Most Calgary homes on a recurring cleaning plan pay $140 to $179 per visit in 2026: that is a 2 to 3 bedroom home on a biweekly schedule, with the 15% recurring discount applied. One-time cleans run from $130 for a studio up to about $645 for a move-out clean of a large home, depending on size, bathrooms, and the type of clean, with very large homes priced by exact size. House cleaning, sometimes searched as maid service, is the same service either way, and the prices below apply to both.
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A standard clean is a recurring maintenance clean for homes that are already in reasonable shape. It covers all rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and floors. Prices are set by your home’s size in square footage and its number of bathrooms; the bedroom counts in the table below are a guide to typical home sizes.
| Home Size | Bathrooms | One-Time Price | Biweekly (15% off) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1 Bedroom (under 700 sq ft) | 1 | $130 | $111 |
| 2 Bedrooms (700–999 sq ft) | 1 | $165 | $140 |
| 3 Bedrooms (1,000–1,699 sq ft) | 2 | $210 | $179 |
| 3–4 Bedrooms (1,700–1,999 sq ft) | 2 | $250 | $213 |
Each additional bathroom adds $25 to your total. All prices are per visit before 5% GST, and Alberta has no provincial sales tax. Homes of 2,000 sq ft and up, which is where most 4+ bedroom homes land, are priced by exact size and bathroom count: you can see your exact price online in about 60 seconds.
The frequency discount applies from your first recurring visit onward; the first visit is billed at the one-time rate.
Every clean is covered by $2M liability insurance and done by background-checked cleaners.
The most straightforward way to lower your cleaning costs is to book on a recurring schedule. Here’s how NeatNow’s frequency discounts work:
| Schedule | Discount | 3BR/2BA Example |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 20% off | $168/visit |
| Biweekly | 15% off | $179/visit |
| Every 3 weeks | 12% off | $185/visit |
| Monthly | 10% off | $189/visit |
| One-time | Full price | $210/visit |
A biweekly clean for a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home drops from $210 to about $179 per visit, a saving of $31 each time your home is cleaned. The discount applies to your full Standard visit total, including any add-ons from the next section, not just the base price.
These discounts apply to standard recurring cleans. The savings add up: a biweekly client cleaning the same 3BR/2BA home saves over $800 per year compared to booking the same number of one-time visits.
Not sure a cleaning service is worth the spend in the first place? Our breakdown of whether hiring a cleaner is worth it versus doing it yourself walks through what your time is worth and where the break-even lands.
If you want specific extras handled in the same visit, these add-ons can be attached to your clean when you book, each at a flat price:
| Add-On | Price |
|---|---|
| Pets in the home | $25 |
| Inside the fridge (empty) | $25 |
| Inside the fridge (full) | $45 |
| Inside the oven | $45 |
| Inside empty cabinets | $50 |
| Second kitchen | $50 |
| Walls | $20 per room |
| Interior windows | $10 per window |
| Sliding doors | $20 |
| Garage sweep | $30 |
| Balcony sweep | $20 |
| Shed or pool house | $75 |
| Downtown street parking | $20 |
One scope note worth knowing before you book: on Standard and First Time Cleans, appliance and cabinet interiors are add-ons, while a Move In/Out clean already includes them in the base price.
If your home hasn’t been professionally cleaned in a while, or you’re switching from another cleaning company, a First Time Clean is the way to go. It covers everything in a standard clean, plus detailed attention to built-up grime, baseboards, light fixtures, and areas that get missed during regular cleaning. If you’re comparing deep cleaning prices in Calgary: when a home hasn’t had a professional clean in a while, the service that covers that situation here is the First Time Clean. It sets the baseline that your recurring cleans then maintain.
First Time Clean prices start at $265 for a studio or 1-bedroom home. A typical 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Calgary home runs around $355.
After your initial First Time Clean, you can move to a more affordable recurring standard clean to keep things maintained.
Whether you’re leaving a Beltline condo or taking possession of a house in Tuscany, a move-in/move-out clean is a top-to-bottom clean of a home that’s empty of furniture and belongings. It reaches inside cabinets, inside appliances, and interior windows, plus the built-up areas a recurring clean doesn’t touch. It’s a one-time service with no recurring plan required. Most Calgary renters book it to meet a landlord’s move-out requirements, and homebuyers use it to start fresh before unpacking.
