Greater Baton Rouge · Louisiana · Professional Home Cleaning
Soft well water, damp air and more than 60 inches of rain a year make Baton Rouge a different job from most cities. Here is what that means for homes from the Garden District to Central.
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Recurring weekly or biweekly cleaning to the same TotalCare Cleaning standard every visit, with Hotel Finish detail.
From $138 / visit
One-time or seasonal deep cleaning. Baseboards hand washed, cabinet fronts degreased, ceiling fans, blinds and vents. Every detail surface your standard clean misses.
From $279
Inspection-ready move-out cleaning for tenants, landlords, sellers, and buyers. Interior appliances, all cabinets, baseboards, inspection-ready standard.
From $350
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Greater Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Central is a young city of detached, mostly owner-occupied homes between two rivers. Here is how TotalCare Cleaning will approach homes along Hooper Road, Sullivan Road and the rest of town.
Denham Springs has an Antique Village downtown, the Amite River along its boundary and a flood history from 2016. Here is how TotalCare Cleaning will approach them, along with Walker and Watson.
Prairieville grew fast, and most of its homes are from this century. Here is how TotalCare Cleaning will approach detached family houses in this Ascension Parish community, including Ascension Oaks.
Other places in the Greater Baton Rouge: Ascension Oaks, Bellewood, Bocage, Country Club, Decker Plantation, Dogwood Acres, Garden District, Holden, Hooper Road, Jamestown, Magnolia Heights, Sullivan Road, Walker, Watson, Woodland Hills, Zachary.
Local Guides
Moisture makes dust stick and grime cling. Here is how a One-Time Deep Clean fits a Baton Rouge home, from 1970s ranch houses to flood-rebuilt rooms and everything in between.
Louisiana gives you free tools to check a company before anyone comes into your home. Here is how to use them, what to ask a cleaner, and how to look after your keys and valuables.
How Louisiana's deposit statute works for tenants and landlords, how LSU's calendar affects lease dates, and what a One-Time Moving Clean covers at the end of a Baton Rouge lease.
A practical way to pick a cleaning interval in a city with 77 rainy days, about 96 days of 90 degree heat and air that rarely lets a bathroom fully dry.
Baton Rouge's year has a wet January, an early spring, a very long summer and a hurricane season that runs through fall. Here is what to clean and when, built from local normals.
Damp air is the defining housekeeping problem here. This guide draws on LSU AgCenter advice to explain what helps, what cleaning can handle and when you need a contractor instead.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes, priced by the home, not by the hour. This page covers the local conditions behind a cleaning plan: the moisture, the housing and the 2016 flood that still shapes how people think about their homes.
Unlike many Southern cities, Baton Rouge has naturally soft water, so hard water spots are not the main story. Humidity is. Most of what follows comes back to it.
About 58 percent of homes in the city of Baton Rouge were built before 1980 and the median year built is 1976. Single family detached houses make up about 55 percent of units and buildings with 5 or more units about 31 percent. Three bedrooms is the most common size at about 35 percent, followed by two bedrooms at about 26 percent. About 47 percent of occupied homes are rented, helped along by LSU, which lists more than 41,000 students.
The surrounding towns look different. About 59 percent of Prairieville's homes and about 57 percent of Zachary's were built in 2000 or later. Central has a median year built of 1990 and a homeownership rate of 88.8 percent. Denham Springs is older, with about 51 percent built before 1980.
So a Garden District home and a Prairieville home need different first visits. An older house usually wants a deep clean to get through years of trim and tile, while a newer one is mostly about upkeep.
Baton Rouge averages about 62 inches of rain a year, with June, August and January the wettest months at more than 6 inches each, and 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. About 96 days a year reach 90 degrees or hotter, and July and August highs average about 92 degrees. Winter is short: about 18 freezing nights, a median last freeze around February 25, and a January high of about 62 degrees.
The LSU AgCenter warns that humid air, damp items and wet ground under a home can lead to mold, dust mites and bacteria growing inside. It also advises keeping air conditioner drains working and emptying refrigerator drip pans. A cleaning plan does not replace those steps, but it goes well with them. The humidity guide and the seasonal calendar go into more detail.
Recurring House Clean, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, starts at $138.00 on the bi-weekly row. The first visit is an Initial Deep Clean. In this climate, it is the core service for most households, and the recurring guide explains how to choose an interval.
One-Time Deep Clean starts at $279.00. It adds hand washed baseboards, wet-wiped blinds, window tracks, ceiling fans and vents wiped in place, degreased cabinet fronts, treated shower glass, detailed faucets and soaked stovetop grates. Read the deep cleaning guide.
One-Time Moving Clean starts at $350.00 and is the only service that goes inside the oven, refrigerator and cabinets. Louisiana gives a landlord one month to return a deposit or itemize what was kept, so the move-out guide is worth reading before an LSU lease ends.
TotalCare Cleaning will not treat mold or repair water damage, and it will not remove furniture, debris or construction waste. All starting prices are on the cost page.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Baton Rouge, including Bellewood, Bocage, Country Club, Garden District, Jamestown, Magnolia Heights, Woodland Hills, Dogwood Acres and Decker Plantation. Three neighboring communities have their own pages: Central, including Hooper Road and Sullivan Road; Denham Springs, including Walker and Watson; and Prairieville, including Ascension Oaks.
Zachary and Holden are also part of the area. Prices do not change from one to another, only with the size of the home.
The water is soft. Baton Rouge Water Company draws from 101 wells in the Southern Hills aquifer system, and its 2025 report lists total hardness at no more than 52 milligrams per liter. Glass may still spot, but heavy mineral scale is not the usual concern on the city system. It also disinfects with chloramines.
The 2016 flood is not ancient history. The National Weather Service reports 20 to 30 inches of rain fell on parts of southeast Louisiana from August 11 to 13, 2016, with an estimated 50,000 to 75,000 structures flooded. The hardest hit included East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension and Tangipahoa parishes. A repaired home can have newer walls and floors around an older frame, and anyone buying a home should ask about that history. Cleaning comes after repairs, never before.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Baton Rouge 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.
