How much does house cleaning cost in Oakville in 2026? From $89

How do Basic base rates and bi-weekly prices compare?

Compare the Basic maintenance base rate with the later bi-weekly rate. The initial Deep or other suitable service has its own quote.

This illustrative 4-bedroom house has 2,600 sq ft above ground, two full bathrooms, one powder room, one kitchen and a medium finished basement. It does not include pets or optional appliance interiors.

Adjust these selections. The current bi-weekly discount is 15%. A Deep or move-in/out clean has its own one-time scope and price; choosing a recurring frequency does not include those upgrades.

What should you check before booking?

Count lower-level bathrooms and a kitchenette separately from the finished-basement living area. Check optional tasks and compare the Deep checklist with routine Basic work. Our Ontario price breakdown explains base price, selected rooms and tax.

What does house cleaning typically cost in Oakville? From $89

House cleaning in Oakville starts at $89 at Heron's published 2026 rates. That is the Basic clean (dusting, vacuuming and mopping) for a one-bedroom; a 3-bedroom is from $163. House bathrooms are +$22 each and the kitchen +$28, so a one-bedroom house with both is $139 and a 3-bedroom with two bathrooms and the kitchen is from $235, before HST, supplies included. Compare written quotes for the same task list.

Heron is based in Oakville and publishes every price, so your confirmation records the selected work, price and visit hours: a Basic clean priced by bedrooms, then each room and job you add at its own price. The same rate card applies in Burlington, Milton and Mississauga, with no travel premium. Everything is before Ontario's 13% HST (Canada Revenue Agency), which the calculator shows on its own line.

Those five homes are worked out line by line further down, each with a link that opens the same build in the calculator. If your home is between two of them, the calculator gives the exact figure in a few taps.

What is included in a house clean, and what costs extra?

Every Heron clean starts as a Basic clean: every reachable surface dusted, every accessible floor vacuumed, hard floors mopped, from $89 for a condo or one-bedroom and $163 for a 3-bedroom. Bathrooms (+$22 each), the kitchen (+$28) and everything else are lines you add, so you only pay for the rooms you want cleaned.

Not part of any clean: laundry, dishes, tidying belongings, carpet shampooing, exterior windows above the ground floor and repairs. Supplies, the agreed cleaning work and the free re-clean for missed agreed work reported within 24 hours are included in every price.

What does house cleaning cost for different Oakville homes?

Five Oakville homes, priced line by line from the rate card, each starting from the $89 Basic clean with its rooms added: $149 for a one-bedroom condo with the bathroom and kitchen, $214 for a two-bedroom townhouse, $235 for a three-bedroom house, $429 for a four-bedroom house with a finished basement and $456 for a five-bedroom house with a dog, all before HST.

The neighbourhoods are examples from our Oakville coverage (Joshua Creek, Glen Abbey, Bronte, River Oaks and Uptown Core); the price depends on the home, never on the street. Each link opens the same build in the calculator so you can change it to match yours.

A one-bedroom condo in Uptown Core

1-bedroom condo, 650 sq ft, bathroom and kitchen. Condos under 1,000 sq ft pay no size adjustment, and a den does not change the price. Bathrooms are added one by one, which is why a one-bathroom unit costs less than a two-bathroom one of the same size.

Open this example in the calculator.

A two-bedroom townhouse in Bronte

2-bedroom townhouse, 1,300 sq ft, 1.5 bathrooms and kitchen. The 1,000–1,499 sq ft size adjustment applies. The powder room is its own line at the powder-room price, not the full bathroom price.

Open this example in the calculator.

A three-bedroom house in River Oaks

3-bedroom house, 900 sq ft, 2 bathrooms and kitchen. This is the home most people mean by a standard clean, and the one we use to compare prices with other companies. Under 1,000 sq ft it carries no size adjustment, so its Basic clean is the 3-bedroom price itself.

Open this example in the calculator.

A four-bedroom house in Glen Abbey with a finished basement

4-bedroom house, 2,600 sq ft, 2.5 bathrooms, kitchen, finished basement. The basement is never silently included: a medium finished basement (two or three rooms) is its own line, dusted, vacuumed and mopped to the same Basic scope as the rest of the home.

Open this example in the calculator.