Move-in/move-out cleans start at $265 for a studio or 1-bedroom. Because an empty home is priced by its size and bathroom count rather than bedrooms alone, the clearest way to budget is by square footage.
The prices below are per visit, before 5% GST. Each size assumes a typical bathroom count, and every additional bathroom adds $25.
| Home Size | Typical Bathrooms | Move-Out Price |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1 bed (under 700 sq ft) | 1 | $265 |
| Small 2 bed (700–999 sq ft) | 1 | $340 |
| 2–3 bed (1,000–1,699 sq ft) | 2 | $440 |
| 3 bed (1,700–1,999 sq ft) | 2 | $525 |
| 3–4 bed (2,000–2,249 sq ft) | 2 | $560 |
| 4+ bed (2,500–2,749 sq ft) | 3 | $645 |
A typical 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Calgary home runs about $440 to $525, depending on its square footage. With your size from the table above, you can pick a date and book online in about 60 seconds.
Move-out cleaning costs more than a standard clean because it covers the whole home at once, including inside the oven, inside cabinets, and interior windows, with no prior maintenance to lean on. Independent industry guides put professional move-out cleaning in the $200 to $600 range across North America, and they price on the same drivers we do: home size, bathroom count, and how the home was left.
Some Calgary cleaners quote move-out work by the hour. The catch with hourly is that the time risk sits with you: if the job runs long, the bill runs long, and you don’t know the total until it’s over. NeatNow quotes move-out cleans as a flat rate by home size, so you approve one number before the clean and pay that number after, no matter how long our team takes.
If you are weighing an hourly move-out quote against a flat one, our full hourly versus flat-rate comparison breaks down where each billing model puts the risk and what to ask before you book.
Move-out cleaning is one of the few cleans with a hard deadline attached. In Alberta, a real-estate closing legally completes at noon on possession day, when the seller hands over vacant possession and the keys change hands. That means a seller’s clean has to be finished before the morning of possession, not the afternoon. Renters face the same pressure from the other side: your landlord’s move-out inspection happens within one week of you giving up possession, and the deposit clock starts the day you return the keys.
Two things make the timing tighter in Calgary. Most possession dates and lease turnovers land at month-end, and the busiest moving stretch runs May through September, so cleaning crews book up fastest exactly when you need one. The clean also has to happen after the furniture is out but before the handover, which is a narrow window. Booking a week or two ahead, rather than the night before, is the difference between getting your preferred slot and scrambling. For the full room-by-room timeline, see our move-out cleaning checklist for Calgary renters.
For renters, the cost of a move-out clean is small next to what’s on the line. An Alberta security deposit is capped at one month’s rent, and the average two-bedroom in Calgary rented for $1,896 in 2025, so that’s roughly $1,900 a landlord is holding. A move-out clean for that same home costs a few hundred dollars.
Under Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act, a landlord can deduct cleaning costs from your deposit only if both a move-in and a move-out inspection report were completed, and they have 10 days after you give up possession to return the deposit or send an itemized statement. A professional cleaning receipt, dated and with the scope listed, documents that you cleaned the unit to a professional standard if the landlord later disputes its condition. It doesn’t guarantee a full refund on its own, but paired with timestamped move-out photos it puts you in a stronger position. For what landlords actually check and your full rights under Alberta law, see our guide to what landlords check at end of lease.
NeatNow’s hourly service is Custom Cleaning: $75 per hour with a 3-hour minimum, one cleaner, working straight through a list you set. It exists for à-la-carte requests, meaning specific rooms or tasks that sit outside the fixed checklist of a standard, first-time, or move-out clean. If you want just the kitchen and the two upstairs bathrooms done, this is the option built for that.
Full-home cleans are not billed by the hour. A standard clean, First Time Clean, or move-out clean is flat-priced by home size and bathrooms, so the quote you approve is the final price, however long the visit runs. For where each billing model makes sense, see our hourly versus flat-rate comparison.
