I would not recommend TCA. My appointment was set for 8:30am and at 8:45 I sent a message asking where they were, if they had trouble finding my address, etc. The response was that they had decided to do my clean AFTER another clean, because mine sounded like a bigger job (my total Sq Ft to be cleaned was 869 sq ft). They then told me to expect them at 11:00am At 11:30 I sent another message asking if they had gotten lost or if my apt had been rescheduled without my knowledge AGAIN? They responded that the team would be here shortly.
Once in the house, it was quickly established that neither cleaner spoke English, which is the language I use, here in the USA to communicate with workers. They had a translator app, that they wanted me to speak into and it would translate my words to their language...only I don't think their app was doing a very good job with the communication, because I specifically told them to stay OUT of the office where I had my two dogs locked away for the cleaners safety. They disregarded my instruction and OPENED the door and then acted shocked and terrified that there were loud aggressive dogs in there. I again told them to STAY OUT and kept shaking my head no at the door.
Since they were so late getting to my clean, I had to leave for another appointment outside the home. I sent a message, asking what I should do and was told that they would be able to lock the door on their way out and that I didn't need to be there.
I returned home at 9:30pm to find my screen door stuck in the open position and my front door open about 2". I immediately sent a message that I was PISSED about my home being left open all day and got the response that they didn't know how to lock the door and couldn't figure out how to get the screen door unlocked from the open position. It looked like they had tried to force the screen closed, because at the bottom of the door frame, it is all splintered and the screws are kind of out of the wood a little bit.
This was the last straw because I had told BOTH workers on their translator app to PLEASE LOCK THE DOOR WHEN YOU LEAVE and I brought them over to the door and showed them how to turn the mechanism to lock the door on their way out. I tried the door when I got home and it worked fine. They just decided not to lock it.
As for the door being left open, I was told that they shut it on their way out, which would only mean that SOMEONE came into my house, when I was not there, and left it open when they left.
These people just had the nerve to send me an invoice for an additional $250 over and above the deposit I paid and after I tipped the cleaners both $40 when I left...with the assumption that they would do what I asked. I'll pay this invoice, but I will NEVER use this service again and I suggest anyone reading this MOVE ON...find someone else.
The clean that was performed was done well, I don't dispute that at all, just the way my personal time was dismissed and my home was treated so unprofessionally and uncaringly, is just unacceptable. read more