Weekly and Fortnightly House Cleaning in Dublin
Regular domestic cleaning by the hour, with the products and equipment brought to every visit and one invoice instead of payroll.
- From €28
- All County Dublin
- Own products
- Insured team
Dublin Cleaners is a domestic and commercial cleaner working across County Dublin and in Bray, Maynooth and Naas. Regular house cleaning in Dublin is the work of keeping a home in order week after week. A visit covers the kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas and floors, in the order you set. You pay by the hour, we bring the products, and we carry public liability insurance. Last updated: 14 November 2026.
House Cleaning prices in Dublin
Hourly rates, two-hour minimum visit. Final prices: no VAT is added on top.
from €28
| Regular visit, weekly or fortnightly | €28 per hour |
|---|---|
| Minimum visit | 2 hours (€56) |
| Monthly visit | €28 per hour |
| Deep clean to start, 2-bed | from €190 |
Add-ons
- Oven clean, single ovenfrom €75
- Carpet cleaning, per roomfrom €55
- Window cleaning outside, 2-3 bed housefrom €60
- Mattress cleaningfrom €60
Cleaning services carry the reduced VAT rate of 13.5% in Ireland, and our prices already include any VAT due.
For independent and agency hourly rates side by side, see our breakdown of cleaner cost per hour in Dublin.
What changes the price
- Hours: you book a set number of hours, from a 2-hour minimum, and the visit is planned to fit them.
- Frequency: a fortnightly or monthly home builds up more between visits, so it often needs an extra hour.
- Size and occupants: bathrooms, pets and young children add more to the hours than bedroom count does.
- Starting point: a home that has not been cleaned thoroughly in a long time may need a deep clean before regular visits.
What is included
- Kitchen worktops, sink, hob, splashback and appliance fronts
- Toilets, basins, baths and showers cleaned and disinfected
- Bathroom mirrors, taps and tiles wiped
- Beds made, with linen changed if fresh sets are left out
- Dusting of surfaces, shelves, sills and skirting boards
- Bins emptied and liners replaced
- Every floor vacuumed, hard floors mopped
- Sofas and cushions vacuumed
Not included
- Oven cleaning inside (book it as an extra)
- Inside cupboards, high-level dusting and descaling (part of a deep clean)
- Carpet and upholstery shampooing
- Exterior windows
- Childminding, pet care or errands
What a regular house cleaning visit covers
A regular visit keeps the rooms you use every day clean: kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas and floors. It works to a list you agree with us at the start, and the hours you book set how far down that list each visit reaches. Many households put kitchens and bathrooms first, because they matter most between visits.
Tell us which jobs matter most to you. Some households want the bathrooms gleaming and do not mind a bit of clutter; others want beds changed and floors done above everything else.
- Worktops cleared, wiped and dried
- Sink and taps cleaned and shined
- Toilet cleaned and disinfected
- Basin, bath and shower wiped down
- Beds made, linen changed if left out
- Bedside tables and dressers dusted
- Shelves, sills and skirting boards dusted
- Interior glass and mirrors spot-cleaned
Kitchen
Each visit the worktops are cleared, wiped and dried, and the sink and taps are cleaned. The hob gets the week's spills off, and the fronts of the oven, fridge, dishwasher and microwave are wiped, along with cupboard handles and the splashback.
Inside the fridge can be added to a visit when there is time; a full oven clean is a separate job. Bins are emptied and fresh liners put in, and recycling is sorted into your bins if you show us the system.
Bathrooms and toilets
Toilets are cleaned inside and out and disinfected, including the seat, flush handle and base. Basins, the bath and the shower are wiped down so soap scum never has a chance to set. Mirrors and taps are polished, and the floor is mopped last.
Regular visits keep limescale from building up, but they are not a descaling session. If a shower screen has gone cloudy, a deep clean deals with the old scale first so the weekly wipe can keep up.
Bedrooms and laundry
Beds are made each visit. If you leave fresh linen on the bed or in the hot press, we strip and change it and leave the used set in the laundry basket or the machine. Surfaces, bedside lockers and mirrors are dusted and cleaned.
Laundry and ironing are not part of a standard visit. If you want a wash put on or a few shirts ironed, tell us when you book so we can say whether it fits inside your hours.
Living areas, windows and floors
Living rooms get dusted from shelves to skirting boards, with fingerprints taken off interior glass doors and mirrors. Sofas and cushions are vacuumed. Floors are done at the end of the visit in every room, vacuumed throughout and mopped where they are hard.
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly cleaning
Weekly visits suit busy family homes, homes with pets and anyone who wants the house reliably clean every week. Fortnightly suits couples and smaller homes. Monthly works for tidy, low-traffic homes or as a top-up. Whichever you pick, the price stays at €28 an hour for at least 2 hours.
We do not charge more per hour for less frequent visits. The difference shows up in the hours instead. Dirt that sits for two or four weeks takes longer to lift, so a home that needs 2 hours weekly often needs 3 hours fortnightly and 4 hours monthly.
Other firms build that into a discount instead. Bark's 2026 Irish survey found a recurring cleaning contract typically costs about 15% less per visit than booking the same clean as a one-off. Our flat hourly rate means you can change frequency without a new price.
If you go away for a fortnight or want to switch days, tell us as early as you can. Ask for the notice needed to pause, move or cancel a visit in writing before the first one.
Apartment cleaning: what changes
Apartments usually need fewer hours than houses of the same bedroom count, because there are no stairs and the kitchen and living area are often one room. They do bring their own jobs: access fobs, parking, management company rules on bins and condensation on glass.
Tell us how the team gets in: a concierge, a key safe at the door or a fob left with your key. In the city centre and the Docklands, parking is the bigger question, so let us know if the block has visitor spaces or a permit. Bin stores often have their own sorting rules, and we follow the signs on the door.
