House Cleaning in Urbandale, Iowa
Recurring, deep, move-out, and apartment cleaning across Urbandale, from Merle Hay Road to the Dallas County line. Our office is here on 99th Street. Locally owned, fully insured, and background-checked.
- 99th St.Where our office is
- 46,595Residents, up 60% since 2000
- 78%Of households own their home
- 1992Median year homes were built
Urbandale is home for us. Diamond House Cleaning is based at 2982 99th Street, so an Urbandale cleaning is the shortest drive we make all week. That matters more than it sounds: it is why we can hold a steady recurring slot for you, why a reschedule is easy, and why the crew that shows up already knows the streets.
It is also a city we understand as a place to live, not just to work. Nearly eight in ten Urbandale households own their home, and about seven in ten homes are single-family houses. People here settle in. The house they hire us to clean is usually the house they plan to stay in, and we clean it that way. Our company is run by Stephanie and Tony Dacey, and we clean homes the way we would want our own cleaned.
Diamond House Cleaning is locally owned and fully insured, and every cleaner who enters your home is background-checked.
What being based in Urbandale means for your home
Urbandale grew up as a streetcar suburb of Des Moines, incorporated in 1917, and it has more than tripled in size since 1970. Most of that growth was families buying houses they intended to keep. Our whole business here is built around the long haul.
A one-time clean is a transaction. A home that gets cleaned every other week for three years is a relationship, and it only works if the same people keep showing up on time and remembering how you like things. That is easier to deliver in Urbandale than anywhere else we serve, because we are already here. Short drives make reliable crews.
Wherever possible we keep the same cleaners on the same Urbandale home. They learn which cabinet sticks, where the dog hides, and which counter is the one you actually care about. Nobody has to be re-briefed, and the results stay consistent.
Kids get sick and plans change. Because Urbandale is minutes from our office, a moved appointment here is the easiest one for us to fit back in. No contracts, no cancellation fees, and appointment reminders and On My Way texts so you are never guessing.
About a third of Urbandale's homes were built before 1980, and nearly four in ten since 2000. A 1970s ranch off Meredith Drive and a 2015 two-story out past the interstates need different products and different attention, and our crews work in both every week.
Want a recurring clean you can stop thinking about? Tell us the room count and how often, and we will give you an honest estimate of the time it takes.
Call 515-513-3187Every part of Urbandale
The city covers about 22 square miles, most of it in Polk County and the western six in Dallas County. We clean in all of it. These are the areas we are in most often.
The east side: Merle Hay Road and Meredith Drive
The original Urbandale, along the Merle Hay Road edge shared with Des Moines and the streets around Meredith Drive. This is the city's oldest housing, from the 1960s and early 1970s: ranches, split-levels, and the occasional pre-war home from the streetcar days. Original wood trim, textured ceilings, older tile, and finished basements that have seen a few generations of use. We slow down here and give the details the time they need.
The 86th Street and Douglas Avenue core
The center of the city, around the 86th Street corridor, Douglas Avenue, and the 75 acres of Walker Johnston Park. Mostly two-stories, ranches, and split-levels from the 1980s and early 1990s, with established yards and often a second or third owner who has updated the kitchen. Our office on 99th Street is a short drive from any of it, and this is the steady core of our recurring work in the city.
West of the interstates into Dallas County
Everything out past the I-35 and I-80 corridor, along Hickman Road past Living History Farms and north toward the newest subdivisions on the Dallas County side. Nearly four in ten Urbandale homes were built since 2000, and most of them are here: larger two-stories with open kitchens, more bathrooms, stainless, quartz, and light floors that show everything.
Townhomes, condos, and apartments
About one in ten Urbandale homes is an attached townhome, and roughly one in six is in a building of five or more units, from older garden-style complexes on the east side to newer developments out west. We handle apartment cleaning on a recurring schedule or for a single visit, and we are used to leasing-office access, key fobs, and garage codes.
It does not matter which part of the city you are in. If you are in Urbandale, we cover you.
The services Urbandale households book most
Recurring cleaning, weekly or every other week
The heart of our Urbandale work, and the service this city is built for. Our recurring cleaning clients get the same crew each visit and a slot that stays put. About 18% of Urbandale's workers work from home, so we are used to cleaning around someone on a call, and the rest of our clients leave a code and come home to a finished house.
Deep cleaning
Where we recommend beginning, especially in the 1960s through 1980s homes that make up a third of the city. A deep cleaning covers grout, glass shower doors, inside the oven and fridge, ceiling fans, window tracks, baseboards, and the built-up film on cabinet fronts that ordinary weekly tidying never reaches. It gets the house to a baseline that is realistic to maintain.
Move-in and move-out cleaning
About one in eight Urbandale residents moved in the past year, and roughly one in five households rents. Our move out cleaning is done to the standard a landlord inspection or a buyer's walkthrough actually expects: inside appliances, inside cabinets, baseboards, window tracks, and every bathroom. For sellers, it is the clean that makes a 1980s house show like a cared-for one.
Apartment and condo cleaning
Studios, one-bedrooms, and townhomes across the city, on a schedule or for a single visit. Our apartment cleaning is priced by the space you actually have, and our $125 minimum covers most one-bedroom units in full.
Why Urbandale households hire us
Urbandale has plenty of cleaning options, including national franchises and app-based gig platforms. We are neither. We are a local company with an Urbandale address.
- We are from here. Our office is at 2982 99th Street. When you call 515-513-3187, you reach us, not a call center in another state, and the crew is not driving in from across the metro.
- You get the same crew. Wherever possible we keep the same cleaners on the same home. That familiarity is most of what makes recurring service worth paying for.
- We know both eras of Urbandale housing. Wood trim and older tile on the east side, quartz and light floors out west. Each gets the right product and the right amount of time.
- We are insured and background-checked. Every cleaner is vetted before they set foot in a client's house, townhome, or apartment.
- No contracts. Reschedule, skip a visit, or change your plan whenever you need to. We never charge a cancellation fee.
What it costs
We do not publish a single flat rate for Urbandale because a 1960s ranch near Merle Hay, a split-level off 86th Street, and a four-bedroom out in Dallas County are not the same job. What we do publish is our actual math: $50 per hour with a $125 minimum, estimated by the number of rooms and the type of clean.
One thing worth being honest about: bathroom count and the current condition of the house move the price more than square footage does. A three-bath two-story takes longer than a one-bath ranch of the same size, and a first visit takes longer than the fifth. We will tell you that up front rather than after the fact.
First-time clients get 50% off the second cleaning when the first is booked. No promo code, no catch.
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A 1970s ranch off Meredith Drive or a new two-story out in Dallas County. We are minutes away, and we will get it genuinely clean and keep it that way.
