House Cleaning Time Estimator
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House Cleaning Time Estimator
Estimate how long it will take to clean your home based on square footage, number of rooms, bathrooms, and cleaning intensity.
Total Square Footage (sq ft)
Number of Bedrooms
Number of Bathrooms
Cleaning Type
Light / Maintenance Clean Standard Clean Deep Clean Move-In / Move-Out Clean
Number of Cleaners
Clutter Level
Low (tidy home) Medium (average clutter) High (significant clutter)
Pets in Home?
No Pets 1 Pet 2+ Pets
Estimate Cleaning Time
function houCalc() { var sqft = parseFloat(document.getElementById('hou-sqft').value); var bedrooms = parseFloat(document.getElementById('hou-bedrooms').value); var bathrooms = parseFloat(document.getElementById('hou-bathrooms').value); var cleantype = document.getElementById('hou-cleantype').value; var cleaners = parseFloat(document.getElementById('hou-cleaners').value); var clutter = document.getElementById('hou-clutter').value; var pets = parseInt(document.getElementById('hou-pets').value);
var resultDiv = document.getElementById('hou-result');
// --- Validation --- if (isNaN(sqft) || sqft 10000) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please enter a valid square footage between 100 and 10,000.'; return; } if (isNaN(bedrooms) || bedrooms 20) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please enter a valid number of bedrooms (0–20).'; return; } if (isNaN(bathrooms) || bathrooms 20) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please enter a valid number of bathrooms (0–20).'; return; } if (isNaN(cleaners) || cleaners 10) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please enter between 1 and 10 cleaners.'; return; }
// --- Base time from square footage (minutes) --- // Industry standard: ~1 min per 50 sq ft for standard clean base rate var baseMinPerSqft = 0.02; // minutes per sq ft baseline var sqftTime = sqft * baseMinPerSqft;
// --- Clean type multiplier --- var cleanMultiplier = { 'light': 0.6, 'standard': 1.0, 'deep': 1.8, 'movein': 2.2 }[cleantype];
// --- Bedroom time: ~15 min each (standard) --- var bedroomTime = bedrooms * 15;
// --- Bathroom time: ~25 min each (standard) --- var bathroomTime = bathrooms * 25;
// --- Clutter multiplier --- var clutterMultiplier = { 'low': 0.85, 'medium': 1.0, 'high': 1.3 }[clutter];
// --- Pet add-on: 15 min per pet level --- var petTime = pets * 15;
// --- Total single-cleaner time (minutes) --- // Formula: ((sqftTime + bedroomTime + bathroomTime) * cleanMultiplier * clutterMultiplier) + petTime var totalMinutes = ((sqftTime + bedroomTime + bathroomTime) * cleanMultiplier * clutterMultiplier) + petTime;
// --- Divide by number of cleaners (with diminishing returns factor) --- // Efficiency factor: each additional cleaner adds ~85% efficiency var efficiency = 1 + (cleaners - 1) * 0.85; var adjustedMinutes = totalMinutes / efficiency;
// --- Convert to hours and minutes --- var hours = Math.floor(adjustedMinutes / 60); var minutes = Math.round(adjustedMinutes % 60);
// --- Friendly range (+/- 15%) --- var lowMin = adjustedMinutes * 0.85; var highMin = adjustedMinutes * 1.15; var lowH = Math.floor(lowMin / 60); var lowM = Math.round(lowMin % 60); var highH = Math.floor(highMin / 60); var highM = Math.round(highMin % 60);
function fmtTime(h, m) { if (h === 0) return m + ' min'; if (m === 0) return h + ' hr'; return h + ' hr ' + m + ' min'; }
var cleanLabel = { 'light': 'Light / Maintenance', 'standard':'Standard', 'deep': 'Deep', 'movein': 'Move-In / Move-Out' }[cleantype];
var clutterLabel = { 'low': 'Low', 'medium':'Medium', 'high': 'High' }[clutter];
var petLabel = ['No pets','1 pet','2+ pets'][pets];
resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = '### Estimated Cleaning Time ' + '' + fmtTime(hours, minutes) + '
' + 'Estimated range: ' + fmtTime(lowH, lowM) + ' – ' + fmtTime(highH, highM) + '
' + '' + '' + 'Home Size' + sqft.toLocaleString() + ' sq ft' + 'Bedrooms / Bathrooms' + bedrooms + ' bed / ' + bathrooms + ' bath' + 'Cleaning Type' + cleanLabel + '' + 'Clutter Level' + clutterLabel + '' + 'Pets' + petLabel + '' + 'Cleaners' + cleaners + ' (efficiency: ' + Math.round(efficiency * 100) + '%)' + ''; }
#### Formula
Step 1 – Base time (single cleaner): T = ((sqft × 0.02 + bedrooms × 15 + bathrooms × 25) × CleanMultiplier × ClutterMultiplier) + (pets × 15)
Step 2 – Adjust for multiple cleaners: Efficiency = 1 + (cleaners − 1) × 0.85 Adjusted Time = T ÷ Efficiency
Clean Type Multipliers: Light = 0.6 × | Standard = 1.0 × | Deep = 1.8 × | Move-In/Out = 2.2 ×
Clutter Multipliers: Low = 0.85 × | Medium = 1.0 × | High = 1.3 ×
Estimated range: ±15% of the calculated time.
#### Assumptions & References
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