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Cleaning Services in Riverdale for Tall Homes, Apartments and Clinics

At Now It’s Clean, we provide professional cleaning services in Riverdale for houses, apartments, clinics and small offices. Whether you are in a three-storey Victorian near Withrow Park or an apartment above the shops on Broadview Avenue, we bring the same standard to every job.

We are a family-run company and we have been cleaning across Toronto for more than five years. Riverdale houses are tall, which changes how long they take and how a team has to work through them.

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Why a Tall Riverdale House Takes Longer to Clean

There are two reasons, and both are worth understanding before you compare quotes.

The first is that stairs are a job in their own right. Every flight has to be cleaned, and every piece of equipment has to be carried up and then carried back down. A three-storey home has two full flights to clean. A bungalow with an identical floor area has none.

The second is that dust travels through the whole house. Dust knocked loose on an upper floor drifts down the stairwell and settles on the floors below, so cleaning the ground floor first usually means cleaning it twice. That is why we always start at the top and finish at the bottom.

For those reasons we price on the height of a property as well as its floor area, and we send more than one cleaner to most Riverdale houses. That is the only way the top floor receives the same care as the main floor instead of whatever time is left at the end of the day.

House Cleaning in Riverdale

The houses around Withrow Park are among the most detailed properties we clean anywhere in Toronto. They have deep baseboards, picture rails, panelled doors, cast-iron radiators and floors laid long before modern finishes were available.

Our house cleaning teams begin on the top floor and work down through the house one level at a time. Within each room we clean from the highest surfaces down to the lowest, and floors are always done last.

How We Clean a Three-Storey Riverdale Home, Step by Step

We vacuum before anything wet is used – Grit left on a floor behaves like fine abrasive as soon as a mop crosses it, and that abrasion is how older boards lose their finish.
We dust with a damp cloth rather than a dry one – A dry cloth lifts particles into the air and they settle again about an hour later. Health Canada’s guidance on improving indoor air quality in your home notes that carpets, cushions and mattresses harbour dust mites, and recommends a vacuum fitted with a HEPA filter so that fine particles are captured rather than returned to the room.
We wash floors using a two-bucket method – One bucket holds the cleaning solution and the second holds clean rinse water. With a single bucket, the water becomes progressively dirtier as the room is worked, so the far corner ends up being washed with the soil collected at the doorway.
We clean stairs from the top step down – The edges and the back of each tread are done before the middle. It takes longer than running a machine down the flight, and it is the difference between stairs that are clean and stairs that only appear clean from standing height.
We finish each room at the doorway – Working around a room in one consistent direction means corners are not skipped, even at the end of a long appointment.

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Deep Cleaning in Riverdale

A house that has been occupied for well over a century holds soil in places a routine visit is not scoped to reach.

A deep clean covers the tops of window casings, the space behind radiators, the inside of light fixtures, the stretch of baseboard the sofa has always concealed, shower glass, the crown of the wall cabinets and the range hood. Oven and fridge interiors can be added on request.

Two opposing products do most of the work. Hard water scale on glass and chrome needs an acidic descaler, which dissolves mineral deposits and is then rinsed away thoroughly. Kitchen grease needs the opposite chemistry, an alkaline degreaser, which breaks down fats and oils. Both need dwell time, meaning a few minutes sitting on the surface before anything is wiped. Spraying either product and wiping it off immediately wastes the trip, and that short wait is most of what separates a professional result from a difficult afternoon at home.

Regular Cleaning and Maid Service in Riverdale

In a house this tall, keeping on top of the cleaning costs far less than catching up.

With our maid services you have the same team arriving on the same day, working from a checklist we build around your home. After a few visits nobody needs to ask which floors are sealed, which trim will not take pressure, or which room deserves the extra twenty minutes.

Weekly service suits households with young children or dogs
Bi-weekly service is the most common arrangement in this neighbourhood
Monthly service works well for smaller households that tidy as they go

Regular scheduled visits and one-time cleans are both available, and there is no requirement to commit to anything ongoing.

Call (647) 558-0707 and we can price your home over the phone.

Apartment Cleaning in Riverdale

Broadview Avenue and the Danforth have long rows of apartments above the shops, along with newer mid-rise buildings closer to Broadview Station. Neither is comparable to cleaning a family house.

In newer buildings we reserve the service elevator where the board requires it and sign in at the desk. In the older walk-ups there is no elevator at all, so equipment goes up two or three flights by hand. We build that time into the estimate and we do not shorten your clean to recover it. Our apartment and condo cleaning teams also carry a compact vacuum for stair work, because dragging a full-size machine up a narrow Victorian staircase marks the wall long before it damages the vacuum.

In a compact unit the visible surfaces carry the result. That means counters, the inside of the microwave, taps, shower glass, baseboards and all flooring.

Move-In and Move-Out Cleaning in Riverdale

Rental units here turn over steadily and the houses sell quickly, so this is constant work for us.

The value of move-in and move-out cleaning lies entirely in access. Once the rooms are cleared we can reach inside the cupboards, inside the appliances and across the parts of the floor that furniture normally covers. That is precisely the list a landlord or agent works through at the final walkthrough, and getting it right often decides whether a deposit is returned in full. If you are selling rather than leaving a tenancy, a properly cleaned house photographs better and holds up under a viewing, which counts when buyers are seeing four properties in an afternoon.

