Cleaning services in Carrollton

HomeGuide's national figures from April 2024 give a baseline for a Carrollton quote:

By the hour, cleaners charge $25 to $75 per worker, and a typical two-worker, two-hour visit is $100 to $300. The Texas house cleaning guide covers per-square-foot pricing and a fuller checklist.

Texas treats building and grounds cleaning, janitorial and custodial work as a taxable real property service, on homes as well as offices. A company must hold a sales tax permit and collect state tax plus any local tax on the amount billed. The state rate is 6.25%, and local governments can add up to 2%, for a combined maximum of 8.25%.

If the tax line on a Carrollton invoice looks off, ask the company which local rate it applied for your address. The only cleaning exemption the Comptroller describes is for a self-employed housekeeper who works directly for your household, not someone sent by a maid service.

• Is it priced by the visit, the hour or the square foot? HomeGuide's national per-square-foot range is $0.10 to $0.17 for regular cleaning and $0.22 to $0.33 for a move-out. Ask which basis you're paying on and get it in writing.
• What does a deep clean add? Ask for the task list for a standard clean and for a deep clean side by side, so you can see what the extra money buys.
• Who brings the supplies? A cleaning company pays tax on the chemicals and equipment it uses, so ask whether supplies are included in the price or billed on top.
• Is tax on the quote? Ask whether the price you're given includes sales tax or adds it at billing.

Most of the checks on a cleaning service are ones you run yourself. Some households search DPS's public conviction database by name; it covers Class B misdemeanors and up reported to DPS, and Class C offenses only if reported. If a seller pitches you at your door and you agree there to buy more than $25 of services, Texas law generally gives you until midnight of the third business day to cancel.

Move-out cleans for Carrollton renters

A Texas landlord must refund a deposit within 30 days after you move out, can't keep any of it for normal wear and tear and must itemize deductions in writing. Give a written forwarding address. Book the clean after the Carrollton movers have gone, and photograph each room when it's done.

If a Carrollton cleaning company won't fix a billing problem, you can file a consumer complaint online with the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, and those complaints are public. More local detail is on the Carrollton hub, and maid services in Richardson are close by.