I've never hired a full cleaning of my apartment, but I decided that after 5 years of living here, I should leave it to the professionals to thoroughly clean my place. I first requested a quote for a cleaning to many cleaning services around the area, and Graca with Homely Clean Experts responded to me. She was sure to answer all of my questions, and even gave me a quote that was less than all of the other cleaning companies in the area. Because of this, I was pretty hesitant about hiring Homely to clean my place, but I was curious and willing to pay the very affordable price to clean my place, even if it was a so-so job.
Graca arrived with another one of her cleaners about 15 minutes early, which was perfect for a little walk around of what I wanted cleaned. She asked for what exactly I wanted, and respected what areas were off limits to entering. She told me that since this would be the first clean, it may take a little longer for a thorough clean, which I was totally fine with. So I left the apartment around 10, and took care of errands I needed done.
About 5 hours later she contacted me and let me know that they were done and I was okay to come back. When I arrived, I was greeted with a smile and they walked me through the apartment showing what was cleaned and how things were organized. I was honestly 100% shocked with how good of a job she did, especially for the low price that she quoted me compared to others. Counters were spotless, and assorted items I left on the counter were neatly organized to declutter the place. Appliances looked even better than they did when I first arrived. I was thoroughly shocked, and couldn't be happier with the job she had done. Closets were not tampered with either, and according to my smart lock on my front door, they were in my apartment cleaning the whole time I was gone. I and 1000% satisfied, and will be going to her for my apartment cleanings!!!
A few things to note:
-Graca is from Brazil and speaks broken English, luckily her other cleaner was able to translate for her, but google translate may help with in person conversation.
-some of my more sensitive items in my apartment(computer, back of TV, etc) were lightly dusted, so there was a little dust on them. When I have her come clean Next time I will let her know she can thoroughly dust them.
-Graca takes cash, and Zelle, so if you don't have cash on you, she can take Zelle payments.
-My fridge was overly packed with food when she came, so she was unable to take everything out of the fridge for a thorough cleaning. Totally my fault, but if you want the fridge cleaned, be sure to empty it! read more