Do Not Offer A Deep Clean, If You Cannot Handle Basic Cleaning…read more
This was my first time hiring a professional cleaning service, and I regret using Two Maids and am embarrassed to have spent so much to get so little from a supposed "Deep Cleaning."
We are in the process of selling our home, and hired Two Maids for a deep cleaning before photos and the home going on the market with open houses. We have been moving, so dust naturally collects. The house was not in terrible condition to begin with. We just wanted everything to feel refreshed and polished for people who were looking to purchase our home.
Our cleaner, Maria, arrived at about 8:30AM, and did not leave until 4:30. I was told to expect 3-5 hours, so when she was there for 8 hours I expected to come home to a flawless home. Upon entry, less than one hour after she had left, I immediately felt like I had been tricked. It felt like nothing had really been done, other than vacuuming the 3 bedrooms (2 of which were empty). I walked around the house, and just kept finding issues. NOTHING had been dusted, the bathrooms looked like they had barely been touched, and general cleaning on high touch areas like light switches were entirely ignored.
After cooling down and showing pictures to my husband, I decided to reach out to Nella regarding what to have expected from that cleaning service. She was very kind and confirmed my worries. We were able to have a second cleaner come out in two days right before photos and videos were taken.
The issue was I had to postpone stagers to the next day, since the cleaner took longer than expected, so I spent hours that night cleaning to prepare for the stagers to come and do their job. Even more embarrassing, when the stagers arrived the next day, they assumed I was not able to have professional cleaners at all, and even asked for cleaning supplies so they could clean as they went.
I asked the second cleaner, Jennifer, if she felt that the home had been deep cleaned less than 48 hours before, and she mentioned she was shocked that the large book shelves, the focal point of the home, had not been dusted at all. She was not there for long before asking me to check the house before she left to see if there was anything more she could do. I walked in the house, and again, it felt like nothing had been done.
I think there was a misunderstanding that I assumed someone was going to actually deep clean this time around, but instead she came to "freshen up" some places, but again, not really clean. Again, I do not think she even went into the bathrooms. I pointed out a few very obvious items, such as soap scum on the glass in the shower, and on the side of the bathtub, as well as more dusting that was entirely overlooked.
When I asked her to get the hard water marks out of the shower, she said "sometimes it is etched into the glass" - I was able to lick my thumb and clean a small piece right in front of her. She said she would work on it, and when I came back, had been able to remove the marks off of that one area, but left the rest of the glass shower panels untouched. After asking for 3 areas to be cleaned that she and the first cleaner missed, and her still not doing it to basic clean satisfaction - I gave up, and allowed her to go home.
Since then, I have talked to a number of people about their experiences with professional cleaning services and showed them my house, or pictures of the house, they are shocked that I paid what I did for cleaners to do barely anything. I am very disappointed to have spent this much to not see a difference, and spend my own time cleaning after two cleaners have been there. Pictures shared are photos taken AFTER the supposed deep clean as well as after the second follow up cleaner.