Many newer apartments have small kitchens, open-plan living and sealed windows, so moisture from cooking and drying clothes ends up on balcony doors and window frames. Wiping those down each visit, and leaving trickle vents open, keeps black spots from forming on sealant over the winter.
Hiring a cleaner directly vs through a company: tax, PRSI and insurance
If you pay a cleaner directly and they work only for you, Revenue may treat you as their employer. A single domestic employee earning less than €40 weekly needs no PAYE registration, but employer PRSI is still owed. Above €40 a week, you must register and operate PAYE. Through a company, the employment side sits with the company.
€40
a week: the most you can pay one domestic employee without registering for PAYE
Revenue, Tax and Duty Manual 42-04-33
€20
average hourly rate for an independent cleaner in Dublin
Bark 2026
€30
average hourly rate for a Dublin cleaning agency
Bark 2026
The €40 line comes quickly. At Bark's Dublin average of €20 an hour, a 2-hour weekly visit already reaches it. Revenue's Tax and Duty Manual says an employer paying €40 or more a week to a domestic employee must register and operate PAYE in the normal way, and that even below €40, employer PRSI goes to the Department of Social Protection in one annual payment.
Many independent cleaners work for several households and register as sole traders, which puts the tax on them. That depends on the arrangement, so ask how they are set up before the first visit. The Irish Times made the same point in March 2024 and also flagged home insurance: if someone is hurt working in your house, the claim may come to you.
Hiring through a cleaning company moves those duties off you. You pay an invoice with VAT already in the price, the employment duties sit with the company, and our public liability insurance covers the work. That explains much of the gap between a €20 cash rate and a company rate.
Will I get the same cleaner every time?
Ask before the first visit. People get sick, take holidays and change jobs, so no cleaner can be there every single week. Ask any cleaning company whether it aims to send the same person, and what happens to your visit when that person is off. Get the answer in writing.
That is the honest trade-off. A sole trader gives you one person every time, but when they are on holiday for two weeks, your house waits two weeks. A company may be able to send someone else, but that means a different face at the door.
A written list keeps quality steady whoever comes. Note your priorities, where products are kept, which surfaces need care and anything not to touch. Say too whether you would rather skip a visit than have someone new.
Keys, access and products
Many households are out during visits and arrange access with a key safe, a spare key or a code. Agree in writing who holds keys and how the alarm is set. We bring our own products and equipment to every visit, or use yours if you prefer them, at the same hourly rate.
Tell us about the alarm, any pets that should stay in a room and doors that should stay shut. If a visit cannot go ahead because nobody can get in, call us as early as possible. Ask for cancellation and rescheduling terms in writing before the first visit.
Our kit includes a HEPA vacuum, mops, microfibre cloths and a disinfectant for toilets. Stronger products belong only on surfaces that allow them. If you have marble, oiled wood or a surface with a manufacturer's care guide, leave the right product out and point it out on the first visit.
When you need more than a regular clean
A regular visit maintains a home; it does not reset one. If the oven is carbonised, the carpets are stained or the shower screen is crusted with scale, book that job once and let the weekly visits keep it up afterwards. Ask about adding these when you book.
A deep clean before the first regular visit is the most common add-on: inside cupboards, tops of doors, radiators and descaling, priced by bedrooms. A full oven clean starts from €75 for a single oven, carpets from €55 a room, and a mattress from €60.
For a move, book a different service. Tenants handing back keys need an end of tenancy clean, and homes coming out of an extension or renovation need an after builders clean before anyone moves back in.
How long a house cleaning visit takes
A regular clean of a two-bed home usually takes 2 to 3 hours, and a three-bed 3 to 4 hours, according to Bark's 2026 Irish house cleaning survey. We suggest hours from your bedroom and bathroom count when you book, and you can change them later.
A first visit often runs longer than the ones after it. Once the routine is set, each visit only deals with a week or two of use. Visits can be booked on weekdays between 09:00 and 18:00, or on Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00.
How the options compare
| Doing it yourself | Independent, paid directly | Dublin Cleaners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly cost | Your evenings | About €20 in Dublin (Bark) | €28, VAT included |
| Your tax and PRSI duties | None | Possibly yours | None, one invoice |
| Vacuum | Your own | Usually yours | HEPA filtered |
| Price list online | Not applicable | Rarely | Published |
| Products and equipment | You buy them | Varies | We bring them |
| Insurance cover in your home | Not applicable | Ask | Yes |
Book your house cleaning
Send the bedroom and bathroom count, and photos if the kitchen needs extra time. We confirm a fixed price before the day.
House Cleaning: questions
How much does a house cleaner cost in Dublin?
Our regular house cleaning is €28 an hour, and the shortest visit we book is 2 hours, or €56. The rate is the same for weekly, fortnightly and monthly visits, and VAT is included. Bark's 2026 survey puts a Dublin agency at about €30 an hour and an independent cleaner at about €20.
How many hours a week do I need a cleaner for?
Most two-bed homes need 2 to 3 hours a visit and most three-bed homes 3 to 4, based on Bark's 2026 figures for regular maintenance cleans. Pets, children and a fortnightly schedule push towards the top of the range. We suggest a starting figure when you book, and you can change the hours later.
Do I need to be home when the cleaner comes?
No. Many people are at work during visits and arrange access with a lockbox or a spare key. Agree in writing who holds keys, how they are labelled and how the alarm is set. If you prefer to be in, pick a slot that suits and we will work around you, room by room.
Can the cleaner use my own products?
Yes. We bring products and equipment to every visit at no extra cost, but if you prefer a particular brand, or a surface needs its own cleaner, leave it out and we will use it. Natural stone worktops, oiled timber and some induction hobs are worth flagging at the 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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