I feel compelled to write a review regarding my experience with this company to advise and warn others considering working with them. Norma came to my home a month ago. We reviewed the rooms we (two people) use regularly, gave her a floorplan of the Main House (this was supposedly to help familiarize the staff with what they were to do), attached Casita, and Detached Casita. She emailed a very detailed quote; literally breaking it down by room. i.e., Dining Room, Office, Powder Bathroom, Closet, Laundry Room (?), etc. As I had indicated there are parts of the home we rarely use, I didn't find this unworkable. In fact, I felt this would allow me to specify rooms to be cleaned ONLY when they needed it. WRONG! At this time, the price for the Main House was $95.00.
On February 29 they sent me an email asking me to advise them two days prior to each visit "what" they would be doing so they could provide the appropriate staff. It made sense to me, so I did that.
Norma's daughter, Ana, called to inform me that it was not profitable for them to only do parts of the house, it would need to be a "whole house" clean or they could not continue to service me. So, I was sent another "quote" for the entire home "Basic Cleaning." This new quote spelled out each & every room in the Main House and blowing off the patio/Loggia furniture for a new price of $160.00. There would always be an Extra Charge for each of my Casitas; $25.00 for the attached and $50.00 for the Detached. This email also detailed three levels of cleaning service; Light Cleaning, Basic Cleaning, and Deep Cleaning. I had agreed to their Basic Cleaning: "A general basic cleaning of a home including baseboards, refrigerator, oven, and various special details." Sounds good, right? (I wonder what the "special details" are?)
Watch out. It's what they don't say that will get you. Yesterday was the first visit under this new quote. I stripped the beds, laundered and ironed the sheets, replaced the towels as I always do; but SURPRISE! After the crew of two left (I had been told they were sending four) and I had given them a check for the agreed upon $160.00 plus $50.00 for my larger Detached Casita; Ana called to say that I owed them FOR MAKING THE BEDS! Can you believe it? They charge $10.00 per bed to make a bed! And though I had personally cleaned & refreshed my Attached Casita myself as my guest was still in residence, the crew insisted to Ana that they had done that Casita.
Ana insisted "making beds are always extra" and that it was never discussed. Now the "odd" thing is that their employees had been here several times by now and had, in fact, made the beds with no mention ever about an extra charge. What kind of a business is this anyway? I feel like I have been caught up in a "bait & switch" situation with this company. They may do a good job, but nailing them down to what that job entails and a price for it has been too much of a challenge for me.
Their response: "It's not a good fit." You can say that again! read more