Cleaning services in Round Rock

Texas tax rules require anyone providing cleaning on residential or nonresidential property to hold a sales tax permit and collect tax. The state rate is 6.25%, and local governments can add up to 2%, for a combined maximum of 8.25%. A cleaning service should collect the state rate plus any local city, county, special district or transit tax on the amount billed. Ask what rate appears on your invoice and check it against your address.

The taxable list is broad: window washing, floor, wall and ceiling cleaning, duct and chimney cleaning, and trash collection on the premises. The one exemption the Comptroller describes is a self-employed housekeeper who works directly for the household, not someone sent by a maid service.

HomeGuide's national figures (April 2024) are the closest published guide:

The average visit is about $200, with most people paying $120 to $280, and cleaners charge about $25 to $75 per hour per worker. Prices are before sales tax. Ask whether a first visit is billed as a deep clean, and whether supplies are included; companies pay tax on their own chemicals and equipment. The Texas house cleaning guide has more detail.

Round Rock cleaning quotes by the hour or by size

Some companies quote by the hour and some by square footage. HomeGuide's national per-square-foot rates are $0.10 to $0.17 for regular cleaning, $0.11 to $0.30 for deep cleaning and $0.22 to $0.33 for move-out work. An hourly quote is usually per worker: a typical two-worker, two-hour visit runs $100 to $300 nationally. Ask which method the company uses, how many cleaners will come, and what happens if the job runs long.

Get the scope in writing before the first visit: which rooms, whether inside the oven, fridge and windows is included, and the cancellation and lockout terms if nobody is home. Pressure washing a building or sidewalk is taxed as building or grounds cleaning, so an add-on outdoor job should carry tax too.

Before a cleaner gets a key, run the checks you can. Some households use the Texas Department of Public Safety's public conviction database, searchable by name, as one hiring check. It covers Class B misdemeanors and higher reported to DPS; Class C convictions appear only if reported. Ask a company how it screens its staff and whether the same cleaner comes each visit.

Texas law generally lets you cancel a home-solicited sale of more than $25 of services by midnight of the third business day after you sign, but only where the seller approached you at home; cleaning you book online or by phone falls outside it. Complaints filed online with the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division are public under Texas law.

A Texas landlord must refund your deposit within 30 days after you surrender the home, once you give a written forwarding address. Deductions for damage must be itemized in writing, and nothing can be kept for normal wear and tear. A landlord who keeps a deposit in bad faith can owe $100 plus three times the amount wrongfully withheld and your attorney's fees. A dated receipt from a move-out clean helps if a cleaning charge is disputed.

Line up Round Rock movers for the day before the cleaners, and see the Round Rock hub for trash and recycling service. Cleaners in Pflugerville are an option if you are moving within the area.