How to Prepare for a Home Cleaning Service
Having someone you do not know come in and clean your home can be stressful.
Many homeowners are embarrassed at having someone see how dirty and messy their home can become.
Others are wary of trusting someone to come over and mess with their stuff.
There is no reason to have these fears, however, especially when knowing how to prepare for a house cleaning maid service.
Before a first visit from maids, make sure to leave instructions for keys, alarms, door codes, and pets before they arrive at the home.
Homeowners also need to discuss the particular cleaning needs of the home.
This allows the maid to be prepared before they come in and there are no future misunderstandings about costs or length of the visit.
To make yourself feel better, and to make a little easier for the maid service, pick up the toys, laundry, and anything else that may be scattered throughout the home.
Make sure to put up important paperwork and mail.
Some may think it is an inconvenience to have to clean before a cleaning service comes over, but this results in a better experience.
If people leave all of this stuff out, the maids will try to pick it up but do not know where it is supposed to go.
When homeowners get home, they will spend a great deal of time looking for these things.
If they had put it away before the maids came over, it would be easy to find and easier for the maids to do their real job - deep cleaning the home.
The most important part of picking up is the paperwork, bills, and other papers.
Maids may mistake this paper for trash and throw them out.
Putting the papers away saves you time trying to track the documents down later.
Homeowners can also leave a note on the papers that says do not disturb to ensure their safety.
Load the dishwasher so the sink is empty in order for it to be cleaned.
Leave out some fresh linens so the bed can be changed.
Make sure to let the team know if there will be changes to a regular cleaning plan.
For example, if the toilet in the master bedroom's bathroom is not working, tell the team so they do not think they are the ones who broke it.
Preferably, however, homeowners should find and repair any broken items around the home before a cleaning service comes over.
This is a good idea to make the maid's work easier.
It also prevents the homeowner from blaming the maid for something she did not do and causing her to lose her job.
It is better to have the house ready to go before the service comes over.
Let the cleaning service know if there are any pets, what kinds, how many, and if they will be out when they come in for cleaning.
If pets will not be friendly with the team, make arrangements for them to leave the house.
Many homeowners have different cleaning requirements.
They could be environmentalists who require green products.
There could be members of the family with allergies.
Let the team know about these requirements and make sure their cleaning products or methods match the requirements.
If they do not, families can leave cleaning products out for the team to use.
Make sure to provide feedback early on and keep providing feedback.
If you do not, then there will be a negative pattern established.
This makes it more difficult to discuss problems down the road that could come up.
Speak to someone right away as soon as there is something that is undesired after a visit.
Communication is key with a cleaning service.
Many homeowners are embarrassed at having someone see how dirty and messy their home can become.
Others are wary of trusting someone to come over and mess with their stuff.
There is no reason to have these fears, however, especially when knowing how to prepare for a house cleaning maid service.
Before a first visit from maids, make sure to leave instructions for keys, alarms, door codes, and pets before they arrive at the home.
Homeowners also need to discuss the particular cleaning needs of the home.
This allows the maid to be prepared before they come in and there are no future misunderstandings about costs or length of the visit.
To make yourself feel better, and to make a little easier for the maid service, pick up the toys, laundry, and anything else that may be scattered throughout the home.
Make sure to put up important paperwork and mail.
Some may think it is an inconvenience to have to clean before a cleaning service comes over, but this results in a better experience.
If people leave all of this stuff out, the maids will try to pick it up but do not know where it is supposed to go.
When homeowners get home, they will spend a great deal of time looking for these things.
If they had put it away before the maids came over, it would be easy to find and easier for the maids to do their real job - deep cleaning the home.
The most important part of picking up is the paperwork, bills, and other papers.
Maids may mistake this paper for trash and throw them out.
Putting the papers away saves you time trying to track the documents down later.
Homeowners can also leave a note on the papers that says do not disturb to ensure their safety.
Load the dishwasher so the sink is empty in order for it to be cleaned.
Leave out some fresh linens so the bed can be changed.
Make sure to let the team know if there will be changes to a regular cleaning plan.
For example, if the toilet in the master bedroom's bathroom is not working, tell the team so they do not think they are the ones who broke it.
Preferably, however, homeowners should find and repair any broken items around the home before a cleaning service comes over.
This is a good idea to make the maid's work easier.
It also prevents the homeowner from blaming the maid for something she did not do and causing her to lose her job.
It is better to have the house ready to go before the service comes over.
Let the cleaning service know if there are any pets, what kinds, how many, and if they will be out when they come in for cleaning.
If pets will not be friendly with the team, make arrangements for them to leave the house.
Many homeowners have different cleaning requirements.
They could be environmentalists who require green products.
There could be members of the family with allergies.
Let the team know about these requirements and make sure their cleaning products or methods match the requirements.
If they do not, families can leave cleaning products out for the team to use.
Make sure to provide feedback early on and keep providing feedback.
If you do not, then there will be a negative pattern established.
This makes it more difficult to discuss problems down the road that could come up.
Speak to someone right away as soon as there is something that is undesired after a visit.
Communication is key with a cleaning service.
