House cleaning in Eltham's mudbrick and bush homes
Mudbrick country
Alistair Knox, a pioneer of modern mudbrick building, designed more than 1,000 houses across the Nillumbik region and beyond, and many of his buildings are heritage listed. If yours is mudbrick, note which walls are bare earth and which are sealed.
Bush blocks
Most of Nillumbik is a Bushfire Prone Area, though some urban parts of Eltham aren't mapped that way. Homes in the trees collect leaves, twigs and dust, so sills, decks and door tracks need more attention.
Few rentals
Just 11% of occupied homes in the Eltham census area were rented in the 2021 Census, and 88% were separate houses. So most cleans here are for owners: regular, deep, spring and pre-sale.
Long driveways
In 2021, 72% of homes in that census area had two or more vehicles and 26% had three or more. On a narrow bush driveway, tell the business where it can park and turn around.
Shire of Nillumbik
Households with Nillumbik's waste services get one hard waste collection a financial year, up to two cubic metres. Unused ones don't roll over, so plan a big clear-out around it.
Questions for Eltham house cleaners about mudbrick
- Have you cleaned exposed mudbrick or earth walls before?
- What will you use on them, and will you test a hidden spot first?
- How will you keep water and spray off bare earth walls?
- How do you treat raw or oiled timber, as opposed to sealed timber?
Eltham home cleaning for staying, selling or renting
For a home you're staying in, a regular clean handles the floors and the everyday dust, and a spring clean picks up the high ledges, beams and tracks the regular visits skip.
Selling? Book a pre-sale clean before the photos.
In one of Eltham's rentals, an end of lease clean is your call. Victorian law asks for reasonably clean, and a professional clean can only be required in two cases.
Why we'd walk Eltham house cleaners through first
Walk the business through the house before you agree a quote, in person or by video. Point out the bare earth walls, the raw timber and anything that's never to get wet, and get in writing how each one will be cleaned. If you're not sure what's sealed, ask for a dry dust only on those walls until someone who knows earth walls has looked.
