#1 house cleaning in Kensington and Maryland
Kensington Superior House Cleaning provides residential house cleaning, deep cleaning, move in and move out cleaning, and commercial cleaning and janitorial services across Kensington, Maryland. Insured and bonded, we clean the Victorian houses and Colonial Revivals of the historic core, the post war colonials and bungalows under the mature tree canopy, and the townhomes near the town center.
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Kensington covers just half a square mile and was incorporated in 1894. Developer Brainard Warner laid out a planned Victorian community called Kensington Park and named the town for a London district he had visited. The place began earlier as Knowles Station, where the railroad met the old road between Rockville and Bladensburg, and it grew as a summer escape for Washington families before it became a commuter town. The 1891 station still serves MARC riders, the historic core sits on the National Register of Historic Places.
A well kept Kensington house feels calm the moment you step in from the porch. The glass is clear, the kitchen is ready for cooking, and the floors feel clean underfoot. We hold every house to that standard on a written checklist built for that house.
A steady schedule keeps a historic home from feeling crowded by dust. On a weekly, biweekly, or monthly plan, kitchens and bathrooms stay fresh, floors stay ahead of grit tracked in from Connecticut Avenue, and dust never settles deep into baseboards, bookcases, and window trim. The first visit runs longest because we learn the house. After that, the same lead follows the same checklist and visits settle into a rhythm around commuter and telework schedules.
Every older home reaches a point where surface cleaning is no longer enough. Our deep clean goes to the places dust hides for years, the tops of door frames, window tracks, fan blades, the space behind doors and radiators, and bathroom grout lines. We hand wipe baseboards, scrub tile, clean inside the oven and refrigerator, and dust the tall trim and built ins that define these houses. Many clients start here, then move to recurring service.
Sometimes the house needs one thorough clean and nothing more, before guests arrive for a festival weekend, after family has stayed over. A one time clean covers the whole house the way we clean for recurring clients, with kitchens and baths detailed, floors vacuumed and mopped, and every room dusted top to bottom. Tell us what is driving the visit and we will shape the plan around it.
An empty Kensington home shows its age honestly, from closet dust to an oven that remembers years of dinners. For move outs, we clean the empty space completely, inside cabinets and drawers, inside the oven and refrigerator, baseboards, window tracks, bathrooms from top to bottom, and floors throughout, so the home is ready for the final walkthrough. For move ins, we run the same full clean before your furniture and boxes arrive, so the first night starts from clean shelves, clean floors, and bathrooms that feel like yours.
Apartments and condos near the town center and along the Connecticut Avenue corridor are compact, and compact spaces show dirt quickly. A small kitchen still collects grease, a single bathroom still builds soap scum, and porches gather pollen fast in spring. We bring the full checklist, scaled to the space, covering the kitchen, baths, living areas, bedrooms, floors, and glass. We can hold a key securely, clean while you are away, and send a message when we have locked up.
The largest Victorians and Colonial Revivals in town are serious houses to clean, with wraparound porches, formal dining rooms, finished attics, multiple staircases, and bathrooms spread across three floors. A house like that needs a crew and a plan, not a single cleaner rushing room to room. We size the crew to the home and assign a lead who knows the layout. Porches, sunrooms, finished basements, and guest spaces are part of the same visit.
Guests come to Kensington for wedding weekends, for the Day of the Book festival, and for quiet days spent antiquing along Howard Avenue. Our turnover service resets the whole space between checkout and arrival, the full clean plus fresh linens and made beds, folded towels, a reset kitchen, and a restock of the basics guests expect. We note anything worn or damaged and send photos for your records.
Some households want a deep clean without a heavy chemical load, for babies, pets, allergies, or a simple preference for gentler products. Our green service uses plant based and low toxicity products for the entire visit, with microfiber systems that capture dust instead of pushing it into the air. Only the product shelf changes, not the standard. Vintage tile still gets scrubbed to the grout line, wood still gets surface safe care, and kitchens still get degreased properly.
The professional offices around the town center and along Connecticut Avenue need quiet and reliable service that never interrupts the workday. We clean in the evening or early morning, emptying trash and recycling, cleaning and restocking restrooms, resetting kitchenettes and break rooms, and vacuuming and mopping floors. One contact runs your account.
