House cleaning prices in Boston

For a first clean with Serve, most Boston homes start at $127 and rise with the home's size and condition. Recurring visits start at $79 per visit for a studio and $139 for a three-bedroom. Move-in and move-out cleans on an empty home are higher, since every cabinet, the fridge and the oven are done inside.

It is the real price. Supplies, equipment and card processing fees are all included. The only thing that changes the number is what you tell us about the home — its size, its condition, and any add-ons you choose.

No. You get a flat price before you book and that is what you pay. An hourly rate moves the risk of a slow day onto the customer, and it gives a cleaner a reason to work slowly. Homes above five bedrooms are the one exception and get a personal quote.

Condition. A lightly lived-in home sits at the low end and a home that needs heavy-duty attention sits at the top. Square footage matters too — a large home at a given bedroom count prices above the band. Nothing else moves it.

No. The first clean stands on its own and there is no contract. If you do want to keep it going, recurring visits are priced well below a one-time clean because the home is already at baseline, and you can change or cancel your plan anytime.

Yes. Serve prices your home on the page in seconds, from what you tell us about it, and you do not need to give a phone number to see the number. There is no callback to wait for, no in-home estimate to schedule, and no quote request sitting in somebody's inbox overnight. The price you are shown is the price you book at.

Both happen on your booking page. Every booking is emailed to you with a private link to it, the same link every time, and it does not expire. From there you can see each visit and what it costs, reschedule it, cancel it, authorize payment, and start or change a recurring plan. It is also where you tell us whether someone will be home, how to get in, where to park and about your pets. If you save an access code it is write-only: it goes in, and it cannot be read back out of the page by anyone, including you.

Yes. Getting a price and booking both happen in an ordinary web page, with no account to create and no login to hold, so an assistant acting on your behalf can complete them the same way you would. You stay responsible for the instructions you give it and for checking the details before you approve them, and anything that needs your express confirmation still needs it. See our Terms for authorized agent use.

It can, if you choose to give it the link. Your booking page needs no password because the link itself is the key, so anyone holding it can reschedule, cancel and authorize payment on your behalf. Share it only with a service you actually trust, the way you would treat a password, and tell us if you think somebody else has it. Access codes are the one thing nobody can read back, including an assistant you authorized.