Greater Portland · Maine · Professional Home Cleaning
Nearly half of Portland's homes predate 1940, and the snow sits on the ground for about 74 days a year. Cleaning here means old finishes, winter grit and small rental apartments.
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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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Greater Portland · Maine
Cape Elizabeth is a town of large single family homes among a great deal of open space, next to Portland Head Light. Here is what that means for a regular clean, and for your trash.
Falmouth is a town of larger detached homes from around the 1980s, with a major mooring field at its Town Landing and a few rules around trash and parking worth knowing.
Scarborough has three town beaches, the largest salt marsh in Maine and a lot of newer housing, along with many seasonal homes. Here is what that means for keeping one clean.
South Portland mixes a historic downtown village at Knightville, a sandy beach neighborhood at Willard and a lot of mid-century houses. Here is what that means for keeping one clean.
Other places in the Greater Portland: Munjoy Hill, West End, East Deering, Knightville, Willard Beach, Pleasantdale, Fort Williams, Kettle Cove, Pond Cove, West Falmouth, Pine Point, Prouts Neck, Black Point, Pleasant Hill, Upper Landing.
Local Guides
Portland homes tend to hold on to things: old trim, radiators, deep sills and months of winter grit. Here is what a One-Time Deep Clean will do for them, and what it leaves alone.
Before anyone cleans your Portland home, take a few minutes with Maine's free corporate name search and ask a few plain questions. Here is what matters, especially in an older building.
More than half of Portland's homes are rented. Here is how Maine's deposit deadlines work, what to do in an older building, and how a Moving Clean fits into leaving a lease.
Choosing how often to have your Portland home cleaned depends on your building, your season and your household, from a third floor one bedroom to a four bedroom in Falmouth.
A month by month list for Greater Portland homes, built around 18.6 inches of January snow, a muddy thaw, browntail moths from April through August and a wet October.
Nearly half of Portland's homes predate 1940. Here is how to look after Munjoy Hill buildings, West End homes and triple-deckers without damaging what makes them worth keeping.
About 74 days a year have snow on the ground in Portland, and about 144 nights fall below freezing. Here is how to keep an older Maine home clean through all of that.
Portland is an old city that is still very much lived in. The median home was built in 1946, Munjoy Hill's buildings date mainly from the 1850s to the 1930s, and many triple-deckers from around 1900 are being rediscovered as housing. It also has very soft water, and winters that test every entryway.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Portland and the surrounding Greater Portland towns. This page explains what those homes tend to need, how the seasons affect them, which clean fits what, and the places that will be covered.
Census estimates show about 46 percent of housing units in the city of Portland were built in 1939 or earlier. Only about 36 percent are single family detached homes, while about 27 percent are in buildings with two to four units. Greater Portland Landmarks notes that triple-decker buildings shaped how Portland families lived around 1900, and many are now being converted or rediscovered.
About 61 percent of units have two bedrooms or fewer, and about 53 percent of occupied homes are rented. So a usual job here is a compact apartment with narrow stairs and an old bathroom, not a big suburban house.
Age brings a caution. Maine DEP says more than half of Maine homes may have lead paint, and that most lead poisonings in the state come from dust from old lead paint, especially in buildings built before 1950. Paint in these homes gets wiped gently and never sanded or scraped. The older home guide covers that in detail.
The Portland Jetport averages 68.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month at 18.6 inches. About 74 days a year have at least an inch of snow on the ground, and about 144 nights fall below freezing. Boots, sand, salt and slush are part of life for months, and the winter cleaning guide is about how to handle them.
Precipitation is spread remarkably evenly, with about 131 days of it a year, 48.12 inches in total, and October the wettest month at 5.25 inches. Summers are mild, with an average July temperature of 70.4 degrees and only about 5 days reaching 90.
One local oddity deserves a mention: browntail moths. Maine officials call them a big problem in coastal Maine, and the caterpillars' poisonous hairs can float on the wind, land on things people touch and cause a rash. The seasonal calendar has more on what to do in those months.
A Recurring House Clean runs weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, with bi-weekly starting at $160.00 on the smallest row. The first visit of a plan is an Initial Deep Clean, and the recurring guide can help you choose.
A One-Time Deep Clean runs $311.00 to $690.00 across five home sizes. It adds hand washed baseboards, wet-wiped blinds, window tracks, ceiling fans and vents wiped in place, degreased cabinet fronts, treated shower glass, detailed faucets and soaked stovetop grates. That suits a home where old trim has been holding dust for a good while. See the deep cleaning guide.
A One-Time Moving Clean, starting at $391.00, adds the inside of the oven, refrigerator and cabinets. Maine has a specific deposit deadline, explained in the move-out guide. These are starting prices, priced by the home, not by the hour, and the cost page has them all.
Inside the city, TotalCare Cleaning will cover Munjoy Hill, the West End with its Western Promenade homes, East Deering and the city's other neighborhoods.
South Portland, once part of Cape Elizabeth, has a historic downtown village at Knightville and the sand and pebble Willard Beach. Cape Elizabeth is mostly single family homes around a great deal of open space. Falmouth has larger houses and a major mooring field. Scarborough has beaches, the largest salt marsh in Maine, and a lot of newer housing. The Portland Water District serves all of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Portland 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.
