Janet's Ironing & Cleaning

02/11/2026

Happy Monday 🤦‍♀️😤😡

Rant incoming 🤣

Air BnB have a lot to answer for!

The decline in how guests are leaving holiday accommodation is utterly shocking and it’s been instant!

Even those not booking with air BnB are being awful!

I have to say that cleaners should not be the ones picking up the bill for this and working even harder for less money.

Hosts all I can say is put your prices up and cover the additional costs or take the hit. We did not make the announcement made by air BnB and we have never changed our work ethic for you. You are the ones who set the rules for your properties and you are the only ones who can address this directly with your customers!

I can say that as a business I should not be picking up the tab for a ridiculous change in rules which has given people a green light to show no respect!

This current change is soul destroying to be honest! The work we put into setting a holiday home to perfection and then walking in to piles of filthy pots, bathroom bins overflowing with sanitary products because hey they don’t need to take out the rubbish now and the lack of effort on any level from guests makes me wonder why we bother!

Do I carry on with any holiday homes?

That is the big question right now as I am not prepared to have my staff disrespected by hosts or guests belittling what we do!

This is a conversation that needs having and if you like me run a cleaning business set your fees for the additional work and do it NOW! Dont wait until your team are at breaking point and you are not making a penny on the jobs.

We are not staff working in a hotel and there to wash up after a dinner party and paid by the hour for that work. We set a price and have only so much time for the holiday home within our budget.

The work we put into the holiday accommodation that hosts don’t see or perhaps realise we do is not even funny.

I have never quoted to wash up after guests to the extent that is being left now. I quote to clean the bathrooms, hoover right through, pull the beds out and all furniture we can move and clean behind them and cobweb and clean the woodwork and sanitise every touch point, clean windows, door frames, polish all the decorative items in the property, the tv screen, ensure the fridge and kitchen surfaces and spotless and to CHECK the kitchen inventory not wash the entire inventory on a changeover., and that’s a rough list of what we do. My checklists for each room in a property are very detailed and ensure it’s immaculate. Let’s not mention the admin time it takes to create a checklist for each property, then print them each changeover and fill them out so guests arrive to a 5 star stay. Admin time costs money as well as the time we spend washing, drying and ironing linens and towels and stain busting linens when guests go to bed with a full face of make up, spill tea, wear fake tan etc etc etc!

Anyway folks it’s not often I have a rant on the business page but this needs addressing.

I don’t expect guests to clean the property on check out at all, but I do expect them to wash the pots they use and place their rubbish in the wheelie bin outside as they leave. It’s not asking anyone to clean, they haven’t booked in at a bed and breakfast with staff, they have booked self catering and my cleaning fees cover self catering guests being respectful and not leaving the place like animals have stayed. Infact my dogs would leave a place cleaner than some humans!

23/10/2026

🎄🎅🎄Pre Christmas deep clean slots are almost fully booked. I have a couple of slots left. DM to book in. 🎄🎅🎄

22/10/2026

We are fully booked for holiday homes……

But I did just want to make it clear in light of Air BnB’s (Airbnb) wonderful new policy whereby guests can do what they like have a dinner party trash the place and leave it for the cleaner with no come back we will not accept anyone who uses Air BnB to list their accommodation with immediate effect.

Clients on my books with them I have contacted you and we have plans moving forward. Some of you have already removed your property from the site and others are seeing how it goes and paying the fees I will have to charge to cover my time for the work, how long that will be sustainable for owners is yet to be seen! 😤 time is not free, setting a property to 5 star immaculate standards takes a lot of time and work and this business has just made things even worse for cleaners.

What a silly business move! This just gives all the awful guests who leave things bad enough Carte Blanche to abuse a property! 👏👏👏👏👏

21/10/2026

We are extending our deep cleaning and end of tenancy services.

Pre bookable dates are available in the diary.

Please drop us a direct message to arrange a free of charge meeting to discuss the job and get a quote.

13/10/2026

We are closed until October 22nd.

All regular cleans booked in with the team will be covered by your regular cleaner.

Replies will be slow during the next week. Please bear with us during this time.

Many thanks

Janet x

07/10/2026

Folks don’t miss this property.

It’s only available for bookings until June 2027 then the owners are taking it back for themselves.

It’s a lovely property in the heart of Lincolnshire and a very lovely and homely cottage.

It’s my absolute favourite place, so calm and quiet and just wonderful.

Last chance to book this amazing place once the diary is filled up to June 2027 it’s gone x

Daisy Cottage - Daisy Cottage, a lovely holiday home perched in the village of Scopwick near Metheringham in Lincolnshire. Open fire. Rural views. Ground-floor living. Lincoln 11.1 miles; Newark-on-Trent 21.8 miles.

07/10/2026

We have some rare availability in Martin and Timberland ONLY for regular domestic cleaning.

