Spring Cleaning Like a Pro: Lessons From a Winning Chicago Home

Between work, family, and Chicago’s busy lifestyle, keeping your space clean can feel impossible. Whether you’re maintaining a spotless minimalist home or battling clutter, we’ve got authentic tips from a recent deep clean that’ll transform your approach.

The Power of Seasonal Deep Cleaning

Just like the winner of our seasonal cleaning challenge, alternating between deep cleaning help and regular maintenance keeps homes in perfect shape year-round. Here’s what we learned from cleaning this Chicago winner’s home:

1. Start With a Game Plan

Our team of six divided tasks strategically:

• Basement and bedrooms first
• Heavy lifting saved for dedicated work days
• High-traffic areas like kitchens left for when we had full energy

For your own home, consider booking fast cleaning services to tackle the toughest jobs professionally.

2. The Secret to Sparkling Jetted Tubs

We discovered an expert trick:

• Use Cascade Platinum dishwasher pods (not dish soap – it foams!)
• 4 pods for standard-sized tubs
• Run jets for 20 minutes to clean internal pipes

This is the type of pro tip you’d get from our Chicago cleaning company team.

Time-Saving Cleaning Strategies

Even minimalist homes need attention. Here’s how we maximized efficiency:

1. Zone Cleaning Works

We assigned specific areas to each team member:

• One person handled all bathrooms
• Another focused on kitchen cabinets
• Mudrooms and laundry areas got dedicated attention

Consider this approach or schedule a cleaning with professionals who work systematically.

2. Don’t Forget Hidden Spots

We paid special attention to:

• Baseboards (often overlooked)
• Inside cabinets and pantries
• Under-bed areas (vacuum with phone lights if needed!)

These make all the difference in a true professional home cleaning.

When to Call the Professionals

Even cleaning enthusiasts need help sometimes. Our winner enjoyed:

• Seasonal refresh without the work
• Expert attention to problem areas
• More free time while maintaining a clean home

If you need someone to clean my apartment in Chicago, we’ve got you covered.

hi welcome to Edmonton Alberta perfect alberta we’re in Edmonton and we’re cleaning the winner of the fall cleaning challenges house but it is spring 2025 so like when you win the contest we always come the next season and kick you off so that’s the beauty you clean your house in the fall get your house spring cleaned by us so make sure you guys enter these contests because they’re amazing and I order a whole bunch of stuff this box is a Tinco for sure um I’m pretty sure that’s an S5 and then I got a set of sheets i ordered them i’ve got some under She needs some This house is actually guys pretty clean like she definitely is a minimalist i’m going to say there’s not a lot of stuff and she doesn’t have junk everywhere which makes it easier to clean but we need to do baseboards like it needs a spring clean hi start us off trude um I’ve been banished to the basement banished we’re getting you food we’re feeding you down the stairs you’re already getting to work Trude good girl you’re so cute come on one two three don’t screw it up it wasn’t that satisfying it wasn’t even that dirty how’s your room oh you know nothing in it and I still am not done so I’m done my one pantry started on the second one i want all of it somebody on Instagram asked me why I didn’t have my spy glasses on cuz I was vacuuming under the bed with my phone so I have them on um okay update it is about 6 o’clock on day one but like we didn’t start till 2:00 so we’ve been here for 4 hours and done nothing we drove here though yeah we drove no I’m saying I’ve been here we got here at 2 at six o’clock i’ve done nothing so our big day is going to be tomorrow Saturday and we’re going to work the whole entire day and I think we’re I know not I think I know we’re going to get it done cuz mom and Kayla got the basement done already and then we got and by when I’m done this room everyone should be done a bedroom at least today tomorrow like we’re going to have we left the heavier lifting jobs for tomorrow but we’ll get the house done we’ll be here late but then we don’t have to come back on Sunday so we just didn’t know this house is big i brought six people and I brought six people and I pl budgeted for three days no two and a half days right but the house is pretty clean it’s not bad thank god who’s doing the half bath down here no I’m going half back kayla’s going front cuz we’re not leaving out of the front we’re leaving out of there okay so you and then Kayla if there’s too much supplies we start moving them to the garage okay okay then then here Kayla can go here and there we’re not going to get content in here i’ll go home Georgia in the kitchen after I’ve done the half bath and then Katie you’re coming up and helping with the bedroom the hallway the stairs coming down then you’re going to do the back mud room and then I’m doing on suite and mom’s doing full bath upstairs the kids room and the laundry room we’ll be we’re going to be done by 5:00 p.m love it if we’re ripping down from here though we should probably We do the most of the laundry room minus the machine but it’s fine just the if the laundry room get to organize laundry room and then we can do and then the cleaning of laundry room be left along the machine okay okay so it’s it’s day two it’s 10:00 you think we’re going to be done at 5 okay ow look at her butt popped in while there’s still water in it i was like “What are you doing?” Waiting for a splash to happen i like the corner of my eye i was like “There’s water in there but you have a little bench she look very comfy hey I’m going to show you how to clean a jetted tub very easily and we’re cleaning even like the pipes the insides of the jets so don’t give any bright ideas and try to use dish soap for this cuz it will foam your whole entire bathroom okay we’re going to use Cascade Platinum dishwasher pods i do find the Cascade dishwasher pods work better for this it’s We use dishwasher pots because they don’t foam okay and they’re going to get the grime and loosen it and I would do about four for a tub this size drop them in let them dissolve now we’re going to run the jets for about 20 minutes what are you you wipe your nose and then you wipe hey Sarah what time did you say you wanted us to be done again what time is it 4:30 i’m actually doing pretty good you guys because literally I just have to do this and I’ve already did done all the cabinets on the inside and the water closet the toilet and the grout that’s okay but I’ve done the walls and everything my toilet my bathtub’s done i’m just soaking my scrubby nobody’s done we’re not done the kitchen don’t worry we just want to bug you no we’re not going yet like it’s going to have to be school or it’ll be a late dinner like we did last I mean we’re doing okay in the kitchen we’re not going to be here till 10:00 no definitely not no no no but I still have a I know I’m going to be in here minimum an hour no matter what by the time we do everything and then vacuum out an hour and a half let’s be real with this or two hours so doesn’t it cute it actually looks like one on Hey blog taking a pill for my back who is that there’s the hugest hair in the cup what’s going on there’s a little bit of Drano in the one cupboard up there a little bit no it’s like a glob of hair always when you don’t have the thing you need oh what is with those flowers sorry that’s what I said the flowers need to go you don’t You don’t have it no I’m just going to look and it came up they want an update for the vlog the update is it’s 6:00 and I’m still in the bathroom but Kayla just came and cleaned the toilet i was like “Thank God.” But I’m done i am now I’m on the throat and the floor is no good but I got to get this drain out because I can’t unscrew the top of the drain mom yeah I know i can’t do that in my bathtub either for some reason i have a bad taste in my mouth now for that pill is that disgusting i know oh my god that’s so good though done yeah girl we’re done i’m posting my final piece on Instagram and then I can’t wait to go to my heating pad this was a really fun clean and the winner totally deserved it she like totally drank the Go Clean Co Kool-Aid she has all of my stuff she cleans her house so it’s basically she just didn’t have She did the fall cleaning challenge and she just didn’t have to do the spring cleaning challenge so we came in here and gave her a super treat um and I love it when somebody who follows us like to follows the gospel wins um this was a this was a very chaotic clean a lot of things happened i can’t wait to like watch this feedback this reel back or this camera roll back because some funny happen we always have fun at work and it’s I’m always glad you guys get to come along say bye bye