Top-to-Bottom Deep Cleaning in Dublin
A one off clean that reaches the places a weekly tidy never gets to, priced by bedrooms and confirmed before the day.
- From €150
- All County Dublin
- Own products
- Insured team
Dublin Cleaners is a Citywest-based cleaning company covering County Dublin, Bray, Maynooth and Naas, and deep cleaning in Dublin homes that are lived in is a big part of our work. People book a one off clean before a family visit, after a long winter, ahead of a sale, or when the weekly routine has slipped. A deep clean works from the ceiling down, room by room, and we bring every product and machine with us. Last updated: 14 November 2026.
Deep Cleaning prices in Dublin
Fixed prices by bedroom. Final prices: no VAT is added on top.
from €150
| 1 bedroom | from €150 |
|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms | from €190 |
| 3 bedrooms | from €240 |
| 4 bedrooms | from €300 |
| Lighter once-off clean, by the hour | €28 per hour, 2-hour minimum |
Add-ons
- Oven clean, single ovenfrom €75
- Carpet cleaning, per roomfrom €55
- Sofa cleaning, 3-seatfrom €95
- Mattress cleaningfrom €60
- Outside windows, 2-3 bed housefrom €60
Cleaning services carry the reduced VAT rate of 13.5% in Ireland, and our prices already include any VAT due.
For survey averages and other Dublin companies' published rates, compare our prices with the guide to deep cleaning cost in Dublin.
What changes the price
- Bedrooms: the fixed price table starts from the bedroom count, with bathrooms and a downstairs toilet confirmed at booking.
- Condition: months of grease, heavy limescale or pet hair add hours, so photos of the kitchen and bathroom help us quote.
- Contents: a furnished, lived-in home takes longer than an empty one because items are lifted and replaced.
- Extras: the full oven service, carpet and sofa washing, mattresses and outside windows each have their own price.
What is included
- High-level dusting: tops of doors, frames, wardrobes and light fittings
- Kitchen cupboard fronts, worktops, splashback, hob and extractor hood
- Microwave, dishwasher filter and washing machine drawer and seal
- Toilets, baths, showers, screens and taps descaled
- Wall tiles washed and grout lines scrubbed
- Skirting boards, radiators, switches, sockets and door handles
- Interior glass, mirrors, window sills and runner tracks
- Floors HEPA-vacuumed and mopped, including under movable furniture
Not included
- Full oven degrease (available as an add-on)
- Carpet and upholstery shampooing (available as add-ons)
- Outside of windows (bookable extra)
- Moving heavy furniture or fitted appliances
- Mould that returns because of an ongoing damp problem
What a deep clean covers, room by room
A deep clean is a once-off, ceiling-to-floor clean of a lived-in home. It reaches the build-up a weekly routine skips: tops of doors, behind the cooker, grout lines, radiators and the dust on light fittings. The usual order is high surfaces first, so falling dust never lands on finished work.
Furniture and belongings stay in place, so the team lifts, cleans under and puts back whatever can be moved safely. Heavy wardrobes and fitted appliances stay where they are.
- Hob degreased, extractor hood and filters soaked
- Microwave inside and out
- Toilet descaled, seat hinges, base and pedestal
- Bath, shower tray and screen descaled
- Cobwebs off ceilings and coving
- Tops of doors, frames and wardrobes
- Every floor vacuumed with a HEPA vacuum
- Hard floors mopped, edges by hand
Kitchen and appliances
Kitchens collect grease where nobody looks. The hob is degreased, the extractor hood is wiped down and its metal filters are soaked. The microwave is steamed and cleaned inside. Worktops, splashback, sink and taps are descaled and dried, and the pedal bin is emptied and washed.
Cupboards and drawers are cleaned inside when you empty them before we arrive. The fridge is cleaned inside if it is emptied too, and a freezer needs to be defrosted the night before. We also pull out the dishwasher filter and the detergent drawer of the washing machine, and wipe inside its rubber seal, where food scraps and grey mould collect.
Bathrooms, tiles and grout
Soap scum and limescale are the main jobs in a bathroom. Scale under the toilet rim and in the bowl is dissolved, and the seat hinges, base and pedestal are cleaned by hand. The bath, shower tray, screen, taps and shower head are descaled, with the product left to work before it is rinsed off. Wall tiles are washed and grout lines scrubbed.
