The remodel is done.
The dust isn’t.

Yes — that is exactly this service. Tell us what was done and which rooms it reached, and we will scope it on the call. Plan on the whole floor, not just the kitchen: fine dust never stays in the room it was made in.

A day or two after the last tool goes down. Cleaning the same afternoon means cleaning a room that is still raining dust on itself. Waiting a day lets it fall so we can remove it once instead of chasing it.

Yes. The house needs to be broom-swept by your contractor with all debris hauled away. Happy Maids cleans the home — we do not clear the job site. No offcuts, no packaging, no dumpster runs. If the debris is still there when we arrive, we cannot start.

No. Exterior glass is a window washer’s job. Interior window washing is an add-on, within reach of the company step ladder and requested at least one business day ahead. Sills and track channels are dusted as part of the dry pass either way.

It is priced by the time the house actually takes, so we quote each one rather than publishing a package price. What moves it: square footage and how many rooms the dust reached, what was built (a full kitchen leaves more than a powder room), and whether the debris has already been cleared. Call 847-382-0082 and we will give you a real number, free and with no obligation. If you want a rough figure before you call, the estimate tool will get you close.

Only what a two-step ladder reaches — the same limit on every Happy Maids service. We have extension poles for most rooms. A two-story stairwell fixture needs a specialist, and we will say so rather than attempt it.

Yes. Green, kid- and pet-safe products are the Happy Maids default on every visit, and sealed-HEPA vacuums trap fine dust rather than putting it back in the air.

We do, for builders we already work with — but it is not what we specialize in, and post-remodel work in a lived-in home is where we do our best work. If you are a builder finishing a new home, call the office and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

Usually more than one. A thorough post-remodel clean removes what has already landed, but fine dust keeps falling out of the air and out of the heating and cooling system for days afterward, so a light gritty film often reappears on flat surfaces within a week. What shortens it:

• Have the contractor pull the plastic sheeting and floor protection before we arrive. Both are loaded with dust, and lifting them releases it.
• Change the furnace filter right after the clean, and again a few weeks later.
• Book a day or two after the trades finish, not the same afternoon, so the airborne dust has fallen where we can reach it.

Happy Maids will tell you at the walk-through whether a second visit is genuinely worth booking. Many clients fold that follow-up into the first visit of regular house cleaning rather than booking a stand-alone return.

Yes, it gets in — the return vents pull it out of the room the entire time the work is going on. Happy Maids cleans the grilles, registers and return covers we can reach and vacuums them with sealed-HEPA machines. Dust inside the duct work itself is a duct-cleaning contractor’s job, not ours. If you are having the ducts done, the sequence matters:

• Duct cleaning first, final house cleaning after. Duct work dislodges everything sitting in the system, and it lands on surfaces that have already been cleaned.
• A new furnace filter after both. It is the cheapest part of the job and the part people skip.
• Then run the system normally. A clean filter catches whatever is still circulating.