Maid Service New York City Homes Can Count On

A real Lily Maids story

Michael K. had one afternoon. We had two maids.

Michael K. called us from his office on the Upper East Side on a Thursday. Family dinner had been moved up to that night, eleven people were coming, and the apartment was, in his words, a disaster zone. Dishes in the sink from two days. Shoes everywhere. A bathroom nobody should see.

Two of our maids were at his door within a few hours. Kitchen first, because that is where everyone ends up standing. Then both bathrooms, then the dining room, then floors last so nothing got re-tracked. He walked in around six and told us later he was "truly amazed at how fresh and clean everything felt." Nobody at that dinner knew the place had been a wreck at lunchtime.

Its the kind of call we take most weeks. A maid service New York City residents actually keep on speed dial has to do two things well: show up when the calendar goes sideways, and hold the same standard on the boring Tuesday visits nobody is panicking about. That is the whole job. Pick a service, see your flat price, and we take it from there.

The core service

Maid Service.

When people search for a maid service New York City can send out same week, most of them want one simple thing: to stop being the person who cleans the bathroom. That is the job we do. A visit covers the kitchen, every bathroom, all living areas and bedrooms, plus vacuuming and mopping through the whole place and trash taken out.

What makes it work over time is that nothing is improvised. Our maids follow the same written standard cleaning checklist on visit one and visit forty. You never have to leave a note reminding somebody about the stovetop. Everyone is insured, background-checked, and trained on how to clean a small NYC kitchen without knocking half of it over.

Tell us the things that matter to you at booking - a cat who bolts for the door, a nursery that needs green products only, a marble counter that hates acid - and it goes on your file so the next team already knows.

Only homes

Residential Cleaning.

We clean homes and nothing else. No office floors, no retail, no construction sites. That focus is why our people are quick in the places that actually get dirty in a home - the shower door, the range hood, the ring under the soap dish, the spot behind the toilet everyone skips.

Homes also come with real life in them. Kids, roommates, dogs, an elderly parent who naps in the afternoon. Our maids work around all of it quietly and treat your things carefully. Indoor air matters too, especially in sealed-up winter apartments; the EPA's guidance on indoor air quality is a good primer on why regular dust removal is worth more than you'd think.

Top to bottom, inside out

Deep Cleaning.

Every apartment in this city has spots the weekly wipe-down never touches. Inside the oven. Inside the fridge. Behind and under furniture. Baseboards, door frames, switch plates, light fixtures, cabinet interiors, and the grey radiator dust that builds up all winter long.

A deep clean gets all of it, and it takes noticeably longer than a standard visit because it has to. Spring allergy season is when our phone rings most for this - Kevin O. in Hell's Kitchen booked one for exactly that reason. If dust and dander set you off, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has practical guidance on cutting indoor triggers, and a thorough clean is a big part of it.

It is also the smartest first visit before starting a recurring plan. Reset the place once, then keep it easy. See the full deep cleaning scope before you book, or ask for it as a seperate one-off any time your home needs a hard reset.

The homes that always look good

Recurring Cleaning.

The best-kept apartments in the city are not cleaned harder, they're cleaned regularly. Weekly for busy families and pet households. Bi-weekly for most couples and working professionals, which is the sweet spot for cost versus results. Monthly for tidy solo households that just want a reset.

Recurring clients get the the best pricing we offer, and they get priority when the calendar fills up around holidays. David L. set up ongoing visits for his parents in Astoria after they started struggling with an older building, and knowing somebody reliable comes every week changed how the whole family sleeps at night.

Plans are not contracts. Skip a week when you're traveling, move a visit when work explodes, or stop entirely - see the rescheduling policy for the notice window. Compare frequencies and discounts on our recurring plans page.

Before the keys change hands

Move In and Move Out Cleaning.

Moving in this city is exhausting enough without scrubbing an empty apartment at eleven at night. Our move-out cleaning works through the places a landlord actually opens at the final walkthrough: inside cabinets and drawers, inside the oven, inside the fridge, closet floors, window sills, baseboards, and every bathroom fixture.

Jessica P. in Greenwich Village booked one before handing back a walk-up and got her full deposit returned without an argument. We can't promise your landlord's mood, but we can promise the apartment gives them nothing to point at. If you want to see the scope first, the move-out checklist lists it room by room, and tenants who want to know their rights can read up at NYC Housing Preservation & Development.

Moving in instead? A move-in clean happens before the boxes land, so your first night is spent in a home nobody else's dust is living in. Book either one, or both together, and take $30 off with code MOVE30. Reserve the elevator with your building and tell us the window when you book.

For hosts and landlords

AirBnB Cleaning Service.

Turnovers are a different sport than home cleaning. Tight windows between checkout and check-in, linens to change, kitchen items to put back where the listing photos show them, and a bathroom that needs to look untouched. One bad review over a hair in the tub costs a host months.

We handle short-term rental turnovers on a repeating schedule and communicate when a unit needs something you should know about, like a stain that won't lift or supplies running low. Hosts who need there place turned over the same afternoon should flag the pattern with us so we can hold the slot weekly.

See scope details on short-term rental cleaning, the turnover cleaning page, and rental property cleaning for landlords between tenants. There's a rental checklist too.