Peterborough, Ontario & the Kawarthas
House Cleaning in Peterborough, Ontario
Regular visits, deep resets, moving cleans, cottage openings and post-renovation clean-ups for Peterborough homes and the cottages around them, all arranged through one phone number.
- Your house and your cottage on one plan
- Cottage visits timed to the season
- A price before anyone comes
Get a price for your home or cottage
Peterborough House Cleaners for Town and Lake
Around here, a lot of households have two kinds of cleaning to think about. There's the house in town, which needs steady attention every week or two, and there's a place on the water, which needs a big effort in spring, quick work between visitors all summer, and a careful close-up in the fall. Most cleaning services only want the first job. Cottage owners end up driving up on a Friday night to scrub before their guests arrive.
We take both. Book your home on a regular schedule, add the cottage when it's time to open it, and keep one number for all of it. If you don't have a cottage, that's fine too: most of our visits are ordinary Peterborough homes in the Old West End, Westmount, the North End and the towns just outside the city.
Start with recurring house cleaning if you want regular help, or read on to see how a visit works.
One Plan for Your House and Your Cottage
Most people come to us for one or the other. Then a cottage owner mentions that their regular cleaner won't drive past Lakefield, or a house client asks whether we'd do the place on Chemong before the long weekend. Putting both on one plan means one conversation about how you like things done, one set of notes, and one call when plans change.
Your house visits carry on as usual. Cottage visits are booked around the season and your guest calendar, and we'll remind you in the spring before the first long weekend rush.
In town
- Visits on the rhythm you choose
- Kitchens and bathrooms done properly
- Floors through every room
- Bedrooms and living areas put right
At the lake
- An opening clean when the season starts
- Turnovers between guests or renters
- A closing clean before the cold sets in
- Check-in cleans over the winter if you want them
Cleaning Services in Peterborough and the Kawarthas
Five kinds of cleaning cover almost every call we get. Not sure which one fits? Ask, and we'll tell you honestly, even if the answer is the smaller job.
Recurring Cleaning
A cleaner who comes back weekly, fortnightly or monthly to keep the whole house in order, with your cottage on the same plan if you like.
Deep Reset
One thorough visit that brings a home back from months of build-up: baseboards, inside appliances, fixtures and every corner.
Moving Cleans
End-of-lease, move-out and move-in cleaning timed around your keys, with appliances, cupboards and bathrooms done right.
Cottage Cleaning
Opening cleans in spring, turnovers between guests all summer and a closing clean in the fall, for cottages around Peterborough.
Post-Renovation
Fine construction dust cleared off vents, fixtures, cabinets, trim, window tracks and floors once the trades have gone.
How a Visit Moves Through Your Home
A good clean follows an order. Dust drifts downward, so the work begins up high and ends at floor level; wet rooms are done before floors, and floors are done last, working back toward the door so nobody walks across a clean floor. Open any stop to see what happens there on a regular visit.
Upstairs, high to low
Ceiling corners, light fixtures within reach, the tops of door frames and shelves, then down to dressers, sills and baseboards.
Bathrooms
Toilets inside and out, tub and shower scrubbed, shower glass and mirrors left without streaks, sinks and taps polished, counters cleared and wiped.
Bedrooms
Surfaces dusted around your things, beds made or changed with the sheets you leave out, mirrors wiped, a tidy-up of what's in the way.
Kitchen
Counters and backsplash, the stovetop, outside of the fridge, dishwasher and microwave, inside the microwave, the sink scoured, cupboard fronts wiped where hands land.
Living areas
Dust on tables, shelves, frames and electronics, cushions straightened, handles and switches wiped, glass on doors cleaned of nose and paw prints.
Floors last, back to the door
Vacuum everywhere including stairs and under what moves easily, then hard floors washed, finishing at the entrance.
The Cottage Year, Cleaned
A cottage needs different things at different times of year. Here's how cottage cleaning fits around the season. Read more on the cottage cleaning page.
Spring opening
April to May
Winter dust, cobwebs and droppings cleaned away, the fridge and cupboards wiped out, beds made up with your linens.
Summer turnovers
June to August
Between guests or renters: fresh beds, towels set out, bathrooms and kitchen reset, floors done, garbage handled your way.
Fall closing
September to October
Before Thanksgiving or freeze-up: fridge emptied and wiped, cupboards cleared of crumbs, linens bagged, floors left clean for spring.
Winter check-in
November to March, optional
A quick clean before a ski weekend or a holiday visit, if your road is ploughed.
What House Cleaning Costs in Peterborough
Regular visit, typical three-bedroom
about $90 to $200
What moves it: Size, bathrooms, pets, and whether it's weekly, every two weeks or monthly.
Deep reset, one time
often $200 to $450 or more
What moves it: How long it's been, inside appliances, baseboards and how much clutter has to be worked around.
Move-in or move-out
often $200 to $450
What moves it: Empty or furnished, inside the oven and fridge, walls spot-cleaned.
Cottage opening or closing
priced per cottage
What moves it: Size, how it was left last season, water access, and drive time from the city.
After a renovation
priced by the job
What moves it: How much dust there is and how far it travelled.
Prices depend on the size of the home, how many bathrooms it has, how long since it was last cleaned, pets, stairs and how often visits happen. The ranges below are estimates drawn from rates local cleaners publish; they aren't quotes. You'll get a firm price for your place before the first visit.
Sources: HomeStars' Peterborough cleaning page (shown in Google search results, November 2026) lists about $25–$50 an hour for general home cleaning and $30–$60 an hour for deep or post-construction work. Independent cleaners advertise lower hourly rates, often asking you to supply the products and equipment. All figures are estimates.
What an Hour of Cleaning Costs in Ontario
HomeStars' national guide puts residential cleaning at about $30 to $55 per cleaner per hour, higher in big cities. A three-hour clean for one cleaner in Peterborough often lands somewhere between $75 and $150 before any minimums.
Why Peterborough Households Call Us
Two addresses, one call
Keep the house on a schedule and add the cottage without starting over with someone new.
Timed to cottage season
Openings, turnovers and closings booked around your calendar, with a reminder before spring.
A reset, then regular visits
The first visit does the heavy lifting, so every visit after it is lighter and quicker.
Price agreed first
The cost of a visit is settled before anyone steps through your door. No surprises on the bill.
Insured, Bonded, Background Checked: What Each Means
People in Peterborough ask for these three words by name, and they mean different things. Here's the plain version.
Getting Started Takes Four Steps
Phone us or use the form
Describe the house, the cottage or both, and the cleaning you have in mind.
Get your price
A few quick questions (photos help for cottages), then a firm number, all before a cleaner arrives.
The first visit
Most places start with a deeper reset so later visits can be lighter and quicker.
Regular or seasonal visits
The house on your schedule, the cottage when the season calls for it.
Where We Clean Around Peterborough
From the century homes downtown to the lake roads north of the city, these are the areas we cover most. Somewhere else in the Kawarthas? Ask anyway.