Post-Renovation Cleaning Cost in Toronto: 2026 Prices by Home Size
Most guides to post-renovation cleaning cost in Toronto give you a range wide enough to be useless, then tell you to call for a quote. This one gives you the actual numbers. Pro City Maids prices every post-renovation clean the same way: the base rate for your bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage, times a fixed multiplier for construction-dust work, plus 13% HST. Below you will find the exact price and the labour time our booking system schedules for seven common Toronto home sizes, why the work costs more than a deep clean, what is and is not in the price, when to book after your contractor leaves, and what older Toronto homes need before a cleaning crew should touch them.
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Who this guide is for: Toronto and GTA homeowners finishing a kitchen, bathroom, basement or whole-home renovation; buyers taking possession of a newly renovated house or condo; and landlords turning over a unit after upgrades. If your project is an office fit-out, retail space or new commercial build, see our commercial post-construction cleaning checklist instead, since commercial work is quoted separately.
Post-Renovation Cleaning Cost in Toronto by Home Size
These prices come straight from the same pricing engine our online booking and cleaning cost calculator use, so the number you see here is the number you will be quoted for the same home. Prices are in Canadian dollars. Labour time is the total cleaner-hours the system schedules for the job, not necessarily the time one person spends on site.
| Home size | Price before HST | Total with HST | Labour time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1 bed, 1 bath, under 1,000 sq ft | $420 | $474.60 | 4 hr 30 min |
| 2 bed, 1 bath, 1,000 to 1,499 sq ft | $480 | $542.40 | 7 hr |
| 2 bed, 2 bath, 1,000 to 1,499 sq ft | $555 | $627.15 | 8 hr 15 min |
| 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,500 to 1,999 sq ft | $645 | $728.85 | 10 hr 45 min |
| 3 bed, 3 bath, 2,000 to 2,499 sq ft | $795 | $898.35 | 13 hr 15 min |
| 4 bed, 3 bath, 2,000 to 2,499 sq ft | $840 | $949.20 | 14 hr 30 min |
| 5 bed, 4 bath, 3,000 to 3,499 sq ft | $1,110 | $1,254.30 | 19 hr 30 min |
The math behind every row is the same, so you can check it against your own home. Start with the bedroom base ($140 for a studio or 1 bedroom, $150 for 2, $165 for 3, $180 for 4, $195 for 5), add the bathroom surcharge ($25 per bathroom after the first) and the square footage surcharge ($10 for 1,000 to 1,499 sq ft, $25 for 1,500 to 1,999, $50 for 2,000 to 2,499, then $25 more per 500 sq ft band), and multiply by 3. A 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home of 1,800 sq ft is ($165 + $25 + $25) x 3 = $645, and 13% HST brings it to $728.85.
Larger jobs can be split across more than one cleaner, so time on site can be shorter than the labour total in the table. We confirm the crew plan when we confirm your booking.
Why Post-Renovation Cleaning Costs More Than a Deep Clean
The same bedroom, bathroom and square footage base sits under every residential service we offer. What changes is the multiplier, and the multiplier tracks how much labour the work really takes. Here is one 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home of 1,500 to 1,999 sq ft priced across four services:
| Service | Multiplier | Price | Labour time | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | 1x | $215 | 4 hr 15 min | Routine upkeep of a lived-in home |
| Deep Clean | 1.35x | $290 | 6 hr 30 min | Built-up grime, appliances, baseboards |
| Move-In/Move-Out | 1.5x | $323 | 6 hr 30 min | An empty home, every cabinet and closet |
| Post-Renovation | 3x | $645 | 10 hr 45 min | Drywall, sanding and paint dust after trades |
Why renovation dust takes several passes
A deep clean removes grime that has built up slowly. Renovation dust is a different material: drywall joint compound and sanded wood break down into a powder fine enough to float for hours, settle on every horizontal surface, and then settle again after the first wipe. That is why a post-renovation clean works top to bottom in several passes rather than room by room in one: dry dusting from ceiling fixtures and the tops of door frames down, HEPA vacuuming of ledges, vents, window tracks and floors, then wet wiping, then a second check once the air has cleared. Wiping first just turns fine dust into a paste that streaks.
If you book a deep clean after a renovation to save money, you will usually pay for two visits: one that moves the dust around and a second one to finish the job. If the work was small, contained and done with the room sealed off, ask us whether a deep clean is enough. We would rather quote the right service than the bigger one. Our deep cleaning cost guide and move-out cleaning cost guide break down those two services in the same detail.
