When to Hire a Professional Cleaning Company

Signs It's Time to Hire a Cleaning Company

April 17, 2025

Do you feel like you're constantly behind on your household cleaning? Do you have a hectic schedule that makes tidying up even more of a chore than normal? It may be time to contact a cleaning company and get some help from a professional.

Letting someone else do all of your cleaning can provide a massive boost to both your physical and mental health. Let's take a look at a few signs that it might be time to hire a professional cleaning company.

You're Always Short on Time

Between work, friends, family, errands, and everything else in our lives, it's easy to constantly find yourself with no time left to clean throughout the week. If you're constantly putting off work and saying, "Oh, I can clean that later, it's fine," only to find out that "later" never comes and you have to make sacrifices just to catch up on chores, you might need professional cleaning help.

Professional cleaning services offer weekly or biweekly plans, allowing you to decide how often your home should be cleaned. If you have frequent guests, for example, you may need cleaning more often than not. Cleaning companies can handle all the work and allow you to spend your free time enjoying life, instead of cleaning.

Cleaning Is Causing You Stress

If your home is frequently dirty or cluttered, it can lead to mood swings, anxiety, feelings of guilt or being overwhelmed, which can be mentally draining. You may even find yourself avoiding certain rooms or arguing with family members or roommates over chores.

Professional cleaners provide support by taking the pressure off, allowing you to spend more time unwinding and relaxing instead of worrying about how long it'll take for you to vacuum those stairs or clean the spare bedroom.

Your Home Never Feels Truly Clean

Do you ever feel like your house is "passable" or "good enough" instead of being truly clean? Do you look at your sticky floors, vents, grout, or the carpet under your furniture and realize you can't remember the last time they were actually cleaned? These surfaces might even look clean but can carry foul odours. Dust and dirt can return quickly to surfaces after being cleaned, too.

Professional cleaners offer deep cleaning services as well as their standard offerings, allowing you to cook and live your life to your heart's content knowing that you won't have to be the one cleaning the vents in your kitchen.

You're Hosting Guests or Planning an Event

It can be a lot of fun to have houseguests over for parties, holidays, or just to hang out. However, it can also be very stressful. You might be rushing to get things done the night before, panicking as you cut corners and skip areas that you hope no one will notice.

Cleaning companies offer one-time services you can schedule before your party or event starts. Some of them also offer pre-event cleaning options if you are a frequent host and would like to make sure everything is clean and looking beautiful before your guests arrive.

The Cleaning Never Stops

Do you ever feel like cleaning your home is a full-time job and as soon as you finish one cleaning task, a new one is right there waiting for you? Sometimes, it may even feel like you can't enjoy your home because you're just too busy cleaning or worrying about cleaning this and that. Even if you do clean every day, you still feel like it isn't enough.

Many cleaning companies offer special add-ons to their regular service, like cleaning refrigerators or ovens. These tasks take a long time on their own, but by having someone else to do them, you can feel like your house is as clean as it was the day you moved in.

Your Allergies Are Acting Up

Are your allergies starting to get worse than normal? If sneezing, itchy eyes, and congestion are becoming daily issues, it may be your home is gathering dust, pet hair, pollen, or mould stuck in your carpets and vents. You may find yourself changing air filters more frequently than you're used to because the air inside your home feels stale or stuffy.

Cleaning services are experts at finding hidden dirt, dust, and other allergy-causing agents throughout rooms of all sizes, like on ceiling fans and window blinds. They can improve the air quality inside your home and help you get back to breathing clearer again.

You're Doing Home Renovations

Renovations can be a very dirty job, as they often leave behind drywall dust, paint splatters, sawdust, and debris. Small particles can hide in trim, baseboards, and on furniture. It might get so messy that you feel like your renovations have only made the house worse or not worth it.

A good cleaning company will offer post-renovation services to solve these problems. With their experience, they know all the little places where debris, dust, and construction residue tend to settle, so they'll be more able to clean it all up for you after your renovation project is finished.

You're Moving In or Moving Out

If you're moving or planning to move soon, you'll want your house looking as good as possible. It can be easy to overlook certain areas, especially since you're so focused on the big move. If you have a cleaning deposit in for a rental, you might not get it back if the landlord thinks that you left the house in a mess. If you're moving in, a dirty home can make it feel like you're living in someone else's house and that they're still around.

Most cleaning services offer special moving-in and moving-out cleaning services that will leave the house looking beautiful and clean from the floor to the ceiling. Instead of worrying about whether or not you'll get the security deposit back, call in the experts and they'll make sure to leave it better than you found it when you first moved in.

Summary and Final Thoughts

If you need a home cleaning that leaves you feeling great or ready to host a party, event, celebration, or even just to stay at home and relax, cleaning companies are here to help. Hiring professional cleaners helps to relieve stress, improve air quality, and also gives you more free time.

Let the Professionals at Luxoclean Worry About it

Luxoclean is a licensed cleaning service operating in the Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph Regions that can help save you time and have your house looking its best! If you've started noticing any of the above signs or have asked yourself any of the questions on this list, it might be time for you to set up an appointment for a proper cleaning. Contact us to book a home cleaning today!