Deep Cleaning New Orleans, LA: Old Houses Done Right

Deep cleaning New Orleans houses is its own job, because the houses here are their own thing: 12-foot ceilings, crown molding nobody has dusted since the last owner, heart-pine floors that can't take a bucket of water, and a bathroom with original tile and a clawfoot tub. That's the work we're set up for. Below you'll find what a New Orleans deep clean covers, real prices, the neighborhoods we're in every week, and how to get on the calendar without a walkthrough.

Think about a typical shotgun double off Magazine or a Creole cottage in the Marigny. Narrow rooms run front to back, so dust and pollen blow straight through from the front door to the kitchen. Transoms above every doorway catch grime on both sides. Pocket doors hide a track full of grit and a door edge nobody can see. Window units drip and grow mildew on the sill below them. None of that comes off in a regular wipe-down, and most cleaning checklists weren't written with these houses in mind.

Then there's the air. From May through October the humidity in the city rarely lets up, and a closed closet in an old house will grow mildew on shoes and the back wall before you notice the smell. Grout in a 1940s bathroom soaks it up too. A deep clean is how you get a house like this back to zero, so regular upkeep can actually hold.

Deep cleaning New Orleans homes — what's included

Every deep clean includes our full standard checklist. These are the extras that make it a deep clean, written for the houses we actually walk into here:

Inside the oven, inside the fridge, interior windows and inside cabinets are add-ons. Tick them in the estimator and the price updates on the spot. With all the tall windows in a center-hall house, interior windows is usually the one worth adding.

Get your New Orleans deep clean price in about a minute

Pick deep clean, enter square footage and bathrooms, and tell us honestly how the house looks today. Add what you want. You'll see a flat number before you hand over a card, and you don't need anyone to come look at the place first.

You'll see the price at the add-ons step. A $50 deposit holds your date and comes off the total. The balance goes on your card the morning of the clean.

What deep cleaning in New Orleans costs: deep vs. standard vs. move-out

These come straight from our price engine for a one-time visit to a house in normal condition. A place that's gone years without a real scrub, or one with two dogs and a cat, prices higher. If so, the estimator shows it before you book, so there are no surprises at the door.

How to pick: book a standard clean if the house is in decent shape and you just want it kept that way. Book a deep clean if you're living in it and the buildup has won: the molding is grey, the grout is tan, the transoms are fogged. Book move-out if the rooms are empty and you need inside every cabinet, closet and drawer before the walkthrough. Renters between leases usually want our move-out cleaning in New Orleans.

When the deep clean is done, The Standing Clean keeps the house there. That's 20% off weekly, 12% off every two weeks, or 5% off monthly, all off your first-clean price. Our minimum visit is $180.

Where we do deep cleaning in New Orleans

Deep cleaning New Orleans neighborhoods means planning for each one:

• Uptown: raised center-halls and big doubles on the streets between St. Charles and Magazine. Lots of millwork, lots of glass, and oak pollen tracked in every spring. House cleaning Uptown.
• Garden District: big older homes with plaster walls, marble mantels and cornices. Anything stone or plaster gets a pH-neutral product and a soft cloth. House cleaning in the Garden District.
• Irish Channel: shotgun doubles and camelbacks, many of them rentals. The camelback stairs are steep and narrow, so we carry up a smaller vacuum instead of wrestling the big one.
• Mid-City: raised bungalows and doubles around Canal Street and the Carrollton streetcar. Window units are everywhere here, and so are mildew lines on the sills below them. House cleaning in Mid-City.
• Bayou St. John: older cottages and doubles near the bayou and Esplanade. Damp air off the water means closets and back bathrooms get a close look.
• Gentilly: brick ranches and raised homes on slabs and piers. More square footage per bathroom than the old city, and tile floors where grout matters more than size.
• Lakeview: many homes rebuilt raised after 2005, with stairs, big kitchens and lots of windows facing the lake breeze. House cleaning in Lakeview.
• Marigny and Bywater: Creole cottages built right up to the sidewalk, with floor-to-ceiling shutters and plenty of street grit coming in through them. Original floors are common, so it's a dry clean first and a light damp mop after.
• Treme: historic cottages and doubles near Armstrong Park. Old plaster and old pine, handled gently.
• CBD and Warehouse District lofts: exposed brick, ductwork, concrete floors and big factory windows. Exposed ducts and brick ledges hold more dust than you'd guess. House cleaning in the Warehouse District.
• Algiers Point: Victorian cottages and shotguns across the river, with the same old-house details as Uptown at a smaller scale. It's a regular stop for us, not a special trip.

