We used G N Maid Services while living in Santa Monica for our apt+balcony. We stumbled upon the service through a ValPak mailing and didn't know what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised. It is a small company that worked very well for us every other month. The website listed on yelp is wrong, it should be http://maidservicesca.com/los-angeles
Now that we've moved to the east coast we only wish we could find a service as good as G N Maids. Here in DC they are 2-3 times as expensive and not as thorough nor as good.
G N would always be available within a few days of calling (if they are not there leave a message and Norma will get back to you). The two person team was timely and they cleaned everything faster than we could.
This included: bathroom (sinks, toilets, floors, tub, shower, trash, window ledge), bedrooms (baseboards, carpet or rug vacuum, hardwood mopping, dusting, linen change), living area (moping hardwoods, dusting, vacuuming), and the kitchen. I will elaborate on the kitchen as I never thought they would do everything they did - the typical counters, floors, sinks, range/stove, front of appliances, but they also did the inside of the fridge, our toaster oven, microwave, and every so often the oven. Often they would put drying dishes away or run/unload the dishwasher. We also had a dog that would shed on our rugs and their vacuum cleaner left the rugs impeccably clean. They would often sweep the balcony for no additional cost. I might be forgetting some of the other small things they did, but the point is they did more than I expected. They would do all of this in 2 hours for a very reasonable fee. The one downside was paying by cash or check - you could combine the tip and fee in one check.
Sometimes everything is relative, and now that we don't have G N and we have tried two other services, we only wish they existed in our new location! read more