A five-bedroom house in Joshua Creek with a dog

5-bedroom house, 3,600 sq ft, 3.5 bathrooms, kitchen, a pet. Above 3,500 sq ft the size adjustment is the largest line after the Basic price. Pets in the home is one flat line per visit, however many pets, for the extra passes pet hair needs.

Open this example in the calculator.

How much do house cleaners charge per hour in Oakville?

Heron's hourly option is $39 per cleaner, per hour, with a 3-hour minimum per cleaner ($117 for one cleaner, $234 for two cleaners working 3 hours each), supplies included. Compare written quotes for the same task list.

Two things to check in any hourly quote. First, whether the rate is per cleaner or per team: two cleaners for three hours is six cleaner-hours, so a rate quoted for a team of two is twice the rate per cleaner. Second, what happens when the time runs out: with an hourly booking, the tasks left undone are simply not done, which is why most Oakville homes do better with a built price, where the selected work and visit hours are agreed at booking; extra work or time needs approval. Heron's hourly bookings are timed from arrival and rounded to the nearest quarter hour, and the free re-clean for missed agreed work reported within 24 hours applies to the tasks completed in the time booked.

Hourly makes sense when you want to set the list yourself: a garage, a playroom, the inside of every cupboard, a specific corner of a big house. For a whole home, compare the fixed quote with the hours you expect to book: the three-bedroom example above is $235, while six cleaner-hours at Heron's hourly rate is $234. Match the rooms, tasks and booked hours when comparing cleaning prices.

How do published Oakville cleaning prices compare? Heron from $89

Only two companies publish Oakville prices you can compare without a quote: Hellamaid (package prices) and Heron (every line). Molly Maid and Merry Maids quote after an inquiry, assessment or consultation (checked October 11, 2026). The method is the same for all of them: price the same home, with the same rooms, before HST, and read what each package leaves out.

Heron Cleaning: from $89

Every price is published, $89 for a one-bedroom and from $163 for a 3-bedroom for the Basic clean, and the calculator prices any home line by line: $235 for the 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with the kitchen used on every comparison page, mopping and supplies included, before HST. Heron's starting price covers a narrow scope (dusting, vacuuming and mopping) and a fuller Heron clean does not always cost less than another company's package, so compare complete quotes.

Hellamaid

Hellamaid publishes "from" package prices for Oakville by bedrooms, with a square-footage fee above 1,000 sq ft and the oven, fridge and cabinets priced as extras (read October 11, 2026). Its 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom package was $258+ before HST against Heron's $235 for its reference home under 1,000 sq ft. Confirm matching floor area and tasks with each company. The full comparison is on Hellamaid prices in Oakville.

Heron rows: recurring Basic base rates before discounts, plus the listed bathrooms and kitchen, mopping included. First visits require Deep or another suitable service, quoted separately. Competitor one-time packages are not the same service. Competitor rows are the figures printed on their own pages on October 11, 2026, before HST: Hellamaid Oakville / Burlington and Burlington (packages are “from” prices; homes over 1,000 sq ft pay a square-footage fee, listed in Burlington as +$20 (1,000–1,499 sq ft) to +$100 (3,000–3,499 sq ft)). Heron’s Deep upgrade is separate from selected rooms: a selected kitchen is +$50 with Deep, compared with +$28 for Basic or move-out. Package scopes differ, so confirm what each includes for your home; prices change and the linked pages are the authority for theirs.

Molly Maid

Molly Maid's Oakville page asks for a service inquiry, and its Canadian cost guide describes an in-home assessment based on home size, occupants, bathrooms, pets and personal requests; we found no published Oakville rate card. Get its local quote for your address, then price the same rooms at Heron: Molly Maid prices in Oakville.

Merry Maids

Merry Maids Canada offers a free estimate and describes an in-home analysis of the cleaning needs, frequency and layout; we found no fixed Oakville rate card on its house-cleaning page. Ask for the total before and with HST and what it includes, then compare on the same list: Merry Maids prices in Oakville.

Whatever the company, match the work before the price: how many bathrooms, whether the kitchen and mopping are in, what a square-footage fee adds, and whether the oven, fridge and cabinets are extra (they are extra everywhere we looked). The method, step by step, is in the guide to comparing cleaning quotes.

How much does a deep clean or a move-out clean cost in Oakville?