What's Included in the Price, and What Isn't
Every post-renovation clean includes the following at the prices above, with no add-on charge:
- Fine dust removal, top to bottom: light fixtures, ceiling fan blades, tops of door frames and trim, shelves, ledges and baseboards
- Vents, registers and window tracks: HEPA-vacuumed, since this is where sanding dust collects and keeps coming back from
- Paint flecks, tape and sticker residue: taken off glass, tile, fixtures and new appliances without scratching new finishes
- Inside the fridge and inside the oven: included (a $25 and $30 add-on on a Standard clean)
- Interior windows, sills and frames: included (a $40 add-on on a Standard clean)
- Kitchen and bathrooms: cabinet faces, counters, backsplash, sinks, tubs, showers, toilets and mirrors wiped and polished
- Floors: vacuumed and damp-mopped throughout, with a second pass where dust resettles
- Light packaging and protective film: peeled off and bagged as part of the clean
Three things are priced on top. A basement is a $50 add-on, so the same 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with a finished basement comes to $695 before HST, or $785.35 with it. Eco-friendly products are optional at a 15% surcharge, which takes that 3-bedroom home from $645 to $741.75 before HST. And any other add-on you choose at booking is listed with its price before you confirm.
What a post-renovation clean does not cover
Some work is outside a cleaning visit altogether, and it is better to know that before booking than on the day:
- Bulk renovation waste: drywall offcuts, tile, old cabinets, lumber and anything that needs a bin is the contractor's job (see the Toronto waste rules below)
- Floor refinishing: we clean and lightly buff new hard floors but do not strip, sand or recoat them
- Duct cleaning: we clean the registers and grilles you can see; cleaning inside the duct system is a separate HVAC trade
- Hazardous materials: lead paint and asbestos are for qualified abatement contractors, not a cleaning crew
When Should You Book a Post-Renovation Clean?
Timing changes the price more than anything else on this page, because booking too early is how people end up paying twice. A post-renovation clean should happen after three things are true: the last trade has packed up (painters, flooring installers and the electrician putting on cover plates are usually last), any fresh paint has dried, and your contractor has done a broom-clean handover with the bulk debris gone. In practice that is often a few days to about a week and a half after substantial completion, which matches the timeline in our post-renovation and new build cleaning guide.
Pro tip from our Toronto teams:
If you are moving back in on a fixed date, or have a closing date on a renovated house you are selling, book the clean for one or two days before it, not the morning of. That leaves time for a touch-up if a trade comes back to fix a deficiency. If your renovation is timed to finish before the December holidays, book the clean as soon as your contractor gives you a finish date, and give us at least a week of notice: the weeks before holiday hosting are when cleaning dates go first.
Older Toronto Homes: Lead Paint, Asbestos and Where Cleaning Stops
A lot of Toronto renovation work happens in houses built well before modern building standards, and the age of the house decides what kind of dust you are dealing with. Health Canada states that a home built before 1960 probably contains lead-based paint, and that houses built after 1990 should not, because consumer paint sold in Canada and the U.S. was virtually lead-free by then. Sanding or scraping old paint during a renovation can spread leaded dust through the house, and Health Canada advises keeping children and pregnant people away from the work area.
Who cleans up after lead paint or asbestos work?
That matters for cleaning because a regular cleaning crew is the wrong tool for lead or asbestos. If your renovation disturbed paint in a pre-1960 home, or opened up materials you suspect contain asbestos, the contractor doing that work is responsible for containment and cleanup to the standard the material requires. Our post-renovation clean comes after that, once the hazardous work is finished and the area is cleared. If you are not sure whether that has happened, ask your contractor before you book, and tell us the age of the home when you request a quote. We will not quote a job that should go to an abatement contractor first.
For homes built after 1990, such as the newer subdivisions in Vaughan, Brampton, Milton and Markham, the dust is the ordinary nuisance kind: drywall compound, sawdust, grout haze and paint overspray. It is still fine enough to need the multi-pass method above, but it does not need special handling.
What Happens to Renovation Waste in Toronto
One of the most common surprises on the day of a post-renovation clean is a garage or basement still full of offcuts. Bulk waste is not part of a cleaning visit, and in Toronto it is not something you can put out at the curb either. The City of Toronto's Drop-Off Depot accepted items list says drywall is only accepted at the Bermondsey, Ingram and Commissioners depots, up to 1 tonne, with nails, screws, metal corner beads, ceramics and wood removed first, and fees apply to renovation waste. Asbestos, bricks, concrete and several other materials are not accepted at any depot and need a private disposal company.
The practical answer is to make waste removal part of your contractor's scope and to write "broom-clean handover, all debris removed" into the agreement. When we arrive to a site that has already been cleared, the full scheduled time goes into the dust and detail work you are paying for, rather than into working around piles of material.
Condos, Houses and the Rest of the GTA
Condos
A condo suite renovation in downtown Toronto, Mississauga or North York usually means a smaller floor area but more vertical surfaces, a balcony door track full of dust, and building rules about when work and service elevators can be used. Book the service elevator with your property management office for the cleaning date the same way you did for the trades, and let us know about concierge sign-in or parking rules when you book. The price itself does not change for a condo: it is set by bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. Our condo cleaning Toronto page covers building logistics in more detail.
