The main difference is scope: a maid handles cleaning — dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing bathrooms and kitchens, washing floors and windows — on a one-off or recurring basis, while a housekeeper does all of that plus broader household management like laundry, meal prep, errands, pet care, and light organizing. A maid is ideal for keeping a home clean; a housekeeper suits busier or larger households that need ongoing day-to-day help running the home.
When you’re looking for help staying on top of household chores, you want to be sure you’re getting the service you actually need. At Pro Housekeepers, every client has their own requirements, budget, and circumstances, and all our services and prices are transparent — no hidden charges or surprises. (You can see our full range of residential cleaning services for details.)
Many clients aren’t sure what they need. Is once-weekly cleaning enough, or too much? Do you need help with intensive chores, or just general tidying and dusting? Maybe you have a busy household that needs regular support with everything from making beds to preparing meals — or maybe you just really hate vacuuming. Either way, here’s a breakdown of what each service offers so you can decide which is right for you.
Maids
Pro Housekeepers’ maids handle one-off and routine cleaning — washing windows, making beds, vacuuming, dusting, and scrubbing every room in your home.
Each maid is carefully vetted and background-checked, then individually trained to deliver the best cleaning service possible. Our maids know different cleaning solutions and how to tackle everything from burnt-on kitchen grease to soap scum on a shower door. We offer maid services for properties of all sizes, so whatever your needs, you get the same expert, professional attention.
Typical maid services
- Dusting ceiling fans and light fixtures
- Cleaning sinks and countertops
- Wiping down kitchen appliances and cleaning inside microwaves
- Dusting and cleaning window ledges, blinds, and curtains
- Washing glass doors and windows
- Vacuuming, sweeping, or mopping floors
- Emptying and washing trash bins
- Cleaning toilets, bathtubs, and showers
- Changing bed linen and making beds (where clean linen is left available)
- Dusting furniture and ornaments
Housekeepers
For larger or busier homes, our housekeeping service may be a better fit. Our housekeepers typically have a hospitality background and significant experience in home-keeping. When you hire Pro Housekeepers, we send the same housekeeper back to you each time, up to and including full-time hours.
Along with all the cleaning a maid provides, our housekeepers are trained to handle many other tasks. If you have guests coming to stay, they’ll prepare rooms and help them settle in, and they can cook meals or serve at dinners and special events. A housekeeper can wash and fold laundry, feed pets, reorganize cupboards and the pantry, tidy up, and put away grocery deliveries — and they’ll even help you find additional qualified housekeepers when needed.
Typical housekeeper services
- All maid services listed above
- Washing and putting away dishes
- Laundering, ironing, folding, and storing clothes
- Preparing and serving meals
- Running errands such as grocery shopping and dry-cleaning pickup
- Caring for family pets, including feeding and walking
- Babysitting and getting kids off to school
- Tidying and organizing the house
- Restocking personal-care items
- Replacing light bulbs and other basic maintenance
Choosing the right service
The level of service you need depends largely on your lifestyle. If you’re a single person or couple in an apartment or small home, a regular maid service is probably all you need to stay on top of chores. Busy professionals, families, and those in larger homes often benefit from the household-management skills of a housekeeper.
A maid can visit as often or as rarely as you like — one-off cleans before or after a move, spring cleaning, or just to help you get back on top of things — or take charge of all your regular chores so you don’t spend your weekends scrubbing.
With a housekeeper, you work together as a team to run your home and ease the stress of a busy schedule. A housekeeper handles far more than general chores, helping you relax knowing the day’s accumulating tasks are already taken care of.
Make your life easier
Hiring a maid or housekeeper is about more than a clean house — your home is where you want to relax and feel comfortable. With busy modern lifestyles, reclaiming the time you’d spend cleaning is invaluable. Imagine never arguing about whose turn it is to do the laundry, or resenting vacuuming while your partner watches TV.
Regular cleaning and maintenance also saves time and money long-term. Overlooked chores don’t just go away — pet hair, dust, and grime accumulate, become harder to clean, and can eventually require costly solutions. Appliance and HVAC filters that aren’t changed on schedule grow less efficient and more expensive to run.
A maid or housekeeping service also keeps your home more organized. A clean house is a tidy house, and a regular schedule makes it easier to clear clutter and keep everything in its place.
Looking for ways to clean more effectively yourself? Here’s a good read: House Cleaning Tips That Professional Cleaners Swear By.
Choose Pro Housekeepers
Letting someone into your home can be daunting. At Pro Housekeepers we know the first step isn’t easy, which is why we go above and beyond on customer service. We guarantee all our work 100%, with customer service agents available seven days a week.
We offer cleaning and housekeeping services to suit every home, lifestyle, and budget, and we’ll help you decide which is best for you. Get in touch today and discover the Pro Housekeepers difference for yourself.