A Deep clean starts at $154 for a one-bedroom (the $89 Basic clean plus the +$65 Deep upgrade) and a move-out clean at $176 ($89 plus +$87), before HST. The upgrade is priced by floor area, +$65 Deep or +$87 move-in / move-out for under 1,000 sq ft, so the three-bedroom example with its bathrooms and kitchen is $322 as a Deep clean and $322 as a move-out clean.

The Deep upgrade adds the detail layer: baseboards, doors and frames, switches and handles, sills and tracks, fixtures, edges and corners, and detailed work in any bathroom or kitchen you have added. Book it once or twice a year, or as the first clean of a home nobody has cleaned professionally for a while. The move-in / move-out upgrade is the same level of detail in an empty home, with closets and built-in shelving wiped inside. Inside the oven, inside the fridge and inside the cabinets are separate lines on either clean, never silently included. Details and prices: deep cleaning in Oakville, move-out cleaning in Oakville and the room-by-room move-out checklist.

How much does regular house cleaning cost in Oakville?

Weekly visits are 20% off and bi-weekly visits 15% off and monthly cleans 10% off from the second visit, on the whole clean you built, from the $89 one-bedroom Basic clean up. The $235 three-bedroom clean is $199.75 a visit on a bi-weekly schedule and $211.50 monthly; the $149 condo clean is $126.65 bi-weekly.

Your first appointment requires a separately priced Deep or other suitable service. Eligible recurring Basic visits receive the schedule discount from visit two. There is no contract: recurring clients can move or cancel a visit with a day's notice, and a familiar cleaning team comes back whenever possible. Deep, move-in / move-out and post-construction cleans are one-time and are not discounted. Consider bi-weekly cleaning if the selected rooms need attention every two weeks; see maid service in Oakville for how the schedule works, and what to hand off to a cleaner first if you are deciding which rooms to start with.

What changes the price of a house clean in Oakville?

Seven things: how many bedrooms, the floor area at 1,000 sq ft and above, how many bathrooms, whether the kitchen is in, the condition of the home (a Deep or move-out upgrade), pets, and a basement. Frequency lowers the price; the neighbourhood, the age of the house and the day of the week do not change it.

Bedrooms and floor area

Bedrooms set the Basic price. Floor area only matters at 1,000 sq ft and above, in bands from +$19 to +$561; over 5,000 sq ft we confirm by phone. Count the above-ground area; the basement is priced on its own.

Bathrooms and the kitchen

Each full bathroom is +$22, a powder room +$13, the kitchen +$28 with Basic or move-out and +$50 with Deep. A home that only needs dusting, vacuuming and mopping this visit pays only for that.

Condition

A home that has not been professionally cleaned for months, or that is being handed over empty, needs the Deep or move-in / move-out upgrade for the buildup and the detail. After that, Basic visits keep it there.

Pets and basements

Pets are one flat +$28 per visit. A finished basement is +$50 small, +$88 medium or +$121 large; an unfinished basement is not cleaned unless you ask, and then it is confirmed by phone.

Condos

For a condo, difficult building access (a long carry, no elevator, loading restrictions) is +$26, and paid visitor parking is charged at actual cost, agreed before we arrive. See condo cleaning in Oakville.

How do you get an exact house cleaning price for your Oakville home?

Build it on the calculator (about a minute), copy the reference code, and call 289-813-7484. We confirm the package price and visit hours when booking. The package covers your selected work within that time. Staff obtain your approval of any extra time and price before continuing; extra rooms or tasks also require an agreed price before work starts.

1. Build your clean. On the pricing page, choose house or condo, bedrooms and floor area, then tick the bathrooms, the kitchen and any extras. The total updates as you go, with HST on its own line.
2. Copy the reference code. Every build gets a short code (the three-bedroom example above is H2:200000000000000R2096:1J) and an itemised list you can copy or send.
3. Call to book. Read us the code, or the list, and we confirm the scope, the price and a day that suits you. An online quote does not reserve a time; the call does.

If something about your home would change the price (it is much larger than typical, or has not been cleaned professionally in a long time), you hear that on the call, before we start, and you can say no. Hosting this fall? The Thanksgiving cleaning checklist prices a pre-dinner clean the same way.

