Cleaning services in Lubbock

Under Property Code Chapter 92, a landlord must refund the deposit on or before the 30th day after you surrender the home, but doesn't have to send it until you provide a written forwarding address. You don't lose the deposit just by forgetting to give one. Every deduction has to be itemized in writing.

A landlord who keeps a deposit in bad faith can owe $100, three times the amount wrongfully withheld and your attorney's fees. Photograph each room after the cleaners leave and keep the invoice. Before move-out day, ask the city's solid waste office how it collects bulky items left behind.

Lubbock companies set their own rates; HomeGuide's national figures from April 2024 give a yardstick:

• Average visit: about $200, with most people paying $120 to $280
• Per cleaner: $25 to $75 an hour; two cleaners for two hours, $100 to $300
• 3-bedroom, 2-bath standard clean: $135 to $180; deep clean $180 to $280; move-out $180 to $300
• Per square foot: $0.11 to $0.30 for deep cleaning, $0.22 to $0.33 for move-out

Pricing by floor area helps you compare companies that quote differently. Our Texas house cleaning guide has more.

HomeGuide's move-out range runs above its standard clean for the same size home. Ask the company what its move-out checklist covers, room by room, and compare it with your lease and the move-in condition report. If the landlord has its own cleaning list, give that to the cleaners so the job matches what will be inspected.

The Texas Comptroller treats a cleaning company's charge to clean your home the same as cleaning an office: it's taxable, and anyone selling residential or commercial cleaning must hold a sales tax permit. The state rate is 6.25%, local governments can add up to 2%, and the company should collect both on what it bills.

The one exception the Comptroller describes is a self-employed housekeeper who works directly for your household. Someone sent by a maid service doesn't qualify. Taxable cleaning also covers window washing, duct and chimney cleaning and on-site trash collection. Confirm anything that affects your own taxes with the Comptroller or a tax adviser.

The company itself pays tax on soap, chemicals and equipment, but can buy items it leaves with you, like paper towels, tax-free for resale. Ask for the total with tax before the first visit.

Lubbock cleaner background and paperwork

Ask a Lubbock company what licenses or registrations it holds, and ask for proof of insurance. Some households search the Texas DPS public conviction database by name as one check; it covers Class B misdemeanors and above reported to DPS, and Class C convictions only if reported. Ask whether cleaners are employees or subcontractors and who covers breakage. Ask whether the same team comes each visit, and agree in writing which products to use and which rooms to skip.

Cleaning contracts signed at your door

If a seller solicits you at home and you agree there to more than $25 of services, Texas generally lets you cancel by midnight of the third business day after signing. Complaints can go to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division online, where they become public.

If you're moving out, pair the cleaners with Lubbock movers, and see our Lubbock guide for setting up power at the new place. House cleaning in Midland is a nearby comparison.