House cleaning in Barrington, IL

Barrington is the town this business grew out of and the one that gives the villages around it their name. It sits on both sides of the Cook and Lake county line, with a walkable downtown around the Metra station on the Union Pacific Northwest line, the Catlow Theater on Main Street and the shops of the Ice House Mall. The homes closest to downtown are the oldest in the area: houses from the early 1900s through the 1950s on tree-lined streets within walking distance of the station, many with hardwood floors, plaster walls, original trim and radiators.

Farther out, toward the village edges, the lots widen and the houses grow. Two-story colonials and larger custom homes from the 1970s onward sit on half-acre and acre lots, often with finished basements, a mudroom off the garage and more bathrooms than the older village homes have. Both kinds of house are priced the same way: by bedrooms, bathrooms and size, with the square-footage band telling a compact house near the station from a large house on an acre.

Older homes ask for a different kind of care. Hardwood is cleaned with the right product and never soaked, painted woodwork and radiators are dusted by hand, and the glass in an old double-hung window is treated gently. In winter the mudroom and the front hall take the road salt that Barrington streets throw off, and the floors near the doors need more attention from December through March.

Barrington shares its 60010 ZIP code with the villages around it, and we quote the whole 60010 area the same way. Enter your ZIP and your rooms, pick a date, and send the request. We contact you with your quote and confirm the date by phone or email.