Indianapolis area · Indiana · Professional Home Cleaning
House cleaning coming to Indianapolis, planned around century-old bungalows, new Hamilton County builds, very hard Citizens Water and a winter of salt and slush.
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Recurring weekly or biweekly cleaning to the same TotalCare Cleaning standard every visit, with Hotel Finish detail.
From $160 / 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 $311
Inspection-ready move-out cleaning for tenants, landlords, sellers, and buyers. Interior appliances, all cabinets, baseboards, inspection-ready standard.
From $391
Service Areas
Every TotalCare Cleaning professional is background-checked and screened before their first job.
Indianapolis area · Indiana
Carmel softens its own well water, about half its homes are from 2000 or later and nearly half have four or more bedrooms. Here is how TotalCare Cleaning will approach Carmel homes.
About 87 percent of Fishers homes were built in 1990 or later and nearly half have four or more bedrooms. What that means for keeping a Fishers house clean.
Westfield has the hardest water in the area at about 22 grains, and about half its homes were built in 2010 or later. Here is what that means for keeping a Westfield home clean.
Zionsville pairs a village platted in 1852 with large newer homes; about 58 percent have four or more bedrooms. Here is what that means for keeping a Zionsville home clean.
Other places in the Indianapolis area: Broad Ripple, Meridian-Kessler, Fall Creek, Village of WestClay, Spring Mill, Eagle Crossing, Bridgewater Club, Chatham Hills, Grand Park, Holland Park, Saxony, Geist, Starwood, Village of Zionsville.
Local Guides
What a One-Time Deep Clean will tackle in Indianapolis: 19-grain water scale, a winter of salt along the baseboards, century-old trim in the city and builder dust in the suburbs.
A practical checklist for vetting any cleaning company or independent cleaner in Indianapolis, using Indiana's own public tools and the questions that matter in local homes.
The Moving Clean for Indianapolis rentals and sales, explained alongside Indiana's 45-day deposit rule, what counts as normal wear and tear, and how to clear out bulky items first.
How to pick a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly Recurring House Clean for an Indianapolis home, using the city's real snow, rain and humidity pattern instead of a generic schedule.
Twelve months of home care tuned to Indianapolis weather: what the snow, the thaw, the wet early summer, the humid peak and the dry fall each do to a house, and what to clean when.
Citizens Water rates Indianapolis water at about 19 grains per gallon, and Westfield higher still. Here is where the minerals come from, how the suburbs compare and how to keep fixtures clear.
Settling into a home in Indianapolis, Carmel, Westfield or Zionsville: which utility supplies your water and how hard it is, how trash and bulk pickup work, and what to clean before the boxes come in.
Hamilton County has been building fast: about half of Westfield's homes date from 2010 or later. What new-build dust, new fixtures and very hard water mean for the first year in a new home.
Nearly half of Indianapolis homes predate 1970. This guide covers how to clean plaster, old hardwood, vintage tile and painted trim without damage, and how to keep lead dust down.
An Indianapolis winter means salt film on tile, slush on hardwood, furnace dust on every ledge and a muddy March. Here is how to keep floors and air clean from December to the thaw.
Indianapolis homes split into two very different jobs. Inside the city, close to half the houses went up before 1970, and plaster, old oak floors and small tiled baths are routine. North of 96th Street, Carmel, Fishers and Westfield are dominated by houses built this century, with big kitchens, open stairwells and four or more bedrooms.
This page lays out how TotalCare Cleaning will approach both when it comes to Indianapolis: what the local water and weather do to a house, which service fits which home, what each size of home will cost, and which suburbs and neighborhoods the service area will cover.
Census estimates put about 15 percent of Indianapolis housing at 1939 or older and roughly 58 percent before 1980. That is the stock of near north side streets: foursquares, bungalows and doubles with radiators, deep window sills and original trim. These homes want soft cloths on old wood, careful work around picture rail and crown molding, and patience on grout that has been regrouted more than once.
Age also brings lead paint caution. The Hamilton County Health Department notes that many homes built before 1978 have lead-based paint and that settled dust from it can rise again when someone sweeps or vacuums. In an older Indianapolis house, damp wiping sills and using a vacuum with good filtration beats dry dusting, and nobody on a cleaning visit should sand, scrape or chip paint.
About 60 percent of the city's housing is single family detached and another 7 percent is townhouses, so most clients will have a yard, a garage or a stoop feeding grit to the entry. More than half of homes have three or more bedrooms. The older home guide goes deeper on plaster, radiators and old tile.
Citizens Water reports an average hardness of about 317 parts per million, roughly 19 grains per gallon, for its Indianapolis system. Most of that supply comes from the West Fork of the White River, Fall Creek and Eagle Creek Reservoir. At that level, white crust forms on shower glass, faucet aerators and kettle bottoms within days, which is why the hard water guide exists.
The airport's 1991 to 2020 normals show 43.63 inches of precipitation a year, with June the wettest month and May close behind. Summer dew points average about 65 degrees in July, so bathrooms stay damp longer after showers. Then the season flips: about 105 nights a year dip below freezing, January averages 8.8 inches of snow, and road salt rides into mudrooms on every boot.
March is the messiest month for floors. It still averages a few inches of snow, but its 3.69 inches of precipitation is well above February's, so thaw water and salt residue meet on entry tile. The winter cleaning guide and seasonal calendar plan the year around those shifts.
TotalCare Cleaning will offer four services here. A One-Time Deep Clean resets a house that has gone a while without professional care, from $311.00 for the smallest homes. A Recurring House Clean keeps it there on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly plan, and the first visit of a plan is an Initial Deep Clean. A Moving Clean covers an empty home at a lease end or a sale, with the inside of the oven, refrigerator and cabinets included.
With about 44 percent of Indianapolis homes rented, Moving Cleans will be a large part of the work, and the move-out cleaning guide covers the Indiana deposit rules. Bi-weekly visits on a three bedroom home will start at $256.00 per visit.
The Indianapolis area service map will run from the city's older neighborhoods up into Hamilton and Boone counties. Four suburbs have their own pages because their homes and water differ from the city's.
Carmel softens its own well water to about eight grains, much gentler than city tap water, and about half its homes date from 2000 or later. Fishers is newer still, with about 87 percent of its homes built in 1990 or later. Westfield has the hardest water of the four at about 22 grains per gallon and about half its housing built since 2010. Zionsville pairs a historic Brick Street center platted in 1852 with large newer homes; about 58 percent have four or more bedrooms.
Inside and around those suburbs, the service area will also take in neighborhoods such as Broad Ripple, Meridian-Kessler, Fall Creek, Spring Mill, Eagle Crossing, Holland Park, Starwood, Village of WestClay, Bridgewater Club, Chatham Hills, Grand Park, Saxony, Geist and the Village of Zionsville. The Monon Trail, which runs more than 25 miles from Sheridan south through Westfield and Carmel into Broad Ripple, ties many of them together.
Pricing is flat by bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage, shown in the table on this page, and supplies are included. The house cleaning cost page walks through typical local homes, from a Fall Creek double to a five bedroom in a new Westfield subdivision, and shows which row each one lands on.
For anyone comparing companies, the hiring guide explains how to look up an Indiana business through INBiz and where the Indiana Attorney General takes consumer complaints. Those checks apply to any cleaner you consider, not only this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Indianapolis 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.
