Weekly vs. Biweekly House Cleaning: How to Choose

The cost: per visit vs. per month

The more often we come, the less each visit costs. But more visits add up. Here's a 1,800 to 2,500 square foot home:

The monthly figures assume 52 weeks a year. On every plan, the first visit is billed at the deep clean rate ($365 for this size), and the recurring rate starts on visit two.

For a smaller home, up to 1,200 square feet, weekly is $119 a visit (about $516 a month) and biweekly is $135 (about $292 a month).

Who weekly fits

Weekly is for houses that get used hard: kids, pets, people working from home, a kitchen that cooks every night. If the floors look rough by day four, biweekly will leave you living with a messy house half the time.

It's also the lowest price per visit, and the house never drifts far from clean. Weekly also suits bigger homes, where two weeks of foot traffic adds up across a lot of floor.

Who biweekly fits

Biweekly is the middle ground. The house gets a full clean every two weeks, and you handle the small stuff in between: dishes, a quick wipe of the counters, the occasional vacuum. For a lot of couples and smaller families, that's the sweet spot between cost and clean. It's also a good fit if you like doing a little tidying yourself and just want the real cleaning handled.

A Prosper client on a biweekly plan says the kitchen “always looks brand new,” which is about what you want from every-other-week cleaning.

Where monthly fits

Monthly works for smaller households, or for people who keep up with the daily stuff and want a real clean once a month. Expect more build-up between visits than on the other two schedules. If you go monthly, a deep clean once or twice a year helps catch what builds up in between.

What happens on each visit

Weekly and biweekly visits cover the same ground: kitchen counters, sink and stovetop, the outside of appliances, bathrooms, dusting, and floors vacuumed and mopped. The checklist doesn't change. What changes is how much has built up since the last visit, which is why a weekly visit costs less than a biweekly one.

Questions to ask yourself

• How many people and pets live here?
• Do you cook at home most nights?
• Does anyone work from home?
• How much do you want to do yourself between visits?
• What do you want to spend on cleaning each month?

More people, more pets, more cooking and more time at home all point toward weekly. If your answers are mostly small, biweekly will feel like plenty.

Weekly vs. biweekly: a quick test

Picture your house 13 days after a clean. If that picture bothers you, go weekly. If it's fine, biweekly is your plan. Either way, the same team cleans your house every visit.

If your needs change

Text (945) 294-3935 and we'll talk it through. You can book, move or skip visits by text, so a busy month or a trip doesn't throw everything off. Add-ons, like the inside of the fridge or laundry, are charged only on the visits you add them to, on either schedule.

Ready? Use the calculator to see both prices for your size, read more about recurring cleaning, or book your first visit.