detached. TotalCare Cleaning will bring house cleaning planned for houses of that age.
How It Works
Select your home size and service type. Priced by the home, with no walkthroughs and no surprises.
Add your home to the opening list and TotalCare Cleaning will reach out when your area opens.
Your background-checked TotalCare Cleaning professional will arrive within your arrival window, fully equipped with all supplies and tools.
Every job follows the TotalCare Cleaning standard. Not right? Tell us with clear photos or video by the end of the day after the service was completed and we return, free.
Our Services
Recurring Cleaning · Biweekly or Weekly
A vetted professional every visit. The TotalCare Cleaning standard on every clean. The Hotel Finish detail every time.
From $160per visit · biweekly · 1-bed home
Join the Opening ListOne-Time · Full Restoration
Every baseboard. Every cabinet front. Every blind and vent. The TotalCare Cleaning One-Time Deep Clean is the full restoration clean that sets your home's baseline.
From $3301-bed home · supplies included
Learn About Deep CleaningOne-Time · Inspection-Ready
Inspection-ready. Built for buyers, sellers, landlords, and property managers who need the property clean to an objective, documentable standard.
From $4141-bed home · supplies included
Learn About Move-Out CleaningTrust & Safety
Every TotalCare Cleaning professional will be background-checked and screened before their first job in Essex.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Essex will be covered by $1,000,000 in general liability insurance. From hardwood floors to granite countertops and custom cabinetry, if anything is damaged during the clean, you are fully protected.
✓ Fully InsuredTotalCare Cleaning does not retain, copy, or transport house keys. Entry and access instructions are handled securely through our booking system. You control access to your Essex property at every step.
✓ Keys Stay HomeIf an area on your checklist was missed, report it in your customer portal or by email by the end of the day after your clean, with a photo, and a professional returns to re-clean that area at no charge. No forms, no friction, no arguments.
✓ Re-Clean GuaranteeWe will follow the same standard operating procedure on every single job in Essex. The TotalCare Cleaning standard is not a marketing claim. It is a documented, auditable procedure that governs every hour of work in your home.
Transparent Pricing
Priced by the home, not by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown, from the current Baltimore rate card, with supplies included.
| Home Size | Recurring (Bi-Weekly) | One-Time Deep Clean | One-Time Moving Clean (Move-Out) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bed / 1 Bathabout 800 sq ft | starting at$160per visit | starting at$330 | starting at$414 |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | starting at$239per visit | starting at$426 | starting at$522 |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | starting at$270per visit | starting at$469 | starting at$570 |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | starting at$363per visit | starting at$565 | starting at$677 |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | starting at$522per visit | starting at$729 | starting at$864 |
Priced by the home, never by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown; your exact price is set by your home. Home sizes assume the square footage shown, and a larger home, extra half baths or add-ons change the price.
Join the Opening List →Essex, east of Baltimore City in Baltimore County, grew fast after World War II, and its housing still shows it. Most homes here went up in the three decades after 1950, and the community is split almost evenly between attached rows and detached houses. Those are solid, practical homes, and after sixty or seventy years of use they have predictable cleaning needs.
Census estimates show about 24 percent of Essex homes were built in the 1950s alone, another 16 percent or so in the 1960s and about 12 percent in the 1970s. Altogether roughly 70 percent of the housing went up before 1980. Only about 6 percent predates 1940, which sets Essex apart from Baltimore City, where more than four in ten homes are that old.
Essex is served by Baltimore County's Bureau of Solid Waste Management, which runs a trash cart pilot program in the community, and by the county's scheduled bulk collections.
About 36 percent of Essex housing units are attached single family homes and about 39 percent are detached. That close split means a cleaning plan has to handle two kinds of house on the same few streets. An attached home has neighbors on one or both sides, fewer windows and a front entry that takes nearly all the foot traffic. A detached home has windows on every side, a yard and usually a back or side door that becomes the main way in.
A house that has stood since the 1950s or 1960s has had many owners, kitchens redone more than once and trim painted over many times. That history is what a first One-Time Deep Clean is for: it hand washes baseboards, wipes fans, vents and light fixtures in place and degreases cabinet fronts. A bi-weekly Recurring House Clean then keeps things there. If any painted surface is chipping in a pre-1978 home, cleaners wipe gently and point it out rather than scrape it.
Because Essex is part of the county trash cart pilot, households here may have county carts rather than their own cans. Cleaners bag household trash and take it to whatever containers you use, and they leave nothing at the curb.
For large items, Baltimore County gives each single family home and townhome two scheduled bulk collections, with up to three items per collection and no call needed. Set those out before a cleaning visit, since cleaners do not move or remove furniture.
Like the rest of the Baltimore area, Essex has a long pollen spring, a humid summer and a real winter, with about 19.3 inches of snow a year at BWI. In the fall, University of Maryland Extension notes that stink bugs and lady beetles move indoors, gathering in attics, basements and living areas. Postwar homes with basements and older windows give them plenty of entry points, so fall visits pay extra attention to sills and light fixtures.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Essex and surrounding areas with background-checked cleaners and is insured up to $1 million. Re-clean guarantee: if we missed something, tell us by the end of the next day and we come back to fix it. Beyond Clean. TotalCare.
