How Rejuv Cleaning Pricing Works in Columbus, Ohio
Rejuv Cleaning quotes a flat rate, not an hourly rate. We scope each home against 11 things. Six are about the house: size and layout, bathroom count, a finished basement, hard water, floor types and access. Four are about the household: pets, how many people live there, clutter, and time since the last pro clean. The 11th is your choice — how often you want us. Then we send a written quote within one business day in most cases. Most Columbus homes need no walkthrough.
Why we quote a flat rate, not by the hour
A flat quote moves the risk from you to us. Say a kitchen turns out to be a far bigger job than we scoped. That is our problem, not a line on your bill. You know the number before anyone unlocks your door. It holds for the scope we agreed on.
The trade-off is worth saying out loud. A flat rate only works if the scope is right. That is why we ask a lot of questions up front. We cannot fix a number until we know what the job is.
We do not use a square-foot formula on its own either. Square footage tells us how much floor there is. It does not tell us how many bathrooms sit on it. Two homes of the same size in Dublin can be two very different jobs.
What we ask before we quote
Most quotes need six answers. Bedroom and bathroom count, how long since the last pro clean, and whether you have pets. Then: is a finished basement in scope, and how often do you want us?
That takes a minute to send. You can give the same six answers on the phone instead. For most Central Ohio homes it is enough to give you a firm number.
We ask for more only when the answers point somewhere odd. That could be a home no pro has ever cleaned, or a house standing empty. It could be heavy pet load, or a hard deadline like a closing or a lease end. In those cases we may ask for photos of the kitchen and baths. Photos are quicker than setting up a walkthrough, and they usually tell us what we need.
The 11 factors that change a cleaning quote
Each factor below has a direction of effect. It either raises the scope, lowers it, or leaves it flat. None of it is a secret. Knowing it lets you place your own home before you ask anyone.
| # | Factor | What we ask | Which way it moves | Why it moves the number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Square footage and layout | Bedrooms, floors, open plan or closed-off rooms | Up with size | Closed-off rooms add more work than the square footage alone predicts — more doors, corners and baseboard runs |
| 2 | Bathroom count | Full baths and half baths, counted apart | Up, and sharply | A bathroom is the densest room in the house; fixtures, glass, grout and floor each need their own pass, so adding one moves a quote more than adding a bedroom |
| 3 | Time since last pro clean | Months, or "never" | Up on the first visit only | Soil builds up. This is the largest driver of the first visit and has no effect on the visits after it |
| 4 | Pets | Number, type, shedding, indoor-outdoor | Up | Hair works its way into couches, baseboards and vent covers, and needs a second pass with other tools |
| 5 | Household size | Adults, children, home-office use | Up | More people means faster re-soiling between visits, which changes the scope of every visit, not just the first |
| 6 | Clutter and surface load | How much of the counters, floors and shelves are covered | Up | Clearing and cleaning are two jobs. A surface has to be empty before it can be cleaned |
| 7 | How often we come | Weekly, every other week, monthly or one-time | Down as visits get closer together | Less soil lands between close visits, so each one has less to strip back and the scope per visit drops |
| 8 | Finished basement | In scope or out of scope | Up when it is in | Finished lower levels often carry a bathroom, a laundry area and carpet — three scope items, not one room |
| 9 | Hard water | Scale on shower glass, fixtures, faucets | Up | Scale needs dwell time and acid, not more scrubbing. Central Ohio water is hard enough that this is a standing factor |
| 10 | Floor mix | How much carpet, wood, tile and grout | Up with the mix | Each surface needs its own method and often its own machine. Tile with grout lines is the hardest floor to bring back in any house |
| 11 | Access and parking | Keys, codes, elevators, permit parking, walk-ups | Flat as a rule; up at the margin | A downtown walk-up with metered parking means hauling gear before any cleaning starts. Most suburb homes are flat here |
The 11 factors Rejuv Cleaning scopes against, and whether each raises, lowers or leaves a quote flat.
Two of them surprise people. Bathroom count moves a quote more than bedroom count, every time. And how often we come is the only factor you fully control after the first visit.