Houses
In a detached or semi-detached house with forced-air heat, dust from one renovated room travels through the ducts, which is why we usually quote the whole floor, or the whole house, rather than a single kitchen or bathroom. Finished basements are the exception that comes up most: a basement renovation often needs only the basement and the main-floor rooms directly above the stairs, and the $50 basement add-on covers the lower level on top of the main home price.
Across the GTA
The prices in this guide are the same across our service area, including Vaughan (Woodbridge, Maple and Kleinburg), Mississauga, Markham, Richmond Hill, Brampton, Oakville and Burlington. There is no downtown surcharge built into the rate. Our new-build move-in cleaning guide covers what to expect when the "renovation" is a brand-new house from a builder.
How to Keep Your Post-Renovation Cleaning Cost Down
The price is fixed by your home's size, so the savings come from avoiding a second visit and from not paying cleaners to do contractor work:
- Book once, after the last trade: the single biggest saving. A clean booked while trades are still sanding needs repeating.
- Get debris removed first: put a broom-clean handover with all waste removed in your contractor agreement.
- Contain the work next time: plastic sheeting, zipper doors and a covered return vent around the work zone can keep the rest of the home deep-clean-level only.
- Swap the furnace filter before the clean: it stops the HVAC system from re-dusting finished surfaces.
- Give us the real square footage: an accurate number means an accurate price and enough scheduled time, with no surprises on the day.
- Start a recurring plan afterward if you want one: once the renovation dust is gone, a routine house cleaning visit is priced at 1x, not 3x.
Pro City Maids teams are insured and background-checked, bring their own supplies and HEPA vacuums, and confirm your price before booking, not after they arrive. There is no contract on a one-time post-renovation clean, and first-time bookings hold the date with a $50 deposit that comes off the final total.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does post-renovation cleaning cost in Toronto?
At Pro City Maids, a post-renovation clean in Toronto costs $420 before HST for a studio or 1-bedroom condo under 1,000 sq ft, $645 for a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home of 1,500 to 1,999 sq ft, and $840 for a 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom home of 2,000 to 2,499 sq ft. Add 13% HST. Inside the fridge, inside the oven and interior windows are already included, so those are not extra.
Why is post-renovation cleaning more expensive than a deep clean?
Post-renovation cleaning at Pro City Maids is priced at 3 times the Standard rate for the same home, versus 1.35 times for a deep clean, because fine drywall and sanding dust needs repeated passes: high-to-low dry dusting, HEPA vacuuming, then wet wiping, often twice. On a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Toronto home, that is $645 before HST against $290 for a deep clean, and roughly 10 hr 45 min of labour against 6 hr 30 min.
How long does a post-renovation clean take?
Pro City Maids schedules about 4 hr 30 min of labour for a 1-bedroom condo and about 10 hr 45 min for a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house of 1,500 to 1,999 sq ft. Those are total cleaner-hours, so a larger Toronto job can be split across more than one cleaner and finish sooner on site. We confirm the crew plan when we confirm the booking.
Only one room was renovated. Do I need the whole house cleaned?
Usually yes for the floor the work happened on, and often the whole home. Sanding dust travels through hallways, stairwells and the forced-air ducts most Toronto houses use, so a kitchen renovation commonly leaves dust in bedrooms two rooms away. If the trades sealed the room with plastic and ran the work with the furnace off, a deep clean of the rest of the home may be enough. Tell us how the work was contained and we will quote the right service.
When should I book a post-renovation clean?
Book it for after the last trade has finished, any fresh paint has dried and your contractor has done a broom-clean handover, which in practice is often a few days to about a week and a half after substantial completion. Cleaning while trades are still sanding or cutting means paying for a second clean. If you are moving back in on a fixed date, book the clean a day or two before it.
Does post-renovation cleaning include hauling away debris?
No. A post-renovation clean covers dust, residue, paint flecks, sticker and tape marks, and the light packaging and protective film left on finishes. Bulk renovation waste such as drywall offcuts, tile, old cabinets and lumber is your contractor's responsibility, and in Toronto drywall is only accepted at the Bermondsey, Ingram and Commissioners Drop-Off Depots, up to 1 tonne.
Can you clean up after lead paint or asbestos removal?
Not as a substitute for proper abatement. If your Toronto home was built before 1960, Health Canada says it probably contains lead-based paint, and suspected asbestos should be handled by a qualified contractor. A Pro City Maids post-renovation clean is for after that work has been completed and the area cleared by the contractor doing it, not for cleaning up an active hazard.
Is HST included in post-renovation cleaning prices?
No. Pro City Maids prices are quoted before 13% Ontario HST, and the HST is added at booking. A 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom post-renovation clean at $645 comes to $728.85 with HST. First-time bookings hold the date with a $50 deposit, which comes off the final total.