Lexington area · Kentucky · Professional Home Cleaning
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Lexington area · Kentucky
Georgetown added thousands of people in a decade, so most houses here are young. Here is what that means for cleaning, along with a look at the older blocks around the college.
Nicholasville has grown about 440 percent since 1970 as a commuter town for Lexington, and many of its homes are newer detached houses with a yard, a garage and a busy household.
Paris is an old, small county seat that calls itself the Thoroughbred Capital of the World. Its county has a notable share of very old houses, and that shapes how they should be cleaned.
Richmond is a college town where most homes are rented. Here is how cleaning works around Eastern Kentucky University leases, apartments and the houses beyond campus.
Other places in the Lexington area: Andover, Beaumont, Brittany Hills, Cardinal Hill, Chevy Chase, Clintonville, Eastern Estates, Georgetown College, Hunter Gate, Paris Square, Scott County Park, Shannon Run, Stoner Creek, University Park, Wild Turkey.
Local Guides
When a Lexington home needs more than a tidy: old trim holding years of fine dust, bathrooms that stayed damp all summer, and floors that have taken a wet Kentucky spring.
What to check before anyone cleans your Lexington home: state business records, the Kentucky Attorney General's advice on written contracts and deposits, and where to go if things go wrong.
The Moving Clean for a Lexington rental or sale, with Kentucky's deposit statute, the damage list you are entitled to sign, and how to clear out large items through LexCall.
Choosing weekly, bi-weekly or monthly for a Lexington home, based on rain days, summer dew points, a long leaf season and the dry air that follows the first freeze.
Month by month household chores for Lexington, built around the April 13 median last freeze, a soaking May, muggy July and August, leaf season and dry winter air.
Lexington has kept its old neighborhoods in use since 1958. Here is how to look after the historic houses and mid-century ranches that came with them, without harming the finishes.
Running a Lexington short-term rental means a city license, a zoning permit and bursts of guests around Keeneland and university events. Here is how cleaning fits into that.
Lexington has an odd shape for a city its size. Since 1974 it has filled all of Fayette County, and since 1958 a growth boundary has held new building inside an urban service area, with horse farms on the far side of the line. The result is a city where a Gratz Park townhouse, a Chevy Chase bungalow, a campus apartment and a subdivision from the last decade can all be a short drive apart.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Lexington and the towns around it. This page covers what those homes tend to need, how the local weather affects the work, which clean fits which situation, and where to read more. Everything local here traces to a public source listed at the bottom of the page.
Census estimates put about 45 percent of Fayette County homes before 1980, and about 18 percent before 1960. Older floors, painted trim and small original bathrooms reward gentle products and patience, and any paint from before 1978 should be wiped, never scraped or sanded. The older home guide goes through that in detail.
At the other end, about 12 percent of county homes date from 2010 or later. Those houses bring larger kitchens, more bathrooms and more glass, so the work shifts toward square footage rather than age.
Single family detached houses make up about 58 percent of county housing, while buildings of five or more units account for about 26 percent. That second number is high for a mid-size city, and it reflects how many people here rent. An apartment with a shared hallway gets less tracked-in grit than a house with a garage and a yard, but its small kitchen and single bath work harder.
Lexington sits at the northern edge of the humid subtropical zone, so it gets real summers and real winters. Dew points average about 66 degrees in July and 65 in August, which is when bathrooms dry slowly and a musty smell can settle into closets. January dew points fall to about 26 degrees, and with the furnace running that dry air lifts dust and static onto screens and shelves.
Normal precipitation at Blue Grass Airport is 49.84 inches a year, with May the wettest month at 5.44 inches. About 85 days a year bring measurable rain or snow, so muddy shoes and wet paws are a routine part of keeping a floor clean here.
The median last freeze is April 13 and the median first freeze is October 28. The seasonal cleaning guide turns those dates into a plain calendar for the year.
A Recurring House Clean runs weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, with bi-weekly visits starting at $138.00 for the smallest homes. The first visit of a plan is an Initial Deep Clean, which brings the home up to a level the regular visits can hold.
A One-Time Deep Clean is for a home that has gone a while without professional attention. It adds hand washed baseboards, wet-wiped blinds, window tracks, ceiling fans and vents wiped in place, degreased cabinet fronts, shower glass treated for hard water spots, detailed faucets and soaked stovetop grates. Across the five home sizes it runs $279.00 to $614.00. See the deep cleaning guide.
A One-Time Moving Clean is for an empty home, and it adds the inside of the oven, refrigerator and cabinets. With about 46 percent of occupied county homes rented and 35,952 students enrolled at the University of Kentucky in fall 2024, a lot of Lexington homes change hands on a lease schedule. The move-out guide explains how Kentucky's deposit statute works. Every price is a starting price, set by the size of the home and not by the hour, and the cost page has the full table.
Inside the city, TotalCare Cleaning will cover the whole county: Chevy Chase in the southeast, Masterson Station, Cardinal Valley and Highlands in the northwest, Hill N Dale in the southwest, and Gratz Park and Bryan Station to the northeast. Neighborhoods such as Andover, Beaumont, Brittany Hills, Cardinal Hill, Clintonville, Eastern Estates, Hunter Gate, Shannon Run, University Park and Wild Turkey will all be part of the same coverage.
Beyond the county line, Georgetown is a fast growing Toyota town with a young housing stock. Nicholasville has become a commuter town with a large share of renters. Richmond is an Eastern Kentucky University town, and Paris is a small, old county seat in horse country with some of the oldest homes in the area.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Lexington 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.
