Cleaning services in San Antonio

San Antonio companies set their own rates; HomeGuide's national figures (April 2024) give a benchmark. A visit averages about $200, with most people paying $120 to $280. Cleaners charge $25 to $75 per hour per worker, and a two-worker, two-hour visit costs $100 to $300.

Ask whether your first visit is priced as a deep clean, which column your quote falls in, and what the recurring price will be.

Per square foot, HomeGuide gives $0.10 to $0.17 for regular cleaning and $0.22 to $0.33 for a move-out. The Texas-wide guide is on our house cleaning hub.

Texas lists building cleaning, janitorial and custodial work as a taxable real property service, and Comptroller Publication 94-111 says tax is due on the charge to clean a home. The state rate is 6.25%, and local governments can add up to 2%, for a combined maximum of 8.25%. A cleaning company should collect the state tax plus any local city, county, special district or transit tax on the amount it bills.

The one exception the Comptroller describes is a self-employed housekeeper who is the household's own employee. Someone sent by a maid service, or working as a subcontractor for one, doesn't qualify. If a company leaves tax off, ask why before you agree to a recurring schedule. A new-home buyer may see a different answer: cleaning bought by a home builder as part of building a new home isn't taxable, so a builder's final clean won't carry tax, but the clean you book after closing will.

San Antonio short-term rental turnovers

If you run a short-term rental, the city requires an STR permit from Development Services, and operators owe 9% city and 1.75% Bexar County hotel occupancy tax plus the state tax, reported monthly even when the amount is zero. Turnover cleaning is a separate, taxable service on top of that. Get a per-turnover price in writing and keep the invoices with your STR records.

Move-out cleaning for San Antonio renters

Texas landlords must refund a deposit on or before the 30th day after you surrender the home, but needn't until you give a written forwarding address. They can't keep any of it for normal wear and tear and must itemize deductions. Keep the cleaning invoice and dated photos of each room. Heavy items can go out on the city's twice-yearly bulky pickup, or line up a mover through movers in San Antonio.

Checks before someone has a key

Some households search the Texas DPS public conviction database by name as one hiring check; it covers offenses of Class B misdemeanor or higher reported to DPS. If a cleaner solicits you at home and you agree there to services over $25, Texas law generally lets you cancel by midnight of the third business day.

For the rest of the city's rules see the San Antonio guide, or compare cleaning services in New Braunfels.