Your house, cleaned on a regular day

Sand finds its way into a South Florida house no matter how many times you shake out your beach towels. It sits in your entry, in car mats you carried inside, and in the grout lines by your back slider. Add ceiling fans in every room, a dog who sheds on your porcelain tile, and shower glass that spots up from hard water a few days after you wipe it. A regular visit keeps all that from stacking up. You pick the pace, anywhere from once a week to once a month, and we agree on a day that stays put. You get a room-by-room checklist on every visit, so nothing depends on anyone's memory.

Starting takes one message. Send your bedroom and bath count and how often you'd like a visit. The form works, and so does a call or a text. We'll quote it from those details. Then tell us the things that matter, once: how you'd like the alarm handled, the cat that hides under the guest bed, the marble vanity that needs a gentle product, a home office you'd rather we skip. Those notes go on file for your house. If it hasn't had a real scrub in a while, say so. We may suggest a deep clean first, then the regular schedule.

On the checklist

• Sink, counters and the stovetop wiped clean
• Fronts of fridge, oven and microwave
• Toilets scrubbed and disinfected, base included
• Tubs, showers and glass doors scrubbed
• Ceiling fans dusted in every room
• Light switches and door handles wiped clean
• Beds made and bedrooms dusted
• Tile and terrazzo vacuumed and mopped

How often should we come?

Weekly fits a full house. Kids tracking in sand from the park, a pool cage door that opens a hundred times on a July afternoon, a dog who thinks the couch is his. Nothing in your kitchen or bathrooms gets a week to pile up. Every other week works if you tidy as you go. You handle dishes and clutter, and twice a month your bathrooms, kitchen and floors get a full reset.

Monthly suits a couple in a smaller townhome, or a quiet place in Lighthouse Point that mostly needs dust and floors. Your pace can change with the calendar, too. A lot of Broward homes fill up from December to April, when family comes down and the guest room stays booked. You might go weekly in season and back to every other week once summer rains start. Call or text when you want to switch. Your day and your notes do not change.

A good fit when

• You want the house kept up between busy weeks
• Your home has had a good scrub lately
• You'd like one regular day on the calendar
• Your household runs on tile, sand and pets