The short version: if you do hire them plan on a full hour of your time to do a white glove, lint roller, flashlight, top down inspection of your house before you let the cleaner leave. If you say anything later they will repeatedly tell you that you signed off on the work. Not that it is in their terms any place.
They will also threaten to put a lien on your house in an attempt to get you to pay.
The long version: the worst cleaning company that I have ever had, period.
A quick 30 second check and things looked okay on the surface. Oddly, I expect grown people to take pride in their work and make sure that they have done a good job on her/his own.
After finishing work and looking around more I did not think things looked as clean as it had in the past, but I thought maybe it was just me and that I was tired from a long week.
It was not just me. As I started spending time in the areas cleaned it was clear that nothing close to a deep clean had been done. The lint roller pic is from a carpet 18 hours after a supposed deep clean.
Initially I was willing to give them a second chance, we all have bad days, get sick, etc, that was until I saw the dying grass patch in the yard from mop water. Mind you we had just received "Yard of the Month" recognition from the local garden club.
Also, they sent 1 person to do a deep clean for 4 hours on 1,500 square feet at a fee of $210.00. I have never had less than two people sent for a deep clean. I thought she was simply really good at her job, it never occurred to me that I needed to treat her like a child.
They are more expensive than a number of other companies. I have no problem paying a little more for a superior job.
Also, when did it become the paying client's responsibility to confirm a job has been done? How dare a company try to make me feel responsible for checking their employee's work!
The pics are sample, there was more that I had already cleaned and there is only so much time I am going spend taking and posting pictures.
Hire at your own risk!!!
Update 11/1
The owner's defense today.
1. "I have not billed you, you are not a paying customer yet."
2. You released cleaner vs keeping her 1 hour while doing a a white glove inspection.
3. She could not have dumped mop water on your yard, it would take 24 hours for the grass to start turning brown. One that is almost to the exact minute I noticed the grass turning brown and two how exactly did you know it would take 24 hours if it has never happened before? Anyone else want to gander a guess?
Not a single sorry this should not have happened, only that I should have checked her work better.
He asked me how this could be make this right after calling me a liar and not saying sorry. It cannot be made right. My entire weekend destroyed cleaning because this company and staff have zero pride in their work and hang their hats on "you signed off" while the cleaner already has all of her stuff on the front porch and is leaving.
The cleaner had mop water in her bucket on my front porch. I thought it was weird and asked where she got the bucket. The bucket never came back inside to be dumped. I thought maybe she had a kid's science experiment that she was taking it for. The grass spot is also right where she parked and where she loaded the stuff into her car.
Pic of the grass spot today. Also added the first one the I texted the owner. I had let the rest of the mess go until I saw the grass patch, that was when I finally blew my gasket.
If you do hire them plan on a full hour of your time to do a white glove, lint roller, flashlight, top down inspection of your house. If you say anything later they will repeatedly tell you that you signed off on the work.
11/2
The owner admitted the water was dumped outside, but supposedly in the gutter. My gutters go to storm drains so dumping is illegal! Two I had the curb pressure washed a few months ago along with the driveway, there was absolutely no trace of dirty mop water being dumped.
Again, the owner was the one that automatically knew the grass would start turning in 24 hours. The only way this would be immediately put out there is if it has occurred in the past. read more