Brookfield and west Milwaukee suburbs · Wisconsin
Waukesha, WI
Waukesha changed its water in 2023, from hard groundwater to softer Lake Michigan water, and that changes how its homes clean. Add a college campus, a large renter share and a long history as the Spring City.
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 $160per 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 $3111-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 $3911-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 Waukesha.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Waukesha 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 Waukesha 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 Waukesha. 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 Brookfield 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$160per visit | starting at$311 | starting at$391 |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | starting at$227per visit | starting at$403 | starting at$493 |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | starting at$256per visit | starting at$443 | starting at$538 |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | starting at$345per visit | starting at$534 | starting at$640 |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | starting at$497per visit | starting at$690 | starting at$817 |
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 →Waukesha is the county seat of Waukesha County, set on the Fox River, with 71,158 residents at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in the planned Brookfield area and, in many ways, the most varied: older blocks, a university campus, and a large share of apartments and attached homes.
When TotalCare Cleaning comes to the area, Waukesha will be included on the same menu, with a plan that reflects what its new water and its many rentals mean for a home.
Waukesha grew up as a mineral springs resort, nicknamed the Spring City and the Saratoga of the West. Its water story took a new turn in the twenty-first century. One of the aquifers the city relied on had unsafe levels of radium, and moving to Lake Michigan required approval from the governors of all eight Great Lakes states, granted in June 2016.
In October 2023 the Waukesha Water Utility completed the switch from groundwater to 100 percent Lake Michigan water, bought from Milwaukee Water Works. For a city named for its springs, it was a major change.
The utility says the Lake Michigan supply is at least 60 percent softer than the old groundwater and may reduce or end the need for a softener. For cleaning, softer water means less mineral film on glass shower doors, fewer white rings on faucets and less scale in kettles and coffee makers.
There is a second reason to look at the softener. The City of Waukesha runs a softener salt program because chloride from home softeners passes through wastewater treatment, and the city is out of compliance with its chloride limits. A home still running an old softener at its old setting may be using salt it no longer needs.
Mineral buildup from before the switch does not vanish on its own. A first deep clean treats shower glass for hard water spots and details faucets, and after that, the softer water makes it much easier to keep fixtures clear.
Waukesha's housing is more mixed than Brookfield's. About 11 percent of its homes were built before 1940, and only about half are single family detached houses. The rest are attached homes and multi-unit buildings, and about 41 percent of occupied homes are rented.
Carroll University, founded in 1846 as Wisconsin's first four-year college, sits on a 137-acre campus in the city and enrolls about 3,280 students. Student rentals near campus turn over regularly, and each turnover is a Moving Clean: everything in a deep clean plus inside the oven, refrigerator and cabinets, timed before the landlord's walkthrough. The move-out guide explains Wisconsin's 21-day deposit rule.
Owners in older downtown houses often start with a One-Time Deep Clean, then move to bi-weekly visits through the snowy months. Apartment and townhome residents with smaller spaces often choose monthly. Renters leaving at the end of a lease book a Moving Clean. Whatever the home, the price follows bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage on the same table used across the area.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Waukesha 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.
