We keep Holliston homes clean

Holliston has antique houses and newer colonials

Holliston is an old town, and plenty of its houses show it. Near the town center and along Washington Street, you find antique colonials with wide pine floors and a lot of painted trim. Out on the side streets, the houses get newer. There are capes and ranches from the middle of the last century, and bigger colonials on wooded lots in the newer subdivisions. Each kind of house collects dirt in its own places. So we do not clean them all the same way.

In an antique house, dirt collects in small places you do not notice. Wide pine boards have gaps between them. Grit settles into those gaps and scratches the floor finish every time someone walks across the room. Old windows have deep sills that hold dust and dead bugs, and raised panel doors collect it along every ledge. We vacuum the gaps in the boards before any mop touches the floor. Trim gets wiped by hand with a damp cloth, because a quick pass with a duster just moves the dust around.

The newer colonials are a different job. They tend to be bigger, with open kitchens and more bathrooms to keep up with. Stainless steel shows every fingerprint, and glass shower doors build up soap film fast. Tall front halls have high ledges and light fixtures that gather dust nobody sees from the floor. Then the afternoon sun comes through the window and lights up all of it. We reach up to those ledges instead of skipping them. Every bathroom gets the same care, including the ones guests never see.

• Grit vacuumed out of floorboard gaps before mopping
• Painted trim and panel doors wiped by hand
• Deep window sills cleared of dust and bugs
• High ledges and fixtures dusted in tall front halls
• Every bathroom cleaned, including the spare ones

Holliston winters track salt and sand indoors

Holliston sits inland, so no ocean salt reaches these houses. The salt that does the damage here comes off the roads. All winter, boots carry sand and road salt through the front door and across the floor. When the snow melts off them, it leaves a white film on hardwood and tile. If nobody cleans it up, that film dulls the finish on a wood floor. Once it dries, the sand left behind wears down the floor with every step. We wash entry and mudroom floors in winter instead of just sweeping them.

Spring has its own mess. The town is full of oak and pine, and in late spring the trees drop yellow pollen over everything outside. It covers cars and windowsills, then comes in on shoes and through open screens. Within a few days it sits on every flat surface in the house. A dry duster mostly throws pollen back into the air, which is the last thing anyone with allergies wants. So in pollen season we wipe sills and ledges with damp cloths that hold on to it.

Summer here is humid, and plenty of Holliston houses have basements that stay damp until fall. Bathrooms on the lower level can start to smell musty. Fall brings wet leaves in on every pair of shoes. It also brings the first fires of the year in fireplaces and wood stoves. Those leave fine gray ash on the hearth and a light dust on the mantel. Every season makes a different mess, and we clean for the one in front of us.

We clean homes and offices in Holliston

Shining Home Maids is based in Bellingham, a short drive south of Holliston. Our Google listing says we have cleaned homes and offices around MetroWest for over ten years. We treat a big colonial on a new street and a small cape near the center the same way. In our own words there, "we take care of your home like it was our home." Our hours are Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We hold a 5.0 rating from 3 Google reviews.

Most people start with a deep clean or a standard cleaning. A deep clean goes after buildup that has been sitting for a while, along the baseboards and in the corners. A standard cleaning is the regular visit that keeps a clean house clean. Housekeeping is on our list too, for families who want steady help around the house. For businesses in Holliston, office and workplace cleaning is one of the services on our Google listing.

Our customers say it better than we can. "She is like a member of the family," one wrote. Another hired us before a move. "We needed help with cleaning before we moved into our house," that customer wrote. That kind of job suits a lot of Holliston houses. Before the furniture comes in, we can reach every floorboard and the back of every closet. In an older house with years of wear, that first deep clean makes the biggest difference.

Getting a price in Holliston

Call us at (508) 816-5094 Monday to Friday between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. You can also send us a request through this site. Tell us about the house and whether you want a deep clean or a standard cleaning. For an office, tell us about the space and the weekdays that suit your business. We give you a free quote before any work starts, so you know the price for your Holliston home up front.