Case study: one move, two homes and two cleaning visits

Heron helped one household with two completed move-related cleans: a move-in clean at the destination home in Milton, followed by a separate move-out clean in Oakville.

The brief: settle in and hand over the previous home

Moving creates two different cleaning needs. At the destination, the priority is preparing rooms before unpacking and putting everyday items away. At the previous home, removing belongings exposes floor edges, cupboard fronts, closet shelves and corners that are easier to reach before handover. One appointment cannot stand in for both properties.

The incoming property was a family home with three bedrooms and a finished basement. Public property information lists approximately 1,300 sq ft; that figure is not a verified whole-house total including the basement. The two visits were booked and recorded separately, so the needs of the incoming and outgoing home could be handled independently.

The move-in visit: clean before the home fills up

A useful move-in plan starts with the kitchen and bathrooms, then the bedrooms, living spaces and circulation areas. Cleaning accessible shelving, door frames, floor edges and corners while rooms are clear helps the household begin unpacking without having to work around boxes. Basement rooms and any appliance or cabinet interiors need their own agreed scope.

The move-out visit: work through the empty-home details

The second booking was the outgoing home’s move-out clean. We completed the move-cleaning work at both homes, working through the kitchen, bathrooms and selected living spaces. These are the standard areas covered by our move service; optional interiors need to be agreed separately for each new booking:

• Kitchen: clean the sink and taps, counters, stovetop, backsplash, appliance exteriors and cupboard fronts; wash the kitchen floor.
• Bathrooms: clean the toilet, tub or shower, sink, vanity, mirrors and fixtures; wash the floors and pay attention to edges and buildup.
• Bedrooms and living spaces: remove reachable dust, vacuum and mop suitable floors, and work along baseboards, corners and edges that become accessible when belongings are removed.
• Empty-home detail: clean accessible closet interiors and shelving, door frames and tops, and the marks or dust previously hidden by furniture.
• Agreed interiors: oven, fridge, cabinet and interior-window cleaning are separate selections. Confirm each one for the property being cleaned; a move-in/out booking does not automatically include every extra.

What another household can take from this move

Our teams arrived at the agreed times and completed both visits. The customer left a five-star review. The practical advantage of arranging them separately is that each address has its own room list, access plan and cleaning window. Confirm when keys are available, when movers will finish, whether water and electricity are on, and which rooms or interiors need attention at each property. A finished basement at one home does not mean the same scope applies at the other.

Plan your Oakville move-in or move-out clean and Milton move clean with our handover checklist. Then build a quote for each home and call to confirm both visits. Customer names, street addresses, dates and individual bills are omitted for privacy.

Can you use Heron’s price examples outside Oakville?

This article's home examples and competitor discussion remain focused on Oakville. For Heron service in Brampton or Hamilton, use the same published pricing calculator with your own bedroom count, floor area, bathrooms, kitchen and extras. Do not treat an Oakville example as a quote for a different home.

Heron also covers Waterdown, Dundas, Carlisle, Kilbride and Campbellville. Confirm the address, scope and appointment when calling. Heron's coverage does not establish another cleaning company's availability or prices in those communities.

How do you book house cleaning in Oakville?

Build the clean on the calculator, then call 289-813-7484 with the reference code. The price on your screen is the price we book; an online quote does not reserve a time, the call does.

Build your clean on the pricing page, then call 289-813-7484 with the reference code, or just call and we build it with you. We clean in Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Mississauga, plus Halton Hills, Brampton and Hamilton, at the same prices everywhere.

The quote is online. Booking is by phone. An online quote does not reserve a time; we confirm the scope, the price and a day that suits you when you call.

Build your cleanCall 289-813-7484

Sources

Checked September 25, 2026. Heron's prices come from its own published rate card; the market figures and competitor prices come from the sources below.

• Heron Cleaning, rate card 2026-11-11: every Heron price on this page, before HST. The worked examples are generated from it by the same engine as the calculator.
• Hellamaid, House cleaning Oakville and House cleaning Burlington: package prices as published, read October 11, 2026.
• Heron Cleaning, House cleaning prices in Ontario in 2026: the hourly and per-visit market ranges quoted above, with their sources named on that page.
• Canada Revenue Agency, GST/HST calculator (and rates): Ontario's HST rate is 13%.