What does it cost and when should it be booked?+
By the rooms cleaned and how heavy the residue is, from the published starting price on the national post-construction page — median home value in Somerset County city-wide is $435,700 (US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020-2024), Table B25077), but the property's value does not set the price, the dust does. Book after the last trade and after debris removal, before furniture returns. A whole-house clean after a major build is usually a full day with a crew, not a single visit by one cleaner.
How is a post-construction clean priced in Somerville?+
By the rooms the dust reached, not by the size of the renovation. 319 houses here have nine rooms or more and 427 have eight (US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020-2024), Table B25017), so a single-room refit routinely leaves fine dust two doors away. Walk us through which rooms were open to the work and which were sealed, and the estimate follows that rather than a flat per-property figure.
Do you clean the whole house or only the renovated part?+
Either, and the answer usually decides the quote. 594 of 6,131 homes in the city have four bedrooms and 76 have five or more (US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020-2024), Table B25041; US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020-2024), Table B25034). On houses that size the untouched bedrooms above a ground-floor build often need doing too, because the stair is the route everything was carried up.
What about dust in the heating system?+
293 of 5,980 occupied homes here heat with fuel oil and 3,758 with utility gas (US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020-2024), Table B25040). Radiator surrounds and baseboard convectors on those systems are wiped by hand, panel by panel. We do not clean or service ductwork or boilers — that is an HVAC job, and we will say so rather than take it on.
When should we book it — before or after the contractor leaves?+
After the last trade and after the debris is out, but before furniture returns and before the floors are refinished if that is still to come. Booking it while carpenters are back for snagging means paying twice.
Is after construction cleaning the same as renovation cleaning?+
Same job, different words. Whether you call it after construction cleaning, renovation cleaning or a builders' clean, it is the fine residue left once the trades are finished — dust on every horizontal surface, adhesive and paint marks, and the film on glass and floors. A single-room refit and a whole-house build are quoted the same way: by the rooms the dust reached.
Do you remove building waste?+
No. Rubble, offcuts and packaging are the contractor's to clear. We take the fine residue after that — dust, adhesive marks, paint spots on glass and hardware, and the film left on floors.