Keep the rooms you live in spotless.
Skip the ones you don’t.
A lower-cost recurring plan that keeps your kitchen, main living areas, and primary bed & bath clean every visit — and skips the rooms you rarely use.
What’s included in the Essentials Plan
Essentials is a recurring cleaning plan focused on the main areas you actually live in day-to-day. On every visit, we clean your kitchen, living room, dining room, entryway, primary bedroom, primary bathroom, and one guest or half bath.
Rooms not listed — extra bedrooms, office, laundry, closets, and bonus rooms — are skipped by design to keep your cost lower. If you want those rooms cleaned every visit, that’s our Full Home plan.
Main Areas Only
Kitchen, living room, dining room, entry, primary bedroom, primary bathroom, and one guest or half bath — cleaned every visit.
Predictable Cost
Same scope, same price, every visit. Focused on your main areas only — not the whole house. Add a one-time full-home upgrade any time.
Reliable Service
Trained, insured Eloise’s cleaners follow a clear checklist for your Essentials rooms, so you get consistent results every visit.
Call For Your Quote
Call (910) 726-3000 and mention the Essentials Plan. We’ll walk you through what’s included and give you a clear price.
We Confirm Fit & Scope
We review your home, confirm which rooms are included, and finalize your recurring plan before your first clean.
Pick Your Schedule
Choose weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Same Essentials scope every visit — consistent and predictable.
Essentials Plan — Full Checklist & FAQ
Every Essentials visit covers the rooms and tasks below. Rooms not listed are not included in this plan.
Is the Essentials Plan right for you?
Perfect for you if…
- Your home is 1,500+ sq ft and some rooms barely get used
- You mainly care about the kitchen, living areas, and primary bed & bath
- You want to lower your monthly cleaning cost without doing it all yourself
- You’re okay with kids’ rooms, office, or spare rooms staying as-is between visits
Not a good fit if…
- Your home is under 1,500 sq ft (Essentials would basically be a full-home clean)
- You expect “a quick once-over” in every room each visit
- You get stressed if any bedroom or bathroom is skipped
- You’re looking for move-in/out or deep cleaning (those are separate services)
What’s included in every Essentials visit
Essentials is a recurring cleaning plan focused on the main areas you actually live in day-to-day. On every visit, we clean:
Always Cleaned
- Kitchen
- Living room / family room
- Dining room
- Main entryway / hallway
- Primary bedroom
- Primary bathroom
- 1 main guest / half bathroom
Not cleaned on Essentials
- Kids’ bedrooms
- Guest bedrooms beyond the primary
- Extra bathrooms beyond those listed
- FROGs / bonus rooms
- Home office
- Laundry room
- Closets and storage rooms
If you want these rooms cleaned every visit, you’re a better fit for our Full Home plan.
Room-by-Room Tasks
Kitchen
- Countertops and backsplash wiped clean
- Cabinet exteriors cleaned
- Stovetop cleaned
- Microwave interior & exterior cleaned
- Appliance exteriors wiped
- Stainless steel polished
- Sink scrubbed
- Trash emptied
- Floor vacuumed & mopped
- Surfaces dusted (ceiling fans, blinds)
- Cobweb removal
- Dry dust baseboards
Primary Bathroom
- Toilet scrubbed inside and out
- Shower scrubbed
- Bathtub scrubbed
- Sink scrubbed
- Vanity and countertop wiped
- Mirrors and glass doors shined
- Cabinet exteriors cleaned
- Trash emptied
- Floor vacuumed & mopped
- Surfaces dusted (ceiling fans, blinds)
- Cobweb removal
- Dry dust baseboards
Living Room & Dining Room
- All flat surfaces dusted (shelves, furniture)
- Ceiling fan dusting
- Blind dusting
- Mirrors cleaned
- Cobweb removal
- Trash emptied
- Floors vacuumed & mopped (where applicable)
- Dry dust baseboards
Primary Bedroom
- All flat surfaces dusted
- Ceiling fan dusting
- Mirrors cleaned
- Cobweb removal
- Trash emptied
- Floors vacuumed & mopped
- Dry dust baseboards
Guest / Half Bathroom
- Toilet scrubbed inside and out
- Sink scrubbed
- Vanity and countertop wiped
- Mirrors shined
- Trash emptied
- Floor vacuumed & mopped
- Dry dust baseboards
Entryway & Hallway
- Surfaces dusted
- Mirrors and glass cleaned
- Cobweb removal
- Floors vacuumed & mopped
- Dry dust baseboards
Common Questions
Why isn’t Essentials half the price if you’re cleaning fewer rooms?
We don’t price by the exact square footage we touch. We price by the visit. Most of the cost is sending a trained, insured cleaner to your home, drive time, supplies, and doing your kitchen, main living areas, and baths properly every time.
When you move to Essentials, we remove the charges for the rooms we no longer clean, but we usually keep you in the same size band. That way we can still pay your cleaner fairly, keep your spot on the schedule, and make sure your most-used spaces are consistently cared for.
Can I get my whole home cleaned on a one-time basis?
Yes — we call it a One-Time Full-Home Upgrade. Reach out at least 48 hours before your visit and we’ll quote the add-on based on the extra rooms. Your plan goes right back to Essentials the next visit.
If your current appointment slot doesn’t have enough time built in, we may need to move you to a longer block for that day.
What if I want those extra rooms done every visit going forward?
That’s our Full Home plan. Just reach out and we’ll upgrade your recurring service and adjust your rate to match.
Explore Our Other
Service
Apartment Cleaning
Just because you have a smaller space, does not make it easier to clean. It can mean a lower cleaning price when you hire Eloise’s Cleaning Services
Deep Cleaning
Keeping up with house cleaning is time-consuming and takes elbow grease that you would rather apply to improve your golf swing or keeping up with your kids
Move-in/out Cleaning
Packing, wrapping, lifting, bending, driving, towing, coordinating. Even if you are just moving down the street, so much energy goes into the moving process
Recurring Standard Cleaning
Isn’t it the best feeling to come home to a clean space? Why not treat yourself to this feeling on a weekly, every other week or monthly basis?
Extra Services
Our Extra services are a great way to supplement our checklists. Whenever you do not see an item on the checklist that you want to be cleaned
by 