Is $270 a normal price for a one-time apartment cleaning?
Cleaning quotes can swing wildly from a few hundred dollars for specific rooms and appliances up to over $1,200 for specialized work like duct cleaning. Without knowing how square footage, appliance detailing, or regional rates factor in, it is impossible to tell whether a quote is fair or a total rip-off.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Getting multiple quotes to establish an average price
- 2Searching on Nextdoor or TaskRabbit for alternative providers
- 3Communicating explicitly for regular surface cleaning instead of a deep clean
- 4comparing quotes from different local companies
- 5asking online forums whether a specific quote is reasonable
- 6cleaning mold off the vents yourself
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“What would you guys say is a reasonable price for a condo that has six ac vents?”source ↗
“I reached out to a local company that was highly recommended in my town but they provided a quote over $1200.”source ↗
“$1200 for six vents is high unless they're doing full duct sanitizing with access cuts.”source ↗
“I live in a 600 sq ft apartment and asked for a one-time cleaning of just the kitchen and bathroom.”source ↗
“The cleaner quoted me $270 and said the service includes cleaning the inside of the oven, fridge, and microwave, wiping the outside of the cabinets, vacuuming, mopping, and cleaning the bathroom.”source ↗
“the apartment is not messy or heavily dirty, so I’m just wondering if $270 sounds like a normal price for this type of cleaning in Connecticut, or if I should get a few more quotes.”source ↗
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