Lakeland area · Florida
Lakeland Historic Districts, FL
Lakeland's seven historic districts hold more than 1,600 protected buildings, from Dixieland bungalows to boom-era Lake Morton houses and postwar homes on brick piers. Each district asks for a slightly different kind of care.
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 $138per 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 $2791-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 $3501-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 Lakeland Historic Districts.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Lakeland Historic Districts 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 Lakeland Historic Districts 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 Lakeland Historic Districts. 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 Lakeland 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$138per visit | starting at$279 | starting at$350 |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | starting at$204per visit | starting at$360 | starting at$440 |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | starting at$229per visit | starting at$395 | starting at$480 |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | starting at$308per visit | starting at$476 | starting at$570 |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | starting at$441per visit | starting at$614 | starting at$727 |
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 →Lakeland's oldest neighborhoods grew out from the grid that the Shipman and Munn surveys laid around Henry Plant's South Florida Railroad when the city was established in 1885. Today seven local historic districts protect more than 1,600 historic buildings and 13 individual landmarks.
TotalCare Cleaning will service all seven districts as part of the Lakeland area. This page walks through them one by one, because a 1910 Dixieland cottage and a 1946 Lake Hunter Terrace house do not need the same thing.
The Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce lists the city's historic districts as Munn Park, Dixieland, East Lake Morton, South Lake Morton, Beacon Hill, Lake Hunter Terrace and Biltmore-Cumberland. Munn Park shares its name with Abraham G. Munn, whose survey helped lay out the city grid. Three districts are named for the lakes beside them, and the city counts Morton and Hunter, along with nearby Hollingsworth, among Lakeland's natural lakes, as opposed to the lakes formed by phosphate mining.
Florida Southern College, founded in 1883, sits on Lake Hollingsworth Drive, and its campus holds the largest collection of buildings on one site ever created by Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel in 1938.
South and East Lake Morton. Most houses here went up during the 1920 to 1926 land boom, in Bungalow and Mediterranean Revival styles, one to two stories on raised foundations with prominent porches. Raised floors and big porches mean a lot of ledges, floor edges and porch ceiling to dust.
Dixieland. Between Lake Hunter and South Florida Avenue, Dixieland is mostly Craftsman Bungalow and frame vernacular homes from 1905 to 1940, built of wood siding, stucco and brick on narrow lots under mature trees. Original wood and painted trim are the main things to protect.
Beacon Hill. Built mainly in the 1920s, mostly one- and two-story wood frame homes under an expansive tree canopy. The neighborhood uses the live oak as its symbol, and the canopy means heavy pollen and leaf litter at the door.
Lake Hunter Terrace. The youngest of the group: two thirds of construction took place during and just after World War II. The typical house rests on brick piers with a front porch or stoop.
The tree canopy that makes these streets so pleasant also makes them dusty in late winter and spring. UF/IFAS says oaks produce heavy pollen in February and that Florida's pollen season peaks in March and April. Porches, screens, window tracks and fan blades in Beacon Hill and Dixieland take the most of it. A deep clean once the pollen peak has passed, and closer recurring visits through it, keep the yellow film from settling into old wood.
About 44 percent of occupied homes across Lakeland are rented, and Florida Southern College sits on Lake Hollingsworth Drive, so plenty of district residents are tenants rather than owners. When a lease ends, a Moving Clean covers inside the oven, refrigerator and cabinets as well as the full deep scope. See the move-out guide for Florida's deposit rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Lakeland Historic Districts 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.
