We clean houses across Kernersville

Red clay and pollen end up inside

Kernersville sits on Piedmont red clay, and it does not stay in the yard. It comes in on shoes and dog paws, then settles into the carpet by the back door and the grout on the kitchen floor. Once it gets damp it stains, so a quick vacuum rarely lifts all of it. We give the floors and rugs at every entry extra time on each visit. We also wipe the baseboards near the doors by hand, because that is where the orange dust collects in a thin line.

Spring brings the pine pollen. For a few weeks, cars and porches all over Kernersville turn yellow, and the pollen does not stop at the front door. It drifts in every time a door opens and settles on window sills and the tops of ceiling fan blades. If someone in the house has allergies, wiping the counters will not fix it. We dust high and low, including the ledges nobody looks at, so the pollen actually leaves the house.

Summers here are hot and humid. A bathroom that never fully dries out is where mildew starts. You usually see it first in the grout lines and along the caulk at the base of the tub. We scrub those spots with green products that are safe around kids and pets. If mildew keeps coming back in the same corner after a good cleaning, the room is usually holding too much moisture. It is worth having the bathroom fan looked at.

• Red clay worked out of entry rugs and floors
• Baseboards by each door wiped down by hand
• Pollen dusted off window sills and fan blades
• Grout and tub caulk scrubbed for mildew
• Safe, green products used in every room

Old and new homes need different care

The town grew out from the old downtown around Main Street, where Körner's Folly still stands. On the older streets near the center, many houses have wood floors and old windows with deep sills. Farther out, most of the town is subdivisions, from brick ranch houses to newer homes with open kitchens and plenty of glass. Each kind of house needs something different from the people who clean it.

Older wood floors do not like much water. A soaking mop pushes water into the seams between the boards, and over time the finish goes dull and the edges curl. We clean wood with a damp mop and a gentle green product, and we do not leave standing water behind. We wipe the old window sills carefully, because grit packs into the corners and the paint there is often thin. Worn tile in an older bathroom gets a careful scrub, since hard scraping can pull grout loose.

Newer houses show dirt in different places. Stainless appliances show every fingerprint, and big windows and glass shower doors show every water spot. Vinyl plank floors look clean until the afternoon light hits them from the side. A house that was just built, or just emptied for a move, has fine dust on every ledge and inside every cabinet. That is what a moving clean is for. We go through the empty rooms, including cabinets and closets, so whoever moves in starts with a clean house.

We clean with safe, green products

A strong cleaner smell can hang in a house for hours, and the ones who notice it most are whoever is home all day. That might be an older parent, or a dog that naps on the rug we just finished. We use safe, green products for that reason. They get kitchens and bathrooms clean, and they are safe to use on floors where pets and small children play.

We clean for seniors in Kernersville, and those visits look a little different. Scrubbing a tub on your knees or standing on a chair to dust a fan is how falls happen. We do those jobs for you. Floors are dry before we leave each room. Things go back where they were, because a chair left in a new spot can trip someone who knows the house by heart.

For busy families and people who work long days, the point is coming home to a house that is already clean. A standard clean on a regular schedule keeps grime from building up in the kitchen and bathrooms. A deep clean goes further, into the corners and the buildup a regular visit does not reach. It is often the right first visit for a house that has not had a real cleaning in a while. If you are not sure which one you need, ask when you call.

Getting a price in Kernersville

Call Take Care Cleaning at (336) 310-9620, Monday to Friday from nine to five or Saturday from nine to two. You can also ask for an online estimate from this page. Tell us about your Kernersville house and the kind of clean you have in mind, and mention it if you are moving in or out. You get a free quote before any work starts, so you know what the visit covers and what it costs.