A day porter keeps a public facing building sharp while the day unfolds, checking restrooms, pulling trash, wiping entrances, and handling a spill before it becomes a complaint. Our janitorial crews cover the building after hours on a set route from a written checklist, floors, restrooms, kitchens, and common areas done in the same order each night.
A medical or dental office has to feel spotless before the first patient sits down. We clean waiting rooms, reception areas, restrooms, and staff spaces with close attention to door handles, check in counters, and chair arms. Floors are done with the right method for the material, and clinical areas are cleaned to the protocol your own staff sets for us.
Banks are cleaned before the business day begins, never while customers are in the lobby. We handle lobbies, teller lines, offices, restrooms, and ATM areas while the doors are still locked, dusting, vacuuming, polishing glass, and finishing trash before the first customer walks in. Access and alarm steps are agreed in advance.
A restaurant lives in two places at once, the dining room guests remember and the back of house an inspector studies. We clean dining rooms, host stations, and restrooms to a guest ready standard, with floors degreased and mopped, tables and chairs wiped, and glass polished. Kitchens get heavier work along the line and around equipment. Service runs after close or before open.
Kensington retail means antique shops and boutiques where the merchandise itself can be a century old, alongside bookshops and everyday stores near the town center. Dust is part of the inventory problem here, so we dust shelves and display cases with a light touch, polish glass, clean floors and entries, and freshen customer restrooms without shifting product around. We clean before opening or after close.
A commercial kitchen collects grease where a nightly wipe down never reaches, behind the equipment, up the walls, around the drains, and above the line where steam carries it. We degrease walls and floors, detail equipment exteriors, clean storage areas and walk in coolers, and handle drains and corners staff have no time for during service. The work runs overnight or between services.
Grease inside a hood system is a fire risk, not a cosmetic issue. We clean the filters, the plenum, the reachable ductwork, and the fan down to clean metal, and we document the work with before and after photos for your records and your inspector. This is compliance work that protects the building and the business. Most kitchens need it quarterly or twice a year.
A three story Victorian near the old station had not had a full deep clean in several years, and dust had settled into the tall window tracks, stair rails, and trim in every room. We spent a full day with a crew of three on the kitchen detail, three bathrooms with vintage tile, heart pine floors, the finished attic, and the wraparound porch entry. The deep clean came to $685. The homeowner told us the attic bedroom was the surprise, bright again once the windows and tracks were truly clean.
A post war colonial in Kensington Heights sold over the summer, and the sellers needed the empty house ready for the buyers final walkthrough. We cleaned inside every cabinet and drawer, inside the oven and refrigerator, scrubbed two and a half bathrooms, detailed the basement family room, and finished the hardwood and tile throughout. The move out clean totaled $760. The homeowner told us the buyers agent commented on the kitchen before anything else.
A retail and office space in the West Howard antique district had been handling cleaning in pieces, and the entry glass, floors, and restroom showed it. We set the business up on service three evenings a week, display areas dusted with care around the merchandise, floors done nightly, glass polished, and the restroom and small kitchenette reset each visit. The monthly contract is $1,150. The owner told us customers started noticing the front windows within the first week.
Every new home starts with a walkthrough, in person or by video. You show us the house, tell us what matters most, and we build a written checklist from that conversation, room by room. On each visit the crew works from that list, starting at the top floor and moving down, dry work before wet work, and the lead checks every room before we leave. If anything is ever missed, tell us and we will come back and make it right. We are insured and bonded.
Good results in an old house come from matching the product to the surface, every time. Our crews carry commercial vacuums with sealed filtration, microfiber cloths color coded by area so bathroom cloths never reach the kitchen, and cleaners chosen for the material in front of us, gentle products for heart pine and painted wood, surface safe products for stone and vintage tile, and stronger solutions only where grout truly requires them. Plant based products ride on every visit for households that prefer them.
A small condo or apartment takes a couple of hours with one cleaner. A typical Kensington colonial or bungalow runs about half a day with a crew of two, and a large Victorian getting its first deep clean can take most of a day with a crew of three or four. The first visit always runs longest, because that is when we learn the house and set the checklist. Recurring visits run shorter and more predictable.
