Pricing a clean in New Zealand needs two numbers: what other cleaners charge for a house like this one, and what the visit costs you. The calculator above prices the visit and shows what you keep. This page shows what New Zealand operators actually publish, so you can check one against the other.
How the calculator works
- The house. Cleaning type, bedrooms, bathrooms and floor area set the size of the job.
- Your job inside the band. Add-ons carry time, and a bathroom-heavy layout for the floor area pushes the quote up. Recurring visits get a discount: 20% weekly, 12% every two weeks, 9% monthly.
- Your region. Every region uses the national figures. Hourly cleaning rates across five cities differ by less than 5%, so we found no reliable basis for a regional index.
- Your economics. Open “Your costs and margin” to see hours, supplies, travel and what the price leaves you.
What New Zealand cleaners publish, 2026
Two Auckland operators price by bedroom count. These are their published prices, not a national average.
| Bedrooms | Standard clean | Deep clean | End of tenancy, 1 bathroom | Post-build clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NZ$105 | NZ$186 | NZ$186 | NZ$307 |
| 2 | NZ$130 | NZ$241 | NZ$241 | NZ$395 |
| 3 | NZ$155 | NZ$296 | NZ$296 | NZ$483 |
| 4 | NZ$180 | NZ$351 | NZ$351 | NZ$571 |
| 5 | NZ$230 | NZ$406 | NZ$406 | NZ$659 |
| 6 | — | NZ$461 | — | — |
| Step per bedroom | +NZ$25 | +NZ$55 | +NZ$55 | +NZ$88 |
End of tenancy adds NZ$76 for each extra bathroom. A third Auckland operator prices by floor area instead: a general clean at NZ$170–220 for 100 m² and NZ$220–310 for 200 m², a deep clean at NZ$240–290 and NZ$340–420.
All prices exclude GST. The two operators that price by bedroom say so on their own pages; the floor-area operator does not say. Hourly rates across five operators run NZ$30 to NZ$61, with NZ$47 the typical figure.
Worked example
A three-bedroom, two-bathroom home of about 140 m², cleaned once. The calculator puts that at four person-hours and NZ$200 excluding GST, inside a range of NZ$160–235.
The published Auckland price for that bedroom count is NZ$155, and a fourth bedroom would add NZ$25. At the typical NZ$47 an hour, NZ$155 is a little over three hours — a shorter visit than the four this house takes here. That is the gap to think about: set your own cost per cleaner hour in the calculator and read the margin, and you will see whether NZ$155 works for your costs or whether your number has to be higher.
How the floor-area price compares with bedroom prices
New Zealand cleaners quote by bedrooms. This calculator prices by floor area, at a rate per square metre, so here is how the two line up for the default home of three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 140 m².
| Clean | Calculator | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | NZ$200 | NZ$155 for 3 bedrooms; NZ$170–220 for 100 m², NZ$220–310 for 200 m² |
| Deep | NZ$285 | NZ$296 for 3 bedrooms; NZ$240–290 for 100 m², NZ$340–420 for 200 m² |
| End of tenancy | NZ$360 | NZ$372 for 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms |
A rate per square metre has no base charge, and a bedroom price list does. So the calculator runs low on small homes and high on large ones. A one-bedroom, 50 m² deep clean comes out at the NZ$105 minimum against a published NZ$186, and a two-bedroom, 80 m² one at NZ$165 against NZ$241. A five-bedroom, 300 m² standard clean comes out at NZ$410 against NZ$250–330. For a home at either end, quote from the bedroom table above.
Quoting cleans in New Zealand
- Price the first visit as a deep clean. A new client’s home is never in maintenance condition. Quote the first visit separately and set the recurring price after you have seen it.
- Say “plus GST” out loud. Residential clients hear the number you say as the number they pay. The convention here is to publish excluding GST, so the words have to be in the quote.
- Charge for the drive. New Zealand service areas are spread out and a 40-minute drive is a real cost. The calculator carries a travel figure per visit — raise it if your patch is rural.
The calculator gives you the number. For typical rates and how to build a quote, read our US house cleaning pricing guide. Its rates are in US dollars.