Office and Clinic Cleaning in Riverdale

Broadview Avenue and the Greektown stretch of the Danforth are lined with independent practices, professional offices and small shops. Dental, physiotherapy and chiropractic clinics are particularly common.

Clinical spaces carry their own standards and we work to whichever protocol your practice follows. High-touch points such as door handles, light switches and shared equipment are disinfected as a separate step rather than wiped over during general cleaning, because a disinfectant only achieves its stated kill rate if it remains wet on the surface for the contact time on the label.

Our office and commercial cleaning teams work outside your opening hours. Shops along the strip are covered by our retail cleaning service, and where a waiting room or corridor needs more than a routine mop, our floor cleaning service can be added to the same visit.

Post-Renovation Cleaning in Riverdale

Kitchen rebuilds, attic conversions and underpinned basements are common here, and construction dust causes particular problems in a tall house. It travels up the stairwell and reappears on the top floor days after the trades have finished.

Our post-construction and renovation cleaning teams use sealed HEPA vacuums and clean the whole house, not only the room the builders were working in. In a property of three or four storeys there is no realistic way to contain the dust to one floor. Each affected level is cleaned twice with a gap between passes. We price this service separately once we have seen the scope of the work.

What Your Riverdale Clean Includes, and What Costs Extra

Everything needed for the appointment arrives with the team, and equipment is never billed to you. That covers all products, cloths, mops and vacuums.

Our products are selected to suit the surface rather than for convenience. We use a pH-neutral cleaner (neither acidic nor alkaline) on wood and stone; an alkaline degreaser in kitchens; and an acidic descaler on hard water scale. Cloths follow a colour-coded microfibre system, where each colour is assigned to one area of the home so that a bathroom cloth cannot cross-contaminate a kitchen counter. Our vacuums are fitted with HEPA filters, which capture fine dust and allergens that ordinary filters release back into the air.

A few items are quoted on top of the standard price. Please raise them when you book so they appear in your quote from the outset:

Inside the oven
Inside the fridge
Inside cupboards
Interior windows
A finished basement level

Eco-friendly products are a paid add-on and are not our default range. They are low-VOC, meaning they release fewer volatile organic compounds into the air, and they are safe around children and pets. They perform well for routine maintenance cleaning. For heavily carbonized oven interiors or established limescale we will recommend a conventional product and explain our reasoning before switching.

Why Riverdale Chooses Now It's Clean

A large older house with a great deal of original joinery is a serious thing to hand over to a company you have not worked with before.

No one joins a team without passing a background check. We are bonded and insured, and we carry liability coverage and WSIB coverage. The WSIB is Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and that coverage means an injury to one of our cleaners on your property is handled through the WSIB rather than becoming your responsibility as the homeowner. Building managers and clinic landlords generally want proof of both before releasing access, and we can send it over on request.

Our promise is Done Right the First Time – Or We Fix It. If the work falls short of what was agreed, we return and correct it at our own cost. Prices are settled before the booking, so your invoice reflects the conversation you had with us.

Our clients tend to comment on the same two things –

One had recently bought a home left broom-swept by the previous owners. Two of our cleaners spent five hours on it, and what stood out for him afterwards was being kept informed the whole way through, which he called “lots of communication” (Edward Senez, Google review).

Another came to us on the strength of our reviews, found the crew punctual and courteous, and singled out our willingness to adapt the job as it went, mentioning “a lot of flexibility” (Anil Bhatia, Google review). We currently hold 4.9 out of 5 from more than 800 reviews on our Google Business Profile.

Ready to book? Call (647) 558-0707 or request a quote online. Your first clean is $50 off.

Areas We Cover Across Riverdale

We cover both halves of the neighbourhood, from the family homes around Withrow Park down through South Riverdale, and our teams work the Broadview and Danforth corridors every week. We also clean the neighbouring east-end areas, including Leslieville to the south.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does house cleaning cost in Riverdale?

We price on the number of cleaners, the hours the property needs and its current condition, and in this neighbourhood we also price on height. A tall house takes longer than its floor area suggests, and we would rather explain that up front than quote low and rush the top storey. An apartment above a shop is usually one cleaner and a short appointment, while a three-storey house generally needs two cleaners and a longer visit. Your price is fixed before you book, and new clients receive $50 off.

Do you handle original hardwood, plaster and mouldings?

Yes, and it is most of our work in Riverdale. Older floors are cleaned with a pH-neutral product and as little moisture as the job allows, and we vacuum first so that nothing abrasive is dragged across the boards. Plaster and painted trim are damp-wiped rather than scrubbed. Anything delicate is recorded on your file so that no future team has to guess.

Can I book bi-weekly cleaning?

Yes, and it is the most popular schedule here. Bi-weekly service prevents a large house from ever falling badly behind, and it costs less than weekly visits. You receive the same team on the same day, so they already know the layout and where you want the additional time spent.

Do you clean apartments in buildings without an elevator?

Yes, regularly and many units above the shops on Broadview and the Danforth are reached by stairs only. We carry equipment up and allow for that in the estimate instead of shortening the visit to recover the time. Please tell us which floor you are on and how entry works when you book, and it will be included in your quote.

Can you clean dental and physiotherapy clinics?

Yes, and there are a good number of them in Riverdale. We follow your practice protocol, treat high-touch disinfection as its own step with the correct contact time, and work outside patient hours. We are insured and WSIB compliant, which most landlords want confirmed before issuing after-hours access.

Call (647) 558-0707 or request a free quote online. New Riverdale clients receive $50 off the first clean.