Homes · 6 min
How often should a Cape Town home get a deep clean?
Weekly visits keep a home liveable. Deep cleans are for the work a two-hour slot will never touch.
If you are on a fortnightly plan and the house still looks fine, you do not need a deep clean every month. You need one when the oven door is opaque, the bathroom grout has a personality, or you can write your name on the top of the fridge.
A useful cadence
- Weekly or fortnightly: kitchens, bathrooms, floors, surfaces
- Every 4 to 6 months: oven, fridge, interior windows, skirting, inside cupboards you actually use
- Once a year: behind the fridge, light fittings, the garage if you asked for it
Sea Point and Camps Bay film over faster because of the wind. Inland homes in Claremont pick up less salt and more pollen. Same checklist, different timing.
What we do not pretend a weekly visit includes
Wall washing, chandelier work, or packing a kitchen. Those are quoted. If a previous cleaner promised “everything” in two hours, they were skipping the everything.