The Bronx cleaner for University Heights

What prewar apartments need from a cleaner

Most of University Heights is apartment buildings, many of them prewar walk-ups and elevator buildings with plaster walls, tall ceilings and old wood or tile floors. Those details are why people like living here. They are also why a quick wipe down never looks finished. Dust sits on picture rails and door tops, and the grout in an older bathroom holds dirt that a spray bottle will not lift.

Radiators are the thing people forget. Steam heat runs hot all winter, and the dust baked onto the fins gives a room that dry, burnt smell when the heat comes on in the fall. We clean between the fins and behind the unit where we can reach. We do the same on top of the kitchen cabinets, where grease and dust mix into a sticky film that gets harder to remove every month it sits.

Old floors need care too. Original hardwood and small hex tile do not like harsh chemicals or a soaked mop, so we use the right amount of water and a cleaner that suits the surface. In winter, salt from the sidewalks gets tracked in and leaves a white film near the door, and that comes up as well. If you ask for eco friendly cleaning, we use gentler products in every room.

• Radiator fins and the wall behind them
• Door tops, picture rails and high trim
• Cabinet tops degreased in the kitchen
• Bathroom tile and grout scrubbed by hand
• Floors cleaned to suit the surface

Getting a new apartment ready to live in

When you move into an apartment in University Heights, you get whatever the last tenant left behind. That can mean a greasy stove, a fridge that was never emptied properly and dust in every closet. Our move in cleaning happens before your boxes arrive, while the rooms are empty and every shelf and corner is easy to reach. It is much harder to do once your furniture is in place.

We start inside the kitchen appliances, because that is where the old mess usually hides. Then the cabinets get wiped inside and out, the bathroom gets scrubbed from the ceiling vent down to the floor, and the closets get vacuumed and wiped. Window sills in older buildings collect grime from the street, so they get cleaned too, along with the tracks the window slides in.

Many buildings here have narrow stairwells, small elevators and rules about when work can happen. Tell us your building's rules when you call, and we plan the visit around them. If your super needs a name or a time before we arrive, let us know and we will give it. You should be able to walk in and start unpacking the same day you get the keys.

Cleaning up after a renovation in the neighborhood

Older buildings in University Heights get updated one apartment at a time: a new kitchen on one floor, a gutted bathroom on another. Every one of those jobs leaves fine dust behind. Plaster and drywall dust is lighter than it looks. It drifts into closets, settles inside light fixtures and works its way into drawers that were shut the whole time the work was going on.

Post renovation cleaning takes more than one pass. We vacuum first so we are not smearing dust into a paste, then wipe every surface, then go back over the ledges and floors once the air has settled. Paint drips and stray adhesive come off new tile and glass. We also clean inside new cabinets and drawers, so you are not putting dishes away into a layer of grit.

The same work applies to offices and shops. Storefronts in and around the neighborhood get fit outs and repairs too. A store cannot open with dust on its shelves. We are a family owned company. We do commercial cleaning and deep cleaning across the Bronx. A landlord or manager can call us for the lobby, the hallways and the storefront. We also clean the apartments upstairs.

Getting a price in University Heights

Call us at (516) 537-2367 or send the form on this page with your address, the kind of cleaning you need and a few words about the space. We will ask how big the apartment or office is, what state it is in, and whether your building has rules we need to follow. Then you get a free quote that spells out the work before anyone books a visit.