Downtown Charleston is old buildings doing hard work. Heart-pine floors that will not forgive the wrong mop. Plaster walls, tall sash windows, piazzas that catch every bit of street dust. Add short-term guests turning over on King Street and offices running six days a week, and nothing stays clean by itself. Prestige Cleaning handles peninsula homes, rentals and workplaces with crews who know what these surfaces will and will not take.
A Charleston property is rarely straightforward. A single house south of Broad has original floors and plaster that need a lighter hand than a new build. A rental off Meeting Street has to be reset between guests on a schedule set by check-in, not by us. An office on East Bay needs an evening crew that works around the last people to leave. We run nine services — regular maintenance, deep cleaning, move in / out, commercial, office, Airbnb turnover, post-construction, window and gutter cleaning — and we match the method to the building, not the other way round.
Downtown throws a specific mix at a building. Street grit blows onto piazzas and in through tall windows. Humidity sits in rooms with original plaster and heavy furniture. And the surfaces themselves — heart pine, old tile, painted mouldings, marble — all want something different. We clean accordingly: floors matched to their finish rather than mopped alike, glass done with a blade so tall sashes actually come clear, and bathrooms and kitchens finished dry so nothing hazes back overnight.
We clean single houses and carriage houses on the peninsula, condos and rentals off the main streets, and the offices, studios and small retail spaces between them. A family home, a nightly rental and a workplace each carry different traffic and different deadlines, and the schedule is built around that.
The fastest way to damage a Charleston property is to clean it like a new one. Too much water on heart pine, an abrasive on marble, a harsh product on painted mouldings — the damage does not show for weeks and does not come out. Our cleaners are trained on a written checklist that names the method per surface, and every one of them is background-checked before working a property alone.
Guest Turnovers on the Peninsula
Linens, bathrooms and kitchen reset between check-out and check-in, photographed on completion.
Glass Worth Looking Through
Tall sash windows and shower glass done properly and dried, so the light actually gets in.
Downtown does not give you slack. A guest arrives at four whether or not the last one left late. An office has to be right before the first person walks in. Owners and property managers here keep us because we hold the window we were given and because nothing gets ruined in the process. We walk the property, put the scope in writing, and turn up when we said.
We price from square footage, bathroom count, the surfaces involved and how often we come out — plus turnover volume for rentals. Older buildings take longer and the quote says so up front rather than arriving as a surprise.
Turnovers and office slots are held, not approximated.
Confirmed before, reported after, photos when you want them.
Method matched to pine, plaster, marble and paint.
The checklist is completed before anyone leaves the building.
Enquiry:
Call or send the form with the address, access and any parking constraints.
Survey:
We walk the property and note the surfaces that need specific handling.
Scope and Price:
Written checklist, fixed number, agreed before we start.
Clean:
Room by room, top to bottom, method matched to each finish.
Check:
Walked with you, or photographed for owners and managers off-site.
Handover:
Floors dry, glass clear, property ready for whoever comes through the door next.
Do you clean historic homes with original floors and plaster?
Yes, and we clean them differently on purpose. Heart pine and old plaster get a dry or barely damp method, marble never gets an abrasive, and painted mouldings are cleaned by hand.
How much does a cleaning in Charleston cost?
It depends on square footage, bathroom count, the surfaces involved and frequency. Call (843) 696-9021 and we will quote it after walking the property.
Can you turn short-term rentals over between guests?
Yes. We work to your check-out and check-in times, reset linens, bathrooms and the kitchen, and send photos as soon as the unit is ready.
Do you clean offices outside business hours?
Yes. Evening and early-morning crews are standard for downtown offices, studios and retail so the work never runs into your trading hours.
How do you handle downtown parking and access?
Tell us the situation when you book. We plan loading, permits and timing around it, and the crew arrives with what the job needs rather than shuttling back and forth.
City dust and heavy use do not pause between visits. A standing schedule keeps the property presentable and keeps the surfaces intact, which is the part that actually costs money to get wrong.
Prestige Cleaning works across the Charleston peninsula and out through the Lowcountry — same crew, same written checklist, every visit. Residential and commercial, fully insured, crews vetted before they set foot in a property.
