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House cleaning in Cambridge
House cleaning for Cambridge apartments, triple-deckers, condos and houses, booked once or weekly, every two weeks or monthly. Flat prices by home size, with supplies and equipment included.
Last updated September 2026. Prices as of September 2026.
House cleaning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is priced flat by home size at Squares & Corners: $130 for a studio, $150 for a 1 bedroom, $185 for 2 bedrooms, $235 for 3 bedrooms and from $290 for 4+ bedrooms, per visit, as of September 2026. The same table applies in Brookline. A standard visit covers the kitchen, bathrooms, living areas, bedrooms and entryway, with supplies and equipment included, and it can be booked once or weekly, every two weeks or monthly, with 20%, 15% or 10% off the recurring standard clean. Cambridge is mostly rented and mostly multi-unit: about two in three occupied homes are renter-occupied (American Community Survey 2018-2022, as reported by the City of Cambridge). Squares & Corners is insured and bonded, cleaners are background-checked, and if something was missed, tell us within 24 hours and we will come back and re-clean it at no charge.
Cambridge at a glance
The facts that shape a cleaning visit here: who rents, what the buildings look like and how the curb works. Cambridge is the city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston.
Renter-occupied homes
66%
of occupied homes in Cambridge are rented (American Community Survey 2018-2022, as reported by the City of Cambridge).
Housing units
57,894
housing units in the city as of June 30, 2023, counting units available for occupancy or under construction (City of Cambridge).
Neighborhoods
Cambridge has 13 official neighborhoods, and the squares people name every day cut across them. Both are listed here so you can find your address whichever way you describe it. Prices are the same everywhere in the city.
Harvard Square sits mainly in West Cambridge and overlaps Neighborhood Nine and Riverside. Harvard is one of the city’s anchor institutions, and most Harvard affiliates live off campus in private rentals, so many homes around the square are rented apartments. If you rent nearby, see move-out cleaning in Cambridge for lease turnover.
Central Square is where Mid-Cambridge, The Port, Cambridgeport and Riverside meet. Because four neighborhoods share the square, the street address in your quote request tells us more than a neighborhood label does.
Kendall Square is a square rather than an official neighborhood, and it overlaps Wellington-Harrington only in part. East Cambridge and MIT (Area 2) are separate official neighborhoods, listed below. MIT is the other anchor institution alongside Harvard.
Inman Square is associated with Mid-Cambridge and Wellington-Harrington. Your street address in the quote request tells us the building, so we can plan for stairs and access.
Porter Square is in Neighborhood Nine, one of the 13 official neighborhoods. Tell us about stairs, porches or building access in your quote request so it is on record for your visit.
Huron Village, Fresh Pond and Alewife are searched by name but are not among the 13 official neighborhoods. Use your street address in the quote request.
East Cambridge
MIT (Area 2)
Wellington-Harrington
The Port (Area Four)
Cambridgeport
Mid-Cambridge
Riverside
Baldwin (Agassiz)
Neighborhood Nine
West Cambridge
North Cambridge
Triple-deckers noted in Cambridge Historical Commission material
Cambridge Highlands
Strawberry Hill
Not sure which neighborhood your address falls in? The street address in your quote request is enough.
Housing stock
Cambridge is a renter city. The City of Cambridge counts 57,894 housing units, including units under construction, and reports that about two in three occupied homes are rented. By one housing-data summary, roughly a third of homes are in two-to-four-unit buildings, about half are in buildings of five or more units, and roughly 55% are in buildings built before 1939.
A familiar building type here is the triple-decker: a three-story wood-frame building with one apartment per floor, mostly built between 1880 and 1930. The Harvard Crimson counts about 15,000 of them in the Boston area, and a Cambridge Day article on the Cambridge Historical Commission’s collection notes many in North Cambridge.
Older buildings often come with steam radiators that collect dust, original wood floors and deep window sills. Those are the details worth mentioning in your quote request, and the ones a deep clean in Cambridge goes after. For a longer read, see cleaning old Cambridge and Brookline homes.
Apartment cleaning
With most Cambridge homes rented, apartment cleaning is the everyday case. A standard clean costs $130 for a studio, $150 for a 1 bedroom, $185 for 2 bedrooms, $235 for 3 bedrooms and from $290 for 4+ bedrooms, per visit, as of September 2026.
| Home size | Standard clean |
|---|---|
| Studio | $130 |
| 1 bedroom | $150 |
| 2 bedrooms | $185 |
| 3 bedrooms | $235 |
| 4+ bedrooms | From$290 |
The same flat price covers a studio near Kendall Square and a three-bedroom floor of a triple-decker. If you have been searching for a maid service in Cambridge, MA, this standard visit is it: kitchen, bathrooms, living areas, bedrooms and entryway, with supplies and equipment included.