We work from 1400 Cleary Ave in Metairie, so we also handle deep cleaning in Metairie. Kenner, Harahan, Gretna and the Northshore are covered too.

The New Orleans calendar, from a cleaner's point of view

The city's year shows up in its houses. These are the weeks people call us for deep cleaning in New Orleans:

• After Mardi Gras. You hosted the parade crowd for a week. There's glitter ground into the rug, a bead under every cushion, king cake on the counter, and a bathroom that served thirty people. A deep clean the week after Fat Tuesday gets it all out.
• Oak pollen season. In March and early April, live oak catkins and yellow pollen cover every porch, car and sill. Shotguns with the front door open pull it straight through the house. It ends up on fan blades, in window tracks and along the tops of transoms.
• After Jazz Fest. Two weekends of houseguests, muddy shoes from the Fair Grounds, and a guest room that needs its sheets washed and its floor scrubbed. Late April into May is a good time to reset.
• Termite swarm in May. Formosan termites swarm around lights on warm May evenings, and the wings pile up on sills, in light fixtures and in bathtubs. During swarm season we clear all of that as part of the deep clean.
• The summer mildew stretch. June through September, with the AC working hard and the windows shut. Closets, shoes and the back walls of bathrooms. A late-summer deep clean catches it before it spreads.
• Lease turnover. A lot of New Orleans leases end in summer, and renters move between doubles all over the city. If you're moving out, book move-out. If you're moving into a place that wasn't left clean, a deep clean or move-in cleaning before your boxes arrive is a lot easier than after.

Why New Orleans homeowners book their deep clean with us

How to book deep cleaning in New Orleans

1. Get your price. Choose deep clean in the estimator, add your square footage, bathrooms, condition and any add-ons. It takes about a minute.
2. Choose a date. Open slots show in real time and confirm right away. The $50 deposit holds the date and comes off your total. The rest is charged to your card the morning we come.
3. Tell us how to get in. Lockbox code, key under the planter, gate instructions, where to park on a narrow street. Put it in the booking notes. We text when we arrive and again when we're done.

New Orleans deep cleaning questions we hear on the phone

Before your crew shows up: old-house notes

A few minutes of prep makes the biggest difference in an older house. Here's what we ask before deep cleaning New Orleans homes with some age on them.

Tell us what's original

Original tile, marble, unsealed brick, old plaster, heart pine, a cypress mantel, stained glass in a transom. Put it in the notes. Old materials react differently to cleaners than new ones, and the safest way to clean them is knowing they're there before we start.

Point out the windows that stick

Plenty of old double-hung windows are painted shut or have broken sash cords. We won't force them. If you want tracks and sills done, tell us which windows open and which ones you'd rather we leave alone.

Turn off the window units

If you've got window AC units, switch off the ones in rooms you want sills and walls cleaned in. We wipe the front grille and the sill underneath, and a running unit just sprays condensation back onto a wet sill.

Parking and access

Street parking in the Quarter-adjacent neighborhoods, Uptown and the Marigny can be tight, and some doubles have a shared side alley or a gate. A note about where to park and which door to use saves time at the start.

Clear what you want cleaned

We'll move light furniture and clean behind it, but we don't sort your things. Clear the mantel, vanity and kitchen counter if you want those surfaces fully wiped, not cleaned around.

With that done, your deep cleaning New Orleans visit goes where it should: the molding, the grout, the transoms and the corners.