Major Letdown and stress! I scheduled this company 3 weeks in advance to do a top to bottom move-out clean including carpet cleaning, screens, appliances, windows and fans, scheduled for July 31. They sent me a very professional invoice after I accepted their quote and I had high hopes. When I called to confirm that they were coming the evening before the scheduled clean (they had not contacted me in the weeks following my booking of their services)- no response. Tried again the "morning of" , left a voicemail and text and also emailed. They called me about one hour later saying they were calling to confirm that they would be there at the scheduled time and apologized, saying the number I had called was "down". That excuse didn't hold much water but I let it go.
Two guys show up in a Shrek Green unmarked van that appeared to have been stored in a junkyard and had no front license plate. The reason I checked their van was because when they showed up one of them said that someone had "double booked" another clean on my date so they had to scramble to schedule me in. I couldn't even tell if these guys were from the company or not since they had called me from an unknown number. Two guys show up to clean a 2,000 ft townhouse from top to bottom. I mention that I expected a crew of 4-6 for such a clean, and they said "yes, normally that would be the case". They told me not to worry, that they would make sure all was done before they left that day. Then they ask me if I also wanted to carpets done. I should have followed my gut at that point and told them to go- they apparently didn't even know what they were there for. I told them that I had scheduled a top to bottom move out clean package including everything from screens and windows to appliances, fans and everything in between. Since the place was empty and fairly clean already I thought maybe they could pull if off with just two guys if they worked hard so I ignored my gut feeling. They seemed like nice enough guys so I put my doubts aside and left the place to go unpack and attend to other chores at my new place down the street. They were at my place from 10:45 am - 9 pm and left to take a one hour lunch break at some point. This is what I found the next day (today) when I met my property manager to do the move-out check: kitchen cabinets not cleaned at all, all screens left outside off the windows, carpet obviously cleaned with a rental from Safeway- still wet with huge track marks from the cleaning vac and the entire place smelling of soap suds, 2 of the three bathrooms not cleaned, tiled floor not cleaned, jalousies not cleaned, parts from refrigerator left outside and not cleaned.
I'll see if I can add the photos I took of the place this morning after they had "cleaned it from top to bottom", I have never had to post a review like this before.
Currently I have another company in the townhouse re-doing the carpets and drying them because I am afraid they will mildew and I will be the responsible party to my property manager. I am going to also need to schedule another company to come and do the move out clean asap before I can get my security deposit back. This company "Aloha Bubble Shack" gave me a SATISFACTION GUARANTEE on this clean and this is one of the reasons I chose them above others. Before I booked, they promised me that they would come back as many times as necessary to make sure that my property manager was approving of the move out clean. I called them after viewing the horrible job that was done and spoke to two different people on the phone both claiming to be the owner of the business. They were apologetic but didn't seem surprised by the fact that the place was not clean at all and the carpets were wet. They said they would send over someone later today to clean the place again. After sending them the photos of everything that was left dirty, wet and undone, I did not get any response. At this point my faith in them is totally demolished and I have decided not to let them back into my property. There is no way they can explain what happened to any satisfaction and there is also no way they can make me confident enough to deal with them in any way ever again. read more