Flush handles, taps, light pulls and door handles are wiped with disinfectant. Grout that has gone black right through, or sealant with mould behind it, usually needs replacing rather than cleaning, so check it before you book.
Bedrooms, living rooms and every other room
High-level dusting comes first in every room: coving, cobwebs, the tops of doors, door frames, wardrobes and curtain poles. Light fittings and lampshades are dusted. Radiators are wiped on the front and between the fins as far as a brush reaches.
Each skirting board gets a damp cloth along its full length, which a vacuum nozzle alone never manages. Switches, sockets, door handles and banisters are cleaned. Interior glass, mirrors and window sills are polished, and the runner tracks of sliding doors and uPVC windows are vacuumed and wiped. Under beds is vacuumed wherever the bed can be lifted or reached.
Floors, carpets and soft furnishings
Floors come last. Every floor is vacuumed edge to edge and hard floors are mopped, with corners and the line along the skirting done by hand. Sofas, armchairs and cushions are vacuumed as standard. If the carpets or a sofa need a proper wash, our carpet and upholstery cleaning uses hot water extraction, priced per room or per seat as add-ons on the same day.
One off clean, spring clean or deep clean?
In Dublin the three names usually mean the same job: a single, thorough clean booked without a regular contract. We call it a deep clean and price it by bedrooms. If your home only needs a lighter once-off clean, such as a tidy before guests, we can book it by the hour instead.
A one off clean is worth booking at a few points in the year. People ask for a spring clean once the heating goes off and the low sun shows every streak on the windows. Others book before Christmas visitors, after a party, before a new baby comes home, after a long illness, or before estate agent photos for a sale.
A lighter once-off clean is charged at €28 an hour, minimum two hours, which matches our regular house cleaning rate. It covers surfaces, bathrooms, kitchen and floors but not the inside of cupboards, high-level dusting or descaling. If the home has not had a thorough clean in a year or more, the fixed-price deep clean is better value because the extra hours are already built in.
Deep clean, regular clean or end of tenancy clean?
A regular clean keeps a home ticking over each week or fortnight. A deep clean resets it once or twice a year by reaching inside, behind and above. An end of tenancy clean is the move-out version, carried out once the rooms are empty and judged against a letting agent's check-out list, with the oven included.
Many households book a deep clean first and then move onto weekly or fortnightly visits. Starting from a reset means each regular visit can keep things up instead of chasing old grime, so the visits stay shorter.
Moving house is the one time to pick a different service. If you are leaving a rented home, the end of tenancy clean covers the oven, the inside of every cupboard and the items agents inspect. If you are moving into a home that has just had building work, plaster and fine builders dust need an after builders clean, not a deep clean.
Limescale in Dublin: which areas have hard water
Dublin does not have one water supply, so limescale is a much bigger job in some homes than others. Hardness at the Leixlip plant was 150-300 mg/l as calcium carbonate, while Ballymore Eustace, Ballyboden, Roundwood and Stillorgan each measured 50 mg/l, according to a South Dublin County Council reply in 2014.
150-300 mg/l
hardness of water leaving the Leixlip plant
South Dublin County Council, 2014
50 mg/l
hardness from Ballymore Eustace, Ballyboden, Roundwood and Stillorgan
South Dublin County Council, 2014
Leixlip supplies the Fingal area of north Dublin, the north fringe of the city, north-east Kildare and the east of Co Meath, according to The Irish Times. Lucan gets blended Leixlip and Ballymore Eustace water from Peamount Reservoir, the same council reply says. Homes in Blanchardstown, Swords and Lucan therefore tend to have thicker scale on shower screens, taps and kettles.
South Dublin, Dublin 4, Dublin 6, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Tallaght are on the softer supplies, so heavy scale there is less common. When it does build up, it usually comes from years without descaling. Heavy scale usually needs an acid-based descaler that is safe on chrome, left to soak. Glass that has been etched by old scale stays cloudy whatever product is used, so some screens are past saving.
HEPA vacuums, products and equipment
Our team vacuums with HEPA-filter machines and brings every product, cloth and ladder the job needs. A HEPA filter holds the fine dust a deep clean disturbs, so it stays in the machine instead of blowing back out the exhaust and settling on surfaces that were just wiped.
That matters most in a deep clean because so much old dust is moved at once: off wardrobe tops, from behind radiators and from under beds. Few Dublin deep cleaning pages say what vacuum they use, so it is worth asking any company you compare.