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| Service | How It Is Priced |
|---|---|
| Recurring House Cleaning Cost Recurring service is priced per visit, and visiting more often lowers the rate because the house stays in better shape between visits. For most Kensington homes, recurring visits generally run $210 to $480 per visit, with the exact place in that range set by cadence and size, smaller homes on a weekly plan at the lower end and larger homes on a monthly plan at the higher end. Your written estimate is the number your plan is billed at. | $210 to $480 per visit |
| Deep Cleaning and One Time Cleaning Cost A deep clean costs more than a standard visit because it reaches far more of the house. For most Kensington homes a deep clean runs $350 to $750, depending on size, condition, and how long the detail work has been waiting. A one time standard clean generally runs $300 to $650. We confirm the full number after the walkthrough. | Deep clean $350 to $750 One time standard clean $300 to $650 |
| Move In and Move Out Cleaning Cost Move in and move out cleaning is priced by the size of the empty home and its condition. Most Kensington move outs run $400 to $850, covering inside cabinets and drawers, inside appliances, baseboards, window tracks, full bathrooms, and floors throughout, the exact list a landlord or buyer checks at the end. The quote is written and firm. | Most move outs $400 to $850 |
| Post Construction Cleaning Cost Post construction cleaning is priced by the square foot, because fine dust drives the work, and renovations in older Kensington homes send plaster dust into vents, cabinets, and window tracks far from the work area. A final detail clean generally runs $0.35 to $0.60 per square foot. We quote this work from a walkthrough of the finished space, so the price reflects the real dust load. | $0.35 to $0.60 per square foot |
| Commercial Cleaning Cost Commercial work is priced by the size of the space, the scope, and the schedule. Monthly janitorial contracts for Kensington offices, shops, and practices commonly run $400 to $2,500 per month, with small offices near the lower end and larger or medical spaces toward the higher end. Every commercial client gets a written proposal before service starts. | Janitorial contracts $400 to $2,500 per month |
From our base in town we clean across Kensington itself, from the Historic District and Kensington Heights to the Connecticut Avenue corridor, the Howard Avenue antique district, and the streets around the MARC station and Noyes Library. We also serve nearby Garrett Park, Forest Glen, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, North Bethesda, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Aspen Hill, and Rockville.
Tell us about your home or business, the size, the service you want, and anything special we should know about the space. We will set up a free walkthrough, build your checklist with you, and send a written estimate with a firm price. There is no pressure and no obligation, and recurring plans can pause or change with a little notice.
Call (240) 222-5740For most Kensington homes, recurring visits run $210 to $480 per visit, a deep clean runs $350 to $750, and a one time clean runs $300 to $650. Move in and move out cleaning generally runs $400 to $850. Your exact price comes from a free walkthrough and a written estimate.
Residential services include recurring, deep, one time, move in and move out, apartment and condo, and estate and large home cleaning, along with short term rental turnovers and green cleaning with plant based products. Commercial clients can book office cleaning, janitorial and day porter service, medical and dental office cleaning, bank cleaning, restaurant cleaning, retail cleaning, commercial kitchen cleaning, and kitchen exhaust hood cleaning.
Yes. Every crew arrives with its own vacuums, microfiber systems, mops, and products matched to your surfaces, including gentle products for heart pine floors, plaster, and vintage tile. Households that prefer a plant based set can tell us at the walkthrough.
It depends on the size of the home, its condition, and the crew we send. A small condo takes a couple of hours, a typical colonial about half a day with a crew of two, and a large Victorian getting a first deep clean can take most of a day. Later visits settle into a predictable window.
Yes, and many Kensington clients prefer it that way, especially commuters and families who travel. We are insured and bonded, and we can hold a key securely or use a door code, clean while you are at work or out of town, and message you when the house is locked up again. We follow your access instructions exactly.
Use the quote form on this page and tell us a little about your home or business. We will schedule a free walkthrough, in person or by video, build your checklist together, and send a written estimate. Once you approve it, we set your first visit.
Tell us about your home and we will set up your free walkthrough.