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House cleaning in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Recurring maid service, deep cleans, and move-in / move-out cleaning from downtown to the beaches and across into Brunswick County — flat-rate, insured, and staffed by cleaners who understand what salt air, sand, and humidity do to a house.

Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm · Serving Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Leland and Hampstead

We're thorough

Salt air
is patient.

  • Flat-rate quote, usually the same day
  • Insured, bonded & background-checked crews
  • Re-clean free within 24 hours if it's wrong

Cleaning on the Cape Fear

Coastal houses
need a coastal
checklist.

Humidity is the whole story here. Wilmington spends most of the year damp, and damp turns a missed corner into a problem rather than just a smudge — shower grout shadows, window tracks stay wet, baseboards on the shaded side of the house go chalky, and anything left in a closed-up beach house grows a smell by August.

Then there's what gets carried in. Sand in slider tracks and entry mats. Salt film on glass and hardware near the water. Pine pollen from late March into May, and the fine grit that comes in behind a storm. None of it is dramatic on any given day; all of it compounds.

Our Wilmington checklist puts tracks, sills, thresholds, grout lines, and HVAC returns in the standard rotation — the specific places coastal damp and beach sand show up first.

An honest line: we're a cleaning company, not a remediation company. Surface mildew gets cleaned. Actual mold in a wall cavity or under a floor gets reported to you with a recommendation to call someone licensed for it — not painted over with a bleach wipe.

Wilmington-specific services

Six ways
Wilmington
books us.

Every one is quoted as a flat rate before a cleaner reaches your door. Add-ons are priced individually and only run if you approve them.

Weekly · Biweekly · Monthly

Recurring house cleaning

The standing visit that keeps sand, pollen, and coastal damp from settling in. Kitchen and bathrooms fully reset, floors vacuumed and mopped, surfaces dusted, beds made, trash out — same crew, same day, rate locked while the schedule holds.

Single visit

One-time & deep cleaning

The seasonal reset a coastal house needs: baseboards, door frames, sills and tracks, cabinet fronts, vents and returns, ceiling fans, plus shower glass and tile treated for soap scum and any early mildew shadow in the grout.

Empty homes

Move-in / move-out

Cleaned to a landlord's or closing agent's checklist — inside all cabinets, drawers, closets, and appliances, blinds and sills, tracks vacuumed, and a final floor pass on the way out the door.

As needed

Post-storm & hurricane season

After a storm or a long stretch shut up tight: sills and tracks cleared of debris and grit, surfaces wiped down, floors reset, and a look at the spots where standing damp shows up first. We clean; we don't do water remediation, and we'll tell you when you need someone who does.

Add-on

Sand & salt entry care

Entryways, mudrooms, screened porches, and outdoor showers take the worst of it at the beach. Extra attention to thresholds, tracks, mats, rails, and the sliding door channels that quietly fill with sand all season.

Spring

Pollen season deep dusting

Late March through May, everything in New Hanover County wears a coat of yellow. A pollen visit hits sills, screens, porches, blinds, fans, vents, and the surfaces where it drifts in around windows and doors.

Ways to book

Three kinds
of house clean.

Every scope below is published on purpose. You should know exactly what you're buying before a stranger is in your kitchen.

Weekly · Biweekly · Monthly

Recurring house cleaning

The service most people mean when they say they want a cleaner. A maintained home, kept maintained — kitchen and bathrooms fully reset, floors vacuumed and mopped, surfaces dusted, beds made, trash out. Same crew each visit, same day of the week, rate locked while the schedule holds.

  • Kitchen: counters, sink, stovetop, exterior of appliances, microwave interior
  • Bathrooms: toilets, tubs, showers, tile, mirrors, fixtures descaled
  • All rooms: dusting, mirrors, glass, switch plates, visible cobwebs
  • Floors: vacuumed and hard floors mopped, edges included
  • Beds made or linens changed if you leave fresh sets out
  • Trash and recycling emptied, liners replaced
Single visit

One-time & deep cleaning

For a home that hasn't had a real reset in a while — before a party, after a renovation, at the start of a season, or as a trial run before committing to a schedule. A deep clean covers everything a standard clean does, plus the build-up that a maintenance visit doesn't have time to reach.