Everyday surfaces generally need only a mild cleaner and microfibre cloths. Stronger products are for the jobs that need them: an acid descaler for limescale, a degreaser for the hob and extractor, and disinfectant for toilets and touchpoints. HSA guidance says bleach must not meet ammonia, toilet cleaners or drain cleaners, so products should never be mixed. Airing rooms during the clean helps if you have children or pets at home. We are covered by public liability insurance while we work in your home.
Mould, marks and residue: what a deep clean can and cannot fix
Surface mould on sealant, window reveals and bathroom ceilings is cleaned with a fungicidal product, and marks on emulsion are lifted where the paint allows. A deep clean cannot cure the damp that feeds recurring mould, and it cannot repaint a wall. Those need a different fix.
Black mould that comes back within weeks is a ventilation or damp problem. Cleaning removes what is there, but the cause needs fixing first, and our mould cleaning service covers condensation advice in more detail.
Paint splashes, sticker glue and old adhesive on glass, frames and hard floors are removed with a scraper or solvent suited to the surface. Heavy marks on matt emulsion often lift the paint with them, so the safe approach is to test a small patch first and stop if the finish starts to rub off.
How long a deep clean takes and how we price it
A deep clean of a four-bed takes about 10 hours of one person's time, according to Bark's 2026 Irish price survey, and a one-bed about 5. A second cleaner shortens the day, not the hours of work. The price is fixed by bedrooms and confirmed before you book.
Photos of the kitchen and main bathroom are the quickest way to a fixed price. They show us grease on the hob, scale on the screen and how full the rooms are. Clear, recent photos keep the quoted price accurate.
Our prices are final. Revenue lists cleaning under the 13.5% reduced VAT rate, and any VAT due is already in the figure you are quoted. Start time and expected length are confirmed at booking. We book deep cleans on weekdays from 09:00 to 18:00 and on Saturdays until 14:00.
Where we deep clean
We deep clean homes in every Dublin postcode from D1 to D24, including D6W, across all four councils, plus Bray, Maynooth and Naas. The team travels out from Citywest Business Campus in Dublin 24, so south and west Dublin are the shortest trips.
That covers apartments in the city centre and Sandyford, older terraces in Rathmines and Drumcondra, and estates in Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Blanchardstown and Swords. Bray in Co. Wicklow and Naas in Co. Kildare are covered too. If your home sits just outside these places, give us the Eircode and we will say whether we can reach it.
How the options compare
| Doing it yourself | Hourly cleaner, no checklist | Dublin Cleaners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behind and under movable appliances | Heavy to manage alone | Often left | Included |
| High-level dusting | Needs a ladder | Rarely | Included |
| Limescale on screens and taps | Shop descaler | Quick wipe | Descaled, not just wiped |
| Vacuum filtration | Household vacuum | Your vacuum | HEPA vacuums |
| Price before the day | Your weekend | Grows by the hour | Fixed by bedrooms |
| Public liability insurance | Not applicable | Ask | Yes |
Book your deep cleaning
Send the bedroom and bathroom count, and photos if the kitchen needs extra time. We confirm a fixed price before the day.
Deep Cleaning: questions
How much is a deep clean in Dublin?
A deep clean with Dublin Cleaners costs from €150 for a one-bed, €190 for a two-bed, €240 for a three-bed and €300 for a four-bed home. These are final prices with no VAT added. Heavy grease, limescale or pet hair can take longer, so we confirm the fixed price before booking.
Is the oven included in a deep clean?
The oven door, hob and extractor hood are wiped as part of the kitchen. Stripping the oven back to bare metal inside, racks and trays included, is our separate oven service from €75 for a single oven. Book both together and we confirm the timing when you book.
Do I need to empty the cupboards before a deep clean?
Only if you want the insides cleaned. Cupboards, drawers and wardrobes are cleaned inside when they are empty, which is the biggest difference from a regular clean. If they stay full, we clean the fronts, handles and tops instead. Tell us which rooms you will clear so we can plan the time.
How often should a home get a deep clean?
Most homes with a weekly or fortnightly routine need a deep clean once or twice a year. Homes with pets, young children, smokers or poor ventilation usually need it more often. Apartments with condensation problems benefit from one before winter, when black mould on window reveals and sealant tends to start.
How do I book?
Call 01 230 8646 or send the quote form with the service and your area. We reply with a price, usually by phone, and confirm the day and access arrangements before the team arrives.
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