Deep cleaning · Minnetonka, MN
Lake Minnetonka and west Minneapolis area
A One-Time Deep Clean in Minnetonka is mostly about undoing a long winter: grit in the baseboards, dust on fans and vents, and mineral film on shower glass from hard groundwater.
The TotalCare Cleaning standard
The One-Time Deep Clean addresses every surface a standard maintenance clean cannot reach. Every Minnetonka home accumulates buildup at the grout, baseboard, and appliance level that requires a systematic deep protocol, not just more time spent.
The TotalCare Cleaning standard is a detailed room-by-room checklist. Every item has a defined method, an approved cleaning product, and a measurable pass/fail criterion. The checklist is audited on every job before the visit is considered complete.
Pricing starts at $311 for 1 bedroom up to $690 for 5 bedrooms. Priced by the home. All supplies included. No hidden fees.
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Trust & Safety
Every TotalCare Cleaning professional will be background-checked and screened before their first job in Minnetonka.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Minnetonka 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 Minnetonka 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 Minnetonka. The TotalCare Cleaning standard is not a marketing claim. It is a documented, auditable procedure that governs every hour of work in your home.
Deep cleaning Pricing
Priced by the home, not by the hour. Prices start at the amounts shown, from the current Minnetonka rate card, with supplies included.
| Home Size | What's Covered | One-Time Deep Clean Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bed / 1 Bathabout 800 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, all rooms, baseboards and blinds | starting at$311supplies included | Join → |
| 2 Bed / 2 Bathabout 1,600 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, all rooms, baseboards and blinds | starting at$403supplies included | Join → |
| 3 Bed / 2 Bathabout 2,000 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, all rooms, baseboards and blinds | starting at$443supplies included | Join → |
| 4 Bed / 3 Bathabout 2,800 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, all rooms, baseboards and blinds | starting at$534supplies included | Join → |
| 5 Bed / 4 Bathabout 4,500 sq ft | The full TotalCare Cleaning standard, all rooms, baseboards and blinds | starting at$690supplies included | Join → |
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 →A deep clean is not a bigger version of a regular visit. It is a reset of the places that a normal clean skims over, and in Minnetonka those places fill up in a predictable way. Five months of boots, closed windows and furnace air leave grit along every baseboard and a gray film on ceiling fans, while hard groundwater builds crust around faucets.
This guide explains what a One-Time Deep Clean covers, why Minnetonka homes tend to need one at certain points in the year, and how it compares with the Initial Deep Clean that opens a recurring plan.
About a third of Minnetonka housing units date from before 1970 and close to half from before 1980. Many of those homes still have original wood trim, ridged baseboards and older forced air ducts. Trim with profiles traps dust in every groove, and older duct runs push fine dust onto vent covers and the tops of door frames each time the furnace cycles.
The climate keeps that furnace running. The Minneapolis/St. Paul airport averages about 147 nights a year at or below freezing and roughly 22 at or below zero. With windows shut for most of that time, indoor dust has nowhere to go but onto horizontal surfaces. On top of that, around 90 days a year with an inch or more of snow on the ground means meltwater and sand on entry floors and lower baseboards for months.
Size matters too. About 59 percent of Minnetonka homes have three or more bedrooms and about a third have four or more, so there is simply more trim, more fixtures and more bathroom glass per house than in a typical apartment market.
Everything in a standard clean is included: kitchen counters and appliance fronts, bathrooms, dusting, floors vacuumed and mopped. A One-Time Deep Clean then adds the detail work that a recurring visit only touches lightly.
Much of the west metro draws from deep wells. The City of Maple Grove describes its water as very hard, averaging about 26 grains per gallon from natural calcium and magnesium, and says that is common for the region. It lists chalky buildup on glasses, faucets and showerheads among the signs. That buildup is exactly what a deep clean targets on shower doors and fixtures.
Softened homes see less of it. Maple Grove notes that many households run private softeners, and Eden Prairie softens at its treatment plant to moderate hardness. If a house has a softener that has run out of salt, the film comes back quickly, so check the brine tank before the visit. More detail is in the hard water guide.
After the snow melts. Once Lake Minnetonka's ice is out, a median of mid April in records going back to 1855, the grit of the winter is still in the house. That is the most common time to book a reset.
After the fall insect season. University of Minnesota Extension notes that Asian lady beetles fly to buildings from late September to late October and that boxelder bugs move indoors in fall. Window tracks and sills collect them, and a wet wipe of tracks and blinds clears what is left.
Before hosting. Holiday guests usually arrive in the snowiest months, December and January. A deep clean before the season leaves fans, fixtures and glass clear.
Before a recurring plan. Starting Recurring House Cleans begins with an Initial Deep Clean, the same scope used as the first visit of a plan, so later visits can keep things steady.
Inside the oven, refrigerator and cabinets is part of a Moving Clean, not a One-Time Deep Clean, because those jobs are done in an empty kitchen. Damp basement walls in summer are a moisture issue that Extension traces to humid air condensing on cool surfaces; cleaners can wipe accessible surfaces, but mold or water damage needs a specialist. Moving furniture out of storage areas and hauling items away are not part of any service.
Prices for every home size are in the table on this page, from $311.00 for the first row, and the cost page compares all three services side by side.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything Minnetonka homeowners ask about a One-Time Deep Clean.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Minnetonka 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.
