Lehigh Valley · Pennsylvania · Professional Home Cleaning
Three cities, three water supplies and a housing stock that runs from Moravian settlements to new Lower Macungie builds. TotalCare Cleaning will service the Lehigh Valley with those differences in mind.
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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
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Lehigh Valley · Pennsylvania
Bethlehem has a World Heritage settlement, a university on the South Side and water soft enough to change how bathrooms get cleaned. TotalCare Cleaning will service its homes with that in mind.
More than six in ten Easton homes date from 1939 or earlier, and the water comes from the Delaware River. TotalCare Cleaning will service the city and its neighbors, Wilson, West Easton and Palmer, with care for what is old.
Lower Macungie is the newer, larger side of the Lehigh Valley, with seven room homes, 26 parks and very few renters. TotalCare Cleaning will service the township, including Wescosville, with size and routine in mind.
Other places in the Lehigh Valley: Emmaus, Fountain Hill, Coopersburg, Center Square, Devonshire Heights, Macungie, Palmer Township, Perkasie, Quakertown, Saucon Valley, Sellersville, South Side, Wescosville, West Easton, Whitehall, Wilson.
Local Guides
What a One-Time Deep Clean does for homes across the Lehigh Valley, from very old Easton houses to newer township builds, and how indoor air and two kinds of water change what matters.
How to check out a cleaner before giving them a key: Pennsylvania's free business name search, the Attorney General's complaint process, questions about coverage and screening, and what to explain about an older or rented home.
More than half of the homes in Allentown and Easton are rented, and college towns add their own calendars. Here is how Pennsylvania deposit rules work, how to prepare, and what a One-Time Moving Clean will cover.
How often should a home in the Lehigh Valley be cleaned? That depends on whether anyone in the house has asthma, how many levels you climb, how much snow comes through the door and how your summer goes.
A cleaning calendar based on normals at Allentown International Airport and Penn State guidance: February snow, lingering March storms, a hot and wet July, lanternflies until hard freezes and stink bugs on warm fall days.
Allentown tops the 2026 Asthma Capitals list, and the report points to older homes, indoor air and traffic pollution. Here are the household cleaning habits that reduce dust, and where cleaning stops and a doctor starts.
A shower door in Allentown and one in Easton face very different water, and an Allentown twin asks different things of a cleaner than a seven room house in Lower Macungie. That variety is what defines home care in the Lehigh Valley.
Indoor air also gets more attention here than in most places, because Allentown sits at the top of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's 2026 Asthma Capitals list. This page explains how TotalCare Cleaning will approach homes across the valley, which service suits which home, and where the map will reach.
Allentown's housing surprises people who picture a suburb. Attached homes such as row houses and twins make up 36.0 percent of units, more than detached houses at 25.9 percent. Nearly 38 percent were built in 1939 or earlier, and 56.8 percent of occupied homes are rented. Old Allentown's rowhouses even have their own historic district, although its architectural board looks only at visible exterior changes, not routine maintenance or interior work.
Easton is older still, with 63.3 percent of homes from 1939 or earlier. Bethlehem has more of a mix, at 36.0 percent detached and 27.9 percent attached, with about half of its occupied homes rented. Older walls and trim mean more ledges, and a house with narrow stairs takes a different route through a cleaning than a house on one level.
Newer areas tell another story. In Lower Macungie Township, 40.6 percent of homes were built in 2000 or later and the median home has 7.2 rooms, compared with 5.3 in Allentown. There, the main job is keeping up with size.
The airport near Allentown averages 33.1 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month at 10.8 inches. About 30 winter days have at least an inch on the ground, and about 118 nights fall to freezing or below. Municipal salt does its job on the roads, then comes home on boots. Bethlehem pre-treats its streets up to 48 hours before a storm.
Precipitation totals 47.36 inches in a normal year, across about 81 days of at least a tenth of an inch, and July is the wettest month at 5.30 inches. July is also the warmest, with a normal high of 86.4 degrees and about 18 days a year at 90 or above. Windows stay shut and air conditioners run.
The insects have local history too. The brown marmorated stink bug was first collected in the United States in Allentown in 1998, and it gathers on houses on warm fall days. Spotted lanternfly adults emerge in July and stay active until hard freezes. Read the seasonal calendar for how this all fits together.
This is one of the more unusual things about the valley. Lehigh County Authority says calcium and magnesium are prevalent in the valley's groundwater, and some customers install softeners. Bethlehem, on the other hand, draws entirely from the Wild Creek and Penn Forest Reservoirs and describes its water as very soft. Easton Suburban Water Authority draws from the Delaware River and lists total hardness of just 18.0 parts per million.
So stubborn mineral scale on shower glass may be a real issue in one township and hardly appear a few miles away. Soap film is the more common complaint in soft water towns. Mention which water you have, and your cleaner will know what to look for.
TotalCare Cleaning will offer three services across the valley, each priced by the home, not by the hour.
The map will take in all three cities and the boroughs and townships around them. Three places have their own pages. Bethlehem combines a World Heritage Moravian settlement, Lehigh University and very soft water. Easton sits on the Delaware River with some of the oldest homes in the valley, and it takes in nearby Wilson, West Easton and Palmer. Lower Macungie is newer and larger, with few renters and 26 parks.
The service area will also include Allentown's Center Square and Devonshire Heights, Emmaus, Fountain Hill, Coopersburg, Macungie, Perkasie, Quakertown, Saucon Valley, Sellersville, Bethlehem's South Side, Wescosville and Whitehall. Fountain Hill stands out for its age, with 260 buildings from before 1894 counted in 1996. Emmaus began in 1759 as a closed Moravian village, and today about 64 percent of its homes are owner occupied.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Lehigh Valley 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.
