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Working as a cleaner in Boston

Boston is one of the oldest and most walkable cities in the country, with the Freedom Trail, Fenway Park, the waterfront and dozens of colleges within a few miles. Visitors come for graduations, conferences, medical trips and sports weekends, and foliage season fills rentals well into October.

Short-term rentals here are mostly condos and units in two- and three-family homes in neighborhoods like the South End, Back Bay, Jamaica Plain, East Boston and Dorchester. Because the city limits who can host, most rentals are owner-run, and hosts look for cleaners who are reliable, quiet in shared buildings and comfortable with stairs and tight parking.

What a Boston turnover involves

Hosts in Boston list these tasks on most jobs, so price your bid around them:

• Making up every bed with clean linens, wiping nightstands, and setting out fresh towels in each bath
• Deep-cleaning every bathroom, including fixtures, mirrors and floors, and clearing hair from drains
• Cleaning the kitchen, running the dishwasher and clearing the fridge of guest leftovers
• Vacuuming and mopping all floors
• Handling shared entries, stairs and building rules for trash and recycling
• Cleaning radiators, window sills and entryways, where winter grit and summer dust collect
• Checking for tracked-in salt and slush in the colder months
• Refilling consumables, locking up, and returning the key or lockbox code as you instruct
• Sharing photos of the made beds and bathrooms and listing anything that needs attention

Where Boston cleaners work

Your pool of Boston cleaners is set by distance, not city lines. Many are willing to drive 25 miles or more, so listings from Back Bay, the South End, Jamaica Plain, East Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline can show up for your address. Put the full address on the job so travel is clear.

Local rules your Boston hosts are working with

These apply to the host, not to you, but knowing them helps you understand what hosts ask of a cleaner. This is an overview, not legal advice.

• Boston defines a short-term rental as a stay of less than 28 consecutive days.
• Short-term rentals are limited to owner-occupied homes, meaning condos and one-, two- and three-family homes where the owner lives, with a city registration and license requirement for each unit.
• Different categories (such as home share, limited share and owner-adjacent) have different rules, including night limits for rooms rented while you are home.
• The registration number must appear in your listing, and the city can fine hosts who list without one.
• Massachusetts occupancy taxes and a local excise apply, and your condo or building rules can add their own limits.

How it works

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