Anyone with a housecleaner or service care to share how deep cleaning is handled?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you use the same everyday cleaners and pay extra? Or do you bring in others?

Do you have a specific list of tasks? If so will you share it? I’ve seen lists to download online and they tend to be way too detailed in some ways, but missing other areas. I live in a smallish condo fwiw.

I’ve been paying for a regular housecleaner for years (usually one person sometimes two, and I’ve switched services) and it seems like no matter how much I pay or suggest or buy tools for, the cleaning is not thorough, and is mostly floors and eye level cleaning.

Ex, the handle crevices on my kitchen cabinet handles were dirty. Another ex, I pulled out my kitchen drawers and all were filthy underneath and in the back. I cleaned them a few months ago so obviously they haven’t been touched since. Legs on my kitchen cabinets were also very dirty and clearly never cleaned. And bathroom fans- never get dusted unless I do it.

Are these considered deep cleaning items?

Cabinet handles should be cleaned, as legs. Inside the cabinets, no. Ourside of bathroom fan, yes, inside, no.

+1 And dusting legos is iffy--items should be dusted like picture frames that are visible obviously, but maybe your cleaner is scared of damaging the legos. I've dusted my kid's legos, and pieces can break off pretty easily, particularly for the big ones with lots of little pieces, and it becomes a major time suck to put them back together.

LEGS. not LegOs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you use the same everyday cleaners and pay extra? Or do you bring in others?

Do you have a specific list of tasks? If so will you share it? I’ve seen lists to download online and they tend to be way too detailed in some ways, but missing other areas. I live in a smallish condo fwiw.

I’ve been paying for a regular housecleaner for years (usually one person sometimes two, and I’ve switched services) and it seems like no matter how much I pay or suggest or buy tools for, the cleaning is not thorough, and is mostly floors and eye level cleaning.

Ex, the handle crevices on my kitchen cabinet handles were dirty. Another ex, I pulled out my kitchen drawers and all were filthy underneath and in the back. I cleaned them a few months ago so obviously they haven’t been touched since. Legs on my kitchen cabinets were also very dirty and clearly never cleaned. And bathroom fans- never get dusted unless I do it.

Are these considered deep cleaning items?

Cabinet handles should be cleaned, as legs. Inside the cabinets, no. Ourside of bathroom fan, yes, inside, no.

Love that you know these rules! How did you learn?

Isn't it just common sense that a basic clean is anything that can be seen on outside surfaces and not inside drawers and cabinets? They should not be touching your stuff but all reachable surfaces within reason.

I mean, aren’t they putting dishes and silverware away? So if they see crumbs around the organizer, would it be so crazy to expect them to clean it out?

No -- most housecleaners do not do dishes.

That’s not my experience at all. I don’t leave a pile of dirty dishes but I’ll usually run the dishwasher as I’m heading out and I expect it to be emptied.

[Anonymous]

We had to pay our cleaners an extra $40 to clean our oven.

[Anonymous]

My biweekly cleaning lady does the ceiling fans and inside microwave, toaster oven etc.
She doesn’t do baseboards or inside drawers or anything like that.

[Anonymous]

I don't consider our biweekly cleaning to be a deep cleaning. Honestly I feel like the amount I am paying is fair for the number of hours they are spending. If I want something extra done, I'd tell them and pay for it. Ours don't move the big furniture etc or go into closets, pantry. That's something to ask for set aside $, time etc.