RESIDENTIAL EXAMPLE

A weekly house cleaning estimate, with drive time.

This example is a 3-bedroom occupied house on a weekly route. Bathrooms and the kitchen set the pace; monthly oven and interior glass sit on their own frequency. Demonstration inputs only — not a price for your city.

WORKED EXAMPLE · ILLUSTRATIVE INPUTS

Occupied house · weekly recurring

Illustrative 3-bedroom occupied house on a weekly schedule. Recurring residential work is priced from rooms and tasks, not a national maid rate. Demonstration inputs only.

TaskQtyMinutesFrequency
Floors, dusting and general tidy150Each visit
Bathroom clean220Each visit
Kitchen surfaces and sink125Each visit
Bedrooms and change linens if provided38Each visit
Oven and interior-window detail140Monthly
ResultAmount
Visits in an average month4.33
Paid person-hours12.73
Loaded hourly labor cost$25.96
Labor$330.41
Supplies, equipment and overhead$120.00
Complete entered cost$450.41
Target price at 30% margin$643.45

Replace every input. SweepTally does not supply local market prices.

Route work lives or dies on travel

Eighteen minutes of paid travel plus ten minutes of setup, every week, is a large share of a house job. If you skip it in the bid, you work that time for free. Homeowners should expect travel policy to be written down, not sprung as a surprise.

Extras need their own line

Inside ovens, interior windows, laundry, and “the garage this once” are not the standard weekly clean. Put them on monthly frequency or a one-time visit. Mixing them into every week inflates the recurring price; omitting them causes day-of arguments.

Common questions

Can I hire a house cleaner from this page?

Use [find a cleaner](/find-a-cleaner) to send a house-cleaning request to participating companies. SweepTally is not the cleaner and does not book the visit for you.

Is weekly the same as 4 visits a month?

SweepTally’s weekly frequency uses 52 weeks ÷ 12. Adjust if the customer skips holidays.

Does Takeoff support houses?

Yes. House is a property type with room counts you confirm.