Why the first clean is scoped differently
A first clean and an upkeep visit are not the same job with two names. The first visit strips out built-up soil. That means baseboards, door frames, vent covers and inside window tracks. It also covers behind and under what moves. Then there is the scale on your shower glass, built up since the last pro clean. Each visit after that holds what the first one reset.
A first deep clean is simply a bigger job. It reaches baseboards, door frames, vent covers, window tracks, behind and under what moves, and built-up scale. An upkeep visit does not touch any of that. A home cleaned by a pro in the last few months often needs no deep clean at all. We will say so rather than sell you one. That call is easier to make straight than to defend later.
How often we come changes the ongoing scope
How often we come is the lever most owners underuse. What a repeat visit takes is set by how much soil lands between visits. A shorter gap means a smaller job each time.
- Weekly. The lightest scope per visit. Best for homes with pets, kids, or a home office in daily use.
- Every other week. The most common choice in Central Ohio. For most families it is where scope per visit and scope per year balance out.
- Monthly. Each visit carries close to a month of soil, so the scope climbs toward deep-clean range.
- One-time. The heaviest scope of any option, because nothing has been kept up.
Weighing how often against the work each visit carries? The regular cleaning plans page walks through what each level covers.
Why don't you publish prices?
Because a published number would be wrong for most people reading it. And a wrong number wastes your time before it wastes ours.
Here is the honest version. Take a three-bed home in Clintonville with old hardwood, one and a half baths and two shedding dogs. No pro has cleaned it in four years. Now take a three-bed new build in New Albany with three baths, cleaned every other week for two years now.
Those are two very different jobs. One figure on a page cannot describe both. A price on a page would have to fit every home at once. No single number can. So we scope first and quote after.
What we will promise is the process. You send six answers. You get a written flat quote within one business day in most cases. That number is fixed for the scope you describe. Booking the visit is the next step, and we find a time that works for you and for the crew. If the home is not as it was described, we tell you before we start. Most homes need no walkthrough and no sales visit. Would you rather hear a number out loud than read one? Ask, and we will call.
How to compare two cleaning quotes fairly
This part is useful whether or not you hire us, which is the point. Most people compare two quotes by the bottom line, and the bottom line tells you the least. Work through these seven checks instead.
- Compare scope, not totals. Ask each firm for a written task list by room. If one includes inside windows, baseboards and the microwave and the other does not, it is not the same job.
- Check whether the first visit is quoted on its own. A lower total may or may not include the first deep clean. Ask for it as its own line, so you compare like with like.
- Ask: hourly or flat? Hourly bills for the time the job takes. A flat quote sets the number before the work starts. Under hourly, a long job costs you more. Under flat, it costs the cleaner. Ask what happens if the job runs long.
- Ask who is in your home. Staff or subcontractors, background-checked or not, the same team each visit or a new one. This changes what the number is worth more than the number does.
- Check the insurance yourself. Ask for current insurance documentation and confirm the named insured, policy dates, coverage type, and the entity or person actually performing the service. Ask how soon they can send it, and hold them to that.
- Ask what happens if you cancel late, or nobody can get in. Ours are set out in the booking terms provided with your quote.
- Ask what is left out. Every scope has limits. Ask for those limits in writing, so you can hold two quotes side by side.
| What to ask each firm | What a strong answer sounds like | What should worry you |
|---|---|---|
| "Send me the task list by room" | A written list arrives within one business day | "We do everything" |
| "Is the first visit scoped on its own?" | Yes, and here is why for your home | Silence, or a new number on arrival |
| "Hourly or flat?" | A clear answer, plus what happens if it runs long | "It depends how it goes" |
| "Who cleans my home?" | A named team, background-checked, the same each time | "Whoever is free" |
| "Can I see proof of insurance?" | A certificate sent on request | Delay, or a photo of a card |
A five-question script for sizing up a cleaning firm. Each one can be answered in writing.
How commercial and specialty work is quoted
Home quotes work from rooms. Commercial quotes work from three things. First, the areas covered. Then how often each task is done, and the spec. The spec covers restroom fixture counts, floor type, and whether supplies like liners and paper are the vendor's job. Our bids are flat-rate, and each area and task is priced on the page.
Our commercial cleaning and janitorial services pages show how a spec is written.
