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What house cleaning costs in Dublin this month
Every published Dublin rate for October 2026 in one place: by the hour, by the visit, by the area, deep clean against regular, and the two numbers underneath them all — the minimum wage and the VAT.
IN SHORT
- Published Dublin hourly rates this autumn cluster between €20 and €33 for a regular clean, with city-centre postcodes quoted up to €40 and the western suburbs from €18. Deep cleans run €25–€35 an hour or €120–€175 for a three-bed.
- Most companies set a two-hour minimum; a typical weekly visit is two to three hours, so €50–€90 a visit at company rates, with 10–20% off for a standing weekly booking.
- Under every quote: the national minimum wage has been €14.15 an hour since 1 January 2026, the contract-cleaning rate €14.80, and cleaning services carry 13.5% VAT — a €90 clean is €102.15 with VAT.
The rates on the record
No Irish source publishes a quarter-on-quarter index for cleaning, so the only honest way to say what it costs this month is to put the current published rates side by side, with their dates.
- Top Cleaners (guide published August 2026, updated September): regular cleaning €25–€30 an hour, deep clean €30–€35, one-off €25–€35; two hours €50–€60, three hours €75–€90; a three-bed deep clean €120–€175 or more; end-of-tenancy €180–€500+; 10–15% off recurring bookings.
- Granny's Cleaning (2026, by area): city centre (D1, D2, D3, D8) €24–€32, averaging €28; south (D4, D6, D14) €22–€28; north €20–€26; west €19–€25; Tallaght and Clondalkin €18–€23. Its national page puts Dublin at €30–€35, city centre €32–€40, suburbs €28–€35, and says anything under €20 an hour is a red flag.
- ConnectCleaner (2026): Dublin €21–€33 an hour, the commuter counties €19–€29, most other counties €18–€28; weekly bookings 10–20% cheaper; a typical visit two to three hours.
- Premier Contract Cleaning (April 2026): Dublin agencies €20–€25 an hour, independent cleaners €14–€18, deep or one-off €25–€35; three hours in Dublin €60–€75; "most run a two-hour minimum as a firm rule", with about €45 for two hours the realistic floor.
- Shining Oven (August 2025): Dublin €20–€25 an hour, a two-hour minimum common; deep cleans €250–€600.
Read together: a regular clean in Dublin from a company is €20–€33 an hour, the centre dearer and the west cheaper; an independent cleaner booked directly is €14–€22; a deep clean is €25–€35 an hour or quoted by the house. Locufy's guide prices for 2026–2027 for each cleaning service are on the price guide, and the hourly rate on each provider's profile is the rate you pay.
By the visit, not the hour
The hourly rate is the headline, but you buy visits. Two things set the price of a visit: the minimum, almost always two hours, sometimes three for a one-off; and the weekly discount, 10–20% at most companies, because a regular slot is worth more to a cleaner than a one-off. A two-bed apartment is typically two to two and a half hours; a three-bed house three to three and a half. At €30 an hour a three-bed weekly clean is about €105 before any discount.
The hourly house clean is one cleaner, usually the same one every week. Deep cleans, move-in and move-out cleans, after-build and carpet cleaning are company work: teams of several people, quoted by the size of the home, sometimes after a look.
The numbers underneath
Minimum wage. €14.15 an hour since 1 January 2026, up from €13.50. The Contract Cleaning Employment Regulation Order, which binds companies in that sector, set €14.10 from 17 October 2025 and €14.80 from 1 January 2026. A company quoting €20 an hour is paying its cleaner at least €14.80, plus employer PRSI, insurance, travel and products, out of the rest. Hourly providers on Locufy set their own rate.
VAT. Cleaning and maintenance services are at the 13.5% reduced rate, not 23%. Citizens Information's July 2026 edition lists it; Revenue's VAT-rates database classes cleaning of private dwellings as reduced rate. Ask whether a quote includes it: €90 becomes €102.15.
Inflation. The CSO's August 2026 figures put consumer prices 3.7% higher than a year earlier, with services at 4.0%; the flash September figure was 3.9%. If your cleaner's rate went up by a euro or two this year, that is the whole economy, not the cleaner.
“Most run a two-hour minimum as a firm rule.”
Premier Contract Cleaning, price guide, April 2026
€20–€33
regular clean, Dublin company rates per hour, autumn 2026
2 h
the usual minimum booking
€14.15
national minimum wage since 1 Jan 2026
By the numbers — figures from the sources listed at the end of this piece.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Cleaners near you with their hourly rate, score and checks — no account needed to look.WRITTEN WITH
The listed providers who gave their checklists and time for this piece. Real names, real listings — nobody is invented.
Sinéad WalshEnd-of-tenancy cleaner · Crumlin · ★ 4.9 · 120+ reviews
Bright & Co CleaningCleaning company · Tallaght · ★ 4.8 · 85 reviews
Aoife BrennanCleaner · Drumcondra · ★ 5.0 · 30 reviews
Questions this piece gets asked
Should I pay cash?
Hourly providers on Locufy are paid by the customer when the job is done; booking through Locufy is what makes the job reviewable. With a company, pay in a traceable way and get the VAT shown.
Why is the city centre dearer?
Travel and parking. Granny's Cleaning's area table runs from €24–€32 in D1–D8 down to €18–€23 in Tallaght and Clondalkin for the same work.
What does a deep clean include that a regular one doesn't?
Inside the oven, fridge and cupboards, limescale, skirting, switches, inside windows, and the areas a weekly clean skips. See the end-of-tenancy checklist for the full room-by-room list.
Sources
- Top Cleaners, House cleaning Dublin prices: the complete 2026 guide, 23 Aug 2026
- Granny's Cleaning, How much is a cleaner per hour in Dublin (2026)
- Granny's Cleaning, The going rate for a cleaner per hour in Ireland 2026
- ConnectCleaner, Domestic cleaning cost in Ireland 2026
- Premier Contract Cleaning, How much to pay a cleaner for 3 hours in Ireland (2026), 29 Apr 2026
- Shining Oven, How much is a cleaner per hour in Ireland, 16 Aug 2025
- Citizens Information, VAT rates (cleaning and maintenance services at 13.5%), ed. 1 Jul 2026
- Revenue, VAT rates database: Cleaning — immovable goods (private dwellings)
- National Minimum Wage Order 2025, S.I. 472/2025
- gov.ie, Contract Cleaning Employment Regulation Order, 19 Sep 2025
- Premier Contract Cleaning, 1-hour house clean in Ireland (2026), 29 Apr 2026
- CSO, Consumer Price Index August 2026, 10 Sep 2026
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- REAoife M.Customer · Dublin 8EDITOR'S PICK2 h ago
Moved out in July and did exactly this with the photos. Deposit back in nine days without a word said. The oven took the whole of a Saturday though.
- PRMarta R.Provider · End-of-tenancy cleaner · Crumlin1 h ago
From the other side: the oven, the extractor filter and the inside of the wardrobe doors are what we get called back for. Do those three and the rest is detail.
- RECiara D.Customer · Cork40 min ago
The tribunal report is worth reading in full. The tenants won on photos alone.
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