If you are looking up a home cleaning price Dubai households actually pay, start with the hours, because that is what the price is charged on. Dubai Housekeeping, a Dubai home cleaning and housekeeping company, sells its home cleaning by the hours booked, and its published table runs from a 2-hour studio visit to an 8-hour visit. This guide reads that table for a household or landlord budgeting a clean, and shows how to compare two hourly quotes on the same basis.
What the hourly price covers
The table applies to home cleaning with no supplies. The task list is a regular clean: dusting reachable surfaces, mirrors and interior glass, vacuuming and mopping floors, vacuuming upholstery, emptying bins, making beds, and cleaning the bathrooms and the kitchen. In the bathroom that means wiping and sanitising the toilet, sink and shower. In the kitchen it covers countertops, loading the dishwasher, the stove top, and the outside of the oven and fridge. The company's task list also includes washing, drying, folding and ironing, so confirm which of them your visit covers before you book.
For a buyer, the task list is the real product. Two visits with the same hour count can deliver different work, so the hours only mean something once you know what they buy.
Home cleaning price Dubai: reading the hourly table
Two figures anchor the table. A 2-hour visit, paired with a studio as the suggested home size, starts from AED 115, before VAT. A 4-hour visit, paired with the 2-bedroom guide, is AED 170, before VAT. Between those points the table steps up by the hour to an 8-hour visit. Use the figures as the page states them: they are before VAT, and they assume no supplies.
The company's wording on the home size matters most. The suggested home size is a guide, and the service is charged by the hours booked. So the home size tells you roughly how long a clean takes, but the bill follows the hours you book. A buyer who books on the size guide alone may find the hours too few on the day, and a buyer who books more hours than the tasks need pays for time that is not used.
A small worksheet
Hourly pricing is easiest to judge when you turn it into a monthly figure. The visit counts below are illustrative, not a recommendation, and every price is before VAT with no supplies.
| Visit type | Price per visit, before VAT, no supplies | Visits per month (illustrative) |
|---|---|---|
| 2-hour studio visit | AED 115 | 4 |
| 4-hour 2-bedroom visit | AED 170 | 2 |
Multiply each price by the visits you expect, add the lines, then add VAT as its own line on the final quote. Do the same sum for any other company's hourly quote, using the same visit counts, and compare the totals only if both quotes list the same tasks and the same supplies basis.
What the price leaves out
Several things sit outside the hourly price. Supplies are not included, and the company's options for supplies cost more per visit. Specialist work is also outside it, including deep stain removal, paint removal, mould removal and insect removal. External cleaning, lifting heavy furniture and cooking are excluded as well. Large or post-construction jobs are handled differently: the company asks for a site visit and a quote instead of an hourly figure.
For a buyer, that exclusions list is more useful than the headline number. A low figure with an open list can cost more than a higher figure with a clear one.
How a buyer should choose the hours
Start with the tasks, not the hours. List what you want done in the visit, then check that list against the regular task list. Decide whether supplies are needed and whether they are included. Only then choose the hour count, using the home size as a rough guide. If the first visit shows that the hours were wrong, adjust the next booking, rather than locking in a recurring plan on a guess. The company says a buyer can start with a one-time clean without committing to recurring service, which suits that approach.
When hourly pricing is the wrong tool
A regular clean is routine upkeep: sweeping, vacuuming, dusting and wiping. A deep clean goes to the hidden spots, such as behind appliances, inside cabinets, baseboards and light fixtures. The company prices deep cleaning separately, from a table by bedroom count with estimated team hours, and typically suggests it quarterly or semi-annually. If the home has not been cleaned in months, or you are handing a rental back, an hourly regular clean is likely to run out of time before it reaches those spots.
Recurring visits, payment and changes
For recurring bookings the company says the same housekeeper is assigned whenever possible. If availability, leave or an emergency changes that, the client is told and a replacement is arranged. A dedicated housekeeper needs at least 3 hours per visit, so a recurring plan built on a 2-hour studio visit may not fit that rule; ask before you plan around it. On payment, the company lists a card payment in its app, a secure payment link or a bank transfer, and it asks for a cancellation or reschedule at least 24 hours in advance. Put both in your notes next to the price, because a late change is a cost that no hourly table shows.
Comparing two hourly quotes like for like
Hourly pricing lets the buyer pay for the hours they book, but the buyer must estimate those hours. When two companies quote, line them up on four points before you look at the total:
- Hours: the same hour count for the same home, stated as hours booked, not a vague "visit".
- Supplies: whether supplies are included, and the extra cost per visit if not.
- Exclusions: what is left out, written in the quote itself and not in the fine print.
- VAT: whether the figure is before or after VAT. The Dubai table states its figures before VAT.
If a quote leaves any of the four blank, ask for it in writing. For a landlord pricing a turnover clean, the same four lines apply, and a large or post-construction property is better quoted after a site visit than by the hour.
Questions buyers ask about hourly pricing
Is the price per visit or per hour? The table is charged by the hours booked. The home size is a guide to the hours you need.
Are supplies included? The table is for no supplies. The company's supplies options cost more per visit, so ask for that price separately.
Why does the page say before VAT? The figures are stated before VAT. Check the VAT on the final invoice, because the amount you pay depends on it.
For the full table with the hour counts, the home cleaning in Dubai page sets out the price by visit length. If you run a small business and want to think about how you price your own services, the raising prices playbook covers that decision.
Write down the tasks, match them to an hour count, and ask for the price before VAT with the exclusions stated in the same quote.
For the company's own price table and service pages, see Dubai Housekeeping's own website.
A note on the figures in this guide
This piece was not written, commissioned or reviewed by the business it describes. The prices come from its website, as read in October 2026, and they are stated before VAT. Check the current figures with the company before you book.