Greater Providence · Rhode Island
Cranston, RI
Cranston is Rhode Island's second largest city and mostly single family houses, many from the postwar decades, with older homes in its historic districts and a stretch of Providence River shoreline.
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 Cranston.
✓ Background-checkedEvery TotalCare Cleaning house cleaning in Cranston 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 Cranston 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 Cranston. 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 Providence 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 →Cranston sits just south and west of Providence, but its housing is a different story. Where Providence is mostly pre-war flats, Cranston is mostly detached houses with yards and driveways, a lot of them built between 1950 and 1979. That changes what a cleaning plan focuses on: whole houses, more floor area, basements, garages and the dirt a yard sends indoors.
TotalCare Cleaning will service Cranston as part of Greater Providence, with the same flat price table by home size.
Cranston incorporated as a city in 1910. It covers 28 square miles and counted 82,934 residents in the 2020 Census, which makes it the second largest city in Rhode Island. On its eastern edge it has about 3.5 miles of shoreline on the Providence River, where the river widens into Narragansett Bay.
The city also has local historic districts, where the Historic District Commission must approve exterior alterations and new construction. Those rules cover the outside of a house; inside, the care is up to the owner, but older homes in and around those districts share the plaster, wood trim and painted sills common across the region.
About 63 percent of Cranston's housing units are single family detached homes, and about 41 percent of homes were built between 1950 and 1979. That is ranch, cape and split-level territory: one or two floors, finished basements, attached garages and kitchens that have usually been updated at least once. Square footage and the number of bathrooms drive the work more than fragile finishes.
About 29 percent of Cranston homes date from 1939 or earlier, though, and the Rhode Island Department of Health says most homes in the state predate 1978 and likely contain lead-based paint. Postwar houses built before 1978 are included in that caution. Sills and window wells get damp wiping and HEPA vacuuming, and painted surfaces are never sanded or scraped.
Detached houses mean driveways, walks and garage doors, and every one of them is a path for grit. With about 109 freezing nights a year at the nearby airport station and roughly 36.6 inches of normal snowfall, the garage entry is often the dirtiest floor in a Cranston house from December to March. A mat at the garage door and a boot tray in the mudroom or back hall stop most of the salt before it reaches the kitchen.
Yards bring their own visitors. The state health department notes that deer ticks wait in brush and tall grass, so homes that back onto wooded lots or overgrown edges benefit from regular vacuuming of pet beds and entry rugs.
About 32 percent of Cranston homes are rented, much less than in Providence, so most plans will be for owners keeping a whole house on schedule. A bi-weekly Recurring House Clean suits most families, and the first visit is an Initial Deep Clean that catches up on baseboards, blinds and fixtures. Renters and sellers at the end of a lease or sale need a Moving Clean, explained in the move-out cleaning guide. For prices by size, see Providence area house cleaning costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCare Cleaning will service Cranston 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.
