New England Essential Cleaning LLC.

4.9 stars across 17 reviews, 94 percent of them five — and one name runs through those reviews from 2020 to this April: Thalya, who customers write about as the person behind the crew. New England Essential Cleaning works out of 7 Chester Avenue in Somerville and is listed on Angi and HomeAdvisor under maid service, janitorial service and one-time interior house cleaning. The company's own profile claims six years of experience, veteran ownership, and Spanish spoken. What people hire them for, judging by who came back, is the standing appointment. A September 2022 customer wrote about becoming a loyal biweekly client; another that November said they were happy to become a bi-weekly customer. A 2023 reviewer put the reason plainly — a well-organized business, with confirmation text messages before each biweekly cleaning — and mentioned using them for regular, recurring and one-time move-in/move-out work. The cleaning itself gets described in finish terms rather than speed. An October 2022 review credited "very nice touches to make rooms and bathrooms feel very finished." A September 2022 one had the house left clean, organized, and smelling fresh. April 2026 holds the same shape: one customer wrote that two young cleaners "worked like seasoned professionals," cleaning everything as if it were their own; another said nothing was rushed and the space came back spotless. Two things to pin down before booking. First, the 4.9 on Angi and the 4.9 on HomeAdvisor are the same seventeen reviews — the two pages mirror each other card for card, so read it as one history rather than two. Second, the only rating below five is an October 2020 four-star, and it is specific: friendly people, that customer said, but they had expected more from a deep cleaning. If a deep clean is what you are buying rather than upkeep, agree the checklist up front. Both directories carry an "Approved" badge, and Google shows a separate 5-star average from four ratings. The listings point to an Instagram page instead of a website, so scope, pricing and scheduling get settled by phone. Best fit: a recurring residential clean in and around Somerville, where turning up on the agreed day counts as much as the result.