We clean homes across Apex

Most Apex houses are newer, larger builds

Apex grew from a small railroad town into a big suburb, and most of the houses here went up in subdivisions over the last few decades. That means a lot of two-story homes with open kitchens and carpet on the stairs. Many also have a living room that runs up two floors. A house like that has more surface than it looks like from the street, and a lot of it sits above your head.

Dust in these homes collects where nobody looks. It sits on top of ceiling fan blades and along the ledges over tall windows. When it is left alone, it drifts down onto floors you just vacuumed. Some of it gets pulled into the air vents and blown back out. Carpet on the stairs holds dirt deep in the pile, and a quick pass with a home vacuum only takes the top layer.

So on an Apex house we work from the top down. High spots get dusted first and floors get done last, so nothing falls on a surface that is already clean. Bedrooms upstairs get the same care as the kitchen. One customer wrote: “Even my pre-teen girls’ rooms look brand new when they leave.” If the carpet needs more than a vacuum, carpet cleaning is one of the services we offer.

• Ceiling fans and high ledges dusted first
• Stair carpet and upstairs bedrooms vacuumed
• Microwave and stove wiped clean
• Showers and tubs scrubbed in every bathroom
• Extra spots you ask for added to the list

Red clay and pollen get tracked inside

Apex sits on the red clay that is common across this part of North Carolina. After a rain that clay sticks to shoes and dog paws, and it comes in the front door and through the garage. Once it dries on a light carpet or in a grout line, it leaves an orange stain that a mop only spreads around. The entry and the first stretch of hallway take most of it.

Spring brings the pine pollen. For a few weeks it coats porches and cars in a yellow film, and it rides inside on clothes and through open windows. It settles on every flat surface in the house and packs into window tracks. Wiping it with a dry cloth just smears it, so it needs a damp cloth and a second pass. We also clean windows, and the weeks after pollen season are a good time to get that done.

Summers here are hot and humid, and you see that first in the bathrooms. Mildew starts in the grout lines and along the caulk at the base of a shower. Caught early, it wipes right off. Left alone for weeks, it darkens and sinks into the grout, and then it takes hard scrubbing to lift. That is the main reason recurring cleaning pays off in Apex: the bathroom never falls far enough behind for mildew to settle in.

Builders leave fine dust in new homes

Apex is still building. New neighborhoods keep going up on the edges of town, and a finished house is rarely a clean one. Sanding the drywall leaves a fine white dust that settles inside cabinets and on top of door frames. It gets into the air vents too, so if nobody deals with it, it keeps coming back out for weeks after you move in.

Post-construction cleaning is a different job from a regular clean. Surfaces get wiped more than once, because the first pass mostly moves the dust around. We go inside the cabinets and drawers and along the baseboards and window sills. Floors get done last, after everything above them is clean. It is slow work, and it is far easier before the furniture and boxes come in and start blocking the corners.

The same thinking applies to move-in and move-out cleaning. An empty house is the one time you can reach everything, so it is the right time to clean inside the oven and the fridge. If you rent out a house in Apex, we can clean it between tenants so it is ready for the next one. For families who stay put, recurring visits keep the house steady, and customers tell us the scheduling is easy. As one put it: “Martha is always very flexible with our schedule.”

Getting a price in Apex

Call (919) 685-2671, or fill in the form on this page with your Apex address and what you need cleaned. Tell us how big the house is and whether you want a one-time deep clean or regular visits. We will talk through the rooms and spots that matter most to you, and you get a free quote before any work starts. We are open Monday through Friday.