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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only way I can think of would be to gift it on like an annual basis. A one-off would be interpreted as an insult, yes.[/quote]

I'd be happy to gift on an annual basis. That said, are you imagining a way to phrase it that makes the annual offer less offensive?[/quote]

I mean, who wouldn’t want housecleaning on a regular schedule? I think it’s a fine gift and wouldn’t overthink it. [/quote]

There are plenty of people who don’t want strangers in their homes.

OP- is there also clutter? Because if so then the house won’t get very clean.[/quote]

This. My parents had biweekly cleaners for years but the clutter made it hard to do anything but vacuum the carpets and clean the sinks and toilets. I’m talking decades worth of dust and cat hair. It was awful. I gently suggested carpet cleaning a few times but they always said “oh we have cleaners.”

Well lo and behold a few years after Mom passed, Dad started dating a woman who isn’t into clutter. (Love Mom but she was a borderline hoarder and so is Dad.) She moved in, they tossed years worth of stuff, deep cleaned the place - shampooed carpets, washed curtains, cleared surfaces to dust — and it’s actually habitable now.

Short of that, unfortunately you’re unlikely to see a change …[/quote]

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