Key points
- Compare scope lists before totals. Ask every company for the included jobs and the paid extras in writing.
- Ivory's deep clean includes interior windows (not the sills). Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards are paid extras, and so is a carpet clean.
- A price should follow your rooms and their condition, so a good quote starts with questions about both.
- We think Ivory is the best deep cleaning service in Manchester. That's our opinion, so ask every company the same questions and check.
We think Ivory is the best deep cleaning service in Manchester. That's our opinion, not a ranking, and you shouldn't take it on trust. What we can do is show you how to check it, and how to check everyone else.
Search for the best deep cleaning service Manchester has and you'll get a page of totals that look alike sitting on top of lists that don't. Two quotes for the same house can be a long way apart, and the gap is often in the list. This guide covers what a deep clean should include, how to line one company's list up against another's, what counts as a paid extra, and why the price follows your rooms and their condition.
What makes a deep cleaning service the best one for your home?
There's no single winner for every home. A one-bed flat above a shop and a four-bed family house with two bathrooms need different things, so "best" has to mean something you can test.
- A scope list you can read before you pay, room by room.
- A clear line between what's included and what costs extra.
- A price that comes after questions about your home, not before.
- A straight answer on what happens if something's missed.
A star rating can't tell you any of that. Neither can a smart website. A written list can.
Price belongs on the list too, but near the bottom. A low total next to a short list isn't a saving if the grout, the oven and the windows turn out to be extras. A pricier total next to a full list can cost you less once you've added what the cheaper one left out.
What should a deep clean include?
Think about what a routine visit does. Worktops wiped, floors done, bathroom given a going-over. Lovely. But the eye lands on worktops and floors, so dust and grease settle everywhere else: along the skirting, around the switch by the front door that's had everyone's thumbs on it for months, in the grout, on the door frames. Worktops get wiped. Skirting boards don't. A deep clean is for the places in between.
Ask any company for its list, room by room. Here's ours:
- Kitchen: hob, extractor and splashback degreased, cupboard fronts wiped down, floors vacuumed and mopped edge to edge.
- Bathrooms: limescale lifted from taps, tiles and glass, grout scrubbed (not just wiped), toilet, basin and bath sanitised, extractor and skirting detailed.
- Living spaces and bedrooms: skirting boards, door frames and switches, dusting down to the picture rails and vents, interior windows cleaned (sills not included), floors vacuumed and mopped.
Use it as a yardstick. If someone else's list just says "kitchen clean", ask what that covers. The hob and extractor, or the worktops and a wipe round the sink? Same two words, very different job.
How do you compare scope lists between companies?
Same words, different jobs. That's the trap, and it's easy to fall into when you've got three quotes open in three tabs.
- Send every company the same details: bedrooms, bathrooms, the state things are in, and what's bothering you most.
- Ask each one for the included list and the extras list, in writing. A text or an email is fine.
- Lay the lists side by side and tick off the same jobs: grout, skirting, switches, door frames, windows, the extractor.
- Circle anything that's on one list and not the other, and ask whether it's included, extra or not done at all.
- Only now look at the totals.
Watch for adjectives doing the work of nouns. "Full clean", "thorough" and "detailed" cost nothing to write. "The grout, the extractor, the door frames" does, because somebody can check you got them. Nobody ever got a better clean from an adjective. If a list is mostly adjectives, ask for the objects.
A shorter list isn't a worse list if it covers what you need, and a longer one doesn't help if the jobs you care about are priced separately. You're after like for like, that's all. For the numbers side, deep clean cost in Manchester covers what moves a price.
What counts as a paid extra in a deep clean?
A paid extra is any job outside the base list that's priced on top. Extras aren't the problem. The problem is a headline price that looks low because a job you took for granted isn't in it.
With us, inside the oven, fridge and cupboards are paid extras, and so is a carpet clean. Interior windows are part of the deep clean, but the sills aren't. Windows are a good example of one word hiding three jobs: the glass inside, the glass outside and the sills. Ask which one you're getting.
- Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards: included, or extra?
- Windows: inside, outside, sills?
- Carpets: part of the clean, or priced separately?
- Anything your home has that you'd expect to see on the list, like a conservatory, a utility room or a second bathroom nobody uses.
And ask when extras get priced. Before you book is the right answer, so they're sitting in the number you agree. Extras that come up for the first time on the day, with no price attached, are how a fair quote turns into an argument on the doorstep.
If the oven is the real reason you're booking, oven cleaning is also a job in its own right. Either way, get the included list and the extras list in writing.
Why does the price follow rooms and condition?
Because those two things decide how much work there is. Rooms first. A three-bed house with two bathrooms has more to get through than a one-bed flat, and bathrooms and kitchens carry most of the detail work, so bedrooms and bathrooms set the starting point.
Condition is the bit nobody can read off a floor plan. Limescale on a shower screen, grime packed into grout, a hob that hasn't had a proper degrease in a while. Light dust comes off in one pass. That lot doesn't. Our price reflects condition, not history, so you describe the home as it is today and the price follows from that. What happened last year doesn't come into it.
It's also why a price with no questions attached is hard to trust. Nobody's looked at your home. A fair quote asks:
- How many bedrooms and bathrooms you have.