We are not taking on any holiday home or commercial cleaning.

If you need a helping hand at home from a reliable hard working cleaner then drop me a message as one of my lovely sparkles has some hours available x

07/10/2026

Taking bookings for pre Christmas deep cleaning in November and December.

Limited slots available

01/10/2026

Daisy Cottage has October half term available.

Stunning rural cottage which sleeps 7 across 3 double en-suite bedrooms and 1 single bedroom. All beds made up for arrival, towels provided and essentials for the bathroom.

Large dining room, conservatory, living room with open fire and logs to light it, large kitchen with range oven and hob.

Spooktacular goodie hamper included for the half term guests.

Absolutely lovely clean and spacious property (even the duvets are new 😉😜 we pride ourselves on everything being spotless)

Bring your pets we accept cats and dogs 🐕 🐈❤️ they even get a goody hamper ❤️❤️❤️

Book with confidence through Sykes cottages

Daisy Cottage - Daisy Cottage, a lovely holiday home perched in the village of Scopwick near Metheringham in Lincolnshire. Open fire. Rural views. Ground-floor living. Lincoln 11.1 miles; Newark-on-Trent 21.8 miles.

30/09/2026

Long post alert!

Sometimes we get a review and we know why we got the review.

The guests review IS NOT a reflection of the property it is reflection of the guests and their attitude to causing damage to the property. It’s guests like this that we would love to have a database for to warn owners not to entertain them as they can’t take accountability for their actions and damage.

These guests who have left their name as ‘V’ on a public review were completely happy with the property on arrival, during their stay when they saw the home owners and made absolutely no complaint other than calling to inform the owners they had soiled the bed with faeces and blocked the upstairs en-suite toilet.

The other 2 toilets in the property were fully functioning for their stay and the owners attended right away to repair the blocked toilet.

Upon checkout it was discovered they had stained the bed linens with human faeces and left the duvet with non treated human faeces on it for the cleaners to deal with and potentially touch.

Luckily we wear gloves at all times when stripping beds and cleaning.

The average cost to have human faeces removed from a duvet is about £40 plus our costs for taking the duvet to the cleaners and collecting and taking it back to the holiday cottage. A brand new duvet is £25 so a new duvet was the more sensible price for the guests to pay.

We sourced a new set of bedding for around £35 which for a king duvet set with a sheet is extremely well priced for cotton bedding. We are entitled to source a like for like replacement.

The guests offered £20 to cover the cleaning cost of the duvet (doesn’t come close) and said they washed the bedding. Not sure about you guys but I would be very concerned if I arrived to bed linen with faeces stains on them washed or not. The guests had washed the linens with heat and cooked the stain into the bedding as the clearly do not know how to wash cotton and get the stains out and then wash to sanitise.

Out of spite for a legitimate claim for soiled and damaged items they have published the above review for the property.

Personally if I saw this and could see that the owner had replied explaining new linens and a new duvet needed to be sourced for future guests I would choose to book the property. Which is exactly what they have done and informed the client and claimed the money from the housekeeping bond.

Their other ‘complaint’ for signs well the signs in the property are as follows:-

A small post it note inside the grandfather clock asking guests not to wind it as it’s been over wound once and guests complain about the ticking which we can’t stop until it winds down. Leave the clock alone 🤣

A sign on the kitchen window explaining the mixer tap doesn’t turn from side to side as guests loosen the tap so we have to call a plumber to fix it. It’s just a little note asking guests to leave the tap as it is!

A notice on the utility door telling guests to please keep the door closed and not to allow children to explore in there alone. It has an ironing board and airer in there and the laundry basket with an iron on the worktop as well as the hoover and mop and bucket etc and we had some silly / irresponsible guests complain the property isn’t child friendly because their toddler wanted to explore in that room - sometimes we have to put a really obvious sign up for the people who feel they should complain that the property is not a child’s playground and has areas that might require the child being supervised…. Imagine having to watch what your toddler is up to🙄. Where do they keep these things in their own home!? 🤷🏼‍♀️

We have a notice on the boiler in the utility room about not charging electric vehicles from our domestic sockets and giving helpful advice as to where they can find the closest electric point. (It is in the utility room out of the way)

And a welcome note and check list for check out on the kitchen door.

I’m not sure how these make the property appear untidy, they are all laminated printed notices for the guests information and safety.

And……this comment from the guests did tickle me…….just because we leave a spare duvet in the cupboard for guests in case of emergency doesn’t mean that the duvet on the bed was free and we have an endless supply in a magic cupboard that issues free duvets when guests 💩 the bed! The landing cupboard does not lead to narnia or the free duvet supply shop 🤣

Anyway as I said their terrible review is a reflection of the kind of people they are and the fact they refuse to take accountability for their lack of respect and damage to the linens and duvets.