WHERE to even begin on how absolutely unprofessional and inconvenient this experience with eMaids has been? I've never had a more unprofessional experience with any service in my life. What an absolute waste of my time and money (thankfully I finally got a refund after this rigmarole and complete waste of time) and my apartment was never cleaned. This "business" seriously has to be a scam.
I've never used their services before, so I scheduled a deep cleaning of my apartment in DC online. I stayed home from work to greet them; when they were supposed to arrive, the cleaner texted me that they "were looking for parking" though my entire street was full of open spots. An hour later, they still hadn't arrived; I had to go to work and left the key outside for them. When I got home that evening, my house hadn't been touched aside from my bathroom sink, and they "made my bed" by rearranging blankets. They left my door key on the counter and took the tip I left on the counter, despite literally not touching/cleaning my apartment. So they had been in my apartment, didn't clean it, took the tip, and left.
It was difficult to get in touch with eMaids to reschedule the cleaning that I paid for; I had to chase them down for 2 days until they agreed to reschedule the cleaning. They also claimed that they had "detailed photos of every corner of my cleaned house" which is a complete lie. Why even bother lying about having photos when it literally wasn't touched? Then, when the rescheduled clean was supposed to take place, I stayed home from work again, and nobody ever showed up - nobody told me that they wouldn't show up, and after 2.5 hours of waiting and nobody at eMaids picking up the phone, I gave up.
Then when I kept calling to tell them nobody showed up, nobody answered. When I finally got someone on the phone, they said they'd "figure out" what happened, and resisted giving me a refund for $180 after all of this! They also sent me "photos of my cleaned house" which was a LIE; I'm sure they know the photos they sent were NOT from an apartment in my building, and they are certainly intentionally lying, because they know that the first cleaner came into my house, left my key, and took my tip despite not cleaning my house. This is SO SHADY. Who did they send into my home to not clean and take my money (VERY FISHY) and why wasn't it cleaned? Has to be a scam. They have offered ZERO explanations, despite me asking 10 times why someone entered my home, didn't clean, and took my tip, and the business has not refunded my tip despite many requests. I work hard for my money and didn't get it back from this VERY unprofessional "business", this is clearly not a legitimate cleaning service, and I hope nobody else has the horrible experience I did. Wow.
THEN, today I get a text from the business offering cleaning packages and to give them a call about the options available. ARE YOU KIDDING? This must be a joke. This is not a legitimate business. And, all of their Yelp reviews have been deleted, which is really suspect. What a sketchy disaster, they are clearly up to no good. Who was in my house?! read more