Cleaning

Cleaning services in South Africa: day rates and how to book

Updated 4 November 2026

Cleaning in South Africa costs about R475 to R650 a day for a regular domestic clean, and about R350 to R950 per room for professional carpet cleaning, according to sellers' websites, November 2026. For a price on your home or office, describe the job on BlaBlaPrice and sellers reply with their own offer.

Prices differ by region and by the type of clean, so each row says what it covers. Carpet work is priced per room, and an end-of-tenancy clean is quoted as one job rather than by the hour.

Licences and standards

For basic home or small-office cleaning, South African business guides say that no special licence or formal qualification is needed to start. Specialist services may need more than that, and contract cleaning companies follow the standards the NCCA sets for the contract cleaning industry. When you hire a company, ask whether it works under those standards.

Season: spring clean before the summer holidays

November is late spring in South Africa, and summer runs from December to February. A spring clean is listed as a separate job, with one price list starting at R1,680, so ask for the total rather than a day rate. Book before the December holidays so the date is fixed.

How cleaning is priced here

Day rates are the usual way domestic and char work is quoted. One guide lists regular domestic work at R63 to R100 an hour, so check how many hours sit behind a day rate. Office cleaning is quoted per day, and the floor area is measured in square metres.

What to put in your request

Say what kind of clean you need, whether regular, deep, post-renovation, end of tenancy or office. Give the floor area in square metres, the type of premises and how dirty it is. Add any extras such as windows or ovens, the city, the date, how often you want it repeated, and whether the cleaner brings its own supplies. Give your budget too.

On BlaBlaPrice you describe the clean in your own words in a chat, free for buyers, and you can add a photo. BlaBlaPrice asks for any missing details, looks through sellers' websites and price lists in South Africa, and shows the prices and businesses it found. Sellers registered on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their own offer, price and terms. Your contact details stay hidden, and you decide with whom to share them. See home and house cleaning or office and commercial cleaning, or start from the home page.