  • Everything in a standard clean, at a slower and more detailed pace
  • Baseboards, door frames, door tops, and window sills hand-wiped
  • Cabinet and drawer fronts degreased
  • Vent covers, ceiling fans, and light fixtures dusted
  • Hard-water and soap-scum treatment in showers and on glass
  • Inside the oven and refrigerator on request
Empty homes

Move-in / move-out cleaning

Cleaning done to a checklist someone else is going to grade — a landlord, a property manager, a closing agent, or the next family walking in with a moving truck behind them. Best done on an empty home, after the movers and before the walkthrough.

  • Inside every cabinet, drawer, closet, and pantry
  • Inside the oven, refrigerator, freezer, and dishwasher
  • Appliance exteriors, including under and behind where accessible
  • All baseboards, door frames, sills, tracks, and blinds
  • Showers and tubs treated for hard water, grout scrubbed
  • Interior windows and mirrors, and a final floor pass on the way out

Flat-rate pricing

One number.
Agreed first.

Your quote is based on square footage, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the type of clean, and whether there are pets. Not on how long a cleaner happens to take. That means:

  • The invoice matches the quote — every time, unless you added something
  • Nobody is incentivized to work slowly, and nobody is rushed to beat a clock
  • Add-ons (oven interior, fridge interior, interior windows, laundry) are priced individually and only run if you approve them
  • Recurring rates drop after the first visit and stay locked while the schedule holds
  • No trip fees, no fuel surcharges, no supply fees, no card fees

Get your flat rate

Typical turnaround

Quote today.
Clean this week.

  • One flat rate, agreed before we start
  • The same crew at every visit
  • Add-ons only if you say yes

The people in your home

Vetted,
insured,
and named.

Background-checked before day one

Every cleaner clears a criminal background check and an identity verification before they are scheduled on a single job. Not after a probationary period — before.

Employees, trained on a checklist

Crews are trained on a written room-by-room standard and shadow an experienced cleaner before working solo. Nobody learns your house on their first day alone.

General liability & bonding

We carry general liability insurance and a janitorial bond. If something breaks, it's handled through insurance, not an argument. Certificates available for HOAs and property managers on request.

Key and code security

Keys are coded rather than labeled with addresses, lockbox and alarm codes are stored access-restricted, and we tell you in advance if a substitute cleaner will be on your visit.

What we don't do

Being straight about the limits is part of the quote. These fall outside a residential cleaning scope:

  • Exterior windows above ground level
  • Pest, mold, or biohazard remediation
  • Carpet shampooing and floor refinishing
  • Heavy lifting of furniture or appliances
  • Post-construction debris hauling
  • Anything unsafe to reach from a two-step stool

Areas covered

New Hanover,
Brunswick &
Pender.

Crews are routed by area — downtown and midtown, the beaches, and across the bridge — so you get a consistent arrival window instead of a cleaner stuck on the Cape Fear Memorial at 4pm.

  • Downtown & Historic District
  • Wrightsville Beach
  • Carolina Beach
  • Kure Beach
  • Mayfaire
  • Landfall
  • Autumn Hall
  • Porters Neck
  • Ogden
  • Middle Sound Loop
  • Masonboro
  • Monkey Junction
  • Riverlights
  • Pine Valley
  • Sunset Park
  • Castle Hayne
  • Wrightsboro
  • Murrayville
  • Leland
  • Brunswick Forest
  • Waterford
  • Hampstead
  • Surf City
  • Topsail Beach

Not on the list? We cover most of New Hanover County plus nearby Brunswick and Pender. Call (575) 270-9330 and we'll tell you straight.

Who we clean for

Locals,
second homes,
and everyone
between.