A standard clean in Calgary starts at $130 per visit for a one-time clean of a studio or 1-bedroom home, or $111 per visit on a biweekly plan (15% off). Most 2–3 bedroom homes run $165 to $210 one-time, which works out to $140 to $179 per visit biweekly. Your price depends on your home’s size and number of bathrooms; the table above has the full breakdown.
Yes. NeatNow’s hourly service is Custom Cleaning at $75 per hour with a 3-hour minimum: one cleaner working through a list of specific rooms or tasks you set, for à-la-carte requests outside the fixed checklists of a standard, first-time, or move-in/move-out clean. Full-home cleans are not billed by the hour: they are flat-priced by home size and bathrooms, so the quote you approve is the final price however long the visit runs. Our hourly versus flat-rate comparison covers when each model makes sense.
Maid service and house cleaning are two names for the same service. In Calgary, most homes on a recurring plan pay $140 to $179 per visit, which is a 2 to 3 bedroom home cleaned biweekly at 15% off. One-time cleans start at $130 for a studio and reach about $645 for a move-out clean of a large home, with very large homes priced by exact size.
If your home hasn’t been professionally cleaned recently, yes. A First Time Clean covers everything in a standard clean, plus built-up grime, baseboards, and hard-to-reach areas. Once your home is caught up, you can switch to a standard recurring clean at a lower price.
At NeatNow, yes. Our cleaners arrive with professional-grade, eco-friendly supplies and all necessary equipment. You don’t need to provide anything or worry about stocking cleaning products before your visit.
Book on a recurring schedule. Weekly clients save 20% per visit, biweekly saves 15%, and monthly saves 10%. Keeping your home tidy between visits also helps: a maintained home cleans faster, which keeps your costs down over time.
A standard clean maintains a home that’s lived in, covering all rooms, surfaces, kitchens, and bathrooms. A move-in/move-out clean is for empty homes and includes inside cabinets, appliances, and areas beyond a regular clean. Move-in/move-out cleans start at $265 for a studio and are priced by square footage and bathroom count, reaching about $645 for a large home, with very large homes priced by exact size.
At NeatNow, move-out cleaning is a flat quote based on your home’s square footage and bathroom count: the price is set when you book and does not change on possession day. That certainty matters more on a move-out than on any other clean, because the clean has a hard deadline and, for renters, a damage deposit riding on the inspection that follows it. Move-out cleans start at $265 and reach about $645 for a large home, with very large homes priced by exact size. For the full comparison of the two billing models, see our hourly versus flat-rate breakdown.
Book at least one to two weeks ahead, and earlier during the May-to-September moving peak when crews fill up fastest. Schedule the clean after your furniture is out but before your possession handover or landlord inspection. In Alberta, a real-estate closing completes at noon on possession day, so a seller’s clean needs to be finished that morning, not the afternoon.
It depends on your home’s size. Homes with 1 to 3 bedrooms are cleaned by one cleaner, and larger homes may get a second cleaner. A standard clean of a typical 3-bedroom home takes about 3 to 4.5 hours, and First Time and Move In/Out cleans take longer. Your crew size is based on the estimated cleaning time for your specific home. For recurring clients, we aim to keep the same team assigned to your home (more on that below). You can check availability for your home in about 60 seconds.
A standard clean takes about 2 hours for a 1-bedroom home and about 3 to 4.5 hours for a typical 3-bedroom home. Homes with 1 to 3 bedrooms are cleaned by one cleaner, and larger homes may get a second cleaner. First Time Cleans and move-in/move-out cleans take longer, roughly 60–90% more time than a standard clean for the same home size. Homes that are cleaned on a recurring schedule tend to take less time over successive visits, since there’s less buildup between cleans, which is one more reason recurring clients pay less.
For recurring clients, we aim to assign the same cleaning team to your home for every visit. When your team knows your home’s layout, they work more efficiently and deliver more consistent results. If a team member is unavailable, we brief the replacement on your home before they arrive.
Yes. Every clean is covered by $2M liability insurance, and every cleaner passes a criminal record background check before they enter a home. If anything was missed, tell us within 24 hours of your clean and we will make it right.
Transparent pricing matters. Once you’ve found your price in the tables above, you can pick a date and book online in about 60 seconds, or call us at 587-325-8281 if anything is unclear. No obligation, just a clear price for a clean home.
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