187 points for a villa
every room, plus store, laundry, terrace and plant areas
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The Written Standard · Grand EmiratesDeep cleaning has no legal definition in the UAE. Any company can use the phrase for a four-hour surface wipe — which is exactly why we work to a written list instead.
Ask three companies in Dubai for a deep clean and you will be quoted three different jobs at three different prices, with nothing in writing to tell you which one you actually received. The phrase does the selling. The work is whatever fits the hours somebody costed.
We published this page because the alternative is asking you to trust an adjective. Below is the entire list — all 187 points for a villa and all 96 for an apartment. It is written down before the crew arrives, it is the same document whichever crew attends, and the price is quoted against the whole list rather than against a number of hours.
At the end the supervisor walks it with you, room by room. Anything you mark is done again before the team leaves, and anything that surfaces within 72 hours brings us back at no charge. That is the whole of the standard — no scoring system, no certificate, just a list somebody has to answer for.
You are welcome to print it and hand it to another company. If they will not price against it, that tells you something worth knowing before you book.
| Area | Regular cleaning | Deep cleaning |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen cabinets | Fronts wiped | Emptied, interiors vacuumed, tops degreased, relined |
| Oven | Exterior wiped | Racks out, cavity treated, both door panes cleaned |
| Appliances | Cleaned in place | Fridge and washing machine pulled out, floor and wall behind cleaned |
| Bathrooms | Surfaces cleaned and disinfected | Limescale dissolved, grout scrubbed, screens descaled both faces |
| Floors | Vacuumed and mopped | Furniture moved, edges and grout hand-detailed |
| Windows | Glass cleaned | Tracks vacuumed and scrubbed, rollers and drain holes cleared |
| AC | Not included | Return grilles removed and washed, accessible filters cleaned |
| Soft furnishings | Cushions straightened | Mattresses vacuumed both sides, curtains vacuumed on the rail |
| Record | None | Numbered list, signed with you at handover |
every room, plus store, laundry, terrace and plant areas
sized for tower living, including balcony and tracks
the same list whichever crew attends
not against a four-hour slot
room by room, at the end, before anyone leaves
anything missed is put right at no charge
A four-bedroom villa with a maid’s room, a study and a terrace produces 187 checkable items. Bedrooms and bathrooms beyond the first repeat their own blocks, so a six-bedroom house runs longer and is quoted accordingly.
| Zone | Points | Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance, foyer and hallway | 8 | 1–8 |
| Living and reception | 12 | 9–20 |
| Majlis | 8 | 21–28 |
| Dining | 7 | 29–35 |
| Kitchen | 24 | 36–59 |
| Pantry and dry store | 5 | 60–64 |
| Laundry and utility | 8 | 65–72 |
| Master bedroom | 11 | 73–83 |
| Each additional bedroom | 10 | 84–93 |
| Master ensuite | 13 | 94–106 |
| Each additional bathroom | 11 | 107–117 |
| Powder room | 6 | 118–123 |
| Staircase and landings | 7 | 124–130 |
| Study or home office | 6 | 131–136 |
| Maid’s room and bathroom | 8 | 137–144 |
| Windows, glass and tracks | 7 | 145–151 |
| Doors, skirting, switches and fittings | 7 | 152–158 |
| AC, vents and extraction | 7 | 159–165 |
| Balcony and terrace | 7 | 166–172 |
| Garage and external store | 5 | 173–177 |
| Pool deck and outdoor seating | 4 | 178–181 |
| Final pass and handover | 6 | 182–187 |
| Total | 187 |
The list is scoped at the inspection, so the point count differs by community and by property. These pages show how it applies where we work most: Palm Jumeirah · Emirates Hills · Dubai Hills Estate · Al Barari · District One · Jumeirah Golf Estates · Arabian Ranches · Downtown Dubai · Dubai Marina · Tilal Al Ghaf · Jumeirah Islands · Saadiyat Island.
Part of Luxury Deep Cleaning — quoted after an inspection and confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Written before the crew arrives. Identical whichever crew attends. Priced against the whole list rather than against a number of hours.
Sized for tower living: fewer zones, more sand in the sliding tracks, and a balcony that collects everything the tower above it drops. This is the two-bedroom version. A one-bedroom drops the second bedroom block; a three-bedroom adds one.
The base list stays. These jobs add to it, and the additions are where most disputes with other companies begin, because they are the parts nobody costed.
Every point is run on an empty property, which is faster, and then extended: wardrobe and cabinet interiors sanitised rather than wiped, all AC filters washed before you switch the system on, WC seats and shower heads disinfected to handover standard, and any staining, chipping or damage left by the previous tenant photographed and sent to you before we finish — so it is on record before it becomes yours.
Run against what a landlord’s agent actually inspects: inside every cupboard, oven cavity and door glass, extractor filters, tracks, balcony drainage, wall scuffs, and the marks left where furniture stood. Nail holes and paint touch-ups are quoted separately under painting — we will tell you which ones an agent is likely to charge you for and which they will not notice.
Three passes, not one. Fine gypsum and cement dust resettles for days after the first clean, so a single pass looks finished and is not. Pass one removes bulk debris and cement haze; pass two, after the dust has resettled, does the surfaces again; pass three is the detail — tracks, grilles, skirting, light fittings and glass. Paint spots and adhesive residue are removed by hand rather than scraped. Anyone quoting this as a single visit has not done it before.