Second-home owners

Houses that sit empty for weeks need a different rhythm — an arrival clean before you drive down, a close-up clean when you leave, and periodic airing-out visits in between.

Downtown & historic homes

Original floors, plaster, and hardware handled with products chosen for the material, not for whatever is on the cart.

Busy households

Biweekly service on a fixed day, keys or codes handled, done while you're at work or at the beach. It just happens.

Realtors & landlords

Pre-listing cleans before photo day and turnover cleans between tenants, invoiced to the agent or the owner with photos when it's done.

UNCW families

Semester turnovers and end-of-lease cleans, arranged and paid for by a parent in another state if that's simpler.

Film & travel professionals

Short-term housing for crews and travel medical staff, cleaned between stays on a schedule that moves when the production does.

Residential FAQ

Wilmington
questions.

All FAQs

01Which parts of the Wilmington area do you cover?

New Hanover County top to bottom — downtown and the historic district, Mayfaire, Landfall, Porters Neck, Ogden, Middle Sound, Masonboro, Monkey Junction, and Riverlights — plus the beaches at Wrightsville, Carolina, and Kure, and across the bridge into Leland and Brunswick Forest. North into Hampstead, Surf City, and Topsail as well.

02How do you deal with humidity and mildew?

By cleaning the places it starts. Coastal damp shows up first in shower grout, on window sills and tracks, behind toilets, around HVAC returns, and along baseboards on north-facing exterior walls. Those go on the recurring checklist so surface mildew is wiped before it takes hold. Actual mold growth in walls or subfloor is a remediation job, not a cleaning job — if we see it, we tell you and point you to someone licensed for it.

03Do you clean historic downtown homes?

Yes, and they're handled differently. Old heart-pine floors, plaster walls, original hardware, painted stair treads, and antique glass don't take the same products or the same pressure as a 2019 build in Riverlights. Tell us what's original and we'll adjust products and method rather than finding out the hard way.

04Can you handle sand from the beach?

It's assumed, not an exception. Sand collects in slider tracks, entry mats, porch corners, mudrooms, stair nosings, and under furniture legs. Beach-adjacent homes get extra time built into the flat rate for tracks and thresholds instead of a surprise line item later.

05Do you clean for UNCW student rentals?

Yes — semester turnovers, end-of-lease cleans, and parent-arranged recurring service. August and May book up fast because every lease in town turns in the same two weeks, so give us as much notice as you can for those.

06What's the difference between a standard clean and a deep clean?

A standard clean maintains a home that's already in decent shape — surfaces, kitchen, bathrooms, floors, trash. A deep clean adds the build-up layer: baseboards, door frames, cabinet fronts, vents, hard-water deposits, and detail work around fixtures. Most homes that haven't been professionally cleaned in six months or more start with a deep clean, then move to a recurring schedule at the standard rate.

07How often should I schedule a recurring clean?

Every other week is the most common choice and works for most households. Weekly makes sense with kids, pets, a home office, or allergies. Monthly works for smaller homes, couples who travel, or anyone who keeps up with tidying and just wants the deep surfaces handled.

08Do you bring your own supplies and equipment?

Yes — products, cloths, and vacuums all come with the crew. If you'd prefer we use something specific for a stone counter, a sealed hardwood, or a scent sensitivity in the house, leave it out with a note and we'll use yours instead.

09Can I request the same cleaner every time?

That's the default on a recurring schedule, not an upgrade. You get a consistent crew, and if someone is out we tell you before the visit rather than sending a stranger unannounced.

10Do I need to tidy before you arrive?

No, but the cleaning goes further if flat surfaces are clear. Cleaning around clutter takes time that could go into the actual surfaces. If you'd like us to organize as we go, say so up front and we'll build it into the quote.

Get a flat-rate quote

Get a Wilmington flat rate today.

Call or text (575) 270-9330 with the square footage and bed / bath count, or send an email. Most quotes go back the same day, and we can usually start within the week.