Deciding how often to book? Read how often to clean your home. See every clean side by side on the pricing page.
Get a house cleaning quoteAccess and parking
Cambridge streets are busy, and the city’s permit rules are specific. Here is what the City of Cambridge says, and what to tell us.
Reserving street space for a moving truck takes a Street Occupancy Permit. It is a different permit from a parking permit. On move-out day, trucks compete for the curb.
Contractors with Massachusetts commercial plates may park in permit-only areas for up to three days without a permit, according to the City of Cambridge. Visitor permits are issued by zone.
If your street is permit-only, your building has limited access or your door is up a steep stair, say so in the quote request so it is on record for your visit.
Permit rules change. Check cambridgema.gov for the current requirements before you plan a move.
Services
Three cleans, one price table. Prices are the same in Cambridge and Brookline.
A regular clean for a home that is kept up: kitchen, bathrooms, living areas, bedrooms and entryway. One time, weekly, every two weeks or monthly.
From $130
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Detail work on top of a standard clean: baseboards, door frames, window sills, grout, cabinet fronts and vents. A one-time visit.
From $230
General details on the deep cleaning page.
A clean for an empty home, before you hand back the keys or before you move in. Same prices for move-in and move-out. A one-time visit.
From $195
General details on the move-in / move-out page.
Supplies and equipment are included, our cleaners are insured, bonded and background-checked, and if something was missed you tell us within 24 hours and we come back and re-clean it at no charge. See the full price table.
Questions
City-specific answers on price, neighborhoods, parking and what is included.
Read all cleaning FAQsA standard house cleaning costs $130 for a studio, $150 for a 1 bedroom, $185 for 2 bedrooms, $235 for 3 bedrooms and from $290 for 4+ bedrooms, per visit. Prices are flat by home size and the same in Cambridge and Brookline. Prices as of September 2026. See the full price table.
Yes. One price table applies to both cities and is based on home size and the type of clean. See the pricing page.
Yes. We clean apartments, condos and houses in Cambridge. The price is set by the number of bedrooms, so one floor of a triple-decker is priced like any other apartment of that size. Homes above 2,500 sq ft are quoted individually.
We clean in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Harvard Square and Porter Square to Kendall Square, Central Square and Cambridgeport. See the neighborhood list on this page. If you are unsure which neighborhood you are in, send your street address in the quote request.
A Street Occupancy Permit reserves street space for a moving truck, and it is a different permit from a parking permit. The City of Cambridge lets contractors with Massachusetts commercial plates park in permit-only areas for up to three days without a permit. Tell us in your quote request if your street is permit-only, and check cambridgema.gov for current rules.
Many Greater Boston leases end on September 1, so move-out dates cluster around it. Send your quote request as soon as you know your date, and we confirm the schedule with you. See the September 1 move-out cleaning guide.
Yes. Squares & Corners is insured and bonded, and every cleaner who comes to your home is background-checked. Insurance generally covers accidental damage or injury that happens while work is done in your home, and a bond is a separate protection that generally repays a customer for certain losses such as theft. Ask any cleaning company what its coverage applies to.
Yes. Supplies and equipment are included in the price of every clean, so there is nothing to buy or borrow. That covers the products and tools for the kitchen, bathrooms, floors and surfaces, and it applies to home cleaning, deep cleaning and move-in / move-out cleaning alike. See what house cleaners bring and how to prepare.
Keep reading
The other city we serve: prewar apartments, walk-ups, towers and a two-hour street parking rule.
Flat prices for standard, deep and move-in / move-out cleans, dated September 2026.
Where we clean today and how to tell us about neighborhoods you would like covered next.
How the September 1 lease date shapes move-out cleaning in Cambridge and Brookline.
Radiators, hardwood and prewar details, and how they change a clean.
What to ask before you book: insurance, bonding, background checks and supplies.
Ready for a fresher home?
Tell us your home size and your Cambridge street or neighborhood, and get a free quote for a one-time or recurring clean.
Insured and bonded. If something was missed, tell us within 24 hours and we will come back and re-clean it at no charge.