The full list plus the things worth doing once a year rather than every time: curtains taken down and cleaned, mattresses and upholstery hot-water extracted, stone floors assessed for etching, the water tank drained and disinfected, and the AC system inspected properly before the summer load starts.
A shamal puts fine dust into a sealed home through window tracks, door thresholds and the AC return. Cleaning in the wrong order moves it around rather than removing it. This is the sequence we work in, and it is worth following even if you are doing it yourself.
If the house has been shut through a storm with the AC running, the ducts are usually where the dust ended up. That is a separate job, and no amount of surface cleaning substitutes for it.
A checklist is only useful if its edges are honest. These are excluded from a deep clean, and we would rather you knew now than found out on the day.
These are the hours the list needs, not the hours a job is usually quoted at. Where a quote you have received is materially lower, the difference is almost always in scope rather than in efficiency.
| Property | Points | Crew | On site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | ~70 | 2 | 3–4 hrs |
| 1-bedroom apartment | ~85 | 2 | 4–6 hrs |
| 2-bedroom apartment | 96 | 2–3 | 6–8 hrs |
| 3-bedroom apartment | ~110 | 3 | 7–9 hrs |
| 3-bedroom townhouse | ~150 | 3–4 | 8–10 hrs |
| 4-bedroom villa | 187 | 4 | Full day |
| 5–6 bedroom villa | 210–240 | 4–6 | 1.5–2 days |
| Post-renovation villa | 187 × 3 passes | 4–6 | 2–3 days |
We do not publish fixed prices, because condition varies more than size does — a lightly used four-bedroom and a four-bedroom after two years of tenants are not the same job. Every price is fixed in writing after an inspection and does not move on the day unless you ask for work outside the agreed list.
Including us. If the answers are vague, the quote is not comparable to any other quote you hold, whatever the number at the bottom says.
We wrote a longer version of this, with the pricing models the market uses and where each one hides scope, in our guide to choosing a cleaning company in Dubai.
Yes. Ask at the inspection and the supervisor leaves a printed copy, or message us on WhatsApp and we will send it the same day. There is nothing to fill in and nothing to sign up for. You are welcome to price it with another company.
Yes. It is the same document whichever team attends, which is the point of writing it down. It is also what we train against internally and what a re-clean is judged on.
Those points come off and the price comes down. No majlis, no maid's room, no pool deck — the list is scoped at the inspection and you see the version that applies to your property before you agree a price.
Tell us at the inspection and we remove it in writing. Clients commonly ask us to leave a study, a locked store or a child's room untouched. What we will not do is quietly drop items to fit a lower price.
We photograph the completed list room by room and send it the same day. The 72-hour return still applies from when you see it, not from when we left.
It depends on size and condition, which is why we do not publish rates. Call or WhatsApp for an inspection — we walk the property, agree the scope against this list, and confirm a fixed price in writing before anything begins.
Because the list takes longer than the quote most companies work to. A crew given four hours for a nine-hour job will finish the visible surfaces and leave, and no amount of supervision changes that arithmetic. If the lowest number is what matters most, we will say so honestly and point you elsewhere.
Yes. Non-toxic, biodegradable and low-residue throughout, chosen so a surface is safe for a crawling child within the hour. Where something stronger is genuinely required — heavy limescale, commercial kitchen degreasing — we tell you in advance and schedule it when the space is empty.
No. Emptying, cleaning and repacking is on the list. It helps if valuables, documents and anything fragile are put away, and if you tell us at the inspection about surfaces that need particular care.
Twice a year for most apartments, three times for villas with outdoor space, and always before a move-in and after a renovation. Homes with young children, pets or allergy sufferers benefit from quarterly, mainly because of the soft furnishings rather than the surfaces.
Regular cleaning maintains what is visible. Deep cleaning empties cabinets, pulls out appliances, treats oven cavities and both door panes, descales and scrubs grout, clears window tracks and washes AC return grilles. It is measured in checklist points rather than in surfaces wiped.
Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. WhatsApp messages outside those hours are picked up at the start of the next working period.
Every job is quoted after an inspection and confirmed in writing before anyone starts. Grand Emirates is a licensed Dubai contractor with fully insured, directly employed crews — we do not subcontract residential work.
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Grand Emirates is a licensed Dubai contractor with fully insured, directly employed crews — we do not subcontract residential work. Every job is quoted after an inspection and confirmed in writing before we begin.
Every one of these is scoped against a published checklist and priced after an inspection.
Not listed? We run every service across 58 communities — and if a job is not ours, we will tell you that too.
No phone quotes. An inspection, a written list, and a price that does not move on the day. Fill this in and it reaches us complete — no back-and-forth to establish the basics.
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We do not publish fixed prices online. Every job is quoted individually after an inspection with no obligation, and confirmed in writing before any work begins — the price does not change on the day unless you request work outside the agreed checklist. Call or WhatsApp +971 58 563 0041 to request a quote.
Please give at least 12 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule so the slot can be reallocated.
Someone over 18 must give access at the start and sign the checklist at handover.
If any checklist item was not completed to standard, tell us within 72 hours and we return and re-clean it at no charge.
We are insured and we protect surfaces before starting. Report any damage within 48 hours and we will repair, replace or compensate fairly. We test fabrics and stone in an unseen area first and will advise you in writing where an item is already damaged, worn or unlikely to respond — proceeding in those cases is at your discretion.
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