Carpet cleaning and upholstery cleaning are quoted from area and soil, not room count alone. Stairs, halls and closets take far more work than their size suggests. Post-construction cleaning is quoted in stages. Fine dust keeps settling for days after the last trade leaves, so one visit will not hold.
Pricing guides
Each guide below answers one pricing question in full. None of them prints a figure. All of them explain the mechanics behind the number you get quoted.
Start with How Much Does House Cleaning Cost in Columbus, Ohio? (Coming soon) if you want the whole picture in one place. It covers what goes into a home quote, how fast you get one back, and what a firm needs first.
Scoping a building rather than a home? What Does Commercial Cleaning Cost in Columbus? (Coming soon) covers how a nightly spec is priced. It also covers why two bids for the same building can differ. It says what to have ready before you ask for bids.
For carpet, read Carpet Cleaning Prices in Columbus (Coming soon). It sorts out the two ways carpet gets counted: by the room, or by the square foot. It also shows how stairs and halls count, and how to learn if a stain will lift before you book.
The 11 factors in the table above get the full treatment in What Changes a Cleaning Quote? (Coming soon). It shows how much of the number you can move yourself, and which parts the house fixes for you.
Been told your home needs a deep clean first? Read Deep Cleaning Cost in Columbus (Coming soon). It explains the extra work behind that scope, how to judge if your home needs one, and whether it repeats.
Short-term rental hosts should read Airbnb Turnover Cleaning Rates in Columbus (Coming soon). It covers what belongs in a turnover scope and how linen handling changes it. It also shows how to set a guest-facing cleaning fee that matches reality.
Is a lease or a closing driving the timeline? Read Move-Out Cleaning Cost in Columbus (Coming soon). It sets out what a move-out scope covers, and how it differs from a deep clean of the same home. It also says how far ahead to book.
Finally, Hourly vs Flat-Rate Cleaning (Coming soon) is the model match-up in full. It covers who carries the risk under each, and what happens when a job runs long. It also covers which model suits a very dirty first clean. Want the wider set of head-to-head match-ups? The cleaning comparisons hub collects them.
Common questions
Does where I live in Central Ohio change my cleaning quote?
Where you live does not change our scoping. The housing stock does. Older inner-ring homes in Bexley or Grandview Heights often have more closed-off rooms and older surfaces. New builds in Powell or Hilliard tend to have fewer of both. That shows up in the scope. See areas we serve for coverage.
Do I have to sign a contract to get regular cleaning?
No. Recurring service has no long-term residential commitment. Contact us before the next scheduled visit if you need to pause, change frequency or stop service. Late changes, lockouts and cancellations are handled under the booking terms provided with the quote. Commercial janitorial work is different. Those agreements start with a three to six month term and thirty days' notice.
Does the quote include cleaning supplies and equipment, and is tax on top of it?
Supplies and equipment are included. Our teams bring their own products, cloths, vacuums and machines. You are not asked to stock anything or leave gear out. Tax is the one thing the quote does not cover. We add sales tax to your invoice, on top of the quoted price. If you want a certain product used on a certain surface, tell us and we will use yours.
When do I pay for a cleaning, and how?
The approved quote states the required deposit and payment schedule. Most residential bookings require the full quoted amount when the quote is approved. If a different deposit or remaining-balance schedule is agreed, it will appear on the approved quote. Card payments on home cleaning carry no extra fee. Regular clients can keep a card on file. It is held by our payment processor, not by us, so we never see or store the number. Commercial accounts are invoiced on net 15 terms. Card payments on a commercial account carry a 4% processing fee.
Will you tell me if I don't need the service I asked for?
Yes, and we do it often. Has your home been cleaned by a pro in the last few months? Then a deep clean is usually not needed, and we will scope a standard visit instead. If a stain or a surface will not respond to cleaning, we say so before you book rather than after.
Send your bedroom and bathroom count, how long since the last pro clean, and whether you have pets. Or call and tell us. In return, you'll have a written flat quote within one business day in most cases. Booking the visit is the next step, and we find a time that works for you and for the crew. No walkthrough needed for most Columbus homes. The number is fixed for the scope you describe. If we find something different, we say so before we start.