Columbia area · South Carolina · Professional Home Cleaning
Columbia is a hot, humid river city with soft water, older homes around the university and new subdivisions out by the lake. Here is how TotalCare Cleaning will approach them.
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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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Columbia area · South Carolina
Blythewood began as the Doko depot and now has large new subdivisions, with about half its homes built since 2010 and nearly half of them four bedrooms or more.
Irmo is a town of 1970s and 1980s three bedroom houses, mostly owner occupied, with a railroad past, the Okra Strut each September and a new park on Rawls Creek.
Lexington has grown fast near Lake Murray, with more than half its homes built since 2000, water bought from West Columbia and a downtown remade around the Icehouse.
Other places in the Columbia area: Chapin, Cobblestone Park, Forest Acres, Friarsgate, Heathwood, Kingsbridge, Lake Carolina, Lake Frances, Lake Murray, Murray Lindler, Old Town, Saluda Springs, Shandon, Shoreline, Timberlake, Whitehall.
Local Guides
What a One-Time Deep Clean does for a Columbia home after a long hot summer, from air conditioning dust on vents and fans to soap film that soft water leaves behind.
Sensible steps before you hand a cleaner a key in Columbia, including South Carolina's public records, its consumer agency and a few questions that clear things up fast.
The Moving Clean for Columbia student rentals, Fort Jackson moves and home sales, set against the South Carolina deposit rule and the city's trash and recycling services.
How to pick a visit schedule for a Columbia home, given 81 days of 90 degree heat, a wet July, bugs in the fall and a mild winter that makes a good time to step back.
What to clean and when in a Columbia home, based on a late March last freeze, a wet and sticky July, fall beetles and a winter mild enough for projects.
Columbia is inland, but the 2015 flood and Hurricane Helene both hit hard. Here is how to prepare a home, deal with the ordinary mess and know when to call a specialist.
People in Columbia know their summers. About 81 days a year reach 90 degrees at the airport, and the air in July is heavy with moisture. That heat, along with soft river and lake water and a large stock of mid-century houses, decides what a clean house takes in the Midlands.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Columbia and the towns around it with three kinds of cleaning, priced by the home, not by the hour. This page explains how local conditions shape the work and where to read more.
The General Assembly created Columbia as a new state capital in 1786, and much of the city burned in February 1865 and was rebuilt, so most of what stands today is younger than its history suggests. About 30 percent of the city's 62,021 units predate 1960, including about 10 percent from 1939 or earlier. In neighborhoods such as Shandon, Heathwood, Melrose and Rosewood, old wood and tile deserve mild products and soft tools, and cleaners never sand or scrape painted surfaces.
Renters are the majority. About 54 percent of occupied homes are rented, unusually high for any city, which makes sense with more than 35,000 students on the University of South Carolina's Columbia campus and Fort Jackson close by. Only about 49 percent of units are single family detached, and about 19 percent sit in buildings of 20 or more. The median home has 5.1 rooms, with two and three bedrooms the most common sizes. The move-out guide explains the South Carolina deposit rule.
The normal July high is 92.7 degrees, and dew points sit near 69 or 70 degrees in July and August, against about 34 in January. July is also the wettest month at 5.35 inches, and about 109 days a year bring measurable rain. Bathrooms stay damp, air conditioners run for months, and wet shoes are a regular part of the summer.
Water here is soft. The city's 2025 report lists an average total hardness of 36 parts per million, which falls in the soft range on the USGS scale. You will see less crusty scale than in many cities and more soap film. Pollen is real too, as AAFA ranked Columbia 27th of 100 metro areas in 2026 with a worse than average score.
Fall brings bugs. Clemson Extension says kudzu bugs and multicolored Asian lady beetles gather around South Carolina homes then, and both should be vacuumed instead of crushed. Winter is mild, with about 47 freezing nights and 1.2 inches of snow. The seasonal calendar sets out the year, and the storm guide covers floods and hurricanes.
The One-Time Deep Clean starts at $279.00 and adds hand washed baseboards, wet-wiped blinds, window tracks, ceiling fans and vents wiped in place and shower glass treatment. The Recurring House Clean starts at $138.00 on a bi-weekly plan, with weekly and monthly options, and opens with an Initial Deep Clean. The One-Time Moving Clean starts at $350.00 and adds the inside of the oven, refrigerator and cabinets for an empty home. All three are priced by the home, not by the hour.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Columbia and these nearby towns, each with a page of its own. Lexington sits near Lake Murray, with most of its homes built since 2000. Irmo grew up as a railroad stop and then a subdivision town, and it hosts the Okra Strut each September. Blythewood began as the Doko depot and has grown rapidly since 2010, with large subdivisions like Cobblestone.
TotalCare Cleaning will also cover Chapin, Forest Acres, Friarsgate, Heathwood, Kingsbridge, Lake Carolina, Lake Frances, Lake Murray, Murray Lindler, Old Town, Saluda Springs, Shandon, Shoreline, Timberlake and Whitehall. Prices follow the size of the home in all of them, as the cost page shows.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Columbia 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.