- What state the rooms are in, limescale and grease included.
- What you'd like prioritised, if anything.
- Which extras you want.
- When you need it done.
Our deep clean is priced from £150. The final price depends on the rooms and the condition, and it's confirmed before you book.
What does a deep clean leave out, and what if something's missed?
A good company tells you what it doesn't do before you ask, which saves everyone a bad afternoon. Ours leaves out:
- Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards. They're paid extras you can add.
- Repairs and redecoration. It's a cleaning job, not a repair job.
- Mould caused by damp, until the cause is fixed. Surface mould is part of the clean, but scrubbing mould that keeps coming back from a damp wall is a losing game.
Then ask what happens if something on the list gets missed. You want to know who you tell, how you tell them and whether anyone comes back.
With us, you flag it and we come back and re-clean it. That's the re-clean guarantee, and it only means something against a written list. If a company explains its process on the phone, ask for it in writing too.
Which questions should you ask every company?
Short version: copy these into one message, send it to every company on your list and put the answers side by side. The last column is what we can show, so you can hold us to it.
| What to ask | What a good answer sounds like | What Ivory can show |
|---|---|---|
| What's on the deep clean list, room by room? | A written list of named jobs, such as grout, skirting, switches and extractors. Not just "kitchen" and "bathroom". | A room-by-room list for the kitchen, bathrooms, and living spaces and bedrooms, on our deep cleaning page. |
| What's included and what costs extra? | Two lists, in writing, before you pay anything. | Interior windows (not the sills) are included. Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards are paid extras, and so is a carpet clean. |
| What does the price assume about my home? | Questions about bedrooms, bathrooms and condition first, then a number that follows from your answers. | A price based on your rooms and their condition, confirmed before you book, with a reply within 30 minutes. |
| What's your public liability figure, and who's the insurer? | A number and an insurer's name, ideally in writing. | £2m public liability insurance. |
| How are your cleaners vetted, and who brings the kit? | A specific answer on vetting, and a clear line on who supplies equipment and products. | Vetted cleaners. The team brings its own equipment and eco products. |
| What happens if something's missed? | A plain process: who you tell, and whether they come back. | A re-clean guarantee. Tell us what was missed and we come back. |
| How quickly can you reply, and when can you start? | A realistic answer, not "we'll get back to you". | Open 7 days, 8am to 10pm, with same-day availability and a reply within 30 minutes. |
One more tip. Note how long each reply takes. That's a decent preview of how the company treats you once you've paid.
Is a deep clean the right clean for your home?
Sometimes it isn't. If your home's mostly fine and just needs keeping on top of, regular visits will do. A deep clean is for catching up, or for a deadline: a new place the last tenant left tired, or the Friday before guests arrive.
- If you can't decide between the two, regular cleaning vs deep cleaning sets them side by side.
- Moving in soon? Why to deep clean before moving in is worth ten minutes.
- Our weekly cleaning keeps a home up afterwards, and it's priced from £55 for the 2h minimum, then £25/hr.
Where does Ivory fit?
Plainly: we think Ivory is the best deep cleaning service in Manchester. If you want our pick, it's us, and our honest view is that nobody here does it better. Here's why we say that.
- A room-by-room list for the kitchen, bathrooms, living spaces and bedrooms. Interior windows are in, the sills aren't.
- Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards are paid extras, and so is a carpet clean. You pick them when you ask for your price, so nothing turns up on the day.
- A deep clean from £150, with the final number following your rooms and their condition and confirmed before you book.
- £2m public liability insurance, vetted cleaners, and a team that brings its own equipment and eco products.
- A re-clean guarantee if something on the list is missed.
- A reply within 30 minutes, open 7 days from 8am to 10pm, and same-day availability if you need it.
- A 5.0 rating on Google.
That's us talking about ourselves, so weigh it accordingly. We've got something to sell. The way round that is to ask every company the same questions, us included, and go with whoever's answers you can check.
The full list is on our deep cleaning page. We cover 17 areas around Manchester, including Didsbury, Chorlton and Altrincham. Send your postcode, the number of bedrooms and any extras, and your price comes back within 30 minutes. Or ring 0161 3939 247, email info@ivorycleaning.co.uk or message us on WhatsApp.
Questions people ask
A deep clean should cover the places a routine visit skips: grout, skirting boards, door frames, switches, extractors, and dusting right up to the picture rails and vents. Ask every company for its list in writing. Ours includes interior windows, though not the sills.
It's a job priced on top of the base list. With Ivory, inside the oven, fridge and cupboards are paid extras, and so is a carpet clean. Ask every company which jobs sit outside its list so you're comparing like with like.
Usually the included list, the condition each company has assumed and the extras are different. Give each company the same details about your rooms, then compare the lists before the totals.
Pick the company whose written list matches your home, whose included jobs and paid extras are clear, and whose price follows your rooms and their condition. Ask what happens if something's missed. We think that's Ivory, but ask everyone the same questions and decide for yourself.
Within 30 minutes. The price depends on your rooms and their condition, and it's confirmed before you book. We're open 7 days, 8am to 10pm, with same-day availability.
Written by M.A. Published .
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