03/27/2024
Why do you hire a house cleaner?
Many hire them to help take the load off of the more intense cleaning tasks such as bathrooms, kitchen, and floors.
But if you're hiring a house cleaner to completely replace your responsibility as a homeowner to maintain your home, then you may have the wrong expectations for your cleaner.
Cleaners can work huge miracles on many things in your home. But they are not able to refurbish or restore neglected/worn items, especially if they've been sitting with buildup for months or even years.
As a homeowner it's your responsibility to change hvac filters, vacuum or sweep at least 1-2xs a week, clean up any spills or big messes, touch up paint, squeegee your shower glass, keep your home organized to a degree, get caulking and grout redone every few years, get all appliances maintained to prevent issues..etc...
The only way for a cleaner to maintain your home well is to have an environment that we can work as a team to maintain!! If you leave spills or baked on grease on surfaces for 2 weeks or a month, between cleans, you'll likely damage your surfaces in your home and your cleaner won't be able to restore them as well as before.
I always tell my clients during walkthrough that the cleaning is only as effective as you allow it to be based on how you contribute to your home.
Those who want homes that are pristine at all times, may need to venture more towards maid or housekeeper services. Where they come everyday or twice a week to help with tasks that the homeowner is incapable of taking care of!!
When items in your home have worn out to the point of no return, replace them!!
My goal as a cleaner is to lift burdens from my clients with the understanding that I'm not a magician and if having me is more stressful than not having me, then we might not be a good fit for each other!!
I want satisfaction and happiness with my clients, so I always go above and beyond with little free upgrades to each clean that they may not even notice, but it brings me joy!! If I don't bring you joy, or your current cleaner doesn't bring you joy, remove them so there's no resentment and you can figure out the best course of action that can help you be less stressed in your home!!!
As always, thank you for